
Serie A 2019–20 was the 118th season of top-tier Italian football, the 88th in a round-robin tournament, and the 10th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Juventus were the eight-time defending champions and they successfully defended their title following a 2–0 win against Sampdoria on 26 July 2020.
The season was originally scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 24 May 2020. However, on 9 March 2020, the Italian government halted the league until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Serie A did not resume on this date, stating that play would only continue once “health conditions allow it.” On 18 May, it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. Finally, on 28 May, it was confirmed that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.
Champions: Juventus (36th title)
Top Goal Scorer: Ciro Immobile, 36 goal
Serie A 2019–20 annual award
Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player Paulo Dybala
Juventus
Best Young Player Dejan Kulusevski
Parma
Best Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny
Juventus
Best Defender Stefan de Vrij
Inter Milan
Best Midfielder Alejandro Gómez
Atalanta
Best Striker Ciro Immobile
Lazio
Serie A 2019–20 Point Table | Standings
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification | Relegation
1 Juventus
38 26 5 7 76 43 +33 83 Qualify to UCL
2 Inter Milan
38 24 10 4 81 36 +45 82 Qualify to UCL
3 Atalanta
38 23 9 6 98 48 +50 78 Qualify to UCL
4 Lazio
38 24 6 8 79 42 +37 78 Qualify to UCL
5 AS Roma
38 21 7 10 77 51 +26 70 Qualify to Europa League
6 AC Milan
38 19 9 10 63 46 +17 66 Qualify to Europa League second qualifying round
7 Napoli
38 18 8 12 61 50 +11 62 Qualify to Europa League
8 Sassuolo
38 14 9 15 69 63 +6 51
9 Hellas Verona
38 12 13 13 47 51 −4 49
10 Fiorentina
38 12 13 13 51 48 +3 49
11 Parma
38 14 7 17 56 57 −1 49
12 Bologna
38 12 11 15 52 65 −13 47
13 Udinese
38 12 9 17 37 51 −14 45
14 Cagliari
38 11 12 15 52 56 −4 45
15 Sampdoria
38 12 6 20 48 65 −17 42
16 Torino
38 11 7 20 46 68 −22 40
17 Genoa
38 10 9 19 47 73 −26 39
18 Lecce (R)
38 9 8 21 52 85 −33 35 Relegated to Serie B
19 Brescia (R)
38 6 7 25 35 79 −44 25 Relegated to Serie B
20 SPAL (R)
38 5 5 28 27 77 −50 20 Relegated to Serie B
Note A: Atalanta finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Lazio 3–3 Atalanta, Atalanta 3–2 Lazio.
Note B: Napoli qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.
Note C: Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hellas Verona: 10 pts; Fiorentina: 5 pts; Parma: 1 pt.
Note D: Udinese finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Udinese 2–1 Cagliari, Cagliari 0–1 Udinese.
Team Promoted from 2018–19 Serie B
Brescia
Lecce
Hellas Verona
Team Relegated from 2018–19 Serie A
Empoli
Frosinone
Chievo Verona
Serie A 2019–20 Top Goal Scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ciro Immobile
Lazio
36
2 Cristiano Ronaldo
Juventus
31
3 Romelu Lukaku
Inter Milan
23
4 Francesco Caputo
Sassuolo
21
5 Luis Muriel
Atalanta
18
6 João Pedro
Cagliari
18
7 Duván Zapata
Atalanta
18
8 Andrea Belotti
Torino
16
9 Edin Džeko
AS Roma
16
10 Josip Iličić
Atalanta
15
Serie A 2019–20 most assist provider list
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Papu Gómez
Atalanta
16
2 Luis Alberto
Lazio
15
3 Domenico Berardi
Sassuolo
10
4 Ciro Immobile
Lazio
9
5 Hakan Çalhanoğlu
AC Milan
9
6 Lorenzo Pellegrini
AS Roma
9
Serie A 2019–20 most clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Juan Musso
Udinese
14
2 Samir Handanović
Inter Milan
13
3 Gianluigi Donnarumma
AC Milan
12
4 Thomas Strakosha
Lazio
11
5 Wojciech Szczęsny
Juventus
11
Serie A 2019–20 Team of the Year
Position Player Team
Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma
AC Milan
Defender Robin Gosens
Atalanta
Defender Stefan de Vrij
Inter Milan
Defender Leonardo Bonucci
Juventus
Defender Théo Hernandez
AC Milan
Midfielder Nicolò Barella
Inter Milan
Midfielder Papu Gómez
Atalanta
Midfielder Luis Alberto
Lazio
Forward Paulo Dybala
Juventus
Forward Ciro Immobile
Lazio
Forward Cristiano Ronaldo
Juventus
Serie A 2019–20 Team information and Sponsor
Team Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer
Atalanta
Gian Piero Gasperini
Alejandro Gómez
Joma
Bologna
Siniša Mihajlović
Andrea Poli
Macron
Brescia
Diego López
Daniele Gastaldello
Kappa
Cagliari
Walter Zenga
Luca Ceppitelli
Macron
Fiorentina
Giuseppe Iachini
Germán Pezzella
Le Coq Sportif
Genoa
Davide Nicola
Domenico Criscito
Kappa
Hellas Verona
Ivan Jurić
Giampaolo Pazzini
Macron
Inter Milan
Antonio Conte
Samir Handanović
Nike
Juventus
Maurizio Sarri
Giorgio Chiellini
Adidas
Lazio
Simone Inzaghi
Senad Lulić
Macron
Lecce
Fabio Liverani
Marco Mancosu
M908
AC Milan
Stefano Pioli
Alessio Romagnoli
Puma
Napoli
Gennaro Gattuso
Lorenzo Insigne
Kappa
Parma
Roberto D'Aversa
Bruno Alves
Erreà
AS Roma
Paulo Fonseca
Edin Džeko
Nike
Sampdoria
Claudio Ranieri
Fabio Quagliarella
Joma
Sassuolo
Roberto De Zerbi
Francesco Magnanelli
Kappa
SPAL
Luigi Di Biagio
Sergio Floccari
Macron
Torino
Moreno Longo
Andrea Belotti
Joma
Udinese
Luca Gotti
Kevin Lasagna
Macron
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Serie A
On 22 February 2020, Italy’s Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte, suspended all sporting events in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto, which included three Serie A matches scheduled for the following day, as well as one in Piedmont, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following week, six matches were initially set to be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the outbreak, but they were later suspended outright.
On 4 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy would be played behind closed doors until 3 April. On 9 March, the government further ruled that all sporting events in the country would be suspended until 3 April. Serie A did not resume on this date, stating that play would only continue once “health conditions allow it.”
On 13 May, it was announced that team training would resume on 18 May, and on that same day, it was confirmed that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. Finally, on 28 May, Italian Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.
A protocol was established, stating that if one member of a team, either a player or staff member, tested positive for COVID-19, the entire squad would be quarantined for 14 days. However, on 18 June, Spadafora approved a softening of quarantine rules, allowing only the individual who tested positive to be quarantined, while the rest of the squad would increase testing, including a rapid-response test the day before a match.