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2020-21 Serie A start scheduled for Sept. 19

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 3, 2020 7:38 PM ET

The Italian Serie A will begin the 2020-21 campaign on Sept. 19, one week later that originally scheduled and a week after the English Premier League intends to start its season.

Per Reuters (h/t ESPN), the Italian top-flight announced the news via an official statement on Monday. The league also says it has shortened the annual Christmas break and scheduled fixtures for Jan. 3 and Jan. 6.

Juventus won a ninth straight Serie A title, as the country's giants of club football finished on 83 points and one point ahead of Inter Milan. Atalanta ended the season ahead of Roma via goal difference.

Like the majority of worldwide sports, Italian football halted the 2019-20 season in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. It's unknown when supporters will be permitted to attend Serie A matches.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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