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Buying tickets

There are various ways of getting tickets for a Serie A or B game. Many clubs sell advanced bookings on their official websites (see below), but for less prestigious matches you can buy tickets on the day at the stadium or in special kiosks in the city. Check newspaper ‘Gazzetta dello Sport’ on match day and it will tell you which tickets are still available and at what price.

New anti-violence regulations insist you bring identification that confirms you bought the ticket. With this in mind, you must travel to the match with some sort of photo ID.

Tickets range from £10-£20 for the Curva (the area behind the goals where the hardcore fans tend to set up), up to £80 for Distinti and Tribuna (the seats along the sides of the field). The tickets for the big games can cost more, but some clubs run special offers for children and even a discount if you are female (Cagliari, Siena, Brescia and Parma among others). Don’t worry if your tickets show two non-consecutive numbers as they are in fact adjacent seats.

What time are the matches?

The Serie A and B calendar is now staggered to spread between Friday and Monday, though the exact dates and times are not released by the Italian FA until around two weeks beforehand.

Most Serie A ties are played on Sunday afternoon at 3pm local time, though there are two evening games at 8.30pm, one on Saturday and one on Sunday, and a 6pm kick-off on the Saturday. The evening ties tend to be the biggest matches of the weekend, but also take European fixtures into account. For example, if Inter are scheduled to play in the Champions League on Tuesday, their Serie A game will likely be brought forward to Saturday.

Serie B is not so easy to predict. One tie will be played on Friday evening at 8.45pm, another at the same kick-off time on Monday night. The remaining matches are at 3pm Saturday.

Club contacts (

Not all clubs sell their tickets on-line, but most can be bought from companies www.ticketweb.it (Inter, Milan and international games – written in English), http://www.ticketone.it (Lazio, Inter, Parma, Palermo, Cagliari, Udinese, Livorno and Reggina), http://www.bestticket.it (Bologna, Milan - English version available) and http://www.listicket.it/?lang=EN&S= (Fiorentina, Juventus, Roma, Lazio, Sampdoria, Lecce, Ascoli, Torino).

Juventus tickets can be bought online at the club’s official website http://www.juventus.com (albeit only in the Italian section of the site), or from a number of outlets in northern Italy. Some fan clubs (like Juventus Club Londra at http://www.juventus.co.uk ) can also get you tickets to games from Britain.

Inter sell tickets for their matches on the official website, which has an English language section here http://www.inter.it/en/biglietti/acquista.html. It also provides a list of 400 outlets around Italy.

Milan’s official website provides details of their games at the San Siro on http://www.bestticket.it/newBt/default.asp?shop_id=MilanEng

Ascoli tickets can be bought online at http://www.listicket.it or at a selection of Listicket points in the city, listed here http://www.ascolicalcio.net/biglietteria.asp.

Cagliari's tickets can be bought at the city's club point at Viale La Playa 15, email biglietteria@cagliaricalcio.net or online at www.ticketone.it.

Chievo Verona sell tickets on their official website with English instructions at http://www.chievoverona.it/shop/condizioni.aspx.

Empoli and Livorno tickets are available from http://www.ticketone.it.

Siena provide a list of prices and kiosks where you can buy tickets at http://www.acsiena.it/biglietti.php3, but their official website does not have an English language option.

Atalanta list the Lottomatica kiosks where you can buy tickets http://www.atalanta.it/ricevitorie.htm. Genoa do the same here http://www.genoacfc.it/lottomatica.asp.

Catania sell through http://www.bestticket.it/NewBT/default.asp?shop_id=bestticketeng and list places in the city where you can buy on their official website. http://www.calciocatania.it/ and click 'Prevendita biglietti' at the bottom.

Napoli tickets can be bought in newsagents and special kiosks around the city as well as at the Stadio San Paolo.