The Serie A fixtures for the 2020-21 season were unveiled on Tuesday and delivered a challenging start to Andrea Pirlo’s Juventus and Antonio Conte’s Inter. The Bianconeri will face Sampdoria in their first game, then pay a visit to Roma at the Stadio Olimpico, and then host Napoli.
The Nerazzurri, on the other hand, requested their first match against Benevento to be postponed, so their season will officially start on the second round as they face Fiorentina at home. They will then take a trip to Roma to play against Lazio and then come back home to face Milan.
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The first round of the Italian Campionato will take place on 19 and 20 September, featuring such games as Milan-Bologna, Parma-Napoli, Verona-Roma, and Fiorentina-Torino. Lazio-Atalanta is supposed to be the big match of the opening round. However, as requested by Atalanta, the game was postponed to a later date – together with Benevento-Inter.
In the second round, the spotlight will be on Roma-Juventus. The must-watch games of the third round are going to be Juve-Napoli and Lazio-Inter. Milan-Roma is the next big match to follow – happening in the fifth matchday, while Atalanta-Inter and Juve-Lazio will embellish the seventh round.
Napoli-Milan is the match-clou of Round Eight, and Napoli-Roma – the so-called Derby del Sole (“Derby of The Sun”) – will be played one week later. Milan-Juventus will be the main course of the sixteenth round, followed by Roma-Inter at the seventeenth. Finally, the Derby d’Italia Inter-Juventus will take place in the second to last round.
As far as the four City Derbies go, the first will played in Round Four on October 18 as Inter face Milan. On November 1, it will be time for the Derby della Lanterna between Sampdoria and Genoa, followed by the Derby della Mole Juventus-Torino on December 6. The last cross-town battle will be the Derby della Capitale between Lazio and Roma which is scheduled for January 17.
Below some key dates and fixtures for the Serie A 2020-21 football season, as well as for the European Cups:
Serie A 2020-21 Midweek Rounds
- Wednesday 16 December 2020
- Wednesday 23 December 2020
- Wednesday 6 January 2021
- Wednesday 3 February 2021
- Wednesday 21 April 2021
- Wednesday 12 May 2021
Serie A 2020-21 Seasonal Breaks
- Sunday 11 October 2020 (National Teams)
- Sunday 15 November 2020 (National Teams)
- Sunday 27 December 2020 (Winter Break till 3 January 2021)
- Sunday 28 March 2021 (National Teams)
Champions League Dates
Atalanta, Inter, Juventus, Lazio are qualified to the next Champions League
- 15-16 September 2020, Third Qualifying Round
- 22-30 September 2020, Play-offs
- 2 October 2020, Group Stage draw, Nyon
- 20-21 October 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 1
- 27-28 October 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 2
- 3-4 November 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 3
- 24-25 November 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 4
- 1-2 December 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 5
- 8-9 December 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 6
- 14 December 2020, Round of 16 draws, Nyon
- 16-17-23-24 February 2021, Round of 16, first leg
- 9-10-16-17 March 2021, Round of 16, second leg
- 19 March 2021, Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals draws, Nyon
- 6-7 April 2021, Quarter-Finals, first leg
- 13-14 April 2021, Quarter-Finals, second leg
- 27-28 April 2021, Semi-Finals, first leg
- 4-5 May 2021, Semi-Finals, second leg
- 29 May 2021, Final – Istanbul, Atatürk Olympic Stadium
Europa League Dates
Roma, Milan, and Napoli are qualified to the next Europa League
- 18–22 August 2020, Preliminary Round
- 25–27 August 2020, First Qualifying Round
- 17 September 2020, Second Qualifying Round
- 24 September 2020, Third Qualifying Round
- 1 October 2020, Play-offs
- 2 October 2020, Group Stage draw, Athens
- 22 October 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 1
- 29 October 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 2
- 5 November 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 3
- 26 November 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 4
- 3 December 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 5
- 10 December 2020, Group Stage, Matchday 6
- 14 December 2020, Round of 32 draw
- 18–25 February 2021, Round of 32
- 26 February 2021, Round of 16 draw
- 11–18 March 2021, Round of 16
- 19 March 2020, Quarter-Final and Semi-Finals draw
- 8–15 April 2021, Quarter-Finals
- 29 April 2021, first Semi-Final
- 6 May 2021, second Semi-Final
- 26 May 2021, Final
