Serie A campaign to kick off in Florence

The 2008/09 Serie A season finally has a face. Indeed the calendar was officially released today in Rome; the season begins on August 30/31.

And Juventus will start it with a bang, at Fiorentina on the opening day. The teams who came 3rd and 4th last year will thus immediately face each other, just days after playing their Champions League preliminary round games. The first home match will be against Udinese, right after the break for the World Cup qualifiers.

All the top matches will take place between Day 8 and Day 16. In the 8th round, the derby game against Torino, on Day 10 the match against Roma, on Day 13 the eagerly awaited clash with Inter Milan and on Day 16 the game against AC Milan. Juve's last game of the League, on May 31st 2009, will be at home against Lazio.

Here is the Bianconeri's schedule in full

Day 1 Fiorentina-Juventus
Day 2 Juventus-Udinese
Day 3 Cagliari-Juventus
Day 4 Juventus-Catania
Day 5 Sampdoria-Juventus
Day 6 Juventus-Palermo
Day 7 Napoli-Juventus
Day 8 Juventus-Torino
Day 9 Bologna-Juventus
Day 10 Juventus-Roma
Day 11 Chievo-Juventus
Day 12 Juventus-Genoa
Day 13 Inter Milan-Juventus
Day 14 Juventus-Reggina
Day 15 Lecce-Juventus
Day 16 Juventus-AC Milan
Day 17 Atalanta-Juventus
Day 18 Juventus-Siena
Day 19 Lazio-Juventus


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