LaLiga 2022-23 schedule: Clasico set for Oct. 16

Actual Madrid will journey to newly promoted Almeria on the opening weekend of the 2022-23 LaLiga season whereas Barcelona host Rayo Vallecano — with the 2 giants assembly within the marketing campaign’s first Clasico on the weekend of Oct. 16 — after the fixture checklist was launched by the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) on Thursday.

Atletico Madrid, who completed third behind champions Madrid and second-placed Barca final time, will start the season away at Getafe whereas Sevilla, who completed fourth within the closing Champions League spot, will play away at Osasuna.

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The primary Clasico on matchday 9 might be performed at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium, with the return fixture at Barcelona’s Camp Nou going down on the weekend of March 19, 2023.

The calendar was confirmed in a draw on the RFEF’s headquarters exterior Madrid, being chosen at random from a sequence of doable alternate options. The 2022-23 LaLiga season, which might be broadcast on ESPN+ in america, will start on the weekend of Aug. 14, 2022 and finish on the weekend of June 4, 2023.

Video games will happen between Friday and Monday every weekend — except some midweek rounds — with kick-off instances being chosen by LaLiga at a later date.

Barcelona will hope to problem Actual Madrid for LaLiga. Picture by Jose Breton/Pics Motion/NurPhoto through Getty Photographs

Unusually, the league season will take a break for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Nov. 9 and return when the event is accomplished on Dec. 29.

Actual Madrid’s opening fixtures will see them face Almeria, Celta Vigo and Espanyol — all of them away from dwelling, as development work continues on the redevelopment of the Bernabeu — whereas Barcelona’s first three video games are towards Rayo, Actual Sociedad and Actual Valladolid.

The primary Madrid derby of the season will see Actual go to Atletico’s Wanda Metropolitano on the weekend of Sept. 18, with the conflict on the Bernabeu being performed on the weekend of Feb. 26, 2023.

Carlo Ancelotti’s Madrid, who’ve already signed Antonio Rudiger and Aurelien Tchouameni this summer time after lacking out on Kylian Mbappe, will got down to defend their LaLiga title after they ended final season 13 factors forward of Barca.

The Catalans — who’re engaged on easing the monetary constraints which have prevented them from making any summer time signings up to now — might be seeking to shut the hole on their rivals beneath coach Xavi.

Diego Simeone’s Atletico will hope to get better the shape that noticed them win the league in 2020-21, whereas Sevilla, Actual Betis, Actual Sociedad and Villarreal will look to as soon as once more battle for a spot within the prime 4.

Supply: espn.co.uk