2022-23 Fixture Schedule and Changes

[SamD]

2022-23 Premier League season has been adjusted to accommodate the World Cup.

PL fixtures will be released at 09.00 BST on Thurs 16 June.
Opening league games are set for Sat 6 August.
Match round 16 on 12-13 November will be last before international break.
World Cup in Qatar runs from Mon 21 Nov to Sun 18 Dec.
PL will resume on Mon 26 Dec.
Final match round is on Sun 28 May 2023.

Summer transfer window opens on Fri 10 June and cloes at 2300 Thurs 1 Sept.
Community Shield: Manchester City vs Liverpool is at 1715 BST on Sun 31 July at King Power, Leicester.
Wembley hosts the Women’s European Championship Final on the same day.

[blahblah]

Those dates look a tad optimistic with what appears to be a 6 week break not really impacting the season's start and end dates.

[forestfan]

I think 1 week earlier/later start compared to usual?

Presumably there will be more double weeks but don’t know where they find the extra matchdays from, perhaps no FA Cup replays but they’ve gone from most rounds anyway. Have international break weeks in the spring been dropped? That’s the only way I can see to free up space, but they’ll need to start Euro 24 qualifiers.

Community Shield in Leicester, that’s a strange one… have they moved to a Eurovision “winner hosts next year” format?

[blahblah]

I'd guess 1 week earlier and 2 or 3 weeks later and probably not the Xmas congestion?

[forestfan]

Final matches on 28th May is only a week later than this season. Presumably CL final and perhaps FA Cup final in June ‘23?

[blahblah]

I'm getting old, as it used to be earlier....

[Darbyand]

Expecting midweek rounds in weeks beginning 29 Aug (transfer deadline 1 Sept) and 17 Oct when 22-23 PL fixtures are announced next week. PL have said season will pause for WC after Round 16 (12/13 Nov). https://t.co/wppNvTVRaU

[zipnolan]

According to ESPN, FA has asked for the "Big Six" to have easy fixtures on the last GW before the WC: could be a lot of players rested?

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/english ... up-sources

[murf]

According to ESPN, FA has asked for the "Big Six" to have easy fixtures on the last GW before the WC: could be a lot of players rested?

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/english ... up-sources

FA might want this but the clubs don't care. Tire them out before you lose them!

An easy game AFTERWARDS so any tired players can be rested.....

[blahblah]

According to ESPN, FA has asked for the "Big Six" to have easy fixtures on the last GW before the WC: could be a lot of players rested?

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/english ... up-sources

FA might want this but the clubs don't care. Tire them out before you lose them!

An easy game AFTERWARDS so any tired players can be rested.....

Yep.

FF could be interesting with the players that go deep...

[forestfan]

Still baffles me how the combined might of the big clubs, major leagues and national FAs allowed all this to happen.

[blahblah]

TV money and the global market, it's all about money

[forestfan]

Yeah, but they could have said ditch Qatar or our players don’t go, or at the extreme end, we leave FIFA. Is the combined wealth of the Middle Eastern oil states not a match for the Swiss Mafia?

[Darbyand]

And on the flip side a lovely genuine mid-season break for the likes of Haaland, Salah etc

[SamD]

2022-23 fixture calendar

Premier League
New season has been adjusted to accommodate the World Cup.
Thu 16 Jun - PL fixtures released, 09.00 BST
Sun 31 Jul - Community Shield: Manchester City vs Liverpool, 1700 BST, at King Power, Leicester*
Sat 06 Aug - Opening PL round
Thu 01 Sep - Summer transfer window shuts (opened 10 Jun)
Sat 24 Sep - international break (five days before and after)
Sun 13 Nov - Final matches (PL round 16) before pause
Mon 21 Nov - World Cup in Qatar begins
Sun 18 Dec - World Cup Final
Mon 26 Dec - PL resumes
Sun 01 Jan - Winter transfer window opens
Tue 31 Jan - Window shuts
Sat 25 Mar - international break (five days before and after)
Sun 28 May - Final PL matches, round 38
*Wembley hosts Women’s European Championship Final on same day.

Other domestic dates
EFL
Thur 23 Jun - Football League fixtures announced, 09.00 BST
Sat 30 Jul - EFL season starts
Sat 12 Nov - Championship pauses after this round for World Cup
Sat 10 Dec - Championship resumes (earlier than Premier League)
Sat 06 May - Final day of regular season
Sat 27 May - League Two play-off final
Sun 28 May - League One play-off final
Mon 29 May - Championship play-off final

FA Cup provisional
Sat 6 Aug - Extra Preliminary Round
Sat 20 Aug - Preliminary Round
Sat 03 Sep - First Round Qualifying
Sat 17 Sep - Second Round Qualifying
Sat 01 Oct - Third Round Qualifying
Sat 15 Oct - Fourth Round Qualifying
Sat 05 Nov - First Round Proper
Sat 26 Nov - Second Round
Sat 07 Jan - Third Round
Sat 28 Jan - Fourth Round
Wed 01 Mar - Fifth Round
Sat 18 Mar - Quarter Final
Sat 22 Apr - Semi Final
Sat 03 Jun - Final

League Cup
Wed 10 Aug - Round One (Tue or Wed)
Wed 24 Aug - Round Two
Wed 9 Nov - Round Three
Wed 21 Dec - Round Four
Wed 11 Jan - Quarter-Final
Wed 25 Jan - Semi-Final first leg
Wed 01 Feb - Semi-Final second leg
Sun 26 Feb - Final, Wembley

Scotland
Fri 17 Jun - Fixtures announced at 09.00 BST
Sat 30 Jul - All leagues kick off
Sat 12 Nov - Pause after this round for World Cup
Sat 17 Dec - League resumption
Sat 27 May - League season ends

[SamD]

UEFA Club Competitions

Wed 10 Aug - Super Cup - Real Madrid v Eintracht Frankfurt, Helsinki, 20.00 BST

Thu 25 Aug - Draw for group stage, Europa & Conference Leagues
Fri 26 Aug - Draw for group stage, Champions League
Tue 06 Sep - Champions League group stage begins (Tue-Wed)
Thu 08 Sep - Europa and Conference group stage begins
Tue 13 Sep - CL group match 2
Thu 15 Sep - Eur & Conf group match 2
Tue0 4 Oct - CL group match 3
Thu 06 Oct - Eur & Conf group match 3
Tue 11 Oct - CL group match 4
Thu 13 Oct - Eur & Conf group match 4
Tue 25 Oct - CL group match 5
Thu 27 Oct - Eur & Conf group match 5
Tue 01 Nov - CL group match 6
Thu 03 Nov - Eur & Conf group match 6

Mon 07 Nov - Draw for CL round of 16
Mon 07 Nov - Draw for Eur & Conf KO round play-off
Tue 14 Feb - CL round of 16 1st leg
Thu 16 Feb - Eur & Conf play-off round 1st leg
Tue 21 Feb - CL round of 16 1st leg (cont)
Thu 23 Feb - Eur & Conf play-off round 2nd leg
Fri 24 Feb - Draw for Eur & Conf round of 16
Tue 07 Mar - CL round of 16 2nd leg
Thu 09 Mar - Eur & Conf round of 16 1st leg
Tue 14 Mar - CL round of 16 2nd leg (cont)
Thu 16 Mar - Eur & Conf round of 16 2nd leg

Fri 17 Mar - Draw for CL, Eur & Conf QF & SF
Tue 11 Apr - CL QF 1st leg
Thu 13 Apr - Eur & Conf QF 1st leg
Tue 18 Apr - CL QF 2nd leg
Thu 20 Apr - Eur & Conf QF 2nd leg
Tue 09 May - CL SF 1st leg
Thu 11 May - Eur & Conf SF 1st leg
Tue 16 May - CL SF 2nd leg
Thu 18 May - Eur & Conf SF 2nd leg

Wed 31 May - Europa League Final, Budapest
Wed 07 Jun - Conference League Final, Prague
Sat 10 Jun - Champions League Final, Istanbul

[SamD]

With match dates being announced at 0900 BST today:

a) how Premier League fixture list is compiled: https://www.premierleague.com/news/261976

b) clubs must give 'truly exceptional' reasons for Covid-related postponements: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61819603

[wahine]

Covid doesn't cause any postponements this season, those long game weeks were very tiresome.
let the planning begin.

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[snout]

Fixtures are out and first weekend's TV games (only) picked too. CP v ARS kicks us off on the Friday 5th August.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2646764

[SamD]

Period of matches and provisional date of announcement (changes for TV, etc)
August-September - 5 July
October - 29 July
November - 13 September
December-January - 11 October
February - 6 December
March - 25 January
MW35 - 23 March
MW36 - 30 March
MW37 - 7 April
MW38 - Post MW37

[jimmy ching]

Just an observation. Why do Liverpool get promoted sides in their first match? They have for the last few. It's not the time I'd like to play them though.

[murf]

Just an observation. Why do Liverpool get promoted sides in their first match? They have for the last few. It's not the time I'd like to play them though.

An observation I have made before and, no, not a good time.

[blahblah]

Are the fixtures still made in Manchester?

[blahblah]

The last time Villa played at Bournemouth in their first match they were relegated with flying shiteness

[Darbyand]

This is quite handy and shows the pre-Xmas compression of the fixtures. Gonna be a lot of rotation this season.

[Bob Newhart]

Gonna be a lot of rotation ...

Particularly with five subs.

[forestfan]

The last time Villa played at Bournemouth in their first match they were relegated with flying shiteness

Oh yeah, the Sherwood/Chocolate Fire-Garde season… they’d been threatening to implode for a few seasons before that. I seem to remember they beat Bournemouth, which gave us false expectations of both teams!

[snout]

Are the fixtures still made in Manchester?

I've read that we (Man City) always ask to start the season away, so the grass in the stadium gets a bit more time to recover//be reseeded from summer concerts.

[SamD]

Live English Football On TV

Link below lists initial televison fixtures, including Premier League, Championhip and Carabao League Cup:

https://www.live-footballontv.com/live- ... on-tv.html

[SamD]

Premier League fixture changes from Saturday 13 August (Week-2) to end-Sept: https://www.premierleague.com/news/2667487

Amendments for October due on Fri 29 July.