• August is here, and the new season is fast approaching.
•The Community Shield whistles just a week away.
• So when do the Premier League – La Liga – Serie A – Bundesliga start their new seasons? Here are the answers.
In some ways, the emotion of Euro 2024 has yet to fade, but the days are flying by so fast that when you look up at the calendar, August is here and that means the Premier League , as well as all of Europe’s top leagues and minor leagues, are all set to start the new 2024/25 season, with the Community Shield, a big game that Manchester United and Manchester City fans are eagerly anticipating, just a few fingers away.
August 9: Championship
It may not be considered a major league, but it is considered one of the secondary leagues that fans are interested in. Although the magnet team Leicester City has bounced back up, there are still other members that are being watched, such as Blackburn Rovers, Derby County, Leeds United, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, and even Sheffield Wednesday, a Thai team — which, despite the owner’s conflict with the fans, has still not succeeded in letting the club go to this day (including escaping relegation last season).
The 2024/25 EFL Championship will kick off on Friday night, August 9 (2am Thai time) with two matches at two venues, Blackburn v Derby and Preston v Sheffield United.
On Saturday, August 10, there will be 8 matches, Sunday, August 11, 1 game, and then Monday, August 12, another game.
Keep an eye out to see who will win the three tickets to the Premier League, what will happen to new boys Portsmouth and/or whether Wayne Rooney will survive in his new job at Plymouth Argyle.
August 10: Community Shield
The first “big ball” next weekend is a traditional clash between the Premier League champions and the FA Cup champions, which this time comes with a special twist as the “Manchester Derby” between City and United.
Saturday 10th August at 9pm, the Red Devils and the Blues will duel in the Charity Shield match, a rematch for the 2024 FA Cup final, which Man Utd won 2-1 at the end of May.
Likewise, this is a game that acts as a “signaling” for the new Premier League season, which will begin next week, as it always has.
14 August: UEFA Super Cup
Midweek, Wednesday 14 August, we have an appointment in front of the screen to watch the duel between “Big Boss” Real Madrid, the 15-time UEFA Champions League champion, and “Little Boss” Atalanta, the UEFA Europa League champion, who will win a trophy every hundred years.
This year’s UEFA Super Cup will be held at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, with no extra time added, and if the match is tied after 90 minutes, it will go straight to penalties.
In addition to being the most UCL champions, Real Madrid is also the most Super Cup winners with 5 times (tied with Barcelona, Milan), with the most recent being in 2022 when they defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0.
August 15: La Liga
Continuing on August 15, which is considered quite “strange” with the opening game of the 2024/25 La Liga, Spain, coming on Thursday night and also coming as a double pack of 2 stadiums.
Kicking off at midnight, Athletic Bilbao host Getafe, then Real Betis host Girona at 2am.
Friday night, August 16th, there will also be 2 more matches: Celta Vigo – Alaves and Las Palmas – Sevilla.
Barcelona will start their first game on Saturday 17 with an easy trip to Valencia, while the defending champions Real Madrid, after finishing their mission in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday 14, will open the new La Liga season on Sunday 18 by visiting Real Mallorca for the late game at 2:30 AM.
August 16: Premier League
The 2024/25 Premier League season will be back with fun and excitement once again, with the opening game on Friday 16 August, which is an interesting game at Old Trafford between Manchester United and Fulham.
Of course, Manchester United look superior in many ways, but let me tell you 1. Opening games are never easy for anyone, and 2. Fulham just beat Manchester United 2-1 in their last game on 24 February (Alex Iwobi 90+7).
- Then on Saturday 17, split into 3 matches at
18.30 – Ipswich vs Liverpool
21.00 – Arsenal vs Wolverhampton 21.00 – Everton vs Brighton 21.00 – Newcastle vs Southampton 21.00 – Forest vs Bournemouth 23.30 – West Ham vs Aston Villa
Sunday 18 Two pairs, two times – 8pm Brentford vs Crystal Palace and 10.30pm Big match Chelsea vs Man City
Ending on Monday night, 19th, late at 2am, Leicester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Wait a little longer, it’s going to be terrifying, Mom!
August 16: Ligue 1
The league that is “about Paris Saint-Germain and others” opens its curtain with PSG, winners of 10 of the last 12 seasons, visiting 15th-placed Le Havre, who were on the brink of relegation last season.
Then on Saturday 17th August, there will be 3 matches on the field, the highlight being the new era of Olympique Marseille of Roberto De Zerbi and his ทางเข้า ufabet https://ufabet999.app team of Mason Greenwood & Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg who will invade and kick Brest.
On Sunday 18th, there will be 5 matches at 3 times, with the latest match at 1:45 AM being Rennes – Olympique Lyonnais.
August 17: Serie A
The new Italian Serie A season will not be as late as previous years, starting on the same weekend as both the Premier League and Ligue 1.
- Sat 17 Aug. Start with 4 pairs in 2 times
23.30 – Genoa vs Inter Milan
23.30 – Parma vs Fiorentina
01.45 – Empoli vs Monza
01.45 – AC Milan vs Torino
Sunday 18, there are 4 more matches, the highlights are late at night at 1:45: Cagliari vs Roma and Lazio vs Venezia.
And then we end the first week on Monday night 19 with 2 matches at 11:30 PM, Lecce vs Atalanta and at 1:45 AM, Juventus vs Como.
Meanwhile, 12 Serie A teams will have to play in the Coppa Italia, starting with the last 32 teams, starting from the weekend of August 10-11, such as Napoli vs Modena or Parma vs Palermo , etc.
23 August: Bundesliga
Finally, the most relaxed league of all, the German Bundesliga, which will be held on the second-to-last Friday of August.
This season is different than ever, as the opening game has changed hands from Bayern Munich to Bayer Leverkusen, kicking off the season (1:30 a.m. Friday the 23rd) by visiting Borussia Mönchengladbach — for reasons well known: Leverkusen are the defending champions, the first champions in the club’s history.
The next day, there will be 6 big matches before Sunday is the turn of the Southern Tigers, Bayern, in the Vincent Kompany era , to visit Wolfsburg.
However, in reality, it may be considered that the new German football season 2024/25 starts on the weekend of 17-18 August, with almost every team (including Bayern Dortmund) having to play in the first round of the DFB-Pokal, while Leverkusen also have to play against Stuttgart for the 2024 DFL-Supercup on Saturday 17 as well.