- EFL fixture release day scheduled for 9am on Thursday, June 26
- Carabao Cup Round One draw to take place on same day
- Key dates ahead of 2025/26 season outlined below
Stoke City will discover their EFL fixtures for the 2025/26 season at 9am on Thursday, June 26.
The 2025/26 Championship campaign is scheduled to kick-off over the weekend of 8-10 August while the League One and Two seasons will commence the weekend before.
Fixture release day shall also incorporate the draw for Round One of the Carabao Cup, which will take place live on Sky Sports News. The competition is set to begin in mid-August.
The play-offs will take place over the 2026 May bank holiday weekend, from 23-25 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:
- Fixture Release Date – Thursday 26 June 2025 at 9am.
- EFL Opening Weekends
- Championship: Friday 8 August – Sunday 10 August
- League One and League Two: Friday 1 August – Sunday 3 August
- Final games of the regular season – Weekend of 2/3 May 2026
- Carabao Cup Round One Draw – Thursday 26 June 2025
- Carabao Cup Round One – w/c 11 August 2025
- Carabao Cup Final – Sunday 22 March 2026
- Championship Play-Off Final – Saturday 23 May 2026
- League One Play-Off Final – Sunday 24 May 2026
- League Two Play-Off Final – Monday 25 May 2026