The RPL started last Friday, the matches of the Russian Cup await us this week, and the second round of the championship is already on the weekend. And when will they start in the main European leagues? In most championships the first round will take place in August, but in some cases the season starts in July.
Matches of the best clubs that we will see before the season:
El Clásico, City, Bayern and more. The main matches of the best clubs in the coming month
England
The new season of the Premier League will open with the participation of the current champions, Manchester City. On August 11, the best club in Europe will meet Burnley on the road. Now this team is managed by Vincent Kompany, who played for City for 11 years. Great plot for the debut match of the season! The central game will take place at Stamford Bridge, where Liverpool will arrive. Below is a list of significant matches from the 1st round.
August 11, 22:00 Moscow time. Burnley-Manchester City. August 12, 14:30 Moscow time. Arsenal-Nottingham Forest. August 13, 16:00 Moscow time. Brentford-Tottenham. August 13, 18:30 Moscow time. Chelsea v Liverpool. August 14 22:00 Moscow time Manchester United – Wolves.
Vincent Kompany’s team will start the season in the Premier League with a game with the champion
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Spain
The first round of La Liga was divided into four days at a time: the matches will take place from August 11 to 14. Real Madrid and Barça will start away, Atlético will play at home. And the new season will be inaugurated by a meeting of the teams that are far from being the best in the tournament: Almería and Rayo Vallecano.
August 11, 22:30 Moscow time. Seville – Valencia. August 12, 22:30 Moscow time. Athletic – Real Madrid. August 13, 22:30 Moscow time. Getafe – Barcelona. August 14, 22:30 Moscow time. Athletic-Granada.
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Italy
The new season in Serie A starts with two games (August 19). If nobody is interested in the match between Empoli and Verona, then Napoli’s first official match under the new coach is of interest. In addition, it is not yet clear which of the leaders will retain the champion until the first round. In the list of significant matches, we also include the game with the participation of Atalanta, because the Russian Alexei Miranchuk is still there. In addition, the game of Fiorentina was at the top, where striker Alexander Kokorin returned.
August 19, 19:30 Moscow time. Frosinone – Naples. August 19, 21:45 Moscow time. Inter-Monza. August 19, 21:45 Moscow time. Genoa – Fiorentina. August 20, 19:30 Moscow time. Sassuolo – Atalanta. August 20, 19:30 Moscow time. Rome – Salernitana. August 20, 21:45 Moscow time. Udinese-Juventus. August 20, 21:45 Moscow time. Lecce – Lazio. August 21, 21:45 Moscow time. Bologna – Milan.
“Napoli” Khvichi Kvaratskhelia in the first round will play with the newcomer from Serie A
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Germany
The first match of the first round will take place with the participation of the current champion – Bayern will play Werder Bremen away. Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund start a day later, while the Bulls face a very difficult opponent. Bayer trains Xabi Alonso, and in the summer the team reinforced the squad with Granit Xhaka.
August 18, 21:30 Moscow time. Werder-Bayern. August 19, 16:30 Moscow time. Bayer – RB Leipzig. August 19, 19:30 Moscow time. “Borussia” D – “Cologne”.
France
In Ligue 1, unlike other top-tier championships, the start time of the matches has not yet been determined. So far, all the games have been pushed to August 13, but it is clear that they will then be spread out over several days. Le Havre and Monaco, the current clubs of Daler Kuzyaev and Alexander Golovin, will play away from home in the first round.
August 13 PSG – Lorient. August 13 Clermont-Monaco. August 13 Montpellier – Le Havre.
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Portugal
In Portugal, the situation is similar to that of France. The schedule of the 1st day is known, but the start time of the matches has not yet been determined.
August 13 Sports – Vizela. August 13 Moreirense – Porto. August 13 Boavista – Benfica.
Benfica will begin the title defense with the away match against Boavista
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Netherlands
The 2023/2023 season in the Netherlands will open with the Volendam-Vitesse match. The country’s top clubs PSV, Ajax and Feyenoord will play at home in the 1st round.
August 12, 17:30 Moscow time. PSV-Utrecht. August 12, 21:00 Moscow time. Ajax – Heracles. August 13 15:30 Moscow time Feyenoord – Fortune.
Belgium
The Belgian championship starts at the end of July. The first match will delight the home fans with a powerful poster – “Union” against “Anderlecht”. The champion – “Antwerp” – in the first round will play at home with “Cercle Brugge”.
July 28, 21:45 Moscow time. Union – Anderlecht. July 30, 14:30 Moscow time. Antwerp – Circle of Bruges. July 30, 19:30 Moscow time. Bruges – Mechelen.
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Scotland
Round 1 of the Scottish League begins on August 5. By the way, that same day Celtic and Rangers players will take to the field, but they will do so in different stadiums.
August 5, 14:30 Moscow time. Celtic – Ross County. August 5, 19:15 Moscow time. Kilmarnock-Rangers.