2017–18 Serie A

2017–18 Serie A

The 2017–18 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of top-tier Italian football. It was the 86th season played in a round-robin tournament and the 8th since it was organized under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus had won the championship six times in a row before this season.

The season started on August 19, 2017, and ended on May 20, 2018. On May 13, Juventus won their seventh championship in a row and their 34th overall when they drew 0–0 with Roma with one game still left to play.

During the season, there was sad news when Davide Astori, the captain of Fiorentina, passed away because of heart problems. This was a difficult time for everyone involved in the league.

Events

On 13 May 2017, SPAL joined the top Italian league, Serie A, after 49 years. Five days later, Hellas Verona also returned to Serie A. On 8 June 2017, Benevento won a playoff to join Serie A for the first time.

New rules were added this season to help referees make fewer mistakes.

The teams that did not stay in Serie A were Benevento, Hellas Verona, and Crotone.

On 13 May 2018, Juventus won their seventh championship in a row and their 34th overall after drawing 0–0 with Roma.

Teams

Stadiums and location

These are the teams that played in the 2017–18 Serie A season and where their home stadiums are:

• Atalanta
• Benevento
• Bologna
• Cagliari
• Chievo and Verona
• Crotone
• Genoa and Sampdoria
• Fiorentina
• Juventus
• Milan and Inter
• Lazio and Roma
• Napoli
• Sassuolo
• SPAL
• Torino
• Udinese

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
				Main	Other
Atalanta	Gian Piero Gasperini	Alejandro Gómez	Joma	Veratour/Radici Group (in UEFA matches)	Front Modus FM Back Elettrocanali
Benevento	Roberto De Zerbi	Fabio Lucioni	Frankie Garage	La Molisana	Front SAPA Group Back Rillo Costruzioni
Bologna	Roberto Donadoni	Daniele Gastaldello	Macron	FAAC	Back Illumia
Cagliari	Diego López	Daniele Dessena	Macron	ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna	Front Ichnusa Back Nieddittas
Chievo	Lorenzo D'Anna	Sergio Pellissier	Givova	Paluani/Nobis Assicurazioni/Pescherie Viviani/CF Costruzioni/Cubi Impianti Tecnologici/Alcott/Avelia/KickOffers/Conte di Campiano/Nico Abbigliamento e Calzature/Midac Batteries/2018 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships/Givova/Acqua Sangemini/Vicentini Carni	Front Salumi Coati Back Nobis Assicurazioni/Filo diretto Assicurazioni
Crotone	Walter Zenga	Alex Cordaz	Zeus Sport	Lewer	Front Abramo Customer Care Back Metal Carpinteria
Fiorentina	Stefano Pioli	Milan Badelj	Le Coq Sportif	Folletto/Vorwerk (in UEFA matches)	Back Save the Children
Genoa	Davide Ballardini	Mattia Perin	Lotto	Eviva Energia	Front Zentiva Back LeasePlan
Hellas Verona	Fabio Pecchia	Rômulo	Nike	Metano Nord	Front SEC Events (H)/Maticmind (A)/Sartori Vini (T) Back Chancebet
Internazionale	Luciano Spalletti	Mauro Icardi	Nike	Pirelli	Back Driver
Juventus	Massimiliano Allegri	Gianluigi Buffon	Adidas	Jeep	Back Cygames
Lazio	Simone Inzaghi	Senad Lulić	Macron	Sèleco	Front Clinica Paideia Back Sèleco Easy Life
Milan	Gennaro Gattuso	Leonardo Bonucci	Adidas	Fly Emirates	None
Napoli	Maurizio Sarri	Marek Hamšík	Kappa	Lete	Front Pasta Garofalo Back Kimbo Caffè
Roma	Eusebio Di Francesco	Daniele De Rossi	Nike	Qatar Airways	None
Sampdoria	Marco Giampaolo	Vasco Regini	Joma	Invent Energy	IBSA Group
Sassuolo	Giuseppe Iachini	Francesco Magnanelli	Kappa	Mapei	None
SPAL	Leonardo Semplici	Mirco Antenucci	Macron	Interspar/Tassi Group	Back BMW ErreEffe Group
Torino	Walter Mazzarri	Andrea Belotti	Kappa	Suzuki/Suzuki Swift	Front Fratelli Beretta Back SportPesa
Udinese	Igor Tudor	Danilo	HS Sport	Dacia	Front Vortice Back Magnadyne/Bluenergy

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Internazionale	Stefano Vecchi	End of caretaker spell	28 May 2017	Pre-season	Luciano Spalletti	9 June 2017
Roma	Luciano Spalletti	Mutual consent	30 May 2017		Eusebio Di Francesco	13 June 2017
Fiorentina	Paulo Sousa	End of contract	6 June 2017		Stefano Pioli	6 June 2017
Sassuolo	Eusebio Di Francesco	Signed by Roma	13 June 2017		Cristian Bucchi	20 June 2017
Cagliari	Massimo Rastelli	Sacked	17 October 2017	14th	Diego López	18 October 2017
Benevento	Marco Baroni		23 October 2017	20th	Roberto De Zerbi	23 October 2017
Genoa	Ivan Jurić		5 November 2017	18th	Davide Ballardini	6 November 2017
Udinese	Luigi Delneri		21 November 2017	14th	Massimo Oddo	21 November 2017
Sassuolo	Cristian Bucchi		27 November 2017	16th	Giuseppe Iachini	27 November 2017
Milan	Vincenzo Montella		27 November 2017	7th	Gennaro Gattuso	27 November 2017
Crotone	Davide Nicola	Resigned	6 December 2017	16th	Walter Zenga	8 December 2017
Torino	Siniša Mihajlović	Sacked	4 January 2018	10th	Walter Mazzarri	4 January 2018
Udinese	Massimo Oddo		24 April 2018	15th	Igor Tudor	24 April 2018
Chievo	Rolando Maran		29 April 2018	17th	Lorenzo D'Anna	29 April 2018

League table

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

The 2017–18 Serie A was the top Italian football league's season. It started on August 19, 2017, and ended on May 20, 2018. Juventus had won the league for six years in a row before this season.

On May 13, Juventus won their seventh straight title and their 34th title ever. They won with one game left after drawing 0-0 with Roma.

Season statistics

Clean sheets

Attendances

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Pepe Reina	Napoli	18
2	Alisson	Roma	17
	Samir Handanović	Internazionale
4	Marco Sportiello	Fiorentina	14
5	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan	12
	Mattia Perin	Genoa
	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
7	Thomas Strakosha	Lazio	11
	Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus
10	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino	10
	Andrea Consigli	Sassuolo