
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 Milan
38 28 7 3 89 35 +54 91 Qualify to UCL
2 AC Milan
38 24 7 7 74 41 +33 79 Qualify to UCL
3 Atalanta
38 23 9 6 90 47 +43 78 Qualify to UCL
4 Juventus
38 23 9 6 77 38 +39 78 Qualify to UCL
5 Napoli
38 24 5 9 86 41 +45 77 Qualify to Europa League
6 Lazio
38 21 5 12 61 55 +6 68 Qualify to Europa League
7 AS Roma
38 18 8 12 68 58 +10 62 Qualify to Conference League
8 Sassuolo
38 17 11 10 64 56 +8 62
9 Sampdoria
38 15 7 16 52 54 −2 52
10 Hellas Verona
38 11 12 15 46 48 −2 45
11 Genoa
38 10 12 16 47 58 −11 42
12 Bologna
38 10 11 17 51 65 −14 41
13 Fiorentina
38 9 13 16 47 59 −12 40
14 Udinese
38 10 10 18 42 58 −16 40
15 Spezia
38 9 12 17 52 72 −20 39
16 Cagliari
38 9 10 19 43 59 −16 37
17 Torino
38 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
Juventus
29
2 Romelu Lukaku
Inter Milan
24
3 Luis Muriel
Atalanta
22
4 Dušan Vlahović
Fiorentina
21
5 Ciro Immobile
Lazio
20
Simy
Crotone
20
7 Lorenzo Insigne
Napoli
19
8 Domenico Berardi
Sassuolo
17
9 Lautaro Martínez
Inter Milan
17
10 João Pedro
Cagliari
16
Serie A 2020–21 Most Assist provider list
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Ruslan Malinovskyi
Atalanta
12
2 Romelu Lukaku
Inter Milan
11
3 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
AS Roma
10
4 Juan Cuadrado
Juventus
10
5 Piotr Zieliński
Napoli
10
Serie A 2020–21 Most Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Gianluigi Donnarumma
AC Milan
14
2 Samir Handanović
Inter Milan
14
3 Pierluigi Gollini
Atalanta
9
4 Pepe Reina
Lazio
9
5 Bartłomiej Drągowski
Fiorentina
8
6 Juan Musso
Udinese
8
7 David Ospina
Napoli
8
8 Mattia Perin
Genoa
8
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 Toloi
Joma
Benevento
Filippo Inzaghi
Nicolas Viola
Kappa
Bologna
Siniša Mihajlović
Andrea Poli
Macron
Cagliari
Leonardo Semplici
João Pedro
Adidas
Crotone
Serse Cosmi
Alex Cordaz
Zeus
Fiorentina
Giuseppe Iachini
Germán Pezzella
Kappa
Genoa
Davide Ballardini
Domenico Criscito
Kappa
Hellas Verona
Ivan Jurić
Miguel Veloso
Macron
Inter Milan
Antonio Conte
Samir Handanović
Nike
Juventus
Andrea Pirlo
Giorgio Chiellini
Adidas
Lazio
Simone Inzaghi
Senad Lulić
Macron
AC Milan
Stefano Pioli
Alessio Romagnoli
Puma
Napoli
Gennaro Gattuso
Lorenzo Insigne
Kappa
Parma
Roberto D'Aversa
Bruno Alves
Erreà
AS Roma
Paulo Fonseca
Lorenzo Pellegrini
Nike
Sampdoria
Claudio Ranieri
Fabio Quagliarella
Macron
Sassuolo
Roberto De Zerbi
Francesco Magnanelli
Puma
Spezia
Vincenzo Italiano
Claudio Terzi
Acerbis
Torino
Davide Nicola
Andrea Belotti
Joma
Udinese
Luca Gotti
Rodrigo De Paul
Macron
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.