📅 Find out when Europe's top football leagues start in 26/27

📅 Find out when Europe's top football leagues start in 26/27 After the excitement of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, European clubs are already back in training ahead of the start of the 26/27 season. The opening kick-off of the continent’s five major leagues will take place from the second half of August, with the final stages of each tournament scheduled for May next year.  So you don’t miss anything, 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 22/9 - Saturday Frosinone x Juventus Venezia x Lecce Atalanta x Sassuolo Torino x Milan 23/9 - 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.