The season was the first since 2000-01 without Daniele de Rossi part of the first-team squad, who joined Boca Juniors, after spending 18 seasons with the club.
Source: Serie A, Soccerway Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played) Notes:
^ abAtalanta finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Lazio 3–3 Atalanta, Atalanta 3–2 Lazio.
^Napoli qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.
Note: Match was postponed to 15 March, then to 24 June, from its original date of 8 March due to schedule shuffling to allow for previous postponements to be played due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. All subsequent matches were also shuffled to allow for this accommodation. On 9 March, all sports events in Italy were suspended until 3 April.[40] This was the first match played since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Italy.[41][42]
Note: Match was meant to be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain,[43] however, on 11 March the match was postponed from its original date of 12 March due to concerns over the pandemic.[44] On 17 June, the match was rescheduled to 6 August to be played in a single leg at MSV-Arena in Germany,[45] and behind closed doors due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[46]
