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Calcio Decade: A Statistical Look At The Last 10 Years Of Serie A
Goal.com’s Italy team have been crunching the numbers so you don’t have to…
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Dec 29, 2009 11:00:58 AM
Welcome to Goal.com’s statistical round up of Serie A Calcio since the year 2000. As we approach the end of the noughties, our team of Italian football writers have gathered a wide range of interesting facts and figures which tell the story of Italian top-flight action over the last decade. It really is a picture by numbers.
We kick off from Roma's memorable Scudetto winning season and blow the whistle in week 17 of 2009.
2000-2001: Romans Rule Again
Roma won their third ever Scudetto, the previous ones coming in 1942 and 1983. They scored a record 68 goals, but it was Juventus who had the best defence with just 27 conceded. Gabriel Batistuta finished the season with 20 goals. It was fellow Argentine Hernan Crespo, then of Lazio, who topped the Capocannoniere charts with 26 goals. Six coaches received the chop that season. Marcello Lippi of Inter, Alberto Zaccheroni of Milan, Lazio's Sven Goran Eriksson, Parma's Alberto Malesani, Zdenek Zeman of Napoli and Luigi De Canio then of Udinese were all shown the door. Fatih Terim resigned from Fiorentina half-way through the season. Perhaps the season will be remembered for Milan's 6-0 thrashing of Inter at the San Siro. In the summer of 2001, Juventus sold Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid for a then world record fee of €78 million.
This marked the 100th season of Italian top-flight football and despite the centenary, it will be remembered for the infamous May 5 date. Inter threw the title away on the last day of the season after losing 4-2 to Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico. Juventus' 2-0 win over Udinese meant they clinched the title. It was the Bianconeri's 26th Tricolore. David Trezeguet scored 32 goals in all competitions for the Old Lady - it remains his most prolific season at the club to date. The Frenchman hit 24 in Serie A to share the Capcannoniere title with Piacenza's Dario Hubner.
While Massimo Moratti still argues the validity of Juve's title win, statistically they were the best team in A with 64 goals scored and just 24 conceded. Roma's 1-0 win against Torino saw them finish runners up to Juve, with the Nerazzurri eventually finishing third. Current Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini took on the Fiorentina job. That season was the end of Fiorentina as we knew it back then as the club went bankrupt and went into Serie C2, Italy's fourth tier.
Six other coaches received the boot, including current Fulham boss Roy Hodgson who was then at Udinese. Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti took over from the sacked Fatih Terim. Mancini, Hodgson and Ancelotti are now all together in the Premier League - reunited for the first time since the 2001/2002 season. Just a year after a historic promotion to Serie A, their first ever since the club's inception in 1929, Chievo Verona qualified for the UEFA Cup.
2002/2003: Milan Kings Of Europe
Despite Capocannoniere Christian Vieri's 24 goals, it was Juventus who retained the title to win their 27th Scudetto. It was a record year for both Milan and the Bianconeri in Europe. They both made the 2002/2003 Champions League final. Milan won their seventh European Cup. Paolo Maldini, the captain, lifted the trophy exactly 40 years after his father did in 1963. That final was also in England, but it was held at Wembley rather than Old Trafford. Pavel Nedved, who missed the final, finished the year with the prestigious Ballon d'Or award. The last Juventus player to win the award before him was Zidane in 1998.
2003/2004: Rossoneri Dominate After Five Year Scudetto Drought
Ancelotti's Milan won their 17th Scudetto. They returned to winning ways for the first time in five seasons. The last time the Rossoneri had gone more than five years without a title was between 1979 and 1988 when they endured a nine year drought. Andriy Shevchenko would go on to scoring 24 goals to finish the season as the top-flight's best marksman. Only one of those was a penalty. Kaka played his first season following his move from Sao Paolo, scoring 10 goals.
Kaka Helps Milan Win
2004/2005: Mid Table Teams Make All The Headlines
Juventus stormed to their 28th title, but it was revoked by the Calcio authorities on July 14, 2006 following the Calciopoli investigations. The then Lecce striker Mirko Vucinic scored 19 goals for the Salentini who finished the season with the same goals-for record as Juventus on 66. Livorno's Cristiano Lucarelli took the top scorers chart accolade with 24 to his name, one more than Parma's Alberto Gilardino who scored the same amount the previous season. Inter won their fourth Coppa Italia for the first time since 1972. So far it's Lazio who have won the most Coppas with three to their name this decade, 2000, 2004, and 2009. No-one was awarded the title that season.
Vucinic Leaves His Mark In The Top Flight
2005/2006: Inter Return To Winning Ways
This season will always be remembered for the Calciopoli outbreak. Although Juventus finished the league with a mega 91 points, the title was handed to Inter following Calciopoli. For Inter, it was Scudetto number 14, their first since 1989. The Nerazzurri also won the Coppa Italia that season, their fifth in history. Luca Toni stormed to the Capocannoniere title with 31 goals to his name - it was the most goals scored in a season this decade in Italy. For Juve, their fate was decided by the authorities and they were sent down to Serie B with a nine point penalty. The Calciopoli sentences meant Chievo Verona qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their 80 year history.
Inter's First Title Since 1989
2006/2007: In, Out, Shake It All About
With Juventus in the Cadetti, Inter strolled to their second consecutive title. This remains the only Serie A season to have been played without the Old Lady - relegated for the first time since the club’s inception in 1897. Juve's Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined the Nerazzurri. Inter set the record for the most points won in a season this decade having reached a mega 97 in 38 games.
Marco Materazzi became the only defender to have scored 10 goals in a season since the turn of the century. Four of his strikes were penalties. Inter lost just once all season, scoring 80 goals. Fiorentina, who finished in sixth place had the best defence with just 31 goals conceded. Roma recorded the biggest win margin of the decade by beating Catania 7-0, Francesco Totti scored a goal in that match, he would score 25 more to finish the campaign as Capocannoniere on 26. That season, the Giallorossi would lose 7-1 to Manchester United in the Champions League.
2007/2008: Inter's Yellowazzurri season
Juventus were back with a bang in Serie after their promotion from Serie B, but it would be Inter who would win the title once again despite Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet scoring 41 goals between them, the Italian winning the Capocannoniere charts for the first time in his 17 year career there. Juventus and Roma shared the most goals scored record, both finishing with 72 to their names. Nicola Legrottaglie scored the fastest goal of the campaign when he struck after just 48 seconds against Atalanta. Inter's Javier Zanetti was just one of three players to have played in every game. Atalanta's Ferdinando Coppola and Ferreira Pinto were the other two.
The 0-0 draw between Torino and Lazio in January 2008 produced a record 14 yellow cards. Eight goals were scored in three matches that season. Roma 4-4 Napoli, Udinese 3-5 Genoa and Torino 4-4 Parma. Inter, winning their 16th title led the standings for 32 weeks, they were also the most undisciplined side collecting 73 yellow cards. Parma were relegated that season, they held the record for hitting the woodwork most times with seven. Milan were caught offside an astonishing 157 times, Filippo Inzaghi springs to mind. Despite finishing fourth in the top scorers chart, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the most prolific target man in terms of frequency with an average of 0.65 goals per game.
2008/2009: Mourinho's First Touch
870 goals were scored during this campaign, 70 of these went Inter's way, with Jose Mourinho leading them to their 17th Scudetto in his first season. Milan scored the same amount, one more that Juventus, who finished the season in second. Reggina, who were relegated after a seven year stay in Italy's top flight, had the worst goals scored record with just 30 to their name. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's double strike against Atalanta on the final day of term saw him win the top-scorers title on 25, beating both Bologna's Marco Di Vaio and Genoa's Diego Milito who hit 24. Lazio won their third Coppa Italia of the decade, breaking a record which had stood for 20 years as Sampdoria were the last team to win three Coppas within a 10 year time span, winning a trio of them between 1980 and 1990.
This Season: 2009-2010
Inter have won four Scudetti on the bounce, one more this season and they will equal a record set by Juventus from 1931-1935. Torino achieved a similar feat in the 1940s. Diego Milito finished 2009 on 22 goals for the calendar year, 12 with Genoa between January and May and 10 with the Nerazzurri thus far, making him the best striker of 2009. The last Argentinean player to achieve the "bomber dell'anno accolade was Gabriel Batistuta in 2000.
Inter are the only team to have remained unbeaten at home for the whole of 2009. They have not lost at the San Siro in Serie A since March 23, 2008 when Juventus won 2-1. Roma finished the year as the most in form team. In their last seven games leading up to the Christmas break they won five and drew twice. Catania's 2-1 win over Juventus in Turin ended their 46 year winless streak in Turin. Their last win there was in 1963. Italy's Antonio Cassano may not be heading to the World Cup in 2010, but he would argue he deserves it after having the most played minutes, 3656 minutes for Sampdoria in 2009, being substituted just 10 times over the course of the year.
Did you know?
A record 10 coaches have been sacked this season. The most managerial chops of the decade!
A total of 7668 goals have been scored since the start of the 2000/2001 campaign up to and including week 17 which was played on December 20, 2009.
So far 421 goals have been scored in Serie A this season.
The highest goal scoring season was in 2005/2006 when 991 goals flew in.
The lowest was in 2001/2002 when only 726 goals were scored. (n.b between 2000 and 2004 only 34 games were played in a season. It was 38 from 2004/2005 season.)
Inter scored the most goals in a season, smashing in a mega 80 during 2006/07.
Since joining the football empire in 1987, fiery Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has sacked 26 coaches, 12 of those have been at Palermo, he sacked Francesco Guidolin a record four times!
Alessandro Del Piero has scored 137 times in Serie A since the turn of the decade. He has yet to score this season though.
In 19 games as Juventus coach, Ciro Ferrara has won 11 matches - the same amount as Carlo Ancelotti across the same number of games when he was coach.
Milan, like Barcelona and Real Madrid, are the only side to have won the Champions League twice between 2000 and 2009, winning it in 2003 and 2007. They have played in three finals in that time frame - more than anyone else in Europe.
The game between Parma and Livorno on May 1, 2005 was the one with most goals scored. It ended 6-4 to the Ducali, 10 goals in one game, the last time that happened was in 1996 when Inter beat Padova 8-2!
Juventus have conceded the least amount of goals, having the best defence in five of the last 10 seasons.
There were 125 draws during the 2004/05 season, more than any other campaign.
This season, Inter have been just as prolific away as they are at home scoring 36 in total, 18 of them on the road.
Was there something we missed out? Do you have an interesting statistic of your own? Let us know what you think.
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We kick off from Roma's memorable Scudetto winning season and blow the whistle in week 17 of 2009.
2000-2001: Romans Rule Again
Roma won their third ever Scudetto, the previous ones coming in 1942 and 1983. They scored a record 68 goals, but it was Juventus who had the best defence with just 27 conceded. Gabriel Batistuta finished the season with 20 goals. It was fellow Argentine Hernan Crespo, then of Lazio, who topped the Capocannoniere charts with 26 goals. Six coaches received the chop that season. Marcello Lippi of Inter, Alberto Zaccheroni of Milan, Lazio's Sven Goran Eriksson, Parma's Alberto Malesani, Zdenek Zeman of Napoli and Luigi De Canio then of Udinese were all shown the door. Fatih Terim resigned from Fiorentina half-way through the season. Perhaps the season will be remembered for Milan's 6-0 thrashing of Inter at the San Siro. In the summer of 2001, Juventus sold Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid for a then world record fee of €78 million.
"It's not a penalty"
2001/2002: Inter Throw The Scudetto AwayThis marked the 100th season of Italian top-flight football and despite the centenary, it will be remembered for the infamous May 5 date. Inter threw the title away on the last day of the season after losing 4-2 to Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico. Juventus' 2-0 win over Udinese meant they clinched the title. It was the Bianconeri's 26th Tricolore. David Trezeguet scored 32 goals in all competitions for the Old Lady - it remains his most prolific season at the club to date. The Frenchman hit 24 in Serie A to share the Capcannoniere title with Piacenza's Dario Hubner.
While Massimo Moratti still argues the validity of Juve's title win, statistically they were the best team in A with 64 goals scored and just 24 conceded. Roma's 1-0 win against Torino saw them finish runners up to Juve, with the Nerazzurri eventually finishing third. Current Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini took on the Fiorentina job. That season was the end of Fiorentina as we knew it back then as the club went bankrupt and went into Serie C2, Italy's fourth tier.
Six other coaches received the boot, including current Fulham boss Roy Hodgson who was then at Udinese. Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti took over from the sacked Fatih Terim. Mancini, Hodgson and Ancelotti are now all together in the Premier League - reunited for the first time since the 2001/2002 season. Just a year after a historic promotion to Serie A, their first ever since the club's inception in 1929, Chievo Verona qualified for the UEFA Cup.
Trezegol Lives Up To His Nickname
2002/2003: Milan Kings Of Europe
Despite Capocannoniere Christian Vieri's 24 goals, it was Juventus who retained the title to win their 27th Scudetto. It was a record year for both Milan and the Bianconeri in Europe. They both made the 2002/2003 Champions League final. Milan won their seventh European Cup. Paolo Maldini, the captain, lifted the trophy exactly 40 years after his father did in 1963. That final was also in England, but it was held at Wembley rather than Old Trafford. Pavel Nedved, who missed the final, finished the year with the prestigious Ballon d'Or award. The last Juventus player to win the award before him was Zidane in 1998.
Like Father Like Son
Ancelotti's Milan won their 17th Scudetto. They returned to winning ways for the first time in five seasons. The last time the Rossoneri had gone more than five years without a title was between 1979 and 1988 when they endured a nine year drought. Andriy Shevchenko would go on to scoring 24 goals to finish the season as the top-flight's best marksman. Only one of those was a penalty. Kaka played his first season following his move from Sao Paolo, scoring 10 goals.
Kaka Helps Milan Win
2004/2005: Mid Table Teams Make All The Headlines
Juventus stormed to their 28th title, but it was revoked by the Calcio authorities on July 14, 2006 following the Calciopoli investigations. The then Lecce striker Mirko Vucinic scored 19 goals for the Salentini who finished the season with the same goals-for record as Juventus on 66. Livorno's Cristiano Lucarelli took the top scorers chart accolade with 24 to his name, one more than Parma's Alberto Gilardino who scored the same amount the previous season. Inter won their fourth Coppa Italia for the first time since 1972. So far it's Lazio who have won the most Coppas with three to their name this decade, 2000, 2004, and 2009. No-one was awarded the title that season.
Vucinic Leaves His Mark In The Top Flight
2005/2006: Inter Return To Winning Ways
This season will always be remembered for the Calciopoli outbreak. Although Juventus finished the league with a mega 91 points, the title was handed to Inter following Calciopoli. For Inter, it was Scudetto number 14, their first since 1989. The Nerazzurri also won the Coppa Italia that season, their fifth in history. Luca Toni stormed to the Capocannoniere title with 31 goals to his name - it was the most goals scored in a season this decade in Italy. For Juve, their fate was decided by the authorities and they were sent down to Serie B with a nine point penalty. The Calciopoli sentences meant Chievo Verona qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their 80 year history.
Inter's First Title Since 1989
2006/2007: In, Out, Shake It All About
With Juventus in the Cadetti, Inter strolled to their second consecutive title. This remains the only Serie A season to have been played without the Old Lady - relegated for the first time since the club’s inception in 1897. Juve's Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined the Nerazzurri. Inter set the record for the most points won in a season this decade having reached a mega 97 in 38 games.
Marco Materazzi became the only defender to have scored 10 goals in a season since the turn of the century. Four of his strikes were penalties. Inter lost just once all season, scoring 80 goals. Fiorentina, who finished in sixth place had the best defence with just 31 goals conceded. Roma recorded the biggest win margin of the decade by beating Catania 7-0, Francesco Totti scored a goal in that match, he would score 25 more to finish the campaign as Capocannoniere on 26. That season, the Giallorossi would lose 7-1 to Manchester United in the Champions League.
Materazzi Should Have Been A Striker
Juventus were back with a bang in Serie after their promotion from Serie B, but it would be Inter who would win the title once again despite Alessandro Del Piero and David Trezeguet scoring 41 goals between them, the Italian winning the Capocannoniere charts for the first time in his 17 year career there. Juventus and Roma shared the most goals scored record, both finishing with 72 to their names. Nicola Legrottaglie scored the fastest goal of the campaign when he struck after just 48 seconds against Atalanta. Inter's Javier Zanetti was just one of three players to have played in every game. Atalanta's Ferdinando Coppola and Ferreira Pinto were the other two.
The 0-0 draw between Torino and Lazio in January 2008 produced a record 14 yellow cards. Eight goals were scored in three matches that season. Roma 4-4 Napoli, Udinese 3-5 Genoa and Torino 4-4 Parma. Inter, winning their 16th title led the standings for 32 weeks, they were also the most undisciplined side collecting 73 yellow cards. Parma were relegated that season, they held the record for hitting the woodwork most times with seven. Milan were caught offside an astonishing 157 times, Filippo Inzaghi springs to mind. Despite finishing fourth in the top scorers chart, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the most prolific target man in terms of frequency with an average of 0.65 goals per game.
Inter Saw This Image Often
870 goals were scored during this campaign, 70 of these went Inter's way, with Jose Mourinho leading them to their 17th Scudetto in his first season. Milan scored the same amount, one more that Juventus, who finished the season in second. Reggina, who were relegated after a seven year stay in Italy's top flight, had the worst goals scored record with just 30 to their name. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's double strike against Atalanta on the final day of term saw him win the top-scorers title on 25, beating both Bologna's Marco Di Vaio and Genoa's Diego Milito who hit 24. Lazio won their third Coppa Italia of the decade, breaking a record which had stood for 20 years as Sampdoria were the last team to win three Coppas within a 10 year time span, winning a trio of them between 1980 and 1990.
A Special Scudetto
This Season: 2009-2010
Inter have won four Scudetti on the bounce, one more this season and they will equal a record set by Juventus from 1931-1935. Torino achieved a similar feat in the 1940s. Diego Milito finished 2009 on 22 goals for the calendar year, 12 with Genoa between January and May and 10 with the Nerazzurri thus far, making him the best striker of 2009. The last Argentinean player to achieve the "bomber dell'anno accolade was Gabriel Batistuta in 2000.
Inter are the only team to have remained unbeaten at home for the whole of 2009. They have not lost at the San Siro in Serie A since March 23, 2008 when Juventus won 2-1. Roma finished the year as the most in form team. In their last seven games leading up to the Christmas break they won five and drew twice. Catania's 2-1 win over Juventus in Turin ended their 46 year winless streak in Turin. Their last win there was in 1963. Italy's Antonio Cassano may not be heading to the World Cup in 2010, but he would argue he deserves it after having the most played minutes, 3656 minutes for Sampdoria in 2009, being substituted just 10 times over the course of the year.
Inter's Fortress: The Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Did you know?
A record 10 coaches have been sacked this season. The most managerial chops of the decade!
A total of 7668 goals have been scored since the start of the 2000/2001 campaign up to and including week 17 which was played on December 20, 2009.
So far 421 goals have been scored in Serie A this season.
The highest goal scoring season was in 2005/2006 when 991 goals flew in.
The lowest was in 2001/2002 when only 726 goals were scored. (n.b between 2000 and 2004 only 34 games were played in a season. It was 38 from 2004/2005 season.)
Inter scored the most goals in a season, smashing in a mega 80 during 2006/07.
Since joining the football empire in 1987, fiery Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has sacked 26 coaches, 12 of those have been at Palermo, he sacked Francesco Guidolin a record four times!
Alessandro Del Piero has scored 137 times in Serie A since the turn of the decade. He has yet to score this season though.
In 19 games as Juventus coach, Ciro Ferrara has won 11 matches - the same amount as Carlo Ancelotti across the same number of games when he was coach.
Milan, like Barcelona and Real Madrid, are the only side to have won the Champions League twice between 2000 and 2009, winning it in 2003 and 2007. They have played in three finals in that time frame - more than anyone else in Europe.
The game between Parma and Livorno on May 1, 2005 was the one with most goals scored. It ended 6-4 to the Ducali, 10 goals in one game, the last time that happened was in 1996 when Inter beat Padova 8-2!
Juventus have conceded the least amount of goals, having the best defence in five of the last 10 seasons.
There were 125 draws during the 2004/05 season, more than any other campaign.
This season, Inter have been just as prolific away as they are at home scoring 36 in total, 18 of them on the road.
Was there something we missed out? Do you have an interesting statistic of your own? Let us know what you think.
Goal.com Italy Team
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