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Real Madrid will begin their title defense by visiting Almería on the weekend of August 12-14, while Barça will begin the campaign by hosting Rayo at the Camp Nou
Real Madrid, current League champions, will begin their defense of the title by visiting promoted Almería at the Municipal Stadium for the Mediterranean Games on the weekend of August 12-14, while runner-up Barcelona will start the League by hosting Rayo Vallecano at Camp Nou. The first classic of the season, corresponding to matchday nine of the championship, will be held on October 16 at the Santiago Bernabéu and the second will be hosted by the Camp Nou on March 19 within matchday 26, as determined by the draw held this Thursday in the Luis Aragonés Hall of the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas and that has had the former soccer players Luis Milla, Alfonso Pérez and Santi Denia, as well as the referee Valentín Pizarro Gómez, as innocent hands.
The atypical 2022-2023 campaign, conditioned by the World Cup in Qatar between November 21 and December 18, will begin the weekend of August 12-14 in First Division and will end on June 3, 2023, while The Second Division competition will start on August 14 and end on May 28 to make way for the promotion playoff, set between June 4 and 18.
There will be three breaks throughout the season. The first, completed the first six days of the League in the First Division, will take place from September 19 to 27, dates reserved by UEFA for the dispute of the remaining two days of the League of Nations. The second, established between November 9 and December 29, is motivated by the celebration of the World Cup in Qatar, which has turned the entire international football calendar upside down and will mark the season. The last one is scheduled between March 20 and 28, 2023.
Regarding the rest of the competitions, we must remember that the Champions League will start on September 6-7, with the group stage compressed this time in the space of two months and the grand final scheduled for June 10 in Istanbul. The Spanish Super Cup will be played between January 11 and 15 in Saudi Arabia, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Betis and Valencia as protagonists. For its part, the final of the Copa del Rey will be held on Saturday, April 29.
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