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The 2009–10 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th season of top-tier Italian football, the 78th in a round-robin tournament. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B , replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season .
November 10, 2009 — Flora Viola, 86, widow of late Roma President Dino Viola, and club chairwoman herself during the year 1991. [ 8 ] December 26, 2009 — Giuseppe Chiappella , 85, former midfielder, 1955–56 Serie A winner with Fiorentina, Italian international footballer, and later manager for Fiorentina and Internazionale .
The 2009–10 season was Associazione Sportiva Roma's 77th season in Serie A. The club competed in Serie A , the Coppa Italia , and the UEFA Europa League . Roma finished second in Serie A with 80 points, two points behind Inter .
The 2009–10 Associazione Calcio Milan season was the 76th Serie A season in the history of the club. It was the club's first season since 1983–84 not to feature captain Paolo Maldini , who retired at the end of the previous campaign.
The 2009–10 Udinese Calcio season was the club's 15th consecutive and 30th overall season in Serie A. The team competed in Serie A , finishing 15th, and in the Coppa Italia , reaching the semi-finals.
Serie A, as it is structured today, began during the 1929–30 season.From 1898 to 1922, the competition was organised into regional groups. Because of ever growing teams attending regional championships, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) split the CCI (Italian Football Confederation) in 1921, which founded in Milan the Lega Nord (Northern Football League), ancestor of present-day Lega ...
On 30 May 2009, hours before the final Serie A 2008–09 league game against Sampdoria, Palermo head coach Davide Ballardini announced he was taking a 10-day pause in order to decide with his future with the club.
The 2009–10 season was ACF Fiorentina's 84th season in Italian football in their existence and their 72nd season in the first-tier of Italian football, Serie A.Having finished fourth the previous season ahead of Genoa, La Viola earned qualification into the UEFA Champions League for the second year in a row.