2020–21 Serie A (women)

Serie A (women)
Season	2020–21
Dates	23 August 2020 – 23 May 2021
Champions	Juventus
Relegated	San Marino; Bari
Women's Champions League	Juventus; Milan
Matches played	130
Goals scored	413 (3.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristiana Girelli; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Empoli 10–0 San Marino (23 August 2020)
Biggest away win	San Marino 0–5 Milan (29 August 2020); Bari 1–6 Milan (27 February 2021)
Highest scoring	Empoli 10–0 San Marino (23 August 2020)
Longest winning run	Juventus; (22 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Juventus; (22 matches)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Serie A (women) was the 54th season of the women's football top level league in Italy. It began on 23 August 2020 and concluded on 23 May 2021.^[1] Juventus were the defending champions, after being crowned league winners as the previous season could not be completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] They won the competition for fourth consecutive season, equalling the feat reached by Torres in 2013.^[3] The Bianconere became the ninth in the Italian women's top flight to won the competition unbeaten,^[4] equalling the result achieved the previous season, becoming also the third to reach it in consecutive seasons^[4] and the first to accomplish a perfect season having won all their league matches,^[5] an unprecedented feat in Italian men's or women's football history.^[6] Consequently, the club holds the record for the most points in a championship with 12 team contestants (66).

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2020–21 Serie A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	2019–20 season
Empoli	Empoli	Centro sportivo Monteboro	8th in Serie A
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Gino Bozzi	2nd in Serie A
Florentia	San Gimignano	Stadio Santa Lucia	7th in Serie A
Internazionale	Milan	Stadio Felice Chinetti	6th in Serie A
Juventus	Turin	Juventus Center	Champions
Milan	Milan	Centro Sportivo Vismara	3rd in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	Stadio Caduti di Brema	1st in Serie B
Bari	Bari	Stadio Antonio Antonucci (Bitetto)	10th in Serie A
Roma	Rome	Stadio Tre Fontane	4th in Serie A
San Marino	San Marino	Campo Sportivo Acquaviva	2nd in Serie B
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Stadio Enzo Ricci	5th in Serie A
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Aldo Olivieri	9th in Serie A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	22	22	0	0	75	10	+65	66	Qualification to Champions League first round
2	Milan	22	16	3	3	47	17	+30	51	Qualification to Champions League first round
3	Sassuolo	22	16	2	4	47	20	+27	50
4	Fiorentina	22	12	2	8	40	30	+10	38
5	Roma	22	10	7	5	35	25	+10	37
6	Empoli	22	9	4	9	47	40	+7	31
7	Florentia^[a]	22	9	3	10	24	37	−13	29
8	Internazionale	22	7	4	11	31	44	−13	25
9	Hellas Verona	22	6	3	13	16	33	−17	21
10	Napoli	22	3	5	14	22	38	−16	14
11	San Marino (R)	22	3	3	16	16	58	−42	12	Relegation to Serie B
12	Bari (R)	22	1	0	21	13	61	−48	3	Relegation to Serie B

Source: FIGC (fixtures, ranking)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Florentia were docked 1 point due to a breach of financial agreements.^[7]

Match results

Home \ Away	EMP	FIO	FLO	INT	JUV	MIL	NAP	BAR	ROM	SMA	SAS	VER
Empoli	—	1–1	6–2	1–1	0–3	0–3	1–0	3–1	2–0	10–0	1–6	2–1
Fiorentina	2–1	—	3–2	4–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–3	0–1
Florentia	2–1	2–0	—	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–5	1–0
Internazionale	3–3	2–3	0–2	—	0–3	1–4	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–4	1–0
Juventus	4–3	4–0	6–1	5–0	—	4–0	2–0	9–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	5–0
Milan	1–0	1–3	1–0	4–1	0–1	—	4–0	3–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–2
Napoli	3–3	2–5	3–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	—	1–0	2–2	5–0	0–1	1–2
Bari	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–4	1–6	1–0	—	0–4	1–2	2–4	0–2
Roma	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–3	0–1	0–0	3–2	2–0	—	2–0	2–0	2–0
San Marino	1–4	1–2	1–0	2–5	1–3	0–5	0–0	4–2	2–3	—	0–2	0–2
Sassuolo	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	—	4–1
Hellas Verona	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–4	—

Source: FIGC
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Empoli	1	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Fiorentina	2	1	1	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4
Florentia	8	7	7	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7
Internazionale	11	11	9	7	7	9	7	7	5	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8
Juventus	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Milan	4	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Napoli	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Bari	5	8	8	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Roma	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
San Marino Academy	12	12	12	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sassuolo	7	4	4	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Hellas Verona	10	9	10	12	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Leader / Champions League first round
	Champions League first round
	Relegation to Serie B

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2021. Source: Soccerway

Season's statistics

Topscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[8]
1	Cristiana Girelli	Juventus	22
2	Valentina Giacinti	Milan	18
3	Daniela Sabatino	Fiorentina	16
4	Natasha Dowie	Milan	12
4	Haley Bugeja	Sassuolo	12
5	Benedetta Glionna	Hellas Verona	10
5	Valeria Pirone	Sassuolo	10

Assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[9]
1	Barbara Bonansea	Juventus	9
1	Cecilia Prugna	Empoli	9
3	Maria Alves	Juventus	7
	Annahita Zamanian	Juventus
	Valeria Pirone	Sassuolo
6	Kamila Dubcová	Sassuolo	5
	Natasha Dowie	Milan
	Andrea Stašková	Juventus
	Flaminia Simonetti	Internazionale
	Sofia Cantore	Florentia S.G