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The 2011–12 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the eightieth season since its establishment, and the second under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 9 September 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012.[3] The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players.[4] The fixtures were drawn up on 27 July 2011.
The league title was won by Juventus, winning its 28th official Serie A title or scudetto, and first since the 2002–03 season, having already been champion of winter. The team went through the season without a single defeat, the first team ever to do so in a 38 game league season in Italy. It is the third team to complete a Serie A season undefeated. Perugia was the first team to go undefeated in the 30-game 1978–79 season. Milan repeated the feat in the 34-game 1991–92 season.[5] Of note, although undefeated, Perugia failed to win the scudetto that year, finishing second.
Since Italy dropped from third to fourth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[6] the league has lost a group stage berth for the UEFA Champions League from the 2012–13 season.
The rules for the registration of non-EU (or non-EFTA or Swiss) nationals transferred from abroad were revised in the summer of 2011. Clubs could now sign two non-EU players. This was a reverse of the decision made the previous summer in the wake of Italy's failure at the 2010 World Cup that limited clubs to the signing of just one such player.
In Italy, football managers are only permitted to manage one club per season.[7] For this purpose, the "season" is defined as starting when its first match kicks off, so Roberto Donadoni and Stefano Pioli, who lost their job at Cagliari and Palermo on 12 and 31 August 2011 were able to take respectively the Parma job in January 2012 and the Bologna job in October 2011 because the first matches were not until 9 September 2011.
Updated to games played on 13 May 2012. Source: Lega Serie A Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored 1Atalanta were deducted 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.[56][57] 2Napoli qualified to the group stage of the Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia. As they finished fifth, the sixth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League. 3Lecce were originally relegated to Serie B, but further relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal. (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.
Last updated: 5 May 2012 Source: La Gazzetta dello Sport kicker.de
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