2021–22 in Italian football

Football in Italy
Season2021–22
Men's football
Serie AMilan
Serie BLecce
Serie CSüdtirol (Group A)
Modena (Group B)
Bari (Group C)
Serie DRecanatese
Coppa ItaliaInternazionale
Coppa Italia Serie CPadova
Supercoppa ItalianaInternazionale
Women's football
Serie AJuventus
Coppa ItaliaJuventus
Supercoppa ItalianaJuventus
← 2020–21 Italy 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 season was the 120th season of competitive football in Italy.

National teams

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Men

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Italy national football team

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Friendlies
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29 March 2022 Turkey  2–3  Italy Konya, Turkey
21:45
Report
Stadium: Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
2021 UEFA Nations League Finals
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6 October 2021 (2021-10-06) 2021 UEFA Nations League SF Italy  1–2  Spain Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report
Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 33,524
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
10 October 2021 (2021-10-10) 2021 UEFA Nations League 3rd Italy  2–1  Belgium Turin, Italy
15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 16,724
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Group C
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 8 5 3 0 15 2 +13 18 Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0
2  Italy 8 4 4 0 13 2 +11 16 Advance to play-offs 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–0
3  Northern Ireland 8 2 3 3 6 7 −1 9 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
4  Bulgaria 8 2 2 4 6 14 −8 8 1–3 0–2 2–1 1–0
5  Lithuania 8 1 0 7 4 19 −15 3 0–4 0–2 1–4 3–1
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
2 September 2021 Italy  1–1  Bulgaria Florence, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Stadio Artemio Franchi
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)
5 September 2021 Switzerland  0–0  Italy Basel, Switzerland
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report Stadium: St. Jakob-Park
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
8 September 2021 Italy  5–0  Lithuania Reggio Emilia, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report Stadium: Stadio Città del Tricolore
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)
12 November 2021 Italy  1–1   Switzerland Rome, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
15 November 2021 Northern Ireland  0–0  Italy Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Report Stadium: Windsor Park
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
Second round
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UEFA Euro 2020
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Knockout phase
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2 July 2021 QF Belgium  1–2  Italy Munich, Germany
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 12,984
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)
6 July 2021 SF Italy  1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
 Spain London, England
21:00 CEST
Report
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 57,811
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Penalties
Final
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2022 Finalissima
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Italy 0–3 Argentina
Report
Attendance: 87,112
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
UEFA Nations League
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Group 3
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Italy Hungary Germany England
1  Italy 6 3 2 1 8 7 +1 11 Qualification for Nations League Finals 2–1 1–1 1–0
2  Hungary 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 0–2 1–1 1–0
3  Germany 6 1 4 1 11 9 +2 7 5–2 0–1 1–1
4  England (R) 6 0 3 3 4 10 −6 3 Relegation to League B 0–0 0–4 3–3
Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated
4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) Italy  1–1  Germany Bologna, Italy
20:45 Report
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 23,754
Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (Serbia)
7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) Italy  2–1  Hungary Cesena, Italy
20:45 Report
Stadium: Stadio Dino Manuzzi
Attendance: 14,942
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) England  0–0  Italy Wolverhampton, England
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) Report Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 1,782
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
14 June 2022 (2022-06-14) Germany  5–2  Italy Mönchengladbach, Germany
20:45
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 44,144
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Women

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Italy women's national football team

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Friendlies
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2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
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Group G
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Switzerland Romania Croatia Lithuania Moldova
1  Italy 10 9 0 1 40 2 +38 27 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup 1–2 2–0 3–0 7–0 3–0
2  Switzerland 10 8 1 1 44 4 +40 25 Play-offs 0–1 2–0 5–0 4–1 15–0
3  Romania 10 6 1 3 21 11 +10 19 0–5 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0
4  Croatia 10 3 1 6 6 18 −12 10 0–5 0–2 0–1 0–0 4–0
5  Lithuania 10 1 2 7 7 35 −28 5 0–5 0–7 1–7 0–1 4–0
6  Moldova 10 0 1 9 1 49 −48 1 0–8 0–6 0–4 0–1 1–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification Italy  3–0  Moldova Trieste, Italy
17:30
Report Stadium: Stadio Nereo Rocco
Referee: Lorraine Watson (Scotland)
21 September 2021 (2021-09-21) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification Croatia  0–5  Italy Karlovac, Croatia
18:00 Report
Stadium: Stadion Branko Čavlović-Čavlek
Referee: Marta Huerta De Aza (Spain)
26 October 2021 (2021-10-26) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification Lithuania  0–5  Italy Vilnius, Lithuania
18:30 Report
Stadium: LFF Stadium
Referee: Jelena Medjedovic (Serbia)
30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 2023 Women's World Cup qualification Romania  0–5  Italy Voluntari, Romania
18:30 Report
Stadium: Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)
2022 Algarve Cup
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Final
2  Italy 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
3  Portugal 2 1 0 1 2 4 −2 3 Third-place match
4  Norway 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
5  Denmark[a] 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0 Withdrew
Source: FPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ On 17 February, the Danish team withdrew following the discovery of four COVID-19 cases within the team.[2]
16 February 2022 (2022-02-16) Denmark  0–1  Italy Lagos, Portugal
Report Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Lagos
20 February 2022 (2022-02-20) Italy  2–1  Norway Algarve, Portugal
Stadium: Estádio Algarve
Final
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League season

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Men

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Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

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Teams promoted to Serie A

Teams relegated from Serie A

Teams promoted to Serie B

Teams relegated from Serie B

Serie A

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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 the Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale 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 0Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 +16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 +8 62 0Qualification for the Conference 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 to Serie B
19 Genoa (R) 38 4 16 18 27 60 −33 28
20 Venezia (R) 38 6 9 23 34 69 −35 27
Source: Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Internazionale, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.
  2. ^ a b Torino finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head points: Sassuolo 0–1 Torino, Torino 1–1 Sassuolo.

Serie B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lecce (C, P) 38 19 14 5 59 31 +28 71 Promotion to Serie A
2 Cremonese (P) 38 20 9 9 57 39 +18 69
3 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 +13 67[a] Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4 Monza (O, P) 38 19 10 9 60 38 +22 67[a]
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 +20 66 Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 +10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 +23 63
8 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 +8 58[b]
9 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 +13 58[b]
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 −3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 +2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 +5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 −5 47
14 Reggina[c] 38 13 9 16 31 49 −18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 −8 42
16 Cosenza (O) 38 8 11 19 36 59 −23 35 Qualification for relegation play-out
17 Vicenza (R) 38 9 7 22 38 59 −21 34[d]
18 Alessandria (R) 38 8 10 20 37 59 −22 34[d] Relegation to Serie C
19 Crotone (R) 38 4 14 20 41 61 −20 26
20 Pordenone (R) 38 3 9 26 29 71 −42 18
Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian), Soccerway (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Pisa finished ahead of Monza on head-to-head points: Pisa 2–1 Monza, Monza 1–2 Pisa.
  2. ^ a b Perugia finished ahead of Frosinone on head-to-head points: Frosinone 0–0 Perugia, Perugia 3–0 Frosinone.
  3. ^ Reggina were deducted 2 points for administrative irregularities.
  4. ^ a b Vicenza finished ahead of Alessandria on head-to-head points: Vicenza 2–1 Alessandria, Alessandria 0–1 Vicenza.

Serie C

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Group A (North) Group B (Centre) Group C (South)
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Südtirol (C, P) 38 90
2 Padova 38 85
3 Feralpisalò 38 69
4 Renate 38 62
5 Triestina 38 55
6 Lecco 38 55
7 Pro Vercelli 38 55
8 Juventus U23 38 54
9 Piacenza 38 50
10 Pergolettese 38 46
11 Pro Patria 38 45
12 AlbinoLeffe 38 45
13 Virtus Verona 38 45
14 Fiorenzuola 38 43
15 Mantova 38 42
16 Trento (O) 38 42
17 Pro Sesto (O) 38 38
18 Seregno (R) 38 34
19 Giana Erminio (R) 38 34
20 Legnago (R) 38 30
Source: Lega Pro, Soccerway (in English)
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Modena (C, P) 38 88
2 Reggiana 38 86
3 Cesena 38 67
4 Virtus Entella 38 65
5 Pescara 38 65
6 Ancona-Matelica 38 57
7 Gubbio 38 52
8 Lucchese 38 50
9 Olbia 38 46
10 Carrarese 38 45
11 Vis Pesaro 38 45
12 Montevarchi 38 45
13 Siena 38 44
14 Pontedera 38 43
15 Teramo (D) 38 42
16 Viterbese (O) 38 39
17 Imolese (O) 38 37
18 Pistoiese (R) 38 36
19 Fermana 38 35
20 Grosseto (R) 38 30
Source: Lega Pro, Soccerway (in English)
(C) Champions;
(D) Disqualified;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Bari (C, P) 36 75
2 Catanzaro 36 67
3 Palermo (O, P) 36 66
4 Avellino 36 64
5 Monopoli 36 59
6 Virtus Francavilla 36 56
7 Foggia 36 54
8 Turris 36 52
9 Monterosi 36 51
10 Picerno 36 50
11 Juve Stabia 36 49
12 Latina 36 45
13 Campobasso (D) 36 44
14 ACR Messina 36 39
15 Taranto 36 39
16 Potenza 36 37
17 Fidelis Andria (O) 36 30
18 Paganese (R) 36 26
19 Vibonese (R) 36 21
20 Catania (D) 0 0
Source: Lega Pro, Soccerway (in English)
(C) Champions;
(D) Disqualified;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated

Serie D

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Women

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Serie A (women)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 22 19 2 1 57 14 +43 59 Qualification to Champions League first round
2 Roma 22 17 3 2 60 18 +42 54
3 Milan 22 14 4 4 51 19 +32 46
4 Sassuolo 22 13 4 5 44 24 +20 43
5 Internazionale 22 12 2 8 42 30 +12 38
6 Sampdoria 22 10 1 11 29 41 −12 31
7 Fiorentina 22 7 3 12 40 38 +2 24
8 Pomigliano 22 7 2 13 25 46 −21 23
9 Empoli 22 6 5 11 26 40 −14 23
10 Napoli (R) 22 5 4 13 17 30 −13 19 Relegation to Serie B
11 Lazio (R) 22 3 4 15 25 60 −35 13
12 Verona (R) 22 1 2 19 14 70 −56 5
Source: FIGC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Cup competitions

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Coppa Italia

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Final

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Juventus2–4 (a.e.t.)Internazionale
Report
Attendance: 67,944[14]
Referee: Paolo Valeri

Supercoppa Italiana

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Internazionale2–1 (a.e.t.)Juventus
Report
Attendance: 29,696[note 1]
Referee: Daniele Doveri

Coppa Italia Serie C

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Coppa Italia Serie D

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Coppa Italia (women)

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Final

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Supercoppa Italiana (women)

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Final

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Milan1–2Juventus
Report

UEFA competitions

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UEFA Champions League

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Group stage

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Group B
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV ATM POR MIL
1 England Liverpool 6 6 0 0 17 6 +11 18 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–0 3–2
2 Spain Atlético Madrid 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 2–3 0–0 0–1
3 Portugal Porto 6 1 2 3 4 11 −7 5 Transfer to Europa League 1–5 1–3 1–0
4 Italy Milan 6 1 1 4 6 9 −3 4 1–2 1–2 1–1
Source: UEFA
Group D
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA INT SHE SHK
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 5 0 1 14 3 +11 15 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 1–2 2–1
2 Italy Inter Milan 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 0–1 3–1 2–0
3 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 1–3 2–0
4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 0 2 4 2 12 −10 2 0–5 0–0 1–1
Source: UEFA
Group F
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MUN VIL ATA YB
1 England Manchester United 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 Advance to knockout phase 2–1 3–2 1–1
2 Spain Villarreal 6 3 1 2 12 9 +3 10 0–2 2–2 2–0
3 Italy Atalanta 6 1 3 2 12 13 −1 6 Transfer to Europa League 2–2 2–3 1–0
4 Switzerland Young Boys 6 1 2 3 7 12 −5 5 2–1 1–4 3–3
Source: UEFA
Group H
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV CHE ZEN MAL
1 Italy Juventus 6 5 0 1 10 6 +4 15 Advance to knockout phase 1–0 4–2 1–0
2 England Chelsea 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 13 4–0 1–0 4–0
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 1 2 3 10 10 0 5 Transfer to Europa League 0–1 3–3 4–0
4 Sweden Malmö FF 6 0 1 5 1 14 −13 1 0–3 0–1 1–1
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

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Round of 16
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Villarreal Spain 4–1 Italy Juventus 1–1 3–0
Inter Milan Italy 1–2 England Liverpool 0–2 1–0

UEFA Europa League

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Group stage

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Group C
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPM NAP LEG LEI
1 Russia Spartak Moscow 6 2 1 3 5 9 −4 7[a] Advance to round of 16 2–1 0–1 3–4
2 Italy Napoli 6 3 1 2 15 10 +5 10[a] Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–3 3–0 3–2
3 Poland Legia Warsaw 6 4 0 2 11 4 +7 12 Transfer to Europa Conference League 2–1 1–4 1–0
4 England Leicester City 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 1–1 2–2 1–3
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head–to–head points: Spartak Moscow 6, Napoli 0.
Group E
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GAL LAZ MAR LOK
1 Turkey Galatasaray 6 3 3 0 7 3 +4 12 Advance to round of 16 1–0 4–2 1–1
2 Italy Lazio 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–0 0–0 2–0
3 France Marseille 6 1 4 1 6 7 −1 7 Transfer to Europa Conference League 0–0 2–2 1–0
4 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 2 4 2 9 −7 2 0–1 0–3 1–1
Source: UEFA

Knockout stage

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Knockout round play-offs
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atalanta Italy 5–1 Greece Olympiacos 2–1 3–0
Barcelona Spain 5–3 Italy Napoli 1–1 4–2
Porto Portugal 4–3 Italy Lazio 2–1 2–2
Round of 16
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atalanta Italy 4–2 Germany Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 1–0
Quarter-finals
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
RB Leipzig Germany 3–1 Italy Atalanta 1–1 0–2

UEFA Europa Conference League

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Qualifying phase and play-off round

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Play-off round
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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trabzonspor Turkey 1–5 Italy Roma 1–2 0–3

Group stage

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Group C
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