2016–17 Serie A


The 2016–17 Serie A was the 115th season of top-tier Italian football, the 85th in a round-robin tournament, and the 7th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the defending champions. The season ran from 20 August 2016 to 28 May 2017.
On 21 May, Juventus won a record sixth consecutive title and 33rd title overall with a game in hand following their 3–0 win over Crotone.

Events

On 14 April 2016 it was announced that Serie A was selected by the International Football Association Board to test video assistant refereeing, which were initially private for the 2016–17 season, before allowing them to become a live pilot phase with replay assistance in the 2017–18 season at the latest. On the decision, FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio said, "We were among the first supporters of using technology on the pitch and we believe we have everything required to offer our contribution to this important experiment."
On 29 April 2016, Crotone earned their first ever promotion to Serie A. One week later, Cagliari was also promoted from Serie B after just one year of being relegated. On 9 June 2016 Pescara won the Serie B play-off to return to Serie A after a 3-year absence.
On 13 April 2017, historical Milan president Silvio Berlusconi sold the ownership of the club to Chinese born, Luxembourg based Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux, with Li Yonghong as representing acting chairman. The former Prime Minister left the club after 31 years and 29 trophies.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2015–16 season
AtalantaBergamoStadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia13th in Serie A
BolognaBolognaStadio Renato Dall'Ara14th in Serie A
CagliariCagliariStadio Sant'Elia
ChievoVeronaStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi9th in Serie A
CrotoneCrotoneStadio Ezio ScidaSerie B runners-up
EmpoliEmpoliStadio Carlo Castellani10th in Serie A
FiorentinaFlorenceStadio Artemio Franchi5th in Serie A
GenoaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris11th in Serie A
InternazionaleMilanSan Siro4th in Serie A
JuventusTurinJuventus Stadium
LazioRomeStadio Olimpico8th in Serie A
MilanMilanSan Siro7th in Serie A
NapoliNaplesStadio San Paolo2nd in Serie A
PalermoPalermoStadio Renzo Barbera16th in Serie A
PescaraPescaraStadio AdriaticoSerie B playoffs winners
RomaRomeStadio Olimpico3rd in Serie A
SampdoriaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris15th in Serie A
SassuoloSassuoloMapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
6th in Serie A
TorinoTurinStadio Olimpico Grande Torino12th in Serie A
UdineseUdineDacia Arena17th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Carlos BaccaMilanTorino21 08 2016
Andrea BelottiTorinoBologna28 08 2016
Nikola KalinićFiorentinaCagliari23 10 2016
Mohamed SalahRomaBologna06 11 2016
Dries MertensNapoliCagliari11 12 2016
Dries Mertens4NapoliTorino18 12 2016
Diego FalcinelliCrotoneEmpoli29 01 2017
Marek HamšíkNapoliBologna04 02 2017
Dries MertensNapoliBologna04 02 2017
Marco Parolo4LazioPescara05 02 2017
Roberto IngleseChievoSassuolo12 02 2017
Andrea BelottiTorinoPalermo05 03 2017
Mauro IcardiInternazionaleAtalanta12 03 2017
Éver BanegaInternazionaleAtalanta12 03 2017
Alejandro GómezAtalantaGenoa2 04 2017
Mauro IcardiInternazionaleFiorentina22 04 2017
Keita BaldéLazioPalermo23 04 2017
Grégoire DefrelSassuoloTorino28 05 2017

4 Player scored four goals ; – Home – Away

Number of teams by regions

Attendances

These are the average attendances of the football clubs:
TeamHome average
Internazionale46,620
Milan40,294
Juventus39,489
Napoli36,605
Roma32,638
Fiorentina26,470
Lazio21,947
Bologna21,912
Genoa20,347
Sampdoria19,852
Torino19,300
Udinese17,448
Atalanta16,946
Cagliari13,467
Chievo13,368
Pescara13,308
Palermo13,204
Sassuolo12,362
Empoli9,483
Crotone8,222