2011–12 Serie A (women)

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.

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
← 2010–11
2012–13 →

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
RegionTeams
Lombardia4: Brescia, Como 2000, Milan, Mozzanica
Friuli-Venezia Giulia2: Chiasiellis, Tavagnacco
Lazio2: Lazio, Roma
Veneto2: Bardolino Verona, Venezia 1984
Emilia-Romagna1: Riviera di Romagna
Piemonte1: Torino
Sardinia1: Torres
Toscana1: Firenze

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Torres (C, Q) 26 21 3 2 83 11 +72 66 Qualification to Champions League round of 32
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
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2012. Source: CalcioDonne (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of wins; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Relegation play-off
Lazio0 – 1Venezia 1984
Tombola  19'
La Borghesiana, Rome
Referee: Di Gioia

Results
2011–12 TOR BAR TAV BRE MOZ TOR CHI COM FIR RIV LAZ VEN MIL ROM
Torres0–10–04–12–23–01–13–02–03–011–01–08–03–1
Bardolino0–44–34–03–03–02–12–14–05–03–11–10–18–1
Tavagnacco2–03–11–14–05–15–05–13–04–04–05–22–06–1
Brescia1–42–00–23–14–32–16–12–06–08–01–11–02–0
Mozzanica0–51–21–52–21–02–03–03–12–21–02–10–02–1
Torino0–30–10–20–31–00–32–04–43–22–12–12–05–1
Chiasiellis0–31–32–00–31–32–11–11–11–03–12–22–02–2
Como 20000–30–42–21–10–11–20–00–01–02–03–12–01–1
Firenze1–60–30–20–31–10–43–10–21–20–10–13–05–0
Riviera di Romagna0–20–11–10–40–20–20–30–01–11–01–02–23–0
Lazio0–31–20–11–31–60–12–31–00–11–02–12–10–0
Venezia 19840–30–11–11–51–63–23–31–10–20–10–31–11–1
Milan0–20–31–40–41–10–31–40–41–40–12–01–21–1
Roma1–40–51–60–11–10–22–21–20–20–01–21–22–2

Top scorers
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Patrizia PanicoTorres29
2 DayaneBardolino24
3 Daniela SabatinoBrescia22
4 Melania GabbiadiniBardolino17
5 Paola BrumanaTavagnacco16
6 Simona SodiniTorino15
7 Valentina BoniBrescia14
+ Silvia FuselliTorres14
9 Penelope RiboldiTavagnacco13
+ Sandy IannellaTorres13

References
  1. Results and table Archived April 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine in soccerway.com
  2. Serie A 2012/13: Venezia renounces, Lazio is reinstated! Here's the final list. ACF Brescia Femminile's website, 10 August 2012
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