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.