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2008–09 in Italian football

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2007–08 in Italian football

The 2008–2009 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Italy.

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Overview

  • Chievo made their return to Serie A after just one season in the second tier.
  • Sassuolo made their debut in Serie B.

    • Events

  • June 26, 2008 – Marcello Lippi was appointed as Italy coach, replacing Roberto Donadoni.
  • August 31, 2008 - Serie A season began.

    • National team

    Italy played the qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Italy also be participated in the FIFA Confederations Cup in mid-to-late June, 2009.

    Key
  • H = Home match
  • A = Away match
  • N = Neutral site
  • WCQ = World Cup Qualifier
  • F = friendly

    • Transfer deals

  • List of Italian football transfers Summer 2008

    • Deaths

  • July 15, 2008 — Gionata Mingozzi, 23, Treviso midfielder, killed in a car crash.
  • August 2, 2008 — Gianni De Rosa, 51, former Napoli and Palermo striker, and Serie B 1980–81 topscorer, killed in a car crash.
  • August 3, 2008 — Toni Allemann, 72, former Serie A striker with Mantova between 1961 and 1963, killed by a heart attack.
  • August 17, 2008 — Franco Sensi, 82, Roma chairman and owner.
  • August 25, 2008 — Mario Tortul, 77, former attacking wing with 252 appearances and 69 goals in the Italian Serie A in the 1950s, uncle of Fabio Capello.
  • September 27, 2008 — Dino Mio, 85, chairman and owner of Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Portosummaga.
  • November 8, 2008 — Régis Genaux, 35, Belgian former footballer, Udinese player between 1997 and 2003, killed by a heart attack caused by pulmonary embolism.
  • February 22, 2009 — Candido Cannavò, 78, popular Italian sports and football journalist, editor-in-chief of La Gazzetta dello Sport between 1983 and 2002.
  • March 20, 2009 — Pietro Arvedi D'Emilei, 79, president of Hellas Verona until January 2009, died of injuries sustained in a car crash in his way back from a league game on December 21, 2008.
  • April 20, 2009 — Franco Rotella, 42, former Serie A player with Genoa between 1983 and 1991, killed by leukemia.

    • References

    2008–09 in Italian football Wikipedia
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