Roma's 2024–25 Season: Mapping Serie A and Champions League Fixture Congestion

Fabio Capello has assessed AS Roma's fixture list for the upcoming season in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport. Capello expects Roma to start the new campaign with the same certainty and quality they showed at the end of the previous season, given that Gasperini is the new head coach. However, he warns that the early schedule presents significant challenges. Capello highlighted that Roma will not face any newly promoted teams in their opening ten fixtures—an unusual circumstance that leaves them vulnerable to a demanding run of matches. The Giallorossi will encounter Inter, Napoli, Como, Atalanta, and Fiorentina during this period, alongside difficult away trips to Torino and Udinese. Roma's opening match will be against Fiorentina, while their season concludes with an away fixture at Cagliari. Capello stated: "Knowing Gasperini, I expect a Roma that in August restarts from the certainties and the brilliance with which it ended this season. The schedule is not, however, very straightforward: the Giallorossi will not face any newly promoted sides in the first ten matches, but instead they will come up against Inter, Napoli, Como, Atalanta, Fiorentina… plus complicated away trips like those with Torino and Udinese."

Roma announced Gian Piero Gasperini as head coach on 6 June 2025, marking the start of his first season in charge. The club achieved Champions League qualification, with El Shaarawy among the goal scorers during the campaign. Gasperini's appointment came following the departure of Claudio Ranieri, who had managed the club in the 2024–25 season. The 'condottiero' (commander) has guided Roma towards European football's elite competition in his inaugural year, fulfilling a key objective for the Friedkin Group ownership.

The Serie A fixture list for the 2026–27 season was unveiled, and Roma fans have already voiced concern over a challenging final month. From 4 April to 23 May, Gasperini's side will face at least five major opponents, with May presenting a particularly demanding run. Roma will play Napoli (home), Fiorentina (away), Milan (away), and Como (home) in consecutive weeks before finishing the season on 30 May at Cagliari. This final stretch mirrors a familiar pattern for the Giallorossi, who have repeatedly encountered multiple top-tier fixtures during the closing stages of their European campaigns in recent seasons—both during José Mourinho's tenure and under former manager De Rossi. The spring schedule will be critical to Roma's title and Champions League ambitions. Additionally, Roma will close their season away from home for the seventh time in eight seasons, a factor that could prove significant in any tight championship race. The final nine fixtures run from 4 April (Roma–Bologna) through 30 May (Cagliari–Roma), with the Derby della Capitale against Lazio on 18 April standing as another notable fixture. Supporters have expressed frustration at the fixture congestion, though such scheduling has become routine for the club during its recent European involvement.