2025/26 WSL key dates confirmed
The Barclays Women's Super League have confirmed the dates for the 2025/26 campaign.
It means the new top-flight season, along with the Championship, will kick-off across the weekend of the Saturday 6 September and Sunday 7 September.
However, the WSL's final fixture weekend falls on Saturday 16 May and Sunday 17 May – a fortnight after the conclusion of the second-tier term.
This is due to the European Championships taking place this summer in Switzerland from Wednesday 2 July to Sunday 27 July.
CITY V EVERTON | BUY YOUR TICKETS
As ever, there will be a winter break next season which runs from Monday 22 December to Sunday 4 January with league fixtures resuming across Saturday 10 January and Sunday 11 January.
WATCH: Watch: Ask me anything with Bunny Shaw
Meanwhile, the dates for the Subway Women's League Cup knockout stages have also been set with the group stages to take place in late September before ending in in mid-November.
The quarter-finals will be held across Saturday 21 December and Sunday 22 December, the semi-finals will take place across Wednesday 21 January and Thursday 22 January before the final being played on the weekend of Saturday 14 March and Sunday 15 March.
If City qualify for the Champions League group stages, we will enter the League Cup at the quarter-final stage due to our European participation.
Our WSL fixtures for 2025/26 will be confirmed in the summer following the conclusion of the current campaign and please note the above dates are subject to change.
Keep across mancity.com and the Official Man City App for future announcements.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Yahoo
18 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Matt Vautour: Is Brad Stevens a genius? Celtics President about to put legacy on line
Brad Stevens' genius is about to be tested. Amidst the devastation from Jayson Tatum's injury and disappointment in how badly Boston played against the Knicks, the biggest cause for optimism around Boston is the unwavering belief in the Celtics President of Basketball Operations ability to make smart moves. Advertisement The way the once-promising 2024-25 season ended lessened the pressure on Stevens in the short term. If the Celtics had lived up to expectations and won their second straight NBA title, there would have been huge pressure to keep as much of the band together to attempt a three-peat. But Tatum's expected absence for much, if not all, of the 2025-26 season, combined with the embarrassing loss to New York, should allow Stevens to make decisions without the same fear of immediate backlash. But the grace period won't last long. Banner No. 19 will become a goal and then an expectation very quickly, especially with a new owner who doesn't have a ring of his own yet. Advertisement Stevens' challenge is tricky. Through trades, he'll need to at least get the team's salary commitments under the second apron for 2025-26 to avoid huge luxury tax penalties and roster restrictions in the future. At the same time, he'll try to create a roster that is younger, but still equipped to contend when Tatum returns. That's not an easy minefield to tiptoe through. The Celtics' dynastic history has been built on smart trades. In 1956, Red Auerbach traded Ed MacCauley to the St. Louis Hawks for the No. 2 pick in the draft, which they used to draft Bill Russell. That deal led to 11 Celtics titles, while St. Louis no longer has an NBA franchise. Auerbach struck again in 1980 when he traded the No. 1 overall pick to the Warriors, who coveted Joe Barry Carroll, for the rights to Robert Parish and a draft pick that became Kevin McHale. That led to three more Celtics titles and enshrinement for Parish and McHale, while Carroll needs to pay $25 (with a senior discount) to visit the Naismith Hall of Fame. Advertisement Danny Ainge made two huge trades in 2007 to get Ray Allen from Seattle and Kevin Garnett from Minnesota which directly led to the 2008 Championship. Ainge then traded Paul Pierce and Garnett to Brooklyn in a 2013 deal that brought the Celtics the draft choices that led to Jaylen Brown and Tatum. That deal and Stevens' trades to get Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis last year helped secure the 2024 title. But those successes shouldn't be an urgent indication to make moves. Last year's championship was also built on Ainge's good fortune that nobody took him on his 2015 attempt to trade four first-round picks to move up to get Justise Winslow, who was the third-leading scorer on the G-League's Wisconsin Herd last year. Stevens has to decide if his best path is trying to work the edges to keep this championship window open or being aggressive in hopes of opening the next window. Tatum doesn't turn 28 until March, making him young enough to be a pillar in either plan. Advertisement Still, both are risky and require Stevens to make a lot of educated guesses. If he tries to keep as much of the current roster intact as possible while getting under the second apron, Tatum could return to a team that isn't good enough to contend and isn't bad enough to draft stars. That would look a lot like what the Milwaukee Bucks are currently facing. But if Tatum comes back in the middle of a slowly developing rebuild, that hasn't produced new stars, the Celtics would be similarly set back. Stevens has to guess the best answer to lots of questions, including the following big ones: Are the Celtics counting on/hoping for Jayson Tatum to be back for any meaningful contributions in 2025-26 or not? Do they keep Derrick White? He'd be their second-best player going into next season. A team centered around Brown and White is probably enough to at least contend for a playoff spot next year. But he'll turn 31 in July. That's not old-old, but his skills and trade value are both likely to decline — or at least start to — by the time Tatum is back. Will Jaylen Brown still be at his peak when Tatum comes back? Can the Celtics get someone—or a package of someones—who will be better than Brown will be whenever Tatum returns? If Stevens guesses right and leads the Celtics to Banner 19, he'll probably be headed to the Hall of Fame. Advertisement But the difference between being a genius and a scapegoat can be just one bad move. More Celtics content Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Breaking down each major club's Champions League need + LAFC clinch spot in Club World Cup!
Christian Polanco and Alexis Guerreros look ahead after Saturday's Champions League final and give us every top Champions League club's major need going into next season. How can Real Madrid, Barcelona or Liverpool find their way back at the top? What do Arsenal, Man City and Bayern Munich need to challenge again? Can PSG win back-to-back titles? Advertisement Christian and Alexis then recap a weekend around MLS including LAFC's comeback win against Club America to clinch their spot in the Club World Cup. As Inter Miami continue their hot streak, is Messi gaining form at the right time? LA Galaxy finally win their first game of the season but is it too late? Later, Christian and Alexis bring back Rápido Reactions and recap the latest news in the summer transfer window including Cristiano Ronaldo's next landing spot, Kevin De Bruyne's move to Italy and more! (9:00) - Champions League perspectives: PSG, Real Madrid, Liverpool & more (32:10) - LAFC clinch Club World Cup spot Advertisement (41:00) - Inter Miami continue hot streak & LA Galaxy win a game! (49:10) - Rápido Reactions: Florian Wirtz, Cristiano Ronaldo & more UCL Needs 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Yahoo
Arsenal player makes Champions League Team of the Season
Declan Rice has been named in the Champions League Team of the Season for 2024/25, after Arsenal's run to the semi-finals of the competition. Photo byThe official UEFA Champions League social media pages have announced their 2024/25 Champions League Team of the Season, as selected by UEFA's Technical Observer Group. Advertisement The team is primarily composed of Paris Saint-Germain players, following their 5-0 win in the final of the competition against Inter Milan last week. But a few players from other clubs have been selected, including Arsenal's Declan Rice. The other three non-PSG players are Inter Milan's Alessandro Bastoni, who made the final, and Barcelona's Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, who were eliminated in the semi-final. UEFA Champions League Team of the Season for 2024/25 Rice made 13 appearances for Arsenal in this season's Champions League, only missing a League Phase game against Inter Milan through injury. The midfielder was used as a substitute for the final League Phase game against Girona, but he started the other 12 matches, scoring four goals and assisting two more. Advertisement The 26-year-old's most notable moment was the 12-minute spell in which he scored two free-kicks against Real Madrid, and those goals only underlined a couple of outstanding displays in that quarter-final tie. Photo byIt was ultimately a shame that Rice was unable to play the same role for the home leg of the semi-finals against eventual champions PSG, with Thomas Partey's suspension forcing Mikel Arteta to adapt and drop the England international deeper. Arsenal ended up falling short 3-1 on aggregate, but if they hope for another long run in the Champions League next season, Rice will surely play a major role again.
