The 2024/2025 Serie A season has finished with Napoli crowned champions after a long and very entertaining battle with Inter Milan.
It was one of the most competitive seasons of Serie A in recent years, as it witnessed very challenging and close competition between the teams, whether for the top spot or the four UEFA Champions League spots.
Several surprises also occurred during the season.
Roma made a powerful comeback under the management of Claudio Ranieri to finish in fifth place, having initially played to avoid relegation.
Bologna, Fiorentina, and Lazio were also very powerful and challenged for the top four spots until the last few matchdays, while AC Milan surprised everyone with a disappointing season.
This tactical analysis article will select the Serie A Team Of The Season based on data analysis and players’ impact on their own teams.
No more than two players per team will be selected in this squad to guarantee a minimum of equality in the selection process.
The formation to be used for this Serie A Team Of The Year selection is the standard 4-3-3 formation.
GK: Mile Svilar – Roma
The choice of Roma’s Mile Svilar as the Serie A goalkeeper of the season is based on numerous criteria.
First of all, he is the most consistent goalkeeper in Serie A this season, having made 38 appearances, which means he participated in all games.
In these 38 games, Svilar conceded just 0.86 goals per 90 minutes, better than Yann Sommer, Alex Meret, Vanja Milinković-Savić and all the rest.
Moreover, alongside Sommer and Meret, Svilar is one of the only three goalkeepers who have conceded fewer goals than the number of matches played.
However, as mentioned above, Svilars consistency and his success in participating in all games, despite conceding 35 goals, despite not having a powerful defence like that of Inter Milan or Napoli, count in Svilars favour and highlight his importance to Roma’s unbeaten series this season.
Although the choice was very close between Svilar and Meret, who conceded 25 goals in 33 games, the decision to choose Svilar was made mainly because a more powerful defence helped Meret compared to Roma.
Svilar also participated in all possible games, keeping 16 clean sheets.
RCB: Amir Rrahmani – Napoli
Under Antonio Contes management, we have seen a completely different Amir Rrahmani this season.
He was hugely impactful in leading the team towards the league title thanks to his decisive movements inside the box, anticipation, excellent reflexes, and outstanding ability in the air.
With 68.6% of defensive duels won on average this season and 66% of aerial duels won, it is tough to find a defender with similar numbers.
Additionally, his successful sliding tackle rate equals 60%, while he makes 3.36 interceptions per match.
Amir Rrahmani Crucial Clearance
What made Rrahmani even more crucial this season was his ability to save his team from conceding goals on numerous occasions with decisive interceptions and clearances.
His clearance of the ball on the goal line in the match against Venezia is the best example of this.
LCB: Francesco Acerbi – Inter Milan
With an average of 74.8% defensive duels won and 61.7% aerial duels won this season, we cannot give this veteran defender enough credit for his defensive contributions to his team throughout the season despite not winning the title in the end.
Nevertheless, Francesco Acerbi confirmed with each game that he is one of the toughest defenders to play against, as he succeeded in most marking missions against some of the leagues most dangerous strikers.
