
Suzuki Vitara/ Nyalakan Nyali†, Fratelli Beretta, Tecnoalarm Locations of the 2015–16 Serie A teams Team Both players also scored in their final games with their clubs on, Toni in a 2–1 win over champions Juventus and Bellini in a 1–1 draw with Udinese and on 14 May, Christian Abbiati for Milan in the last fixture of the season at home against Roma, however, he did not get any playing time, totaling 281 league appearances for the club. Three Serie A icons also retired at the end of the season the Verona captain Luca Toni, who scored 157 goals in 324 league appearances and was twice the league's top scorer, as well as Gianpaolo Bellini, the left-back who spent his entire career with Atalanta, making 435 appearances with the club. On 14 May, Gonzalo Higuaín broke Gunnar Nordahl's record for most goals scored in Serie A (20 teams championship) in a season (35 in 1949–50) and equaled Gino Rossetti's record in 1928–29 (that was composed of 32 teams, instead) by scoring 36 goals and winning the Capocannoniere. On 20 March 2016, Gianluigi Buffon broke the previous record of Sebastiano Rossi (929 minutes) by setting a longer period of 974 minutes without conceding a goal. This season of Serie A was the first season to have goal-line technology implemented after severe complaints from various teams' general managers (first Adriano Galliani) in relation to controversial ghost goals during recent seasons of Serie A. On 9 June 2015 Bologna won Serie B play-off, returning to the Serie A after just one year. On 16 May, Frosinone also earned its first promotion to Serie A, becoming the 65th to participate. On 28 April 2015 Carpi obtained its first promotion ever to Serie A, after debuting in Serie B the year before, becoming the 64th team to participate in Serie A since the 1929–30 season.

114th season of top-tier Italian football
