| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 August 2021 – 22 May 2022 |
| Champions | AC Milan 19th title |
| Relegated | Cagliari Genoa Venezia |
| Champions League | AC Milan Inter Milan Napoli Juventus |
| Europa League | Lazio Roma |
| Europa Conference League | Fiorentina |
| Matches | 380 |
| Goals | 1,089 (2.87 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ciro Immobile (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Fiorentina 6–0 Genoa (17 January 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Salernitana 0–5 Inter Milan (17 December 2021) |
| Highest scoring | Lazio 4–4Udinese (2 December 2021) Udinese 2–6Atalanta (9 January 2022) Atalanta 4–4Torino (27 April 2022) |
| Longest winning run | Inter Milan Napoli (8 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | AC Milan Juventus (16 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Genoa (26 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Venezia (10 matches) |
| Highest attendance | 74,947 Inter Milan 3–1 Roma (23 April 2022) |
| Lowest attendance | 2,511 Empoli 1–2 Venezia (11 September 2021) |
| Total attendance | 6,908,853[1] |
| Average attendance | 18,181[1] |
2022–23 → | |
The2021–22 Serie A (known as theSerie ATIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of top-tier Italianfootball, the 90th in around-robin tournament, and the 12th since its organization under an own league committee, theLega Serie A.[2]AC Milan won the title after defeatingSassuolo 3–0 at theMapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore on 22 May 2022, the final matchday of the season.[3]
AC Milan's title marked their 19th league title in their history and their first since2011.Inter Milan, the defending champions, finished in second place, two points behind AC Milan.
Two teams,Venezia andSalernitana, both returned to theSerie A after historically long absences. Venezia defeatedCittadella in the final of the promotion playoffs to secure readmission into the top league for the first time in 19 years—since the 2001-2002 season.[4] Salernitana, meanwhile, were able to play their first Serie A match in 23 years, for the first time since 1999.[5]Empoli returned after a two-year absence.[6]
Crotone andBenevento were relegated to theSerie B after spending just one year each in the Serie A.Parma was relegated after a three-year stint.
| Promoted from 2020–21 Serie B | Relegated from 2020–21 Serie A |
|---|---|
| Empoli | Benevento |
| Salernitana | Crotone |
| Venezia | Parma |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napoli | Mutual consent | 23 May 2021[7] | Pre-season | 1 July 2021[8] | ||
| Inter Milan | 26 May 2021[9] | 1 July 2021[10] | ||||
| Hellas Verona | 28 May 2021[11] | 1 July 2021[12] | ||||
| Empoli | 15 June 2021[13] | 1 July 2021[14] | ||||
| Juventus | Sacked | 28 May 2021[15] | 1 July 2021[16] | |||
| Roma | End of contract | 30 June 2021[17] | 1 July 2021[18] | |||
| Fiorentina | 30 June 2021[19] | 1 July 2021[20] | ||||
| Sassuolo | 30 June 2021[21] | 1 July 2021[22] | ||||
| Sampdoria | 30 June 2021[23] | 4 July 2021 | ||||
| Lazio | 30 June 2021[24] | 1 July 2021[25] | ||||
| Torino | 30 June 2021[26] | 1 July 2021[27] | ||||
| Spezia | Signed byFiorentina | 30 June 2021[28] | 8 July 2021 | |||
| Hellas Verona | Sacked | 14 September 2021[29] | 19th | 14 September 2021[30] | ||
| Cagliari | 14 September 2021[31] | 17th | 15 September 2021[32] | |||
| Salernitana | 17 October 2021[33] | 20th | 17 October 2021[34] | |||
| Genoa | 6 November 2021[35] | 17th | 7 November 2021[36] | |||
| Udinese | 7 December 2021[37] | 14th | 7 December 2021[38] | |||
| Genoa | 15 January 2022[39] | 19th | 15 January 2022 | |||
| Sampdoria | 17 January 2022[40] | 16th | 19 January 2022[41] | |||
| Genoa | End of caretaker spell | 19 January 2022 | 19th | 19 January 2022[42] | ||
| Salernitana | Sacked | 15 February 2022[43] | 20th | 15 February 2022[44] | ||
| Venezia | 27 April 2022[45] | 20th | 27 April 2022 | |||
| Cagliari | 2 May 2022[46] | 17th | 2 May 2022[47] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan(C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 86 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Inter Milan | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 84 | 32 | +52 | 84 | |
| 3 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 79 | |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 70 | |
| 5 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 58 | +19 | 64 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 63 | |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 62 | Qualification for theConference League play-off round[a] |
| 8 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 59 | |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 53 | |
| 10 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 50[b] | |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 50[b] | |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 47 | |
| 13 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 46 | |
| 14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 41 | |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 36 | |
| 16 | Spezia | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 36 | |
| 17 | Salernitana | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 31 | |
| 18 | Cagliari(R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 30 | Relegation toSerie B |
| 19 | Genoa(R) | 38 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 28 | |
| 20 | Venezia(R) | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 27 |
| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | CAG | EMP | FIO | GEN | HEL | INT | JUV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | ROM | SAL | SAM | SAS | SPE | TOR | UDI | VEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atalanta | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Bologna | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Cagliari | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Empoli | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Fiorentina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| Genoa | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Hellas Verona | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Inter Milan | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Juventus | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Lazio | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 |
| Milan | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Napoli | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Roma | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Salernitana | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Sampdoria | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
| Sassuolo | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Spezia | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Torino | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Udinese | 2–6 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 |
| Venezia | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[48] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lazio | 27 | |
| 2 | Fiorentina/Juventus1 | 24 | |
| 3 | Inter Milan | 21 | |
| 4 | Roma | 17 | |
| Hellas Verona | |||
| 6 | Sassuolo | 16 | |
| 7 | Sassuolo | 15 | |
| 8 | Bologna | 14 | |
| Napoli | |||
| 10 | Udinese | 13 | |
| Inter Milan | |||
| Atalanta | |||
| Cagliari | |||
| Empoli |
1 Vlahović played for Fiorentina until matchday 23 and scored 17 goals.
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lazio | Spezia | 6–1 (H) | 28 August 2021 | |
| Hellas Verona | Lazio | 4–1 (H) | 24 October 2021 | |
| Fiorentina | Spezia | 3–0 (H) | 31 October 2021 | |
| Atalanta | Venezia | 4–0 (H) | 30 November 2021 | |
| Hellas Verona | Sassuolo | 4–2 (A) | 16 January 2022 | |
| Hellas Verona | Venezia | 3–1 (H) | 27 February 2022 | |
| Inter Milan | Salernitana | 5–0 (H) | 4 March 2022 | |
| Udinese | Cagliari | 5–1 (H) | 3 April 2022 | |
| Lazio | Genoa | 4–1 (A) | 10 April 2022 | |
| Torino | Empoli | 3–1 (A) | 1 May 2022 |
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AC Milan | 17 | |
| 2 | Inter Milan | 15 | |
| Roma | |||
| 4 | Napoli | 13 | |
| 5 | Bologna | 12 | |
| Juventus | |||
| 7 | Genoa | 10 | |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 9 | |
| 9 | Atalanta | 8 | |
| 10 | Spezia | 7 | |
| Udinese | |||
| Lazio | |||
| Empoli |
| Month | Player of the Month | Coach of the Month | Goal of the Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Coach | Club | Player | Club | |
| September | Napoli | Napoli | Roma | |||
| October | Hellas Verona | Milan | Sampdoria | |||
| November | Inter Milan | Atalanta | Cagliari | |||
| December | Fiorentina | Inter Milan | Juventus | |||
| January | Sassuolo | Spezia | Roma | |||
| February | Atalanta | Napoli | Atalanta | |||
| March | Napoli | Milan | Roma | |||
| April | Inter Milan | Bologna | Inter Milan | |||
| May | AC Milan | AC Milan | AC Milan | |||
| Award | Winner | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | AC Milan | [76] | |
| Best Under-23 | Napoli | [77] | |
| Best Goalkeeper | AC Milan | ||
| Best Defender | Torino | ||
| Best Midfielder | Inter Milan | ||
| Best Striker | Lazio | ||
| Coach of the Season | AC Milan | [78] | |
| Goal of the Season | AC Milan | [79] |
| Team of the Year[80] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | ||||
| Defence | ||||
| Midfield | ||||
| Attack | ||||