The club's board took the decision to fire the 48-year-old following their 6-3 defeat to Napoli on Friday evening.
Ballardini only took charge of the team in November 2011, replacing Massimo Ficcadenti.
During his reign, Cagliari won four matches from 17 outings.
Restore Data
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Inter Milan | 28 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 27 | 36 | 61 |
| 2 | Napoli | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 22 | 60 |
| 3 | Atalanta BCAtalanta | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 26 | 37 | 58 |
| 4 | Juventus | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 52 |
| 5 | Lazio | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 36 | 14 | 51 |
| 6 | Bologna | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 50 |
| 7 | Roma | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 46 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 45 |
| 9 | AC Milan | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 44 |
| 10 | Udinese | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 38 | -3 | 40 |
| 11 | Torino | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 34 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Genoa | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 36 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Como | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 44 | -10 | 29 |
| 14 | CagliariCagliari | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 43 | -15 | 26 |
| 15 | Hellas VeronaHellas Verona | 28 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 58 | -30 | 26 |
| 16 | Lecce | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 46 | -26 | 25 |
| 17 | Parma | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 48 | -14 | 24 |
| 18 | Empoli | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 45 | -22 | 22 |
| 19 | VeneziaVenezia | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 42 | -19 | 19 |
| 20 | Monza | 28 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 48 | -25 | 14 |
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