2008-09 in Italian football
- 2008-09 in Italian football
The 2008–2009 season will be the 107th season of competitive football in Italy.
Overview
* Chievo will make their return to Serie A after just one season in the second tier.
* Sassuolo will make their debut in Serie B, the highest division in which the club has participated in its history.
Events
*June 26, 2008 – Marcello Lippi is appointed as Italy coach, replacing Roberto Donadoni. [cite news |url=Roberto Donadoni |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=2008-06-27 |date=2008-06-26 |title=Lippi re-appointed as Italy coach |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/italy/7471598.stm]
*August 31, 2008 - Serie A season begins.
Managerial Changes
Transfer deals
* List of Italian football transfers Summer 2008
Deaths
*July 15, 2008 — Gionata Mingozzi, 23, Treviso midfielder, killed in a car accident. [cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/SerieB/Primo_Piano/2008/07_Luglio/15/mingozzi.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=Italian |accessdate=2008-07-15 |date=2008-07-15 |title=Schianto in Porsche Muore Mingozzi del Treviso]
*August 2, 2008 — Gianni De Rosa, 51, former Napoli and Palermo striker, and Serie B 1980–81 topscorer, killed in a car accident. [cite news |url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Altro_Calcio/Primo_Piano/2008/08/02/derosa.shtml |publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=Italian |accessdate=2008-08-03 |date=2008-08-02 |title=Schianto sull'Adriatica. Muore Gianni De Rosa]
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