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At 12:00, Lega Serie A will announce the calendar of the Italian football championship for the 2024/2025 sports season.
11:55 – Before we dive into compiling the calendars, here are the criteria.
ABSOLUTE ALTERNATION: absolute alternation of home and away matches is foreseen for the following pairs of Clubs:
INTER MILAN
LAZIO-ROME
JUVENTUS-TORINO
EMPOLI-FIORENTINA
ASYMMETRY: also in the 2024/2025 sports season the sequence of matches in the first half of the season is different from that of the matches in the second half of the season, with a minimum of 8 days between the first and second half matches against the same opponent; the main objective achieved through the asymmetric calendar is to respect an ever-increasing number of coincidences linked to reasons of public order, the growing number of matches in European competitions, local events and the needs of the Clubs, trying to maximize the television audience and attendance in the stadiums.
DERBY: scheduled on different days and not on days 1 and 38 and in the midweek round (day 10).
COMPETITIONS BETWEEN TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN EUROPEAN COMPETITIONS: Clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League do not meet Clubs participating in the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League on matchdays 5, 6, 22, 25, 28, 32 and 35 between two rounds of back-to-back UEFA Competitions.
MIDWEEK SHIFTS: Matchday 10 will be the only midweek match of the 24/25 Championship.
NO WINTER STOP: the 24/25 Championship from 17 August 2024 to 25 May 2025 will be interrupted only for the 4 FIFA windows (8 September, 13 October, 17 November, 23 March) and during the Christmas period it will be played on the weekends of 22 December, 29 December and 5 January.
12:00 pm – Right on time, the event begins. A video recalls the new sponsorship of Enilive, which replaces Tim as the main sponsor of the tournament. Following is a video montage with the protagonists and moments of the last championship, guests in the studio are former footballers Christian Vieri and Ciro Ferrara.
We begin with a comment from Lorenzo Casini, president of Lega Serie A: “The values that have characterized Eni’s history, international cosmopolitan cooperation but also that in modernized provincial contexts, are aspects that Serie A focuses a lot on, together with environmental sustainability. We are happy to be here, it is a growth prospect for the world of Serie A. Borrowing from the Premier League, thanks to the windows, we have changed the programming a lot, a topic of debate especially for those who are away”.
Andrea Butti, Head of Competition of Lega Serie A, then explains the criteria for compiling the calendar: “First of all, we would like to thank Optimal Solution, the software house with which we collaborated for the compilation algorithms. The criteria first of all include the absolute alternation of home and away matches for Inter-Milan, Torino-Juve, Lazio-Roma and Empoli-Fiorentina. Also in 24/25 the first and second leg sequence will be asymmetrical. The championship will be the only one in Europe to have only one midweek round, Wednesday 30 October 2024. The derbies will all be scheduled on different days, excluding the 1st, 10th and 38th. Those participating in Europe cannot be drawn against each other on the following days: 5th, 6th, 18th, 22nd, 25th, 38th. Finally, there will be no winter break: from Saturday 17 August the championship continues for 37 weekends, interrupted only for the four national team breaks”.
He then added: “Atalanta is completing the renovation work at Gewiss, while Como and Venezia had to adapt their facilities to Serie A. Atalanta and Como will play the first three games away, Venezia only the first two“.
We start with the draws.
1st DAY
Bologna – Udinese
Cagliari-Rome
Empoli – Monza
Genoa – Inter
Hellas Verona – Naples
Juventus – Como
Lazio-Venice
Lecce – Atalanta
Milan-Turin
Parma vs Fiorentina
Vieri comments: “Inter must go to Genoa and it’s not easy, they will have to fight away from home. For me, Inter are the favorites again this year, they have the best team and they must confirm that.”
Ferrara talks about Juventus: “The expectations are high, Motta played great football in Bologna. At Juve the expectations are different but Thiago has had an important journey and knows that his predecessors have won and how important it is for Juventus to return to certain levels. It is not an easy task”.
Then Vieri focuses on Fonseca’s Milan: “Great coach, he makes the teams play well. The Milan fans are waiting for a great signing for the centre forward, now…”.
Ferrara concludes with comments on Napoli: “Conte wants to win, but he has the characteristics to improve the players a lot. I think De Laurentiis couldn’t have made a better choice: by not playing the cups he will have the players all week and will be able to get into their heads. Last season was bad, the whole environment expects to bring Napoli back to certain levels”.
2nd DAY
Cagliari – Como
Fiorentina-Venice
Verona – Juventus
Inter – Lecce
Monza – Genoa
Naples-Bologna
Parma – Milan
Rome – Empoli
Turin – Atalanta
Udinese – Lazio
3rd DAY
Bologna – Empoli
Fiorentina – Monza
Genoa – Hellas Verona
Inter-Atalanta
Juventus-Roma
Lazio – Milan
Lecce-Cagliari
Naples-Parma
Udinese – Como
Venice-Turin
Ferrara talks about Lecce and Cagliari: “Two teams that fought to the end to save themselves and they did it thanks to an excellent job. They must continue to do so, with their heads down”.
The first break between the third and fourth rounds.
4th DAY
Atalanta vs Fiorentina
Cagliari-Naples
Como-Bologna
Empoli-Juventus
Genoa-Rome
Lazio-Verona
Milan-Venice
Monza – Inter
Parma – Udinese
Turin-Lecce
5th DAY
Atalanta – Como
Cagliari – Empoli
Fiorentina – Lazio
Verona-Turin
Inter Milan
Juventus – Napoli
Lecce-Parma
Monza – Bologna
Rome – Udinese
Venice-Genoa
Vieri comments on the big matches of the 5th round: “Whoever loses, there’s already controversy! After a month there’s already the derby, a match that the whole world will see and with San Siro sold out. I’ll be there, in the stands. Two very strong teams, I’m curious to see Milan with Fonseca. Playing at San Siro is every footballer’s dream, it’s the most beautiful stadium in Italy”. Ferrara adds: “As a stage it’s incredible, but I had had the experience of San Paolo…”.