2003-4 Italian Season - Important Dates May 18-24 - second qualifying phase of U-19 European Championships May 19 - Italy vs Israel May 21 - Italy vs Belarus May 23 - Italy vs Czech Republic (group-winner advances to U-19 finals in July) May 27-June 2 - U-21 European Championship May 27 - Italy vs Belarus May 29 - Italy vs Serbia and Montenegro June 1 - Italy vs Croatia June 5 - Semifinals (winners qualify for Olympics) June 8 - 3rd Place Match (winner qualifies for Olympics) June 8 - Final May 30 - Friendly - Tunisia vs Italy (Tunis) May 30 - Friendly - Milan vs Kitchee (Hong Kong) June 3-10 - Primavera (Youth Teams) Championship Final Phase (Brescia, Inter, Juventus, Roma, Ascoli, Atalanta, Lecce, Milan) June 12 - Final week of Serie B June 16 - Serie A/B pro/rel playoff, 1st leg (Modena/Empoli/Perugia vs Serie B 6th) June 16 - Serie B relegation play-out, 1st leg (20th vs 21st) June 19 - Serie B relegation play-out, 2nd leg June 20 - Serie A/B pro/rel playoff, 2nd leg June 12-July 4 - European Championship June 14 - Italy vs Denmark June 18 - Italy vs Sweden June 22 - Italy vs Bulgaria June 26 or 27 - Quarterfinal June 30-July 1 - Semifinals July 4 - Fina1 July 13-24 - U-19 European Championship (also UEFA's World Youth Championship qualifying tournament) July 1-August 31 - off-season transfer window July 12 - due date for clubs to present league admission documents July 17-18 - 2004 Inter Toto Cup 3rd round, 1st leg (one Italian team) July 19 - determination of clubs that fail to meet requirements for admission July 22 - due date for clubs to appeal admission decisions July 24 - 2004 Inter Toto Cup 3rd round, 2nd leg July 26 - ruling on appeals for league admission July 29 - Friendly - Roma vs Chelsea (Pittsburgh) July 31 - Friendly - Roma vs Celtic (Toronto) July 31 - Friendly - Milan vs Manchester United (Giants Stadium) end of July - 2004-5 Serie A/B schedules announced Aug 2 - Friendly - Milan vs Chelsea (Philadelphia) Aug 3 - Friendly - Roma vs Liverpool (Giants Stadium) Aug - 2004-5 Champions League qualifying rounds (Juventus and TBD) Aug 14 - Coppa Italia qualifying rounds begin (Serie B and C teams) Aug 21 - SuperCoppa (Milan vs Lazio) Aug 29 - start of 2004-5 Serie A season (season will finish May 29, 2005) Sept 4 - Italy vs Norway (World Cup Qualifier) Sept 5 - no Serie A games Sept 8 - Moldova vs Italy (World Cup Qualifier) Sept 22 - midweek Serie A games Oct 9 - Slovenia vs Italy (World Cup Qualifier) Oct 10 - no Serie A games Oct 13 - Italy vs Belarus (World Cup Qualifier) Oct 27 - midweek Serie A games Nov 17 - Friendly - China vs Italy (Beijing) Jan 1-31 - mid-season transfer window Jan 6 - midweek Serie A games Mar 27 - no Serie A games
Re: 2003-4 Italian Season - Important Dates BTW why do you have Inter here? They have to play the last round of qualifiers, at least the spanish had to do it when real madrid won the competition.
I don't know the specifics of the Spanish case you're referring to, but Inter definitely does not have to play the qualifying round. Juventus and Inter qualify directly to the Champions League by virtue of their top two finish. Milan qualifies by virtue of winning the European Cup. Lazio still has to qualify. Could it be that Real finished 1st or 2nd in the case you're thinking of? http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=38401.html
Typically late July. I know I saw a date of July 31 mentioned with regard to the Catania snafu in Serie B. That's why I have it listed as July 31.
Are you in the US? If so, probably no channel. This game hasn't been shown anywhere in this country for years and years.
Aug 12 and Aug 26. It's listed right there in the first post of this thread, Mario! I've been keeping it updated.
2003-4 Serie A Schedule Here it is: Prima giornata (And. 31/08/2003 - Rit. 25/01/2003) Ancona-Milan (lunedì 1 settembre) Bologna-Parma Brescia-Chievo Inter-Modena Juventus-Empoli Lazio-Lecce Perugia-Siena Reggina-Sampdoria Udinese-Roma Seconda giornata (And. 14/09/2003 - Rit. 01/02/2004) Chievo-Juventus Empoli-Reggina Lecce-Ancona Milan-Bologna Modena-Udinese Parma-Perugia Roma-Brescia Sampdoria-Lazio Siena-Inter Terza giornata (And. 21/09/2003 - Rit. 08/02/2004) Ancona-Modena Bologna-Udinese Brescia-Reggina Inter-Sampdoria Juventus-Roma Lazio-Parma Lecce-Chievo Perugia-Milan Siena-Empoli Quarta giornata (And. 28/09/2003 - Rit. 15/02/2004) Chievo-Perugia Empoli-Lazio Milan-Lecce Modena-Bologna Parma-Siena Reggina-Juventus Roma-Ancona Sampdoria-Brescia Udinese-Inter Quinta giornata (And. 05/10/2003 - Rit. 22/02/2004) Ancona-Udinese Empoli-Modena Inter-Milan Juventus-Bologna Lazio-Chievo Lecce-Brescia Parma-Sampdoria Perugia-Reggina Siena-Roma Sesta giornata (And. 19/10/2003 - Rit. 29/02/2004) Ancona-Juventus Bologna-Perugia Brescia-Inter Chievo-Sampdoria Milan-Lazio Modena-Lecce Reggina-Siena Roma-Parma Udinese-Empoli Settima giornata (And. 26/10/2003 - Rit. 07/03/2004) Empoli-Chievo Inter-Roma Juventus-Brescia Lazio-Bologna Parma-Modena Perugia-Udinese Reggina-Ancona Sampdoria-Milan Siena-Lecce Ottava giornata (And. 02/11/2003 - Rit. 14/03/2004) Ancona-Siena Bologna-Sampdoria Brescia-Parma Chievo-Inter Lecce-Empoli Milan-Juventus Modena-Perugia Roma-Reggina Udinese-Lazio Nona giornata (And. 09/11/2003 - Rit. 21/03/2004) Brescia-Bologna Inter-Ancona Juventus-Udinese Parma-Milan Perugia-Lecce Reggina-Modena Roma-Lazio Sampdoria-Empoli Siena-Chievo Decima giornata (And. 23/11/2003 - Rit. 28/03/2004) Ancona-Brescia Bologna-Roma Chievo-Milan Empoli-Parma Inter-Reggina Lazio-Perugia Lecce-Sampdoria Modena-Juventus Udinese-Siena Undicesima giornata (And. 30/11/2003 - Rit. 04/04/2004) Brescia-Udinese Juventus-Inter Milan-Modena Parma-Chievo Perugia-Empoli Reggina-Bologna Roma-Lecce Sampdoria-Ancona Siena-Lazio Dodicesima giornata (And. 07/12/2003 - Rit. 10/04/2004) Bologna-Ancona Chievo-Roma Empoli-Milan Inter-Perugia Lazio-Juventus Lecce-Parma Modena-Brescia Sampdoria-Siena Udinese-Reggina Tredicesima giornata (And. 14/12/2003 - Rit. 18/04/2004) Ancona-Lazio Bologna-Inter Brescia-Empoli Juventus-Parma Milan-Siena Perugia-Sampdoria Reggina-Chievo Roma-Modena Udinese-Lecce Quattordicesima giornata (And. 21/12/2003 - Rit. 25/04/2004) Chievo-Ancona Empoli-Roma Lazio-Inter Lecce-Juventus Milan-Udinese Parma-Reggina Perugia-Brescia Sampdoria-Modena Siena-Bologna Quindicesima giornata (And. 06/01/2003 - Rit. 02/05/2004) Ancona-Parma Bologna-Empoli Brescia-Siena Inter-Lecce Juventus-Perugia Modena-Chievo Reggina-Lazio Roma-Milan Udinese-Sampdoria Sedicesima giornata (And. 11/01/2003 - Rit. 09/05/2004) Chievo-Udinese Empoli-Ancona Lazio-Brescia Lecce-Bologna Milan-Reggina Parma-Inter Perugia-Roma Sampdoria-Juventus Siena-Modena Diciassettesima giornata (And. 18/01/2003 - Rit. 16/05/2004) Ancona-Perugia Bologna-Chievo Brescia-Milan Inter-Empoli Juventus-Siena Modena-Lazio Reggina-Lecce Roma-Sampdoria Udinese-Parma
Serie B 2003-4 Schedule Prima giornata (And. 30/08/2003 - Rit. 25/01/2004) Albinoleffe-Livorno Avellino-Torino Bari-Ternana Cagliari-Ascoli Como-Pescara Fiorentina-Atalanta Genova-Treviso Messina-Triestina Piacenza-Vicenza Salernitana-Palermo Venezia-Catania Verona-Napoli Seconda giornata (And. 07/09/2003 - Rit. 01/02/2004) Ascoli-Genoa Atalanta-Venezia Catania-Cagliari Livorno-Messina Napoli-Como Palermo-Piacenza Pescara-Fiorentina Ternana-Verona Torino-Salernitana Treviso-Albinoleffe Triestina-Avellino Vicenza-Bari Terza giornata (And. 9/09/2003 - Rit. 08/02/2004) Albinoleffe-Ternana Avellino-Palermo Bari-Torino Cagliari-Pescara Como-Catania Fiorentina-Triestina Genoa-Livorno Messina-Napoli Piacenza-Atalanta Salernitana-Ascoli Venezia-Vicenza Verona-Treviso Quarta giornata (And. 13/09/2003 - Rit. 15/02/2004) Ascoli-Como Atalanta-Albinoleffe Catania-Verona Livorno-Avellino Napoli-Piacenza Palermo-Cagliari Pescara-Venezia Ternana-Messina Torino-Genoa Treviso-Bari Triestina-Salernitana Vicenza-Fiorentina Quinta giornata (And. 20/09/2003 - Rit. 22/02/2004) Albinoleffe-Fiorentina Ascoli-Pescara Avellino-Napoli Cagliari-Treviso Como-Torino Genoa-Atalanta Messina-Vicenza Palermo-Ternana Piacenza-Venezia Salernitana-Catania Triestina-Livorno Verona-Bari Sesta giornata (And. 27/09/2003 - Rit. 29/02/2004) Atalanta-Cagliari Bari Albinoleffe Catania-Messina Fiorentina-Piacenza Livorno-Salernitana Napoli-Ascoli Pescara-Triestina Ternana-Genoa Torino-Palermo Treviso-Como Venezia-Avellino Vicenza-Verona Settima giornata (And. 04/10/2003 - Rit. 02/03/2004) Albinoleffe-Venezia Ascoli-Livorno Avellino-Vicenza Como-Piacenza Genoa-Bari Messina-Cagliari Palermo-Pescara Salernitana-Fiorentina Ternana-Torino Treviso-Catania Triestina-Napoli Verona-Atalanta Ottava giornata (And. 12/10/2003 - Rit. 07/03/2004) Atalanta-Triestina Avellino-Messina Bari-Ascoli Cagliari-Ternana Catania-Vicenza Como-Palermo Fiorentina-Treviso Napoli-Livorno Pescara-Torino Piacenza-Salernitana Venezia-Genoa Verona-Albinoleffe Nona giornata (And. 14/10/2003 - Rit. 14/03/2004) Ascoli-Venezia Atalanta-Pescara Geona-Albinoleffe Livorno-Bari Messina-Piacenza Palermo-Fiorentina Salernitana-Avellino Ternata-Catania Torino-Cagliari Treviso-Napoli Triestina-Verona Vicenza-Como Decima giornata (And. 18/10/2003 - Rit. 16/03/2004) Albinoleffe-Catania Avellino-Ascoli Bari-Triestina Cagliari-Livorno Como-Ternana Fiorentina-Verona Genoa-Pescara Messina-Salernitana Napoli-Vicenza Piacenza-Treviso Torino-Atalanta Venezia-Palermo Undicesima giornata (And. 25/10/2003 - Rit. 21/03/2004) Ascoli-Palermo Atalanta-Messina Bari-Fiorentina Catania-Piacenza Livorno-Como Napoli-Torino Pescara-Salernitana Ternana-Avellino Treviso-Venezia Triestina-Albinoleffe Verona-Genoa Vicenza-Cagliari Dodicesima giornata (And. 2/11/2003 - Rit. 28/03/2004) Albinoleffe-Vicenza Avellino-Treviso Cagliari-Napoli Fiorentina-Como Genoa-Catania Livorno-Ternana Messina-Pescara Palermo-Atalanta Piacenza-Triestina Salernitana-Verona Torino-Ascoli Venezia-Bari Tredicesima giornata (And. 9/11/2003 - Rit. 3/04/2004) Albinoleffe-Piacenza Ascoli-Atalanta Bari-Messina Catania-Palermo Como-Cagliari Napoli-Salernitana Pescara-Livorno Ternana-Fiorentina Treviso-Triestina Venezia-Torino Verona-Avellino Vicenza-Genoa Quattordicesima giornata (And. 16/11/2003 - Rit. 10/04/2004) Atalanta-Como Avellino-Albinoleffe Cagliari-Venezia Fiorentina-Genoa Livorno-Treviso Messina-Verona Palermo-Napoli Pescara-Piacenza Salernitana-Bari Ternana-Ascoli Torino-Catania Triestina-Vicenza Quindicesima giornata (And. 18/11/2003 - Rit. 17/04/2004) Albinoleffe-Cagliari Bari-Pescara Catania-Atalanta Como-Salernitana Fiorentina-Avellino Genoa-Triestina Napoli-Ternana Piacenza-Ascoli Treviso-Palermo Venezia-Messina Verona-Livorno Vicenza-Torino Sedicesima giornata (And. 23/11/2003 - Rit. 24/04/2004) Ascoli-Vicenza Atalanta-Napoli Avellino-Bari Cagliari-Piacenza Livorno-Venezia Messina-Fiorentina Palermo-Verona Pescara-Catania Salernitana-Genoa Ternana-Treviso Torino-Albinoleffe Triestina-Como Diciassettesima giornata (And. 30/11/2003 - Rit. 1/05/2004) Albinoleffe-Salernitana Bari-Cagliari Catania-Ascoli Como-Venezia Fiorentina-Livorno Genoa-Palermo Napoli-Pescara Piacenza-Avellino Treviso-Messina Triestina-Ternana Verona-Torino Vicenza-Atalanta Diciottesima giornata (And. 7/12/2003 - Rit. 8/05/2004) Ascoli-Fiorentina Atalanta-Bari Avellino-Como Cagliari-Verona Livorno-Catania Messina-Genoa Palermo-Albinoleffe Pescara-Vicenza Salernitana-Treviso Ternana-Piacenza Torino-Triestina Venezia-Napoli Diciannovesima giornata (And. 14/12/2003 - Rit. 15/05/2004) Albinoleffe-Messina Bari-Como Catania-Napoli Fiorentina-Venezia Genoa-Avellino Livorno-Atalanta Piacenza-Torino Salernitana-Ternana Treviso-Pescara Triestina-Cagliari Verona-Ascoli Vicenza-Palermo Ventesima giornata (And. 21/12/2003 - Rit. 22/05/2004) Ascoli-Triestina Atalanta-Ternana Cagliari-Genoa Catania-Bari Como-Albinoleffe Napoli-Fiorentina Palermo-Messina Pescara-Avellino Piacenza-Verona Torino-Livorno Venezia-Salernitana Vicenza-Treviso Ventunesima giornata (And. 6/01/2004 - Rit. 29/05/2004) Albinoleffe-Pescara Avellino-Atalanta Bari-Napoli Fiorentina-Catania Genoa-Como Livorno-Piacenza Messina-Ascoli Salernitana-Cagliari Ternana-Vicenza Treviso-Torino Triestina-Palermo Verona-Venezia Ventiduesima giornata (And. 11/1/2004 - Rit. 5/06/2004) Ascoli-Albinoleffe Atalanta-Treviso Cagliari-Avellino Catania-Triestina Como-Messina Napoli-Genoa Palermo-Livorno Pescara-Verona Piacenza-Bari Torino-Fiorentina Venezia-Ternana Vicenza-Salernitana Ventitreesima giornata (And. 18/1/2004 - Rit. 12/06/2004) Albinoleffe-Napoli Avellino-Catania Bari-Palermo Fiorentina-Cagliari Genoa-Piacenza Livorno-Vicenza Messina-Torino Salernitana-Atalanta Ternana-Pescara Treviso-Ascoli Triestina-Venezia Verona-Como
The "big" matches... Here's a list of the matches among the five big teams: 3/a giornata (a. 21/9 e r. 8/2/04): Juventus-Roma. 5/a giornata (a. 5/10 e r. 22/2/04): Inter-Milan. 6/a giornata (a. 19/10 e r. 29/2/04): Milan-Lazio. 7/a giornata (a. 26/10 e r. 7/3/04): Inter-Roma. 8/a giornata (a. 2/11 e r. 14/3/04): Milan-Juventus. 9/a giornata (a. 9/11 e r. 21/3/04): Roma-Lazio. 11/a giornata (a. 30/11 e r. 4/4): Juventus-Inter. 12/a giornata (a. 7/12 e r. 10/4): Lazio-Juventus. 14/a giornata (a. 21/12 e r. 25/4/04): Lazio-Inter. 15/a giornata (a. 6/1/04 e r. 2/5): Roma-Milan Juventus-Roma in the third week is unusually early for a "match clou". And the Milan derby is just two weeks later ...
About big matches ... Sue, you forgot to tell about the greatest Emilia's derby: MODENA - Bologna is scheduled for the 4th round, on September 28. Point that day mates!!! NO MODENA NO PARTY!
What I really like about this is Sampdoria and Genoa aren't on this schedule, but for different reasons
Serie B schedule has been completely re-done with 24 teams in it. But with 19 teams threatening to boycott, I suspect more will happen in the next few days.
Intercontinental Cup Well, I'm sure you can get it in some places within the U.S. ... what channel showed it last year in latin America?? ESPN Int'l??