2008–09 in Italian football
The 2008–2009 season was the 107th season of competitive football in Italy.
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
| Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Italy scorers |
| August 20, 2008 | Stade du Ray, Nice | ||||
| September 6, 2008 | Neo GSP Stadium, Nicosia | ||||
| September 10, 2008 | Stadio Friuli, Udine | ||||
| October 11, 2008 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia | ||||
| October 15, 2008 | Stadio Via del Mare, Lecce | ||||
| February 11, 2009 | Emirates Stadium, London | ||||
| March 28, 2009 | Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica | ||||
| April 1, 2009 | Stadio San Nicola, Bari | ||||
| June 6, 2009 | Arena Garibaldi - Stadio Romeo Anconetani, Pisa |
;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.