The 2015–16 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Italy.

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Teams promoted to Serie A

Teams relegated from Serie A

Teams promoted to Serie B

Teams relegated from Serie B

National teams

Italy national football team

Main article: Italy national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 10 7 3 0 16 7 +9 24 Qualify for final tournament
2  Croatia[a] 10 6 3 1 20 5 +15 20
3  Norway 10 6 1 3 13 10 +3 19 Advance to play-offs
4  Bulgaria 10 3 2 5 9 12 −3 11
5  Azerbaijan 10 1 3 6 7 18 −11 6
6  Malta 10 0 2 8 3 16 −13 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.
Croatia 1–1 Italy
Mandžukić 11' Report Candreva 36' (pen.)
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Italy 1–0 Malta
Pellè 69' Report
Attendance: 12,551[2]
Italy 1–0 Bulgaria
De Rossi 6' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 21,000[3]
Azerbaijan 1–3 Italy
Nazarov 31' Report Éder 11'
El Shaarawy 43'
Darmian 65'
Attendance: 48,000[4]
Italy 2–1 Norway
Florenzi 73'
Pellè 82'		 Report Tettey 23'
Attendance: 30,000[5]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Friendlies

31 March 2015 Friendly Italy  1–1  England Torino, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pellè 29' Report Townsend 79' Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 31,138
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
16 June 2015 Friendly Italy  0–1  Portugal Genève, Switzerland
Report Éder 52' Stadium: Stade de Genève
13 November 2015 Friendly Belgium  3–1  Italy Brussels, Belgium[6]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vertonghen 13', Yellow card 25'
Witsel Yellow card 33'
De Bruyne 74'
Batshuayi 82'		 Report Candreva 3'
Éder Yellow card 27'
Chiellini Yellow card 34'
Antonelli Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) Friendly Italy  2–2  Romania Bologna, Italy[7]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Marchisio 55' (pen.)
Éder Yellow card 56'
Gabbiadini 66'
Candreva Yellow card 90'		 Report Stancu 8'
Hoban Yellow card 15'
Andone 89'
Chiricheș Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 22,511
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
24 March 2016 Friendly Italy  1–1  Spain Udine, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Insigne 68' Report Aduriz 70' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 23,300
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
29 March 2016 Friendly Germany  4–1  Italy Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kroos 24'
Götze 45'
Hector 59'
Özil 75' (pen.)		 Report El Shaarawy 83' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 62,653
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

League season

Serie A

Main article: 2015–16 Serie A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 38 29 4 5 75 20 +55 91 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Napoli 38 25 7 6 80 32 +48 82
3 Roma 38 23 11 4 83 41 +42 80 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Internazionale 38 20 7 11 50 38 +12 67 Qualification to Europa League group stage[a]
5 Fiorentina 38 18 10 10 60 42 +18 64
6 Sassuolo 38 16 13 9 49 40 +9 61 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7 Milan 38 15 12 11 49 43 +6 57
8 Lazio 38 15 9 14 52 52 0 54
9 Chievo 38 13 11 14 43 45 −2 50
10 Empoli 38 12 10 16 40 49 −9 46[b]
11 Genoa 38 13 7 18 45 48 −3 46[b]
12 Torino 38 12 9 17 52 55 −3 45[c]
13 Atalanta 38 11 12 15 41 47 −6 45[c]
14 Bologna 38 11 9 18 33 45 −12 42
15 Sampdoria 38 10 10 18 48 61 −13 40
16 Palermo 38 10 9 19 38 65 −27 39[d]
17 Udinese 38 10 9 19 35 60 −25 39[d]
18 Carpi (R) 38 9 11 18 37 57 −20 38 Relegation to Serie B
19 Frosinone (R) 38 8 7 23 35 76 −41 31
20 Hellas Verona (R) 38 5 13 20 34 63 −29 28
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[8]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
  2. ^ a b Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.
  3. ^ a b Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.
  4. ^ a b Palermo ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points; Palermo 6 points, Udinese 0 points.

Serie B

Main article: 2015–16 Serie B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cagliari (C, P) 42 25 8 9 78 41 +37 83 Promotion to Serie A
2 Crotone (P) 42 23 13 6 61 36 +25 82
3 Trapani 42 20 13 9 64 49 +15 73 Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Pescara (O, P) 42 21 9 12 69 52 +17 72
5 Bari 42 19 11 12 58 48 +10 68 Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6 Cesena[a] 42 19 11 12 57 37 +20 68
7 Spezia 42 17 15 10 47 45 +2 66
8 Novara[b] 42 19 10 13 57 35 +22 65
9 Virtus Entella 42 17 13 12 51 40 +11 64
10 Perugia 42 14 13 15 40 40 0 55
11 Brescia 42 14 12 16 55 64 −9 54
12 Ternana 42 15 8 19 50 56 −6 53
13 Vicenza 42 11 16 15 41 53 −12 49
14 Avellino 42 13 10 19 52 66 −14 49
15 Ascoli 42 13 8 21 45 64 −19 47
16 Latina 42 10 16 16 44 51 −7 46
17 Pro Vercelli 42 11 13 18 43 53 −10 46
18 Salernitana (O) 42 9 18 15 48 62 −14 45 Relegation play-out
19 Virtus Lanciano[c] (R, E, R, R) 42 12 12 18 43 56 −13 44 Bankruptcy after play-out
20 Livorno (R) 42 10 12 20 45 57 −12 42 Relegation to Lega Pro
21 Modena (R) 42 11 9 22 37 55 −18 42
22 Como (R) 42 5 18 19 39 64 −25 33
Source: Lega Serie B
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.[9]
  2. ^ Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.[10]
  3. ^ Virtus Lanciano was deducted four points for financial irregularities.[11]

Lega Pro

Main article: 2015–16 Lega Pro

Group A
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Cittadella (C, P) 34 76
2 Pordenone 34 65
3 Bassano Virtus 34 62
4 Alessandria 34 57
5 Padova 34 54
6 Cremonese 34 53
7 Reggiana 34 52
8 Feralpisalò 34 50
9 Pavia (R) 34 49
10 Südtirol 34 44
11 Renate 34 43
12 Giana Erminio 34 42
13 Lumezzane 34 42
14 Pro Piacenza (O) 34 39
15 Mantova (O) 34 34
16 Cuneo (R) 34 34
17 AlbinoLeffe 34 20
18 Pro Patria (R) 34 7
Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated

Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 SPAL (C, P) 34 71
2 Pisa (O, P) 34 62
3 Maceratese 34 58
4 Ancona 34 53
5 Carrarese 34 51
6 Siena 34 46
7 Pontedera 34 45
8 Teramo 34 43
9 Arezzo 34 42
10 Tuttocuoio 34 40
11 Santarcangelo 34 39
12 Pistoiese 34 39
13 Lucchese 34 39
14 Prato (O) 34 37
15 Rimini (R) 34 36
16 L'Aquila (R) 34 33
17 Lupa Roma 34 27
18 Savona (R) 34 22
Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated

Group C
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Benevento (C, P) 34 70
2 Foggia 34 65
3 Lecce 34 63
4 Casertana 34 63
5 Cosenza 34 60
6 Matera 34 53
7 Fidelis Andria 34 45
8 Messina 34 45
9 Paganese 34 42
10 Juve Stabia 34 42
11 Catanzaro 34 41
12 Akragas 34 40
13 Catania 34 39
14 Monopoli (O) 34 39
15 Melfi 34 30
16 Martina Franca (R) 34 22
17 Ischia (R) 34 21
18 Lupa Castelli Romani 34 12
Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated

Serie D

Main article: 2015–16 Serie D

Cup competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Main article: 2015 Supercoppa Italiana
Juventus2–0Lazio
Mandžukić 69'
Dybala 73'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Luca Banti
Juventus
Lazio
GK 1 Italy Gianluigi Buffon (c)
CB 15 Italy Andrea Barzagli
CB 19 Italy Leonardo Bonucci
CB 4 Uruguay Martín Cáceres
RWB 26 Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteiner
LWB 33 France Patrice Evra
RM 27 Italy Stefano Sturaro downward-facing red arrow 90'
CM 8 Italy Claudio Marchisio
LM 10 France Paul Pogba
CF 11 France Kingsley Coman downward-facing red arrow 61'
CF 17 Croatia Mario Mandžukić downward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutes:
GK 25 Brazil Neto
GK 34 Brazil Rubinho
DF 2 Chile Mauricio Isla
DF 24 Italy Daniele Rugani
DF 42 Italy Giulio Parodi
MF 20 Italy Simone Padoin
MF 37 Argentina Roberto Pereyra upward-facing green arrow 90'
MF 40 Italy Mattia Vitale
MF 43 Colombia Andrés Tello
FW 7 Italy Simone Zaza
FW 14 Spain Fernando Llorente upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 21 Argentina Paulo Dybala upward-facing green arrow 61'
Manager:
Italy Massimiliano Allegri
GK 22 Italy Federico Marchetti
RB 26 Romania Ștefan Radu
CB 6 Argentina Santiago Gentiletti
CB 3 Netherlands Stefan de Vrij
LB 8 Serbia Dušan Basta
RM 32 Italy Danilo Cataldi downward-facing red arrow 75'
CM 20 Argentina Lucas Biglia (c)
LM 23 Nigeria Ogenyi Onazi
AM 10 Brazil Felipe Anderson downward-facing red arrow 87'
AM 87 Italy Antonio Candreva
CF 11 Germany Miroslav Klose downward-facing red arrow 61'
Substitutes:
GK 55 Italy Guido Guerrieri
GK 99 Albania Etrit Berisha
DF 2 Netherlands Wesley Hoedt
DF 4 Spain Patric
DF 29 France Abdoulay Konko
DF 33 Brazil Maurício
MF 7 England Ravel Morrison upward-facing green arrow 87'
MF 21 Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić
MF 70 Australia Chris Ikonomidis
FW 9 Serbia Filip Đorđević upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 14 Senegal Keita
FW 88 Netherlands Ricardo Kishna upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Italy Stefano Pioli

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2015–16 Coppa Italia
Main article: 2016 Coppa Italia Final
Milan0–1 (a.e.t.)Juventus
Report Morata 110'
Milan
Juventus
GK 99 Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB 96 Italy Davide Calabria
CB 17 Colombia Cristián Zapata Yellow card 50'
CB 13 Italy Alessio Romagnoli
LB 2 Italy Mattia De Sciglio
DM 18 Italy Riccardo Montolivo (c) downward-facing red arrow 108'
CM 27 Slovakia Juraj Kucka downward-facing red arrow 112'
CM 16 Italy Andrea Poli downward-facing red arrow 84'
RW 10 Japan Keisuke Honda Yellow card 88'
CF 70 Colombia Carlos Bacca
LW 28 Italy Giacomo Bonaventura
Substitutes:
GK 1 Spain Diego López
DF 4 Italy José Mauri Yellow card 119' upward-facing green arrow 108'
DF 5 France Philippe Mexès
FW 7 France Jérémy Ménez
FW 9 Brazil Luiz Adriano
FW 19 France M'Baye Niang Yellow card 101' upward-facing green arrow 84'
GK 32 Italy Christian Abbiati
DF 33 Brazil Alex
FW 45 Italy Mario Balotelli upward-facing green arrow 112'
MF 72 Ghana Kevin-Prince Boateng
MF 73 Italy Manuel Locatelli
MF 91 Italy Andrea Bertolacci
Manager:
Italy Cristian Brocchi
GK 25 Brazil Neto
CB 24 Italy Daniele Rugani Yellow card 120+2'
CB 15 Italy Andrea Barzagli Yellow card 105'
CB 3 Italy Giorgio Chiellini (c) Yellow card 117'
RWB 26 Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteiner downward-facing red arrow 75'
CM 18 Gabon Mario Lemina
CM 11 Brazil Hernanes downward-facing red arrow 108'
CM 10 France Paul Pogba Yellow card 62'
LWB 33 France Patrice Evra downward-facing red arrow 62'
CF 21 Argentina Paulo Dybala
CF 17 Croatia Mario Mandžukić
Substitutes:
GK 1 Italy Gianluigi Buffon
FW 7 Italy Simone Zaza
FW 9 Spain Álvaro Morata Yellow card 119' upward-facing green arrow 108'
DF 12 Brazil Alex Sandro upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 16 Colombia Juan Cuadrado upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 20 Italy Simone Padoin
MF 22 Ghana Kwadwo Asamoah
MF 27 Italy Stefano Sturaro
GK 34 Brazil Rubinho
MF 37 Argentina Roberto Pereyra
Manager:
Italy Massimiliano Allegri

Match rules

References

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  1. ^ Due to punishment handed by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway on 28 March 2015, Croatia must play their next home qualifying game behind closed doors, and the Croatian FA were fined €50,000.[1]
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_in_Italian_football
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