The 2008–09 season was the 107th season of competitive

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Overview

* Chievo made their return to

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after just one season in the second tier. *

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made their debut in Serie B.

Events

* June 26, 2008 –

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was appointed as

coach, replacing Roberto Donadoni. * August 31, 2008 -

season began.

National team

played the qualifying campaign for the

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. Italy also be participated in the

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in mid-to-late June, 2009. ;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 Gionata Mingozzi (29 December 1984 – 15 July 2008) was an Italian footballer. He last played for Treviso in Serie B. Career Mingozzi started his career at Ravenna. He followed the team promoted from Eccellenza to Serie C2 within 2 years. He w ...

, 23,

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midfielder, killed in a car crash. * August 2, 2008 —

Gianni De Rosa Giovanni "Gianni" De Rosa (September 19, 1956 – August 2, 2008) was an Italian football striker who played at Serie A level with Napoli, Como and Perugia, also winning a Serie B topscorer title in 1981 as a Palermo player. Career Born in Cer ...

, 51, former Napoli and

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striker, and Serie B 1980–81 topscorer, killed in a car crash. * August 3, 2008 — Toni Allemann, 72, former Serie A striker with

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between 1961 and 1963, killed by a heart attack. * August 17, 2008 — Franco Sensi, 82,

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chairman and owner. * August 25, 2008 —

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, 77, former attacking wing with 252 appearances and 69 goals in the Italian Serie A in the 1950s, uncle of

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. * September 27, 2008 — Dino Mio, 85, chairman and owner of

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club Portosummaga. * November 8, 2008 —

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, 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

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between 1983 and 2002. * March 20, 2009 —

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, 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

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between 1983 and 1991, killed by leukemia.

References

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