Serie A 2010/2011 Calendar unveiled

By: Francesco | July 28th, 2010

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The 2010/2011 Serie A season seemed so far away and it felt like 2009/2010 just ended, but the new season is upon us. With today’s calendar drawing, it officially means the season is upon us. Tomorrow will be officially one month until kickoff. The season will run from August 29th to May 22nd. The first day of the season doesn’t have any big teams squaring off, but it has some interesting encounters. The big teams will be happy with their opponents. Here is the first matchday: Bari-Juventus; Chievo-Catania; Milan-Lecce; Parma-Brescia; Roma-Cesena; Sampdoria-Lazio; Udinese-Genoa; Palermo-Cagliari; Bologna-Inter; Fiorentina-Napoli. Inter will start their title defense on Monday, since they will be involved in the European Super Cup with Atletico Madrid on August 27th. The best game looks to be Fiorentina-Napoli, a battle between two teams looking to aim high. Other good games are Sampdoria-Lazio and Bari-Juventus (especially if Giovinco goes to Bari).

And now some notable games: Roma-Inter will take place on September 26th at the Olimpico in the 5th round. The following week, Inter host Juve at the San Siro on October 3rd. Milan-Juve will take place in the 9th round on October 31st. December 19th brings about a great day of action: Milan-Roma, Fiorentina-Inter, and Sampdoria-Genoa derby.

Speaking of derbies, the first one of the season will be Lazio-Roma on November 7th, and then two weeks later on November 14th will be Inter-Milan. Sampdoria-Genoa will be on December 19th as I said above, and the Puglia derby of Lecce-Bari is back in Serie A for the first time since 2001 and will take place on January 6th.

There are three midweek rounds: September 22nd, November 10th, and February 2nd.

There will be the traditional round played on the epiphany (January 6th) after the winter break but it may not happen because the player’s association is saying they would like a longer winter break. They said they are willing to move the January 6th round to a midweek round right before Christmas to have a longer break. Apparently a petition will be signed by players and presented to the Lega.

Prandelli’s Nazionale has Euro 2012 qualifying and therefore there will be 3 national team breaks throughout the season: September 5th, October 10th, and March 27th.

For a nice interactive full Serie A 2010/2011 calendar, click here.

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