Defending Serie A champion AC Milan to open season against Udinese

The full Serie A fixture list has been drawn up for the 2022-23 season, opening on August 13 with Verona-Napoli and Lecce-Inter, closing on June 4 with Milan-Verona, Torino-Inter and Udinese-Juventus.

The upcoming calendar was announced on Friday. Runner-up Inter Milan visits newly-promoted Lecce on an opening day, while Juventus hosts Sassuolo and Napoli visit Hellas Verona.

The season starts on the weekend of August 13. There will be a long pause because of the World Cup in Qatar and the traditional Christmas break, with no Serie A soccer between November 13 and January



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The season ends at the start of June for the first time since 2001.

The opening weekend also sees Silvio Berlusconi's first match back in Serie A since selling Milan. His newly-promoted Monza team hosts Torino.

The first derby match between the Milan teams will be on the weekend of September 4, with the return game in early February.

The final round, on June 4, sees Milan host Hellas Verona, Inter at Torino, Juventus visiting Udinese, and Napoli playing Sampdoria.

Milan visits Juventus in the penultimate round.