Football calendar 2021: Key dates for Premier League, Champions League, Euro
Your essential compendium of dates for the biggest football competitions in the world this year
Football is a way of life for many people with some fanatics tailoring their days and weeks according to what games may be on at a given time.
To help you plan your football consumption, Goal has all the key dates of the biggest football competitions in Europe, including the Premier League, Champions League, Euro 2020 and more.
Contents
(Click on the competition to see a run-down of the schedule dates)
- Premier League
- English Championship
- Carabao Cup
- FA Cup
- La Liga
- Copa del Rey
- Bundesliga
- DFB Pokal
- Serie A
- Coppa Italia
- Ligue 1
- Coupe de France
- Champions League
- Europa League
- FIFA Club World Cup
- UEFA Women’s Champions League
- Euro 2020
- Summer Olympics
- UEFA Conference League
- UEFA Super Cup
- World Cup 2022 qualifiers
- UEFA Nations League
- Transfer window dates
Premier League
The 2020-21 Premier League season began on September 12, 2020 and it will conclude on May 23, 2021.
The 2021-22 Premier League season is due to get under way in August 2021, running until May 2022.
Latest Premier League fixtures and results.
English Championship
The 2020-21 Championship season began on Friday September 11, 2020 and the ordinary season (ie Gameweek 46) finishes on the weekend of May 8, 2021.
Championship play-offs take place after the normal season schedule concludes and the play-off final will be played on May 29, 30 or 31, 2021.
The semi-final matches will be played in the week or two before the final.
The 2021-22 Championship season should begin in August 2021 and conclude in May 2022.
Latest Championship fixtures and results.
The 2020-21 Carabao Cup began in August 2020 and the final will be played on April 25, 2021.
| Event | Dates |
|---|---|
| First round | August 29, September 4, 5, 6, 2020 |
| Second round | September 15, 16, 17, 2020 |
| Third round | September 22, 23, 24, 2020 |
| Fourth round | September 29, 30, October 1, 2020 |
| Quarter-finals | December 22, 23, 2020 |
| Semi-finals | January 5, 6, 2021 |
| Final | April 25, 2021 |
When the new season kicks off, the 2021-22 Carabao Cup is expected to revert to normal programming, beginning in August 2021 and ending in February 2022.
The 2020-21 FA Cup kicked off in August 2020 and the final will be played on May 15, 2021.
Here are the key dates for the 2020-21 competition:
| Event | Dates |
|---|---|
| Qualifying rounds | August 31 – November 4, 2020 |
| First round | November 6, 7, 8, 9, 29 2020 |
| Second round | November 27, 28, 29, 30, 2020 |
| Third round | January 8, 9, 10, 11, 2021 |
| Fourth round | January 22, 23, 24, 25, 2021 |
| Fifth round | February 8, 9, 10, 11, 2021 |
| Quarter-finals | March 19, 20, 21, 22, 2021 |
| Semi-finals | April 16-18, 2021 |
| Final | May 15, 2021 |
The 2021-22 FA Cup will follow a similar schedule, beginning in August 2021 and ending in May 2022.
September 12, 2020 was the date of the opening fixtures of the 2020-21 Liga season in Spain and it will end on May 23, 2021.
As with other European leagues, the 2021-22 La Liga season…
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