2011–12 Serie A (women)

Serie A
Season2011–12
ChampionsTorres (6th title)
RelegatedVenezia 1984
Milan
Roma
UEFA Women's Champions LeagueTorres
Bardolino Verona
Matches played142
Goals scored577 (4.06 per match)
Top goalscorerPatrizia Panico (29)
Biggest home winTorres 11–0 Lazio
Biggest away winFirenze 1–6 Torres
Lazio 1–6 Mozzanica
Venezia 1984 1–6 Mozzanica
Roma 1–6 Tavagnacco
Mozzanica 0–5 Torres
Roma 0–5 Bardolino Verona
Highest scoringTorres 11–0 Lazio

The 2011–12 Serie A di calcio femminile was the 45th edition of the premier category of the Italian women's football championship. It ran from 8 October 2011 to 26 May 2012 and it was contested by fourteen teams, with FCF Como 2000, ACF Milan and ASD Riviera di Romagna joining the competition.[1] ASD Torres Calcio won its third title in a row and a record overall sixth with a two points advantage over ASDCF Bardolino, which also qualified for the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League. Previous season's runner-up UPC Tavagnacco and Brescia followed in the table at two and four points from Champions League qualification.

ACF Venezia 1984, Milan and GS Roma CF were relegated. This season marked the introduction of a new relegation system involving the five bottom teams. The lowest team would be relegated while the other four ones would play a relegation play-off. However, in case there was a 9 points or higher difference between the second and fourth to last teams their play-off would be cancelled with the lower-ranked team being relegated. At the end of the season there was a 12 points between 10th-ranked Riviera di Romagna and 13th Milan, so the former were spared while Milan was relegated. 12th-placed Venezia defeated 11th SS Lazio CF in the other play-off, sending 5-times champion Lazio to Serie A2. However, in August Venezia renounced to its spot in the category, and it was relegated instead of Lazio.[2]

Teams by region

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Region Teams
Lombardy Lombardia 4: Brescia, Como 2000, Milan, Mozzanica
Friuli-Venezia Giulia Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2: Chiasiellis, Tavagnacco
Lazio Lazio 2: Lazio, Roma
Veneto Veneto 2: Bardolino Verona, Venezia 1984
Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna 1: Riviera di Romagna
Piedmont Piemonte 1: Torino
Sardinia Sardinia 1: Torres
Tuscany Toscana 1: Firenze

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Torres (C, Q) 26 21 3 2 83 11 +72 66 Qualification to Champions League
2 Bardolino Verona (Q) 26 21 1 4 66 21 +45 64
3 Tavagnacco 26 19 5 2 78 20 +58 62
4 Brescia 26 18 4 4 69 27 +42 58
5 Mozzanica 26 12 7 7 44 38 +6 43
6 Torino 26 13 1 12 42 43 −1 40
7 Chiasiellis 26 9 8 9 40 43 −3 35
8 Como 2000 26 7 8 11 26 40 −14 29
9 Firenze 26 7 5 14 30 47 −17 26
10 Riviera di Romagna 26 6 6 14 17 45 −28 24
11 Lazio 26 7 1 18 20 60 −40 22 Relegation play-offs
12 Venezia 1984 (O, R) 26 4 8 14 27 52 −25 20
13 Milan (R) 26 2 6 18 15 60 −45 12 Relegation to Serie A2
14 Roma (R) 26 0 9 17 20 70 −50 9
Source: CalcioDonne (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-off

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Lazio0 – 1Venezia 1984
Tombola 19'

Results

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Home \ Away BAR BRE CHI COM FIR LAZ MIL MOZ RIV ROM TAV TRN TOR VEN
Bardolino 4–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 5–0 8–1 4–3 0–4 3–0 1–1
Brescia 2–0 2–1 6–1 2–0 8–0 1–0 3–1 6–0 2–0 0–2 1–4 4–3 1–1
Chiasiellis 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–3 2–1 2–2
Como 2000 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 3–1
Firenze 0–3 0–3 3–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 5–0 0–2 1–6 0–4 0–1
Lazio 1–2 1–3 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–6 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–1
Milan 0–3 0–4 1–4 0–4 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–3 1–2
Mozzanica 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–5 0–5 1–0 2–1
Riviera di Romagna 0–1 0–4 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0
Roma 0–5 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–6 1–4 0–2 1–2
Tavagnacco 3–1 1–1 5–0 5–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 6–1 2–0 5–1 5–2
Torres 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 11–0 8–0 2–2 3–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0
Torino 0–1 0–3 0–3 2–0 4–4 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 5–1 0–2 0–3 2–1
Venezia 1984 0–1 1–5 3–3 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–6 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 3–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1 Italy Patrizia Panico Torres 29
2 Brazil Dayane Bardolino 24
3 Italy Daniela Sabatino Brescia 22
4 Italy Melania Gabbiadini Bardolino 17
5 Italy Paola Brumana Tavagnacco 16
6 Italy Simona Sodini Torino 15
7 Italy Valentina Boni Brescia 14
+ Italy Silvia Fuselli Torres 14
9 Italy Penelope Riboldi Tavagnacco 13
+ Italy Sandy Iannella Torres 13

References

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