When is El Clasico? – Barcelona vs Real Madrid 2025 dates

El Clasico is the biggest fixture in world football, with meetings between Barcelona and Real Madrid the most watched game on the Spanish football calendar. The clubs meet twice per season in LaLiga, but often more frequently than that, with regular clashes in cup competitions and pre-season fixtures.

Below, we’ll look at when El Clasico is next going to be played, the recent results between the clubs and all the potential meetings in 2025.

Attending the big match is possible, although often expensive with huge demand for the games. Anyone looking at getting tickets for El Clasico, will need to pay attention to on-sale dates and be prepared to pay much more than for a regular LaLiga fixture.

When is El Clasico next going to be played?

The next edition of El Clasico will take place on Saturday April 26th 2025 in Seville. That will be the Copa del Rey final, after Barcelona saw off Atletico Madrid, and Real Madrid defeated Real Sociedad, in the semi-finals, in both cases by 5-4 margins on aggregate.

Real Madrid and Barcelona haven’t met in a Copa del Rey final since 2014, when Gareth Bale’s brilliant run and finish settled the game in the favour of Los Blancos. It should therefore be an extra special occasion, with La Cartuja the venue for the big game. The kick-off time will be an unnecessarily late 22:00 local time.

Getting tickets for the 2025 Copa del Rey final won’t be easy unless you’re a season ticket holder at Barcelona or Real Madrid, with both clubs expected to get around 20,000 tickets. In recent years, the RFEF has not put on any additional tickets on general sale. Accommodation in Seville is also likely to sell out quickly, so be sure to book as soon as possible if you’re planning to go to the city for the final.

When is the next Clasico in LaLiga?

The next Clasico match in LaLiga will be on Sunday May 11th and Barcelona will be at home. That will be matchday 35 out of 38, so it has the potential to be a huge game and will no doubt be billed as a title-decider should the two clubs still be battling it out together at the top of the table.

Barcelona initially hoped to have returned to their usual home in the Les Corts neighbourhood of the city by then. However, Camp Nou renovation work has been hit by various delays. The latest reports suggest the game will be played at the Estadi Olimpic where the club have been playing home games since the beginning of the 2023/24 season.

Latest El Clasico results

Barcelona have had the better of the two competitive El Clasico fixtures during the 2024/25 season so far, winning both convincingly, with nine goals scored. They also won a pre-season friendly in New Jersey 2-1, thanks to two goals from Pau Victor, although neither side were at full strength for that game.

Real Madrid won the first two meetings in 2024 though, defeating their eternal rivals in the Supercopa in Saudi Arabia, before a 3-2 win in LaLiga which helped leave them on course to win the Spanish title again.

Last meeting: Barcelona 5-2 Real Madrid 

The most recent meeting of Barcelona and Real Madrid took place on Sunday 12th January in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Despite a 56th minute red card for goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, Hansi Flick’s Barcelona were at their blistering best, winning the match 5-2, with Raphinha scoring twice, to get their hands on the Spanish Supercopa trophy for the 15th time.

El Clasico dates – Barcelona vs Real Madrid 2025 fixtures

As it stands, there will be two more Clasicos in the 2024/25 season, in the Copa del Rey in April, and LaLiga in May.

However, there is also the tantalising potential for a Champions League Clasico which would be an enormous occasion. The clubs haven’t met in Europe since a UCL semi-final in the 2010/11 season which Pep Guardiola’s Barca won 3-1 on aggregate. They have never met in a European Cup or Champions League final.

The two sides are in opposite sections of the draw so they cannot meet before this season’s final which will be played in Munich on May 31st. Real Madrid would need to see off Arsenal, and then Aston Villa or PSG to reach the final. Barcelona meanwhile would have to beat Borussia Dortmund, and either Inter Milan or Bayern Munich.

The clubs will also almost certainly face off again in LaLiga before the end of 2025, with the 2025/26 fixture list due to be announced in the summer. That game could be in Madrid or Barcelona.

In recent years, there has often been a pre-season friendly between the clubs in the United States as well. That looks less likely this season though, with Real Madrid’s schedule taking in the FIFA Club World Cup during the summer, while Barcelona are believed to be plotting a pre-season tour of Asia.