2020–21 Serie A

Inter Milan ended Juventus's nine-year Serie A reign.

The 2020–21 Serie A, also known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons, was the 119th season of top-tier Italian football and the 89th in a round-robin format. Inter Milan won the title with four matches remaining, ending Juventus's run of nine consecutive league titles. It was Inter's 19th league championship and their first in 11 years.

Quick Facts

Competition

Serie A

Season

2020–21

Dates

19 September 2020 – 23 May 2021

Winners

Inter Milan; 19th title

Relegated

Benevento
Crotone
Parma

Matches

380

Total goals

1163

Biggest home win

Napoli 6–0 Genoa (27 September 2020); Napoli 6–0 Fiorentina (17 January 2021)

Facts from the source article.

Teams

Benevento and Crotone came up directly from Serie B, each returning after two years away. Spezia secured their first-ever promotion to the top flight on 20 August 2020 by winning a playoff, making them the 66th club to play in Italy’s highest division. The day after a Napoli–Genoa match on 27 September 2020, Genoa revealed that 14 of their players had tested positive for COVID-19, which forced the postponement of their scheduled 3 October fixture against Torino.

On 3 October, Napoli players Piotr Zieliński and Eljif Elmas also tested positive. The local health authority refused to let them leave Naples, so Napoli prevented their squad from traveling to Turin for a match against Juventus set for 4 October. The league declined to call off the game. Juventus took the field without opponents, who were isolating in Naples, and were handed a 3–0 default win.

Napoli also lost a point after the Disciplinary Commission found they had broken the national COVID-19 protocol. Napoli appealed successfully to the CONI Sports Guarantee Board, and on 22 December 2020 both penalties were reversed. The match was finally played on 7 April 2021, over six months after its original date.