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EFL schedule confirmed for 2025/26 season

3rd April

As the 2024/25 season draws to an exciting close, supporters can now mark a further date in their calendar for the 2025/26 campaign with the highly anticipated fixture release day set for 9am on Thursday 26 June 2025.

The 2025/26 season will kick-off over the weekends of 1-3 August in League One and League Two and 8-10 August in the Championship.

Fixture release day will also incorporate the draws for Round One of the Carabao Cup and the Vertu Trophy Group Stage, which will both take place live on Sky Sports News.

The Carabao Cup will begin in mid-August, with Newcastle United no doubt having a keen interest as the current holders of the competition following their famous victory against Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in March. The Vertu Trophy will start in early-September, with this season’s competition reaching its conclusion on Sunday 13 April with both Birmingham City and Peterborough United aiming to win the trophy for a third time.

The Sky Bet Play-Offs will take place over the 2026 May Bank Holiday Weekend, from 23-25 May.

The scheduled 46 rounds of League matches will take place across 33 weekends, nine midweeks and four Bank Holidays in the Championship, with Leagues One and Two playing over 33 weekends, five midweeks and eight Bank Holidays and International Breaks.

Key dates ahead of the 2025/26 EFL season can be found below: