The fixtures for the 2025-26 English Football League play volition beryllium released astatine 12:00 BST connected Thursday.
Relegated Premier League sides Southampton, Ipswich and Leicester volition beryllium joined successful the Championship by promoted Birmingham, Charlton and Wrexham, who instrumentality to the 2nd tier for the archetypal clip successful much than 40 years aft 3 consecutive promotions.
In League One, Cardiff and Plymouth volition beryllium looking to unafraid an contiguous instrumentality to the 2nd tier on with Luton, who suffered their 2nd consecutive relegation to travel down with them connected a melodramatic last day.
In League Two, Barnet and Oldham volition beryllium making their EFL instrumentality aft winning promotion from the National League past season.
All fixtures volition beryllium connected the BBC Sport website and app arsenic soon arsenic they are announced.
The groups for the EFL Trophy volition besides beryllium revealed astatine 14:30 BST connected Thursday, portion the gully for the archetypal circular of the Carabao Cup volition beryllium held astatine 16:30 BST.
The commencement to the caller EFL play volition beryllium divided implicit the weekends of 1-3 August for League One and League Two and 8-10 August successful the Championship.
The scheduled 46 rounds of Championship matches volition instrumentality spot crossed 33 weekends, 9 midweeks and 4 slope holidays.
Leagues One and Two matches volition beryllium played implicit 33 weekends, 5 midweeks and 8 slope holidays and planetary interruption dates.
It is the second twelvemonth of the TV woody with Sky Sports, which volition again mean much than 1,000 games broadcast connected TV oregon streamed.
Can relegated Premier League sides bounce back?
For the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, past play saw the 3 teams who had been promoted from the Championship each relegated consecutive back. Before 2023-24 that had not happened since Barnsley, Bolton and Crystal Palace each instantly went down successful 1997-98.
It's a caller epoch successful the dugout astatine Southampton, wherever Will Still takes over, portion Kieran McKenna remains successful complaint astatine Ipswich, arsenic does Ruud van Nistelrooy astatine Leicester, for now.
After narrowly missing retired connected an instant instrumentality to the Premier League, courtesy of a melodramatic play-off last decision by Sunderland, Sheffield United person parted ways with Chris Wilder and brought successful Ruben Selles to pb their complaint for promotion.
High hopes astatine promoted sides
Birmingham, Wrexham and Charlton mightiness person differing ambitions aft being promoted to the 2nd tier.
Blues and the Red Dragons mightiness beryllium dreaming of emulating Ipswich - whom they volition look successful the Championship this play - successful pursuing promotion from League One with an instant ascent to the Premier League the pursuing season.
In their archetypal play successful the 2nd tier since 1982, Phil Parkinson's men are seeking a 4th successive promotion, though Charlton, who instrumentality to the part aft 5 years away, and brag Nathan Jones' archetypal people is apt to beryllium survival.
Cardiff won't bask being Wales' third-ranked EFL broadside and volition person their sights connected an instant instrumentality to the Championship, on with Luton and Plymouth, who present person Tom Cleverley successful charge.
Barnet and Oldham instrumentality to League Two aft 7 and 3 years away, respectively, pursuing their promotion from the National League.
New faces
It's been each alteration successful the dugout since the extremity of the season, particularly successful the Championship.
After losing the play-off final, Sheffield United chose to regenerate Wilder with Selles, who had been sacked by Hull contempt guiding the Tigers to safety.
Sergej Jakirovic has been installed arsenic brag astatine the MKM Stadium, portion aft play-off semi-final disappointment, Bristol City brag Liam Manning opted to capable the vacancy astatine location municipality nine Norwich, with Gerhard Struber replacing him astatine Ashton Gate.
Still's archetypal occupation successful England is astatine Southampton, portion Ryan Mason's archetypal imperishable managerial occupation comes astatine West Bromwich Albion.
Watford opted to portion ways with Cleverley, who has since moved to Plymouth to regenerate Miron Muslic, with Paolo Pezzolano the caller antheral astatine Vicarage Road, portion Middlesbrough person appointed Rob Edwards aft parting ways with Michael Carrick portion QPR's replacement for Marti Cifuentes is Frenchman Julien Stephan.
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