2008–09 in Italian football

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

Honours

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

References

1. Roberto Donadoni. (2008-06-26). "Lippi re-appointed as Italy coach". BBC Sport.
2. Italy's score given first
3. (2008-07-15). "Schianto in Porsche Muore Mingozzi del Treviso". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
4. (2008-08-02). "Schianto sull'Adriatica. Muore Gianni De Rosa". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
5. (2008-08-12). "Morto Allemann ex Mantova in A". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
6. (2008-08-18). "E' morto il presidente Sensi". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
7. (2008-08-26). "Morto Tortul, ex Samp Era anche zio di Capello". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
8. (2008-09-28). "Portosummaga È morto Dino Mio". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
9. (2008-11-09). "Belgium mourns Genaux". [[UEFA]].
10. (2009-02-22). "Candido Cannavò dies at 78 We miss you already, Editor". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
11. (2009-03-20). "Verona piange Arvedi Evitò il fallimento". La Gazzetta dello Sport.
12. (2009-03-20). "Addio a Rotella ala rossoblù". La Gazzetta dello Sport.