The 48-year-old Italian has replaced Zdenek Zeman, who was relieved of his duties earlier this week.
Cagliari currently sit in 18th place in the Serie A table following an eight-game winless run.
Zola will take charge of the team for the first time on January 6 when they travel to Palermo in the league.
The former Chelsea forward had been out of work after leaving Watford one year ago.
Restore Data
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Juventus | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Torino | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Inter Milan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | Napoli | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Udinese | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Empoli | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | Atalanta BCAtalanta | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Bologna | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 7 |
| 10 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Roma | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Hellas VeronaHellas Verona | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Parma | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 5 |
| 15 | Lecce | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Como | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 17 | Genoa | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | VeneziaVenezia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 19 | Monza | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 3 |
| 20 | CagliariCagliari | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 2 |
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