2008–09 Serie A
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The 2008–09 Serie A season is the seventy-seventh since its establishment. It began on 30 August 2008 and will end on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008. Twenty teams are contesting the league, of which 17 are returning from the previous season, and three (Chievo Verona, Bologna and Lecce) were promoted from Serie B 2007-08.
The 20 clubs represent 13 different regions. The most represented region is Lombardy with three teams: Atalanta, Milan and Inter. Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Lazio and Sicily feature 2 teams each while Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Puglia, Calabria and Sardinia are represented by one team each.
There is a record number of southern teams in the top division with 6 teams: Cagliari, Catania, Lecce, Napoli, Palermo and Reggina.
The new match ball will be the Nike T90 Omni.
Teams
Three teams were promoted from Serie B: Chievo, Bologna and Lecce. The first two earned direct promotion, while Lecce won in the promotional playoffs, defeating AlbinoLeffe 2–1 on aggregate in a two-legged playoff final.
League table
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Results
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Top goalscorers
Updated to games played 28 January 2009[1]
- 15 goals
- 14 goals
- 13 goals
- 12 goals
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
- Edinson Cavani (Palermo)
- Bernardo Corradi (Reggina)
- Fabrizio Miccoli (Palermo)
- Goran Pandev (Lazio)
- Mauro Zárate (Lazio)
- 7 goals
- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
- Germán Denis (Napoli)
- Marek Hamšík (Napoli)
- Jeda (Cagliari)
- Giuseppe Mascara (Catania)
- Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese)
- Ronaldinho (Milan)
- Giuseppe Sculli (Genoa)
- Mirko Vučinić (Roma)
- 6 goals
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Siena | Mario Beretta[2] | Contract accomplished | 27 May 2008 | Marco Giampaolo[2] | 27 May 2008 |
Cagliari | Davide Ballardini[3] | Contract accomplished | 27 May 2008 | Massimiliano Allegri[4] | 29 May 2008 |
Internazionale | Roberto Mancini[5] | Sacked | 29 May 2008 | José Mourinho[6] | 2 June 2008 |
Lecce | Giuseppe Papadopulo[7] | Contract accomplished | 23 June 2008 | Mario Beretta[7] | 23 June 2008 |
Palermo | Stefano Colantuono[8] | Sacked | 4 September 2008 | Davide Ballardini[8] | 4 September 2008 |
Bologna | Daniele Arrigoni[9] | Sacked | 3 November 2008 | Siniša Mihajlović[9] | 3 November 2008 |
Chievo Verona | Giuseppe Iachini[10] | Sacked | 4 November 2008 | Domenico Di Carlo[10] | 4 November 2008 |
Torino | Gianni De Biasi[11] | Sacked | 8 December 2008 | Walter Novellino[11] | 8 December 2008 |
Reggina | Nevio Orlandi[12] | Sacked | 16 December 2008 | Giuseppe Pillon[13] | 16 December 2008 |
Reggina | Giuseppe Pillon[14] | Sacked | 25 January 2009 | Nevio Orlandi[14] | 25 January 2009 |
References
- ^ "GIOCATORI - Gol segnati" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Marco Giampaolo nuovo allenatore del Siena" (in Italian). AC Siena. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
- ^ "Ballardini va via" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
- ^ "Allegri sulla panchina del Cagliari" (in Italian). Cagliari Calcio. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
- ^ "Comunicato ufficiale F.C. Internazionale" (in Italian). FC Internazionale Milano. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2008.
- ^ "Nuovo allenatore: Josè Mourinho all'Inter" (in Italian). FC Internazionale Milano. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ^ a b "Beretta nuovo allenatore del Lecce" (in Italian). US Lecce. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ^ a b "Esonerato colantuono. squadra affidata a ballardini" (in Italian). U.S. Città di Palermo. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2008.
- ^ a b "Il Bologna a Mihajlovic" (in Italian). Bologna FC 1909. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- ^ a b "La Squadra Affidata A Domenico Di Carlo. Oggi Alee 14 La Presentazione" (in Italian). AC ChievoVerona. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008.
- ^ a b "De Biasi esonerato dal suo incarico" (in Italian). Torino FC. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
- ^ "Prima squadra" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Mister Pillon in conferenza stampa" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 16 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ a b "Comunicato ufficiale" (in Italian). Reggina Calcio. 25 January 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.