Kick-off dates for the top five European leagues for the 2024-2025 season

Football fans around the world are eagerly awaiting the return of the major European leagues for the 2024-2025 season, given the strength of the competition and the high level presented by European clubs every year.

The European leagues usually return to action in mid-August of each year, which means that we are only a few days away from the start of the strongest tournaments, especially since the new season comes after a hot summer that witnessed the European Cup (Euro 2024), Copa America 2024 and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Through the following report, we take a quick look at the start dates of the five major leagues in Europe, namely the English, Spanish, Italian, German, and French, which enjoy much higher viewership rates than their counterparts in the Old Continent.

Premier League start date

Manchester City won the Premier League title last season 2023-2024 for the fourth time in a row and the tenth in its history after a fierce competition with Arsenal that continued until the last round.

Manchester City collected 91 points from 28 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses, to win the title by two points over the Gunners.

The new season of the English Premier League kicks off on Friday, August 16, 2024, with Manchester United hosting Fulham at Old Trafford.

The rest of the opening round matches are between Ipswich Town and Liverpool, Arsenal against Wolverhampton, Everton against Brighton, Newcastle United against Southampton, Nottingham Forest against Bournemouth, West Ham United against Aston Villa, Brentford against Crystal Palace, and it concludes with an early summit meeting between Chelsea and title holders Manchester City at Stamford Bridge (the former's home ground) on Sunday, the 18th of the same month.

English Premier League fans can watch the matches on beIN Sports, the exclusive rights holder in the Middle East and North Africa.

Spanish League start date

Despite the influential absences for most of the last season 2023-2024, Real Madrid managed to regain the "La Liga" title from its rival Barcelona by a full 10 points.

Real Madrid reached 95 points thanks to 29 wins, 8 draws and one loss, to lift the title for the 36th time in its history.

The new 2024-2025 season of La Liga begins on Thursday, August 15, 2024, with the matches between Athletic Bilbao and Getafe, and Real Betis and Girona.

In the rest of the first round matches, Celta Vigo will play against Deportivo Alaves, Las Palmas against Sevilla, Osasuna against Leganes, Valencia against Barcelona on Saturday the 17th of the same month, Real Sociedad against Rayo Vallecano, then Real Madrid will visit Real Mallorca on Sunday the 18th of the same month, and finally Valladolid will face Espanyol, and Villarreal against Atletico Madrid.

Spanish League fans can follow its matches on the beIN Sports network, which holds the exclusive rights in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Italian League start date

Inter Milan dominated the 2023-2024 season of "Calcio" and won the title for the twentieth time in its history, by a large margin over its closest pursuers.

Inter collected 94 points from 29 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats, and thus deservedly took the Scudetto title, 19 points ahead of their arch-rivals Milan.

Paris Saint-Germain kept the French League title in its vaults for the third season in a row, strengthening the record for the number of times it has won it (12) and widening the gap over its closest pursuer, Saint-Etienne, to two titles.

The French capital team won the title after reaching 76 points, which it obtained from 22 wins, 10 draws and two defeats, 9 points ahead of runner-up Monaco.

The new season of "League One" will start on Friday, August 16, 2024, when Paris Saint-Germain (the champion) will visit Le Havre.

In the rest of the matches, Stade Brest will play against Marseille, Stade Reims against Lille, Monaco against Saint-Etienne, Auxerre against Nice, Montpellier against Strasbourg, Toulouse against Nantes, Angers against Lens, and finally Rennes against Lyon.

It is worth noting that, until the time of publishing these lines, the owner of the television broadcasting rights in the Arab region for the French League has not been officially announced, noting that “League One” has been broadcast over the past years via beIN Sports channels.