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Tottenham are back in the big time with the Champions League and their opponents in the league phase are now known for the season ahead.
Thomas Frank and the club want to compete on multiple fronts this season and the full effect of the fixture calendar with Champions League and domestic cup games added in shows the task ahead.
Tottenham now know that they will face Borussia Dortmund, Villarreal, Slavia Praha and Copenhagen at home, and travel away to play PSG, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bodo/Glimt and Monaco., across the league phase in eight matches stretching all the way into January. The exact order and dates of the games will be announced in the next couple of days.
Spurs played PSG in this month's UEFA Super Cup and travelled to Frankfurt last season in the Europa League quarter-finals as well as Bodo/Glimt in the semis.
Last season Spurs' squad was stretched beyond its limit as they had to play 60 matches across the campaign under former boss Ange Postecoglou. They managed to win the Europa League and reach the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, but they finished 17th in the Premier League and did not progress beyond the fourth round in the FA Cup as an injury crisis, poor performances and Postecoglou deciding to prioritise Europe all played a part.
In sacking the Australian, Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy made it clear that he expects the club to compete on multiple fronts. Frank will now face a similar fixture pile-up, with games every three to four days most weeks, and the Dane will be hoping for better fortune when it comes to injuries as well as the club helping him in the final days of the transfer window to build a stronger squad capable of taking on the expanded Champions League format.
It will be a new experience for Frank as he has never experienced juggling European football during the middle of a campaign, with his only experience of it coming with 10 Europa League qualifying games around a decade ago at Brondby.
When you look at the coming fixture schedule with the Champions League fixtures added in as well as the domestic cup competitions, it's a fearsome prospect.
What was already a horrendous trio of games against Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal in November now becomes even harder when you insert a potential Carabao Cup fourth round match days before the game against Chelsea, then Champions League matchday four after it, before the home game against United, and then the trip to the Emirates Stadium after the international break is swiftly followed by the next European matchday.
A run of four tough games from January into February next year against Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle and Arsenal becomes even harder when you add in Champions League matchday eight just days before the game against City and a potential Carabao Cup semi-final second leg days after.
There could then be an FA Cup fourth round match and a potential Champions League knockout phase play-offs first leg tie to squeeze in between the games against Newcastle and Arsenal with the second leg of the play-offs just days after the home North London Derby. In an ideal world Spurs will want to finish in the top eight in the expanded Champions League to avoid the play-offs, but that is easier said than done in Europe's elite club competition.
It's easier to see it all laid out so here is Tottenham's fixture schedule ahead with all the potential Champions League and cup dates added in:
30/08/25 Tottenham vs Bournemouth 3pm
13/09/25 West Ham vs Tottenham 5.30pm
16-18/9/25 Champions League matchday one
20/09/25 Brighton vs Tottenham 3pm
22/09/25 (week of) Carabao Cup third round - Tottenham vs Doncaster Rovers
28/09/25 Tottenham vs Wolves 2pm
30/9 to 01/10/25 Champions League matchday two
04/10/25 Leeds United vs Tottenham 12.30pm
19/10/25 Tottenham vs Aston Villa 2pm
21-22/10/25 Champions League matchday three
26/10/25 Everton vs Tottenham 4.30pm
27/10/25 Carabao Cup fourth round
01/11/25 Tottenham vs Chelsea 3pm
4-5/11/25 Champions League matchday four
08/11/25 Tottenham vs Manchester United 3pm
22/11/25 Arsenal vs Tottenham 3pm
25-26/11/25 Champions League matchday five
29/11/25 Tottenham vs Fulham 3pm
03/12/25 Newcastle United vs Tottenham 8pm
06/12/25 Tottenham vs Brentford 3pm
9-10/12/25 Champions League matchday six
13/12/25 Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham 3pm
15/12/25 Carabao Cup fifth round
20/12/25 Tottenham vs Liverpool 3pm
27/12/25 Crystal Palace vs Tottenham 3pm
30/12/25 Brentford vs Tottenham 8pm
03/01/26 Tottenham vs Sunderland 3pm
07/01/26 Bournemouth vs Tottenham 8pm
10/01/26 FA Cup third round
12/01/26 Carabao Cup semi-final first leg
17/01/26 Tottenham vs West Ham 3pm
20-21/01/26 Champions League matchday seven
24/01/26 Burnley vs Tottenham 3pm
28/01/26 Champions League matchday eight
31/01/26 Tottenham vs Manchester City 3pm
02/02/26 Carabao Cup semi-final second leg
07/02/26 Manchester United vs Tottenham 3pm
11/02/26 Tottenham vs Newcastle United 8pm
14/02/26 FA Cup fourth round
17-18/02/26 Champions League knockout phase play-offs first leg
21/02/26 Tottenham vs Arsenal 3pm
24-25/02/26 Champions League knockout phase play-offs second leg
28/02/26 Fulham vs Tottenham 3pm
04/03/26 Tottenham vs Crystal Palace 8pm
07/03/26 FA Cup fifth round
10-11/03/26 Champions League round of 16 first leg
14/03/26 Liverpool vs Tottenham 3pm
17-18/03/26 Champions League round of 16 second leg
21/03/26 Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest 3pm
22/03/26 Carabao Cup final
04/04/26 FA Cup quarter-final
7-8/04/26 Champions League quarter-final first leg
11/04/26 Sunderland vs Tottenham 3pm
14-15/04/26 Champions League quarter-final second leg
18/04/26 Tottenham vs Brighton 3pm
25/04/26 Wolves vs Tottenham 3pm
25/04/26 FA Cup semi-final
28-29/04/26 Champions League semi-final first leg
02/05/26 Aston Villa vs Tottenham 3pm
5-6/05/26 Champions League semi-final second leg
09/05/26 Tottenham vs Leeds United 3pm
16/05/26 FA Cup final
17/05/26 Chelsea vs Tottenham 3pm
24/05/26 Tottenham vs Everton 4pm
30/05/26 Champions League final in Budapest
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