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, June 26.
The 2025/26 season will kick-off over the weekends of August 1-3 in League One and League Two and August 8-10 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 while the Vertu Trophy will start in early September, with this season’s competition reaching its conclusion on Sunday, April 13.
The Sky Bet Play-offs will take place over the 2026 May Bank Holiday Weekend, from May 23-25.
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:
- Fixture Release Date – Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 9am.
- EFL Opening Weekends
- League One and League Two: Friday, August 1 – Sunday, August 3
- Championship: Friday, August 8 – Sunday, August 10
- Final games of the regular season – Weekend of May 2/3
- Carabao Cup Round One Draw – Thursday, June 26
- Carabao Cup Round One – w/c 11 August 11
- Carabao Cup Final – Sunday, March 22
- Vertu Trophy Group Stage Draw – Thursday 26 June 2025
- Vertu Trophy Matchday One – w/c 1 September 2025
- Vertu Trophy Final – Sunday 12 April 2026
- Championship Play-off Final – Saturday, May 23
- League One Play-off Final – Sunday, May 24
- League Two Play-off Final – Monday, May 25
