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Football 2024 calendar: Euros, Premier League and Champions League

In this guide we focus on the key dates on the 2024 football calendar. Major events this year include the men’s Uefa Champions League final at Wembley Stadium in London, the Uefa European Championship in Germany, and the Copa América in the United States. We also take a look at the season schedules for the Premier League, English Football League and the various finals in the UK and Europe.

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Premier League

English Premier League 2023-2024

Featuring a total 380 matches, the 2023-2024 English Premier League season will kick off on Friday 11 August with newly-promoted Burnley hosting champions Manchester City. There will be a mid-season break between 13-20 January 2024 and the final day will be on Sunday 19 May 2024.

Premier League 2023-2024 key dates

  • 11-13 August 2023: opening round of fixtures
  • 13-20 January 2024: mid-season break
  • Sunday 19 May 2024: final round of fixtures
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EFL 2023-2024 key dates

Key dates for supporter’s diaries have been released by the English Football League (EFL) ahead of the 2023-2024 season. The opening round of fixtures take place across the opening weekend of 4-6 August with round one of the Carabao Cup in the week commencing 7 August.

Wembley Stadium will host the Carabao Cup Final on Sunday 25 February 2024, in what will be the first of five showpiece finals in the EFL calendar, with the EFL Trophy Final taking place on Sunday 7 April.

  • Start date: 4-6 August 2023
  • League One Play-Off Final: Saturday 18 May 2024
  • League Two Play-Off Final: Sunday 19 May 2024
  • Championship Play-Off Final: Sunday 26 May 2024

2024 EFL play-off finals

The season-ending Sky Bet EFL Play-Offs will once again be staged at Wembley Stadium, this time across two weekends in May 2024. The League One Final will start proceedings on Saturday 18 May 2024, before League Two the following day, on Sunday 19 May. The Championship Final will take centre stage the following weekend on Sunday 26 May.

  • League One Play-Off Final: Saturday 18 May 2024
  • League Two Play-Off Final: Sunday 19 May 2024
  • Championship Play-Off Final: Sunday 26 May 2024

English cup finals – men’s football

2024 Carabao Cup final

  • When: Sunday 25 February 2024
  • Where: Wembley Stadium, London

2024 EFL Trophy final

  • When: Sunday 7 April 2024
  • Where: Wembley Stadium, London

2024 FA Cup Final

  • When: 25 May 2024
  • Where: Wembley Stadium, London
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English women’s football 

2023-2024 Women’s Super League season

  • Opening fixtures: 29-30 September and 1 October 2023
  • Final fixtures: 18-19 May 2024

2024 FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup

  • When: 30-31 March 2024
  • Where: TBC

2024 Women’s FA Cup Final

  • When: 12 May 2024
  • Where: Wembley Stadium, London

2023-2024 Uefa men’s football key dates

2024 Uefa Europa League final 

  • When: 22 May 2024
  • Where: Dublin Arena, Dublin, Ireland

2024 Uefa Europa Conference League final 

  • When: 29 May 2024
  • Where: Agia Sophia Stadium, Athens, Greece

2024 Uefa Champions League final

  • When: Saturday 1 June 2024
  • Where: Wembley Stadium, London, England
Uefa Euro 2024 logo

Uefa Euro 2024 Germany

The 17th edition of the Uefa European Championship will be held in Germany in 2024. Host nation Germany will play Scotland in the opening game of Euro 2024 at the Munich Football Arena on Friday 14 June. Berlin’s Olympiastadion will stage the final on Sunday 14 July 2024.

Host venues:

  • Olympiastadion Berlin (current capacity: 70,000)
  • Cologne: Cologne Stadium (47,000)
  • Dortmund: BVB Stadion Dortmund (66,000)
  • Dusseldorf: Düsseldorf Arena (47,000)
  • Frankfurt: Frankfurt Arena (48,000)
  • Gelsenkirchen: Arena AufSchalke (50,000)
  • Hamburg: Volksparkstadion Hamburg (50,000)
  • Leipzig: Leipzig Stadium (42,000)
  • Munich: Munich Football Arena (67,000)
  • Stuttgart: Stuttgart Arena (54,000)

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