New season dates confirmed Thursday 9 July, 2009
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The 2009-10 Serie A campaign will kick off on August 23, 2009, and conclude on May 16, 2010, it has been confirmed.
The Lega Calcio have now fixed the dates for the new season which will also include four midweek rounds on September 23, October 28, January 6 and March 24.
The Christmas break for Serie A clubs will run between December 27 and January 3, while Italian internationals mean that there will be no games on September 6, October 11 and November 15.
Serie B will start on August 22 and end on May 30. It too will have four midweek rounds on September 22, January 5, March 23 and April 13.
There will be no games on December 26, January 2 and January 30.
The Italian Cup will begin on August 2 and conclude on May 5, while the Italian Super Cup will be played in Beijing on August 8 as Inter and Lazio meet.
