The Italian Football League have confirmed that the new Serie A season will now kick off on September 10.

The fresh campaign was originally scheduled to start on August 27, but that date has been deemed as unrealistic given another summer of controversy in Italian football.

Due to the various appeals with regard to the initial Calciopoli sentences and the threat of another tribunal hearing involving more clubs, the new season’s start date has been delayed by two weeks.

Serie A will start on September 10 and come to a conclusion on May 27, 2007. Serie B will begin on September 9 and end on June 10, 2007.

There will be four midweek fixtures in the First Division and four Sunday breaks in the schedule as a result of international commitments and Christmas.

The Coppa Italia will kick-off on August 19, with the two legged Finals set for April 18 and May 9, 2007.

The Italian Super Cup Final between newly crowned Italian champions Inter and Roma, last season’s Coppa runners-up, will be played on August 26.

Serie A
Starts: September 10, 2006
Ends: May 27, 2007

Midweek games:
Wednesday September 20, 2006
Wednesday October 25, 2006
Wednesday December 20, 2006
Wednesday February 28, 2007

Rest days:
Sunday October 8, 2006
Sunday December 31, 2006
Sunday January 7, 2007
Sunday March 25, 2007

Serie B
Starts: September 9, 2006
Ends: June 10, 2007

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Arrgh, thats very late!

I dont see it late, at a time they used to start on October.

Comparing to other leagues: Liga n Premier league, its late