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Last match in Serie A for Alex Del Piero and probably for Filippo Inzaghi, both scoring at their last appearance. With this goal Del Piero equals Signori (188) at the overall 8th place of best scorers all-time in Serie A. Inzaghi instead reach 16th position, same as Gigi Riva (156 goals).

Two great un-equalled players that could have given still a couple of years of good football, but their teams will not renew their contract. Is not sure yet where they will play next year, but likely not in Italy.

Other players that finished their career in Milan are Alessandro Nesta, Gianluca Zambrotta and Rino Gattuso (final years of play abroad for them), all with great careers and pillars of Italian National team as well.

Another player that may as well have finished his career in Italy is Marco Di Vaio (Bologna), him as well in the all-time top 30 goal scorers (146).

Juventus finished the year unbeated, and it is a first in a 20 teams league.

It's disappointing to see so many legends retire. Many have been in top football from before I really started watching football. Pretty soon there won't be any player from that period left.

I dont know about Javier Zanetti, but apart from him next year the only Totti, Buffon and Pirlo are left playing with over 400 caps in Serie A.
As for goal scorers 3 of the current top 5 will stop (only Totti and Di Natale will stay, with Ibrahimovic behind them if he keeps the pace for another couple of seasons).

As a final comment, the 7th joined place of Roma and Parma may become useful if there will be any penalization of the thems above. For H2H Roma is ahead of Parma so it will be the first team in-waiting, with Parma straight behind.

even relegations can be affected as is explained in the other topic about the bettig scandal..

Season review (players)



Key players (14): Buffon - Chiellini, Barzagli, Lichtsteiner (SUI), Bonucci, De Ceglie - Pirlo, Marchisio, Vidal (CHI), Pepe, Giaccherini - Vucinic (MNE), Matri, Quagliarella
Domestic players: 11/14 (79%)
Average age: 28.5 years
U21 players: none




Key players (20): Abbiati - Abate, Thiago Silva (BRA), Bonera, Antonini, Nesta, Mexès (FRA), Zambrotta, Yepes (COL) - Nocerino, Van Bommel (NED), Emanuelson (NED), Ambrosini, Aquilani, Boateng (GHA), Seedorf (NED), Muntari (GHA) - Ibrahimovitch (SWE), Robinho (BRA), Cassano
Domestic players: 10/20 (50%)
Average age: 30.8 years
U21 players: none




Key players (17): Handanovic (SLO) - Danilo Larangueira (BRA), Basta (SRB), Domizzi, Benatia (MOR), Armero (COL), Isla (CHI), Pasquale, Ferronetti - Asamoah (GHA), Pinzi, Pazienza, Fernandes (SUI), Abdi (SUI), Torje (ROM) - Di Natale, Floro Flores
Domestic players: 7/17 (41%)
Average age: 27.7 years
U21 players: none




Key players (17): Marchetti - Konko (FRA), Biava, Diakité (FRA), Dias (BRA), Radu (ROM), Scaloni (ARG) - Ledesma, Gonzalez (URU), Hernanes (BRA), Lulic (BOS), Matuzalem (BRA), Mauri, Brocchi, Candreva - Klose (GER), Rocchi
Domestic players: 7/17 (41%)
Average age: 30.4 years
U21 players: none




Key players (15): De Sanctis - Cannavaro, Aronica (ARG), Campagnaro, Dossena, Zuniga (COL), Fernandez (ARG) - Hamsik (SVK), Inler (SUI), Gargano (URU), Maggio, Dzemaili (SUI) - Cavani (URU), Lavezzi (ARG), Pandev (MAC)
Domestic players: 5/15 (33%)
Average age: 28.8 years
U21 players: none

Key players (18): Julio Cesar (BRA) - Lucio (BRA), Zanetti (ARG), Nagatomo (JAP), Samuel (ARG), Maicon (BRA), Chivu (ROM), Ranocchia - Cambiasso (ARG), Sneijder (NED), Obi (NGA), Stankovic (SRB), Alvarez (ARG), Poli - Milito (ARG), Pazzini, Forlan (URU), Zarate (ARG)
Domestic players: 3/18 (17%)
Average age: 29.6 years
U21 players: Obi




Key players (17): Stekelenburg (NED) - Heinze (ARG), Jose Angel (ESP), Kjaer (DEN), Rosi, Juan (BRA) - De Rossi, Pjanic (BOS), Gago (ARG), Taddei (BRA), Lamela (ARG), Marquinho (BRA), Greco - Totti, Osvaldo, Borini, Bojan (ESP)
Domestic players: 6/17 (35%)
Average age: 26.8 years
U21 players: Lamela, Bojan, Borini




Key players (14): Mirante - Lucarelli, Zaccardo, Paletta (ARG) - Giovinco, Galloppa, Gobbi, Morrone, Modesto, Valiani, Mariga (KEN) - Biabiany (FRA), Floccari, Valdes (CHI)
Domestic players: 10/14 (71%)
Average age: 29.4 years
U21 players: none




Key players (16): Gillet (BEL) - Portanova, Raggi, Morleo, Antonsson (SWE), Cherubin, Garics (AUT) - Mudingayi (BEL), Ramirez (URU), Perez (URU), Kone (GRE), Pulzetti, Taider (FRA) - Di Vaio, Diamanti, Acquafresca
Domestic players: 8/16 (50%)
Average age: 28.5 years
U21 players: Ramirez, Taider




Key players (18): Sorrentino - Frey (FRA), Cesar (SLO), Andreolli, Jokic (SLO), Sardo, Dramé (SEN), Acerbi - Bradley (USA), Rigoni, Hetemaj (FIN), Luciano (BRA), Sammarco, Cruzado (PER), Vacek (CZE) - Pellissier, Thereau (FRA), Paloschi
Domestic players: 8/18 (44%)
Average age: 28.3 years
U21 players: none

Key players (12): Carrizo (ARG) - Legrottaglie, Marchese, Spolli (ARG), Bellusci, Motta - Lodi, Gomez (ARG), Almiron (ARG), Izco (ARG), Barrientos (ARG) - Bergessio (ARG)
Domestic players: 5/12 (42%)
Average age: 28.2 years
U21 players: none




Key players (15): Consigli - Peluso, Manfredini, Lucchini, Masiello, Bellini, Stendardo, Capelli - Schelotto, Moralez (ARG), Cigarini, Carmona (CHI), Bonaventura, Raimondi - Denis (ARG)
Domestic players: 12/15 (80%)
Average age: 27.8 years
U21 players: none




Key players (15): Boruc (POL) - Natali, Pasqual, Gamberini, Cassani, Nastasic (SRB), Vargas (PER), De Silvestri - Montolivo, Behrami (SUI), Lazzari, Kharja (MOR) - Jovetic (MNE), Cerci, Amauri
Domestic players: 9/15 (60%)
Average age: 27.9 years
U21 players: Nastasic




Key players (15): Pegolo, Brkic (SRB) - Vitiello, Terzi, Rossettini, Del Grosso, Contini - Gazzi, Vergassola, D'Agostino, Mannini, Giorgi - Brienza, Destro, Calaio
Domestic players: 14/15 (93%)
Average age: 29.1 years
U21 players: Destro




Key players (16): Agazzi - Agostini, Canini, Pisano, Astori, Ariaudo - Nainggolan (BEL), Conti, Cossu, Ekdal (SWE), Dessena - Thiago (BRA), Ibarbo (COL), Larrivey (ARG), Pinilla (CHI), Nene (BRA)
Domestic players: 9/16 (56%)
Average age: 27.1 years
U21 players: none

Key players (18): Viviano, Tzorvas (GRE) - Silvestre (ARG), Pisano, Balzaretti, Mantovani, Munoz (ARG) - Barreto (PAR), Migliaccio, Ilicic (SLO), Donati, Bertolo (ARG), Della Rocca, Zahavi (ISR), Acquah (GHA) - Miccoli, Platero Henandez (URU), Budan (CRO)
Domestic players: 8/18 (44%)
Average age: 27.1 years
U21 players: Munoz, Platero Hernandez, Acquah




Key players (14): Frey (FRA) - Granqvist (SWE), Kaladze (GEO), Moretti - Mesto, Rossi, Miguel Veloso (POR), Kucka (SVK), Biondini, Constant (GUI) - Palacio (ARG), Jankovic (SRB), Gilardino, Sculli
Domestic players: 6/14 (43%)
Average age: 29.6 years
U21 players: none




Key players (16): Benassi - Tomovic (SRB), Oddo, Esposito, Brivio, Miglionico (URU), Carrozzieri - Giacomazzi (URU), Cuadrado (COL), Obodo (NGA), Blasi, Bertolacci, Delvecchio, Grossmüller (URU) - Di Michele, Muriel (COL)
Domestic players: 9/16 (56%)
Average age: 29.1 years
U21 players: Muriel, Bertolacci




Key players (18): Ujkani (ALB), Fontana - Gemiti (GER), Morganella (SUI), Paci, Centurioni, Lisuzzo, Garcia (ARG), Dellafiore - Rigoni, Porcari, Radovanovic (SRB), Pesce, Mazzarini - Caracciolo, Jeda (BRA), Mascara, Moritomo (JAP)
Domestic players: 11/18 (61%)
Average age: 29.3 years
U21 players: none




Key players (14): Antonioli - Rodriguez (URU), Von Bergen (SUI), Comotto, Lauro, Rossi, Moras (GRE) - Parolo, Guana, Ceccarelli, Colucci, Santana (ARG) - Mutu (ROM), Martinho (BRA)
Domestic players: 8/14 (57%)
Average age: 30.6 years
U21 players: none

Out of the 319 players who had a significant role in the Serie A this season (minimum time play > 855 mn, i.e. 25% of the games), 166 are italian, i.e. 52%.

The 153 foreign players split as follows: Argentina (30), Brazil (17), Uruguay (11), France, Switzerland (8), Serbia (7), Colombia (6), Chile, Holland (5), Ghana, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden (4), Belgium, Greece (3), Bosnia, Spain, Germany, Japan, Montenegro, Morocco, Nigeria, peru, Slovakia (2), Albania, Austria, Croatia, Czech rep., Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Guinea, Israël, Kenya, Macedonia, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, USA (1).

The most local team is Siena (14 Italian players out of 15, i.e. 93%). Atalanta and Juventus also have very good rates (80% and 79%).
The most international team is Inter (3 out of 18, i.e. 17%).

The average age in the Serie A is 28.7 years.
The youngest team is Roma 26,8 years in average.
The oldest team is Milan 30.8 years. Cesena and Lazio also have averages higher than 30 years old.

13 U21 players had a significant time play this season. The most represented clubs were Roma (Lamela, Bojan, Borini) and Palermo (Munoz, Platero Hernandez, Acquah) with 3 players.

thanks Lyonnais, cool stats. i love statisics.
here is another "rank" that juvesntus won : most players to score, 20.
and that's out of 25 players in the squad(including 3 keepers). basically the only non-keepers players to not score were Elia and Grosso. but they only played 93 and 180 minutes respectively.

10 matri
9 marchisio, vucinic
7 vidal
6 pepe
4 quagliarella
3 del piero, pirlo
2 bonucci, borriello, chiellini, lichtsteiner
1 barzagli, caceres, de ceglie, estigarribia, giaccherini, krasic, marrone, padoin

Lyonnais, how do you determine which players are key players?

Juventus' 42 game unbeaten run is OVER! Napoli beat them 2-0 and win the Coppa Italia- incredible stuff. Cavani and Hamsik with the goals- will they still be in Naples next season? It's a shame they couldn't go a whole season undefeated, but they will be remembered for the Serie A unbeaten run. Congratulations to Napoli though- a fresh, unorthodox take on modern football.

KUYT! wrote:Juventus' 42 game unbeaten run is OVER! Napoli beat them 2-0 and win the Coppa Italia- incredible stuff. Cavani and Hamsik with the goals- will they still be in Naples next season? It's a shame they couldn't go a whole season undefeated, but they will be remembered for the Serie A unbeaten run. Congratulations to Napoli though- a fresh, unorthodox take on modern football.

honor to napoli, they deserved the victory. i think we were still celebrating...
anyway probabilities of remaining at napoli :
hamsik 100%
cavani 75%
lavezzi 0%
coach mazzarri 70%