EFL NEWS: Schedule Confirmed For 2025/26 Season - Blog - Derby County

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As the 2024/25 season draws to an exciting close, supporters can now mark a further date in their calendar for the 2025/26 campaign with the highly anticipated fixture release day set for 9am on Thursday 26th June 2025.

The 2025/26 season will kick-off over the weekends of 1st-3rd August in League One and League Two and 8th-10th August in the Championship.

Fixture release day 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 Carabao Cup will begin in mid-August, while the Vertu Trophy will start in early-September.

The Sky Bet Play-Offs will take place over the 2026 May Bank Holiday Weekend, from 23rd-25th May.

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.

Key dates ahead of the 2025/26 EFL season can be found below:

League Season

Fixture Release Date - Thursday 26th June 2025 at 9am.

EFL Opening Weekends

League One and League Two: Friday 1st August 2025 - Sunday 3rd August 2025

Championship: Friday 8th August 2025 - Sunday 10th August 2025

EFL Final games of the regular season

Weekend of 2nd/3rd May 2026

Carabao Cup

Round One Draw - Thursday 26 June 2025

Round One - w/c 11 August 2025

Carabao Cup Final - Sunday 22 March 2026

Vertu Trophy

Group Stage Draw - Thursday 26th June 2025

Vertu Trophy Matchday One - w/c 1st September 2025

Vertu Trophy Final - Sunday 12th April 2026

Play-Offs

Championship Play-Off Final - Saturday 23rd May 2026

League One Play-Off Final - Sunday 24th May 2026

League Two Play-Off Final - Monday 25th May 2026

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