📆 LaLiga 25/26: the fixture list is out, El Clásico dates confirmed!

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As every summer, the draw for the LaLiga EA Sports calendar becomes the first major event of a season that has not yet begun but is already starting to be felt.
This time, the 2025/26 season already has its own: assigned matchdays, debuts, and marked rivalries that already have dates in this upcoming season.
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From today, the teams know their roadmap and the fans can start counting the days.
The first matchday, scheduled for the weekend of August 17 and 18, will raise the curtain on a championship that promises to be thrilling, with new sports projects, renewed faces, and several historic clubs returning to the elite.
Above all, the debut of the champion, Barça, stands out, playing away against RCD Mallorca.
Real Madrid, which might not start LaLiga on matchday 1 due to the Club World Cup, will host Atletico Osasuna at home.
The last matchday, set for May 24, will close the circle, in what is usually a date filled with drama, both in the fight for the title and in the relegation battle.
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While Real Madrid will close LaLiga at home against Athletic Club, Barça will do so by visiting a always challenging venue like Mestalla.
Simeone's Atlético will also travel to Valencia, with a Villarreal vs Atlético match that, who knows, could have the Champions League at stake.
But if anything stands out each year, it's the matches that transcend the standings. The first to be highlighted on any calendar is undoubtedly El Clásico. Real Madrid and FC Barcelona will face each other again in two high-tension chapters: the first at Santiago Bernabéu, on matchday 10, scheduled for October 26, and the return at the newly renovated Spotify Camp Nou, on matchday 35, on May 10.
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Two dates that, beyond the historical rivalry, usually have a direct impact on the championship race.
There will also be no shortage of derbies, those matches where emotion doesn't understand dynamics or budgets.
In the capital, the Madrid Derby between Real Madrid and Atlético will be played on matchdays 7 and 29. A battle where there's always more than three points at stake, with the first duel at the Metropolitano, leaving the Bernabéu for the second leg.
In the south, the Seville Derby will once again fill Sánchez-Pizjuán and Villamarín with passion, with matches scheduled for matchdays 14 and 26 at Sánchez Pizjuán and Benito Villamarín respectively.
In the north, matchdays 11 and 22 will feature the two major clubs of the Basque Country.
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In Barcelona, which this year will feature the excitement of Joan García, Barça and Espanyol will experience a Catalan Derby with unfinished business. The dates will be January 4 at the RCD Stadium, with the second leg on April 12.
LaLiga 2025/26 is already written on paper. Only the essential is missing: for the ball to start rolling and for football, as always, to surprise us.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.
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