2011–12 Serie A
The 2011–12 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM after its headline sponsors) was the 110th season of top-tier Italian football, the 80th in a round-robin tournament, and the second since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 3 September 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012. The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players. The fixtures were drawn up on 27 July 2011.
| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 September 2011 – 13 May 2012 |
| Champions | Juventus 28th title |
| Relegated | Lecce (to C1) Novara Cesena |
| Champions League | Juventus Milan Udinese |
| Europa League | Lazio Napoli Internazionale |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 972 (2.56 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Zlatan Ibrahimović (28 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Napoli 6–1 Genoa (21 December 2011) Internazionale 5–0 Parma (7 January 2012) |
| Biggest away win | Fiorentina 0–5 Juventus (17 March 2012) |
| Highest scoring | Napoli 6–3 Cagliari (9 March 2012) Internazionale 5–4 Genoa (1 April 2012) |
| Longest winning run | 8 games Juventus |
| Longest unbeaten run | 38 games Juventus |
| Longest winless run | 20 games Cesena |
| Longest losing run | 5 games Cesena |
| Highest attendance | 79,522 Milan 0–1 Internazionale |
| Lowest attendance | 5,962 Lecce 0–0 Bologna |
| Average attendance | 23,214 |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
The league title was won by Juventus, winning its 28th official Serie A title or scudetto, and first since the 2002–03 Serie A. The team completed the season undefeated, becoming the first team to do so in a 38-game league season in Italy; Perugia were undefeated in the 30-game 1978–79 Serie A, in which they finished second in the table, while Milan were unbeaten and won the title in the 34-game 1991–92 Serie A.
Since Italy dropped from third to fourth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league lost a group stage berth for the UEFA Champions League from the 2012–13 season.