Serie A 2025-2026: dates and criteria of the new calendar

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The Serie A League has announced the official dates for the upcoming season. The 2025-2026 Serie A championship will begin on the weekend of August 23-24, 2025 and end on May 23-24, 2026. Two midweek rounds are planned: day nine (Oct. 29, 2025) and day 19 (Jan. 6, 2026).

The league will be interrupted only during the four FIFA windows (Sept. 7, Oct. 12, Nov. 16, March 29), and over the Christmas period will be played on the weekends of Dec. 21, Dec. 28, and Jan. 3, in addition to the midweek round on Jan. 6.

Also in the coming season, the sequence of matches in the first leg is different from the sequence of matches in the return leg, with a minimum of 8 days between the first leg and return matches against the same opponent in order to comply with an increasing number of concurrences related to public order reasons, the growing number of matches in European competitions, local events and the needs of clubs, trying to maximize TV audience and stadium attendance.

The derbies – which will affect the cities of Turin, Milan and Rome – will be scheduled on different days and not on the first day, nor in the weekday midweek round (day 9). In addition, clubs participating in the Champions League will not be able to meet with those participating in the Europa League and Conference League on days 5, 22, 26, 29, 32, 35 between two rounds of UEFA Competitions “back to back”.

Finally, alternating home and away matches are scheduled for the following pairs of clubs: Inter–Milan, Lazio-Roma, Juventus-Torino, Fiorentina-Pisa, with some exceptions due to concomitant or impeding events that will not allow it: specifically at the beginning of the season for Fiorentina and Pisa in order to allow for the completion of planned works at the two facilities, and for Milan and Inter Milan during the period of non-availability of the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, which will be the stage for the Inaugural Ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games on February 6, 2026.

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