Serie A 2020–21 was the 119th season of top-tier Italian football, the 89th in a round-robin tournament, and the 11th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A.
Following Atalanta’s draw with Sassuolo on 2 May 2021, Inter Milan were confirmed as champions for the first time since the 2009–10 Serie A, ending Juventus’ run of nine consecutive titles.
Champions:
Inter Milan (19th title)
Top Goal Scorer:
Cristiano Ronaldo (
Juventus), 29 goal
Serie A 2020–21 Annual award
Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player
Romelu Lukaku
Inter Milan
Best Young Player
Dušan Vlahović
Fiorentina
Best Goalkeeper
Gianluigi Donnarumma
AC Milan
Best Defender
Cristian Romero
Atalanta
Best Midfielder
Nicolò Barella
Inter Milan
Best Striker
Cristiano Ronaldo
Juventus
Serie A 2020–21 Point Table | Standings
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss GF GA GD Points Qualification | Relegation
1
Inter Milan38 28 7 3 89 35 +54 91 Qualify to UCL
2
AC Milan38 24 7 7 74 41 +33 79 Qualify to UCL
3
Atalanta38 23 9 6 90 47 +43 78 Qualify to UCL
4
Juventus38 23 9 6 77 38 +39 78 Qualify to UCL
5
Napoli38 24 5 9 86 41 +45 77 Qualify to Europa League
6
Lazio38 21 5 12 61 55 +6 68 Qualify to Europa League
7
AS Roma38 18 8 12 68 58 +10 62 Qualify to Conference League
8
Sassuolo38 17 11 10 64 56 +8 62
9
Sampdoria38 15 7 16 52 54 −2 52
10
Hellas Verona38 11 12 15 46 48 −2 45
11
Genoa38 10 12 16 47 58 −11 42
12
Bologna38 10 11 17 51 65 −14 41
13
Fiorentina38 9 13 16 47 59 −12 40
14
Udinese38 10 10 18 42 58 −16 40
15
Spezia38 9 12 17 52 72 −20 39
16
Cagliari38 9 10 19 43 59 −16 37
17
Torino38 7 16 15 50 69 −19 37
18
Benevento (R)38 7 12 19 40 75 −35 33 Relegated to Serie B
19
Crotone (R)38 6 5 27 45 92 −47 23 Relegated to Serie B
20
Parma (R)38 3 11 24 39 83 −44 20 Relegated to Serie B
Note A: Atalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.
Note B: Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.
Team Promoted from 2019–20 Serie B
Benevento
Crotone
Spezia
Team Relegated from 2019–20 Serie A
Lecce
Brescia
SPAL
Serie A 2020–21 Team of the Year
Position Player Team
Goalkeeper
Gianluigi Donnarumma
AC Milan
Defender
Achraf Hakimi
Inter Milan
Defender
Stefan de Vrij
Inter Milan
Defender
Alessandro Bastoni
Inter Milan
Defender
Théo Hernandez
AC Milan
Midfielder
Nicolò Barella
Inter Milan
Midfielder
Franck Kessié
AC Milan
Midfielder
Federico Chiesa
Juventus
Forward
Luis Muriel
Atalanta
Forward
Cristiano Ronaldo
Juventus
Forward
Romelu Lukaku
Inter Milan
Serie A 2020–21 Top Goal Scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1
Cristiano Ronaldo
Juventus29
2
Romelu Lukaku
Inter Milan24
3
Luis Muriel
Atalanta22
4
Dušan Vlahović
Fiorentina21
5
Ciro Immobile
Lazio20
Simy
Crotone20
7
Lorenzo Insigne
Napoli19
8
Domenico Berardi
Sassuolo17
9
Lautaro Martínez
Inter Milan17
10
João Pedro
Cagliari16
Serie A 2020–21 Most Assist provider list
Rank Player Club Assists
1
Ruslan Malinovskyi
Atalanta12
2
Romelu Lukaku
Inter Milan11
3
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
AS Roma10
4
Juan Cuadrado
Juventus10
5
Piotr Zieliński
Napoli10
Serie A 2020–21 Most Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1
Gianluigi Donnarumma
AC Milan14
2
Samir Handanović
Inter Milan14
3
Pierluigi Gollini
Atalanta9
4
Pepe Reina
Lazio9
5
Bartłomiej Drągowski
Fiorentina8
6
Juan Musso
Udinese8
7
David Ospina
Napoli8
8
Mattia Perin
Genoa8
Teams
Twenty teams competed in the league—the top seventeen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from Serie B. Benevento (on 29 June 2020) and Crotone (on 24 July 2020) were the two teams directly promoted from Serie B, both after a two-year absence. On 20 August 2020, Spezia won the play-offs to earn its first promotion to Serie A; they became the 66th team to participate in the Italian top-level league.
Serie A 2020–21 Team information and Sponsor
Team Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer
Atalanta
Gian Piero Gasperini
Rafael ToloiJoma
Benevento
Filippo Inzaghi
Nicolas ViolaKappa
Bologna
Siniša Mihajlović
Andrea PoliMacron
Cagliari
Leonardo Semplici
João PedroAdidas
Crotone
Serse Cosmi
Alex CordazZeus
Fiorentina
Giuseppe Iachini
Germán PezzellaKappa
Genoa
Davide Ballardini
Domenico CriscitoKappa
Hellas Verona
Ivan Jurić
Miguel VelosoMacron
Inter Milan
Antonio Conte
Samir HandanovićNike
Juventus
Andrea Pirlo
Giorgio ChielliniAdidas
Lazio
Simone Inzaghi
Senad LulićMacron
AC Milan
Stefano Pioli
Alessio RomagnoliPuma
Napoli
Gennaro Gattuso
Lorenzo InsigneKappa
Parma
Roberto D'Aversa
Bruno AlvesErreà
AS Roma
Paulo Fonseca
Lorenzo PellegriniNike
Sampdoria
Claudio Ranieri
Fabio QuagliarellaMacron
Sassuolo
Roberto De Zerbi
Francesco MagnanelliPuma
Spezia
Vincenzo Italiano
Claudio TerziAcerbis
Torino
Davide Nicola
Andrea BelottiJoma
Udinese
Luca Gotti
Rodrigo De PaulMacron
COVID-19 pandemic Impact
A day after the Napoli–Genoa match on September 27, 2020, Genoa announced that fourteen of their players tested positive for COVID-19. Consequently, the Genoa–Torino match scheduled for October 3 was postponed.
On October 3, two Napoli players, Piotr Zieliński and Eljif Elmas, tested positive for COVID-19. Following the denial of authorization to leave Naples by the Local Health Authority (ASL), Napoli blocked their players’ departure for the match in Turin against Juventus. The Lega Serie A decided not to postpone the match scheduled for October 4, 2020. On the day of the game, Juventus took the field in the absence of their opponents, who were in quarantine in Naples. On October 14, Juventus were awarded a 3–0 victory by default, and Napoli were docked one point as the Disciplinary Commission ruled that Napoli did not follow the COVID-19 pandemic protocol.
Following a successful appeal by Napoli to the CONI Sports Guarantee Board, these penalties were overturned on December 22. The match was eventually played on April 7, 2021, more than six months after its originally scheduled date.
