The2020–21 Serie A (known as theSerie ATIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of top-tier Italianfootball, the 89th in around-robin tournament, and the 11th since its organization under an own league committee, theLega Serie A.Inter Milan won the title with four matches remaining after second-placedAtalanta drew againstSassuolo.[2]
Inter Milan's title was their 19th in club history and their first in 11 years. It endedJuventus's run of nine consecutiveleague titles, as they finished in fourth place, 13 points behind Inter Milan.
On 20 August 2020,Spezia won a playoff match to earn their first promotion to Serie A; they became the 66th team to participate in the Italian top-tier league.
A day following theNapoli–Genoa match on 27 September 2020, Genoa announced that 14 of their players tested positive forCOVID-19.[5][6] The Genoa–Torino match scheduled for 3 October 2020 was thereby postponed.[7]
On 3 October 2020, two Napoli players,Piotr Zieliński andEljif Elmas, tested positive for COVID-19, and after being denied authorization to leaveNaples by the Local Health Authority (ASL), Napoli blocked their players' departure for their match inTurin against Juventus.[8][9][10] The league decided not to postpone the match scheduled for 4 October 2020. On the day of the game, Juventus took to the field despite the absence of their opponents, who were quarantining in Naples.[11] Juventus were awarded a 3–0 victory by default and Napoli were docked one point as the Disciplinary Commission ruled Napoli did not follow the country'sCOVID-19 pandemic protocol.[12] Following a successful appeal by Napoli to theCONI Sports Guarantee Board, these penalties were overturned on 22 December 2020.[13] The match was eventually recovered on 7 April 2021, more than six months after its originally scheduled date.
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. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[36] (C) Champions;(R) Relegated Notes:
^abAtalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.
^abSince thewinners of the2020–21 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.
Source:Serie A Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.