2008–09 Serie A
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Siena Mario Beretta Contract expired 27 May 2008 Marco Giampaolo 27 May 2008
Cagliari Davide Ballardini Contract expired 27 May 2008 Massimiliano Allegri 29 May 2008
Internazionale Roberto Mancini Sacked 29 May 2008 José Mourinho 2 June 2008
Lecce Giuseppe Papadopulo Contract expired 23 June 2008 Mario Beretta 23 June 2008
Palermo Stefano Colantuono Sacked 4 September 2008 Davide Ballardini 4 September 2008
Bologna Daniele Arrigoni Sacked 3 November 2008 Siniša Mihajlović 3 November 2008
Chievo Verona Giuseppe Iachini Sacked 4 November 2008 Domenico Di Carlo 4 November 2008
Torino Gianni De Biasi Sacked 8 December 2008 Walter Novellino 8 December 2008
Reggina Nevio Orlandi Sacked 16 December 2008 Giuseppe Pillon 16 December 2008
Reggina Giuseppe Pillon Sacked 25 January 2009 Nevio Orlandi 25 January 2009
Lecce Mario Beretta Sacked 9 March 2009 Luigi De Canio 9 March 2009
Napoli Edoardo Reja Sacked 10 March 2009 Roberto Donadoni 10 March 2009
Torino Walter Novellino Sacked 24 March 2009 Giancarlo Camolese 24 March 2009
Bologna Siniša Mihajlović Sacked 14 April 2009 Giuseppe Papadopulo 14 April 2009
Juventus Claudio Ranieri Sacked 18 May 2009 Ciro Ferrara 18 May 2009
Managerial changes
The 2008-09 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier Italian football, the 77th in a round-robin tournament. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008. 20 teams competed in the league, 17 of which returned from the previous season, and three (Chievo, Bologna and Lecce) were promoted from 2007-08 Serie B. 20 clubs represented 13 different regions. The most represented region was Lombardy with three teams: Atalanta, Milan and Internazionale. Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Lazio and Sicily featured two teams each while Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Apulia, Calabria, and Sardinia were represented by one team each. There was a record number of southern teams in the top division with six teams: Cagliari, Catania, Lecce, Napoli, Palermo, and Reggina. The new match ball was the Nike T90 Omni. On 16 May 2009, Internazionale won the league by holding an unassailable lead after Milan's loss away to Udinese.