After Pope's death: FC Südtirol's season extended

Due to the death of Pope Francis, all football matches in Italy were canceled on Easter Monday. The rescheduled dates have now been set – including that of FC Südtirol.

21 April 2025

From: fop

It was on Easter Monday around 11 o'clock, when Italy's Football Federation (FIGC) announced the cancellation of all championship matchesSince Pope Francis died that morning at the age of 88, a day of mourning was declared. Immediately afterward, the schedulers got to work.

A solution was quickly presented for Serie A. The four first-division matches—Torino vs. Udinese, Cagliari vs. Fiorentina, Genoa vs. Lazio, and Parma vs. Juventus—were scheduled for next Wednesday (18.30:XNUMX p.m.). The canceled Serie C matches will also be rescheduled for the same day.

Full program in the second league

Since most second-division clubs are already back in action on April 25, finding a replacement date in Serie B proved significantly more difficult. League bosses and club officials conferred for hours before reaching an agreement that evening. All ten matches of the 34th round, which were originally scheduled to take place on Easter Monday, will be added to the end of the season, on Tuesday, May 13. The league season was originally scheduled to conclude on the previous Friday. The promotion playoffs will begin on May 15 and 16.

FCS fans—at least those who were there early—made the pilgrimage to Bolzano on Easter Monday for free. © DLife

This means that FC Südtirol now also has planning security. Next Saturday, they face Juve Stabia at home, then travel to Palermo (May 1st), play Cosenza at home (May 4th), play Pisa away (May 9th), and finally, on the evening of May 13th, play the canceled match against Bari. This match was called off on Monday about an hour and a half before the scheduled time.

	SP	G	U	V	TV	P
1. Sassuolo	33	23	6	4	73:34	75
2. Step on	33	20	6	7	56:30	66
3. Specia	33	15	14	4	49:25	59
4. Cremonese	33	14	11	8	53:37	53
5. Juventus Stabia	33	13	11	9	39:37	50
6. Catanzaro	33	10	18	5	46:38	48
7. Palermo	33	12	9	12	44:37	45
8. Baric	33	9	17	7	38:34	44
9. Cesena	33	11	11	11	42:41	44
10. Modena	33	9	14	10	41:41	41
11. Carrarese	33	9	11	13	34:43	38
12. Frosinone	33	8	14	11	33:44	38
13. Mantova	33	8	13	12	40:49	37
14. Brescia	33	7	14	12	36:43	35
15. FC South Tyrol	33	9	8	16	41:52	35
16. Sampdoria	33	7	14	12	35:46	35
17. Cittadella	33	9	8	16	25:49	35
18. Salernitana	33	8	9	16	30:43	33
19. Reggiana	33	7	11	15	32:45	32
20. Cosenza (-4)	33	6	13	14	28:47	27