2009–10 in Italian football

The 2009–10 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Italy.

Events

• August 23, 2009 – Serie A season begins.

Honours

Competition	Winner
Serie A	Inter
Supercoppa Italiana	Lazio
Coppa Italia	Inter

National team

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 10 7 3 0 18 7 +11 24  Republic of Ireland 10 4 6 0 12 8 +4 18  Bulgaria 10 3 5 2 17 13 +4 14  Cyprus 10 2 3 5 14 16 −2 9  Montenegro 10 1 6 3 9 14 −5 9  Georgia 10 0 3 7 7 19 −12 3

Bulgaria  – 2–0 6–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 Cyprus  4–1 – 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 Georgia  0–0 1–1 – 0–2 0–0 1–2 Italy  2–0 3–2 2–0 – 2–1 1–1 Montenegro  2–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 – 0–0 Republic of Ireland  1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 –

Notes on the tie-breaking situation:

• Cyprus and Montenegro are ranked by their overall goal difference.

League tables

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Internazionale (C)	38	24	10	4	75	34	+41	82	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Roma	38	24	8	6	68	41	+27	80
3	Milan	38	20	10	8	60	39	+21	70
4	Sampdoria	38	19	10	9	49	41	+8	67	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Palermo	38	18	11	9	59	47	+12	65	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6	Napoli	38	15	14	9	50	43	+7	59
7	Juventus	38	16	7	15	55	56	−1	55	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
8	Parma	38	14	10	14	46	51	−5	52
9	Genoa	38	14	9	15	57	61	−4	51
10	Bari	38	13	11	14	49	49	0	50
11	Fiorentina	38	13	8	17	48	47	+1	47
12	Lazio	38	11	13	14	39	43	−4	46
13	Catania	38	10	15	13	44	45	−1	45
14	Chievo	38	12	8	18	37	42	−5	44		CHI: 8 pts UDI: 6 pts CAG: 1 pt
15	Udinese	38	11	11	16	54	59	−5	44
16	Cagliari	38	11	11	16	56	58	−2	44
17	Bologna	38	10	12	16	42	55	−13	42
18	Atalanta (R)	38	9	8	21	37	53	−16	35	Relegation to Serie B
19	Siena (R)	38	7	10	21	40	67	−27	31
20	Livorno (R)	38	7	8	23	27	61	−34	29

Source: Lega Calcio and Yahoo! Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Lecce (C) (P)	42	20	15	7	66	47	+19	75	Promotion to Serie A
2	Cesena (P)	42	20	14	8	55	29	+26	74
3	Brescia (O) (P)	42	21	9	12	60	44	+16	72	Promotion play-off
4	Sassuolo	42	18	15	9	60	42	+18	69
5	Torino	42	19	11	12	53	36	+17	68
6	Cittadella	42	18	12	12	62	43	+19	66
7	Grosseto	42	14	19	9	66	63	+3	61
8	Crotone	42	17	11	14	53	50	+3	060^1
9	Ascoli	42	15	12	15	57	57	0	57
10	Empoli	42	15	11	16	66	56	+10	56
11	AlbinoLeffe	42	14	13	15	59	56	+3	55
12	Modena	42	14	12	16	39	47	−8	54		MOD 1–0 REG REG 0–1 MOD
13	Reggina	42	15	9	18	51	56	−5	54
14	Vicenza	42	12	17	13	40	41	−1	53		VIC: 8 pts 4–1 PIA: 5 pts 4–5 FRO: 3 pts 4–6
15	Piacenza	42	13	14	15	40	45	−5	53
16	Frosinone	42	15	8	19	50	67	−17	53
17	Ancona (R)	42	15	9	18	55	56	−1	052^1	Excluded from all football leagues after bankruptcy. Relegated to Eccellenza as US Ancona 1905 ^3
18	Triestina	42	13	12	17	41	51	−10	51	Relegation to Lega Pro Prima Divisione ^3	PAD 0–0 TRI TRI 2–1 PAD
19	Padova (O)	42	12	15	15	44	48	−4	51	Qualification to Relegation play-off
20	Mantova (R)	42	10	18	14	46	58	−12	48	Relegation to Serie D ^4
21	Gallipoli (R)	42	10	10	22	43	74	−31	40	Relegation to Promozione ^5
22	Salernitana (R)	42	5	8	29	40	80	−40	017^2	Relegation to Lega Pro Prima Divisione

Updated to games played on 30 May 2010.
Source: http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/2010/calcio/serieb/index.shtml
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. 2 points deducted due to financial irregularities.^[1][2]
2. 6 points deducted due to match-fixing during the 2007–08 Serie C1 season.^[3]
3. Ancona was excluded from football by Federal Council's decision. As a consequence, Triestina as losing sides of the relegation play-off were spared from relegation.
4. Mantova declared bankrupt and relegated to Serie D.
5. Gallipoli declared bankrupt and relegated to Promozione.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Inter Milan

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11
Internazionale	6	2	3	1	7	6	+1	9
Rubin Kazan	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3	6
Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5

Internazionale v Barcelona

16 September 2009 1	Internazionale	0 – 0	Barcelona	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Chivu  90'	Report	Henry  54' Touré  83'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 77,321 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Rubin Kazan v Internazionale

29 September 2009 2	Rubin Kazan	1 – 1	Internazionale	Kazan, Russia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Karadeniz  9' Domínguez  11'	Report	Samuel  14' Balotelli  20', 60' Stanković  27' Maicon  63'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 23,670 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Internazionale v Dynamo Kyiv

20 October 2009 3	Internazionale	2 – 2	Dynamo Kyiv	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Stanković  23',  35' Maicon  29' Samuel  47' Chivu  52' Zanetti  83'	Report	Mykhalyk  5' Almeida  31' Lúcio  40' (o.g.) Shevchenko  61' Milevskiy  68' Vukojević  82'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 34,721 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Dynamo Kyiv v Internazionale

4 November 2009 4	Dynamo Kyiv	1 – 2	Internazionale	Kiev, Ukraine
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Shevchenko  21' Almeida  28' Mykhalyk  53'	Report	Samuel  23' Lúcio  45' Milito  86' Sneijder  89'	Stadium: Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Barcelona v Internazionale

24 November 2009 5	Barcelona	2 – 0	Internazionale	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Piqué  10' Pedro  26',  50' Puyol  34'	Report	Motta  18' Chivu  80' Zanetti  89'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 93,524 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Internazionale v Rubin Kazan

9 December 2009 6	Internazionale	2 – 0	Rubin Kazan	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Eto'o  31' Balotelli  46',  64' Lúcio  69'	Report	Murawski  28' Navas  43'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 49,539 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Internazionale v Chelsea

24 February 2010 First leg	Internazionale	2 – 1	Chelsea	Milan, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Milito  3',  22' Motta  9' Cambiasso  55'	Report	Kalou  23',  51'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 78,971 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Chelsea v Internazionale

16 March 2010 Second leg	Chelsea	0 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.)	Internazionale	London, England
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Molouda  55' Drogba  57', 87' Alex  83' Terry  89'	Report	Eto'o  17',  78' Motta  48' Lúcio  54' Júlio César  82'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 38,107 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Quarter-finals

Internazionale v CSKA Moscow

31 March 2010 First leg	Internazionale	1 – 0	CSKA Moscow	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Materazzi  12' Milito  65'	Report	Krasić  32' Aldonin  37'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,398 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

CSKA Moscow v Internazionale

6 April 2010 Second leg	CSKA Moscow	0 – 1 (0 – 2 agg.)	Internazionale	Moscow, Russia
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Odiah  38', 49' Mamayev  63'	Report	Sneijder  6' Stanković  16'	Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 54,400 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Semi-finals

Internazionale v Barcelona

20 April 2010 First leg	Internazionale	3 – 1	Barcelona	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Eto'o  12' Sneijder  30' Maicon  48' Milito  61' Stanković  82'	Report	Pedro  19' Busquets  45+1' Puyol  51' Piqué  60' Keita  68' Alves  84'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 79,609 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Barcelona v Internazionale

28 April 2010 Second leg	Barcelona	1 – 0 (2 – 3 agg.)	Internazionale	Barcelona, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pedro  27' Piqué  84'	Report	Motta  10', 28' Júlio César  34' Chivu  43' Lúcio  82' Muntari  82'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 96,214 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Final

Bayern Munich v Internazionale

22 May 2010 Final	Bayern Munich	0 – 2	Internazionale	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Demichelis  26' Van Bommel  78'	Report	Chivu  30' Milito  35', 70'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 80,354 Referee: Howard Webb (England)

Deaths

• September 18, 2009 — Brian Filipi, 20, Ravenna midfielder and Albania youth international, killed in a car accident.^[4]
• October 13, 2009 — Massimo Mattolini, 56, former Serie A goalkeeper with Fiorentina and Napoli, Coppa Italia winner in 1975, kidney failure.^[5]
• November 10, 2009 — Flora Viola, 86, widow of late Roma President Dino Viola, and club chairwoman herself during the year 1991.^[6]
• December 26, 2009 — Giuseppe Chiappella, 85, former midfielder, 1955–56 Serie A winner with Fiorentina, Italian international footballer, and later manager for Fiorentina and Internazionale.^[7]
• March 10, 2010 — Tonino Carino, 65, popular Italian RAI journalist who was active in football, best famous for his coverage of Ascoli games during the club's period in the Serie A in the 1980s and 1990s.^[8]
• March 20, 2010 — Naim Krieziu, 92, Albanian former striker/winger, one of the two last surviving members with Amedeo Amadei of the Roma team who won the club's first Italian title in 1942.^[9]
• April 3, 2010 - Maurizio Mosca, 69, popular Italian journalist and TV presenter who was active in football.^[10]

References

1. "Ancona: penalizzazione sale a due punti" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport - Stadio. August 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
2. "Serie B, Crotone: confermati 2 punti di penalizzazione" (in Italian). Blitz Quotidiano. 2010-03-12. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
3. "Presunto illecito: punite Salernitana e Potenza" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 2010-03-20. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
4. "Tragedia a Ravenna Auto travolge e uccide Filipi" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 2009-09-19. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
5. "CALCIO, MORTO MATTOLINI, EX PORTIERE FIORENTINA E NAPOLI" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
6. "Roma in lutto: è morta Flora Viola" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport – Stadio. 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
7. "E' morto Beppe Chiappella Allenò Fiorentina e Inter" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 2009-12-26. Retrieved 2009-12-27.
8. "Morto Tonino Carino, volto di 90°minuto" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
9. "Morto Naim Krieziu: con i suoi gol la Roma vinse il primo scudetto" (in Italian). Il Messaggero. 20 March 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
10. Mediaset, The died of M.Mosca