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- ↑ Goals in all competitions (Serie A, Serie B or Serie C, Coppa Italia, European tournaments and Supercoppa Italiana) are counted.
- ↑ 5 point penalty
- ↑ "Bologna deducted one point for unpaid taxes". FourFourTwo. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Bologna docked more points". Sky Sports. 13 December 2010.