EFL confirm 2025/06 fixture release day, when season starts and finishes

The date when Plymouth Argyle and the rest of the 72 EFL clubs will find out their fixtures for the 2025/26 season has been announced.

It will take place at 9am on Thursday, June 26, and 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 2025/26 EFL season will kick-off over the weekends of August 1-3 in League One and League Two and August 8-10 in the Championship.

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.

• Fixture Release Date – Thursday 26 June 2025 at 9am.

• EFL Opening Weekends

     •   League One and League Two: Friday 1 August – Sunday 3 August
     •   Championship: Friday 8 August – Sunday 10 August

• Final games of the regular season – Weekend of 2/3 May 2026

• Carabao Cup Round One Draw – Thursday 26 June 2025
• Carabao Cup Round One – w/c 11 August 2025
• Carabao Cup Final – Sunday 22 March 2026

• 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 23 May 2026
• League One Play-Off Final – Sunday 24 May 2026
• League Two Play-Off Final – Monday 25 May 2026

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