Serie A 2016-17 Schedule. Italian Serie A was officially founded in 1898 and competing as a round robin tournament since 1929. So, 2016/17 season will be the 115th season of Serie A and also 85th season of round robin tournament. 2015/16 season of Serie A is about to an end where they are preparing for next season 2016/17. Generally, every Serie A season starts from August and will end up in May/June. This time also it will be the same.