Aug 26 start for Serie A 2007-08
Friday 4 May, 2007
The next Serie A season will kick off on August 26, while the dates for the Serie B play-offs and play-outs have been confirmed.
Today’s Lega Calcio meeting set the fixture list for the next few months and a precise start date for the next campaign.
It had originally been suggested that Serie A would begin on August 19, helping the Italian national team to better prepare for the crucial Euro 2008 qualifiers.
The Azzurri will take on France on September 8 and the Ukraine on September 12 – their two main rivals in the Group B race.
However, as the transfer market is still wide open at that time, it was decided to postpone the Serie A campaign until August 26.