The 2015-16 Serie A fixture list was drawn up on Monday evening, starting with Fiorentina v Milan, Verona-Roma and Juventus-Udinese. The ceremony was held at the Expo centre in Milan and the campaign runs from August 22 2015 to May 15 2016. It is an unusually early start by Serie A standards, brought forward to help Italy prepare for Euro 2016.

There are already some huge games in the opening weeks, as in the second round there’s Roma v Juventus and in Week 3 the Milan Derby. Maurizio Sarri, who replaced Rafael Benitez as Napoli coach after a fine season at Empoli, will take the Partenopei to Sassuolo on the opening weekend.

Elsewhere, newly-promoted Bologna have been handed a difficult opening fixture at Lazio, who finished third last season.

Serie A newcomers Frosinone and Carpi begin against Torino and Sampdoria, respectively.