2008–09 in Italian football

The 2008–09 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Italy.

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.