2021–22 Serie A (women)

Serie A (women)
Season2021–22
Dates28 August 2021 – 15 May 2022
ChampionsJuventus
RelegatedVerona
Lazio
Napoli
Women's Champions LeagueJuventus
Roma
Matches played132
Goals scored430 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorerDaniela Sabatino (15)
Biggest home winRoma 8–0 Sampdoria (7 May 2022)
Biggest away winLazio 1–8 Milan (11 September 2021)
Highest scoringLazio 1–8 Milan (11 September 2021)
Longest winning runJuventus
(12 matches)
Longest unbeaten runJuventus
(14 matches)
Longest winless runVerona
(17 matches)
Longest losing runLazio
(9 matches)

The 2021–22 Serie A (women) was the 55th season of the women's football top-level league in Italy. It began on 28 August 2021.[1]

Teams

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Team changes

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Promoted from 2020 to 2021 Serie B (women) Relegated from 2020–21 Serie A (Women)
Lazio
Pomigliano
Bari
San Marino

Stadiums and locations

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Team Home city Stadium 2020–21 season
Empoli Empoli Centro sportivo Monteboro 6th in Serie A
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Gino Bozzi 4th in Serie A
Hellas Verona Verona Sinergy Stadium 9th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan Stadio Felice Chinetti 8th in Serie A
Juventus Turin Juventus Center (Vinovo) Champions
Lazio Rome Centro sportivo di Formello 1st in Serie B
Milan Milan Centro Sportivo Vismara 2nd in Serie A
Napoli Naples Stadio Caduti di Brema 10th in Serie A
Pomigliano Pomigliano Stadio Ugo Gobbato 2nd in Serie B
Roma Rome Stadio Tre Fontane 5th in Serie A
Sampdoria Genoa Centro sportivo Gloriano Mugnaini Florentia's license
Sassuolo Sassuolo Stadio Enzo Ricci 3rd in Serie A

Format

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Teams play each other twice for a total of 22 games. Three teams get relegated, because the next season will see a change of format and only ten teams in the league. This is an effort to professionalize the league.[2]

League table

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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

Results

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Home \ Away EMP FIO INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP POM ROM SAM SAS VER
Empoli 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–0 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 3–1
Fiorentina 6–0 2–3 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–2 3–1 2–3 4–2 1–6 6–0
Internazionale 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–3 2–2 5–0
Juventus 1–0 2–2 3–1 5–0 5–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–0
Lazio 0–0 1–6 1–3 1–5 1–8 3–4 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–0
Milan 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–2 3–1 1–1 6–2 1–1 4–0 0–2 4–0
Napoli 0–1 1–0 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1
Pomigliano 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–5 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–1
Roma 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 4–1 5–2 8–0 2–0 7–1
Sampdoria 1–3 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–1
Sassuolo 3–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–3 2–0 4–0
Hellas Verona 0–1 1–3 0–4 0–1 4–4 0–6 0–0 2–0 1–5 1–2 0–4
Source: FIGC
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season's statistics

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Topscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Italy Daniela Sabatino Fiorentina 15
2 Scotland Lana Clelland Sassuolo 11
3 Italy Valentina Giacinti Fiorentina 10
France Lindsey Thomas Milan
Italy Tatiana Bonetti Internazionale
Spain Paloma Lázaro Roma

Assists

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Rank Player Club Assists
1 Colombia Yoreli Rincón Sampdoria 9
2 Italy Manuela Giugliano Roma 8
3 Italy Linda Tucceri Cimini Milan 7

References

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  1. ^ "Serie A femminile, le date della nuova stagione: via il 29 agosto". Sky Sport. 19 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Italien: Neues Format der Serie a steht fest - Newsansicht - Frauenfußball auf soccerdonna.de".
  3. ^ "Topscorers". Soccerway. 19 June 2022.
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