La Liga announced its full 2022-23 schedule on Thursday, with the draw being conducted at the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)’s headquarters.
League giants Real Madrid and Barcelona will face off on October 16, in the ninth round of fixtures, at the Bernabeu, with the Camp Nou hosting the second meeting on March 19, 2023.
Due to the World Cup, La Liga will take a lengthy mid-season break, with with 14th round of fixtures on the weekend of November 9 seeing the league stop for nearly seven weeks before picking back up on December 31. Normally, the Spanish league season takes its winter break in mid-December, and generally doesn’t resume until mid-January.
This means La Liga will start the upcoming season earlier and end it later, with the opening weekend coming up on August 14, and the season ending the weekend of June 4.
The opening set of matches will include one Madrid derby, with Getafe hosting Atlético Madrid. Real Madrid will be at promoted Almería, while Barcelona will host Rayo Vallecano.
🤔 ¿Cómo será la primera jornada de la temporada futbolística en Primera?
👀 Te resolvemos la duda…
💪🏼 ¡¡EMPIEZA FUERTE LA COSA!!
📺 DIRECTO: https://t.co/1KGgbsyEAw#CalendarioPrimeraDivisión pic.twitter.com/DWkkOMoDCx
— RFEF (@rfef) June 23, 2022
The RFEF announcement also noted when Spain’s biggest non-Clásico derbies are, specifically highlighting Seville (between Sevilla and Real Betís), Madrid (Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid), Barcelona (Barça vs. Espanyol), and the Basque Country (Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad).
🙌🏼 ¡¡Repasamos también los derbis!!
⚽️ @realmadrid 🆚 @Atleti
⚽️ @SevillaFC 🆚 @RealBetis
⚽️ @AthleticClub 🆚 @RealSociedad
⚽️ @FCBarcelona_es 🆚 @RCDEspanyol📺 DIRECTO: https://t.co/1KGgbsyEAw#CalendarioPrimeraDivisión pic.twitter.com/htPXQRPAgP
— RFEF (@rfef) June 23, 2022
The full list of matches can be found here.
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