Serie A 2020–21 Champions, standings, point table, award and fact

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.