2010–11 Serie A


The 2010–11 Serie A was the 109th season of top-tier Italian football, the 79th in a round-robin tournament, and the 1st since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011. Internazionale were the defending champions.
Milan won the 2010–11 Serie A and their 18th league title overall with a scoreless draw away to Roma on 7 May 2011. This result ensured that with two rounds remaining Milan's nearest rival Internazionale could only draw level on points, and Milan holds the tiebreaker based on their better head-to-head record. The result prompted celebrations at Milan's Piazza del Duomo. The trophy was presented at Milan's next home game on 14 May.
It was Milan's first Scudetto since 2004 and it ended a run of five successive Serie A titles by their rival Internazionale. It was the first league title for manager Massimiliano Allegri, winning in his first year with Milan and who was for many a surprise choice as manager. Milan led the table for most of the season and secured the title with two games remaining. Notably, they defeated defending champions Internazionale twice during the season and also did the same to third place challenger Napoli. Milan were credited for strengthening their squad with Zlatan Ibrahimović and Robinho in the summer as well as picking up Antonio Cassano and Mark van Bommel in January.
As of 2020, this is the last Scudetto not won by Juventus.

Rule changes

The rules for the registration of non-EU nationals transferred from abroad were revised in the summer of 2010 and announced on 2 July 2010. Clubs could only sign one non-EU player and that player could only be signed if a current member of the squad who was not an EU national had been sold or sold abroad. The late announcement of this rule change meant that some clubs had to cancel incoming transfers. Parma, for example, were to sign both Colombian Pablo Armero from Brazilian side Palmeiras, who subsequently signed for Udinese instead, and Brazilian agency player Zé Eduardo, but had to choose between them and eventually transferred the latter. Their outgoing transfer was Julio César de León, who moved to Chinese team Shandong Luneng Taishan.

Teams

The league featured 17 teams returning from the 2009–10 Serie A, plus three teams promoted from 2009–10 Serie B. On 30 May 2010, Lecce and Cesena won direct promotion to the Serie A by finishing first and second, respectively. Brescia became the third Serie B team promoted on 13 June 2010 by winning the promotion playoff final 2–1 on aggregate over Torino. It was a quick turn-around for Lecce, which spent only one year in Serie B after being relegated from the 2008–09 Serie A. Cesena last played in Serie A in 1990–91, while Brescia played five seasons in Serie B after being relegated from A in 2004–05.
ClubCityStadiumCapacity2009–10 season
BariBariSan Nicola58,27001010th in Serie A
BolognaBolognaRenato Dall'Ara39,44401717th in Serie A
BresciaBresciaMario Rigamonti16,308020Serie B Playoff Winners
CagliariCagliariSant'Elia23,48601616th in Serie A
CataniaCataniaAngelo Massimino23,42001313th in Serie A
CesenaCesenaDino Manuzzi23,860019Serie B Runners-up
ChievoVeronaMarc'Antonio Bentegodi39,21101414th in Serie A
FiorentinaFlorenceArtemio Franchi47,28201111th in Serie A
GenoaGenoaLuigi Ferraris36,6850099th in Serie A
InternazionaleMilanSan Siro80,0740012nd in Serie A
JuventusTurinOlimpico di Torino27,9940077th in Serie A
LazioRomeOlimpico72,69801212th in Serie A
LecceLecceVia del Mare33,876018Serie B Champions
MilanMilanSan Siro80,074003Serie A Champions
NapoliNaplesSan Paolo60,2400066th in Serie A
PalermoPalermoRenzo Barbera37,2420055th in Serie A
ParmaParmaEnnio Tardini27,9060088th in Serie A
RomaRomeOlimpico72,6980022nd in Serie A
SampdoriaGenoaLuigi Ferraris36,6850044th in Serie A
UdineseUdineFriuli41,65201515th in Serie A

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

Results

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Antonio Di NataleUdinese28
2 Edinson CavaniNapoli26
3 Samuel Eto'oInternazionale21
4 Alessandro MatriCagliari, Juventus20
5 Marco Di VaioBologna19
6 Giampaolo PazziniSampdoria, Internazionale17
7 Francesco TottiRoma15
8 Zlatan IbrahimovićMilan14
8 Alexandre PatoMilan14
8 RobinhoMilan14
11 Antonio Floro FloresUdinese, Genoa13

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Miloš KrasićJuventusCagliari26 09 2010
Javier PastorePalermoCatania14 11 2010
Antonio Di NataleUdineseLecce14 11 2010
Giampaolo PazziniSampdoriaLecce21 11 2010
Antonio Di NataleUdineseNapoli28 11 2010
Dejan StankovićInternazionaleParma28 11 2010
NenêCagliariCatania12 12 2010
Edinson CavaniNapoliJuventus09 01 2011
Edinson CavaniNapoliSampdoria30 01 2011
Alexis Sánchez4UdinesePalermo27 02 2011
Edinson CavaniNapoliLazio03 04 2011
Francesco GrandolfoBariBologna22 05 2011

4 Player scored four goals

Number of teams by region