📅 Find out when Europe’s top football leagues start in 26/27 | OneFootball

After the excitement of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, European clubs are already reporting back for the start of the 26/27 season.

Kickoff for the continent’s five major leagues begins in the second half of August, with the final stages of each competition scheduled for May next year. 

So you don’t miss a thing, we’ve put together the opening dates of the main competitions:

La Liga 🇪🇸

Promoted clubs: Racing Santander, Deportivo and Málaga 

16/8 - Sunday*

Alavés x Getafe

Atlético de Madrid x Málaga

Celta x Osasuna

Deportivo x Elche

Espanyol x Levante

Barcelona x Athletic Bilbao

Racing Santander x Villarreal

Real Madrid x Real Sociedad

Sevilla x Rayo Vallecano

Valencia x Betis

Reference date for the opening round matches. 

Ligue 1 🇫🇷

Promoted clubs: Troyes and Le Mans 

20/8 - Thursday

Marseille x Strasbourg

21/8 - Friday

Lens x Auxerre

Nice x Lorient

Troyes x Paris FC

Le Mans x Brest

Toulouse x Lyon

22/8 - Saturday

Angers x Lille

Le Havre x Monaco

PSG x Rennes

Serie A 🇮🇹

Promoted clubs: Venezia, Frosinone and Monza

21/8 - Friday

Inter x Monza

Udinese x Como

Genoa x Napoli

Parma x Cagliari

22/8 - Saturday

Frosinone x Juventus

Venezia x Lecce

Atalanta x Sassuolo

Torino x Milan

23/8 - Sunday

Bologna x Lazio

Roma x Fiorentina

Premier League 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted clubs: Coventry City, Ipswich Town and Southampton

21/8 - Friday

Arsenal x Coventry City

22/8 - Saturday

Hull City x Manchester United

Everton x Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town x Sunderland

Nottingham Forest x Leeds United 

Brentford x Tottenham

23/8 - Sunday

Brighton x Aston Villa

Manchester City x Bournmeouth

Newcastle x Liverpool

24/8 - Monday

Fulham x Chelsea

Bundesliga 🇩🇪

Promoted clubs: Schalke 04, Elversberg and Paderborn

28/8 - Friday

Bayern x Stuttgart

29/8 - Saturday

Leipzig x Borussia Mönchengladbach

Mainz x Paderborn

Union Berlin x Eintracht Frankfurt

Cologne x Hoffenheim

Elversberg x Bayer Leverkusen

Borussia Dortmund x Hamburg

30/8 - Sunday

Freiburg x Werder Bremen

Augsburg x Schalke 04

🏆 Continental Competitions

UEFA Super Cup (Final): August 12 (PSG x Aston Villa) 

Champions League: September 8 (League phase; the qualifiers have already started) 

Europa League: September 16 (League phase; the qualifiers have already started)

Conference League: October 15 (League phase; the qualifiers have already started)

⚽ Domestic Cups and Super Cups

August 1: English League Cup

August 8: Coppa Italia and FA Cup

August 16: French Super Cup Final (Lens x PSG) and English Super Cup Final (Arsenal x City)

August 21: German Cup

August 22: German Super Cup Final (Dortmund x Bayern)

September 26: Copa del Rey (Spain)

February 2 and 7, 2027: Spanish Super Cup Final 

(TBD) French Cup (Preliminary round)

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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