The new format of UEFA Champions League and we already know the maximum club competition calendar for the 2025-2026 season. Season to begin with the dispute of European Super Cup on August 13, 2025.
The great club competition will begin its preliminary rounds on July 8 and will run until August 27. That is when the league phase will begin on September 16, 2025. Eight dates will be played until the end on January 28. The days are divided as follows: First (September 16-18), second (September 30-October 1), third (October 21-22), fourth (November 4-5), fifth (November 25-26), sixth (December 9-10), seventh (January 20-21) and the eighth (January 28).
Then the competition was delayed until the play off rounds on February 17-18 and 24-25. The round of 16 is set with their first leg on March 10-11 and the return leg on the 17th and 18th of the same month. April quarters are delayed (7-8 and 14-15). The first leg of the semifinals will be played on April 28 and 29, with the return leg scheduled for May 5 and 6. The grand final is scheduled for May 30 at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.
There will be four selection windows in the 2025-2026 season
There is also a date for Europe and Conference League. The second UEFA club competition will be played in the qualifying round from July 10 to August 28. The league is scheduled to start on September 24 and 25. Seven other dates complete this league: October 21-22; November 4-5, November 25-26, December 9-10; January 20-21 and January 29. The play off rounds will be played on February 19 and 26. On March 12 and 19 the round of 16, on April 9 and 16 the quarterfinals; the semifinals on April 30 and May 7. The final will be played on May 20 at Besiktas Park in Istanbul.
And finally there is Conference League with the initial phase corresponding to dates in the Europa League. The group stage of the third continental competition will be played on six dates: October 2, October 23, November 6, November 27, December 11 and December 18. The final qualifications from the play off round to the semi-finals will have the same date in the Europa League. The final will be played on May 27 at RB Arena Leipzig.
The Spanish League can start on Thursday, August 14
A 2025-2026 season that will have four windows for national teams in 2025 (September 1-9, October 6-14 and November 10-18). The fourth is from March 23 to 31. Season that will end with the World Cup dispute United States, Canada and Mexico which starts from June 11 to July 19, 2026. In all these conditions, The league Espanyol can start on Thursday, August 14 and will definitely end on Sunday, May 24, a week before the Champions League finals.
Source: La Verdad
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