2025/26 Barcelona schedule – Key dates

After a very promising start to the Hansi Flick era, Barca are gunning for more silverware in the 2025/26 season. They’ll be targeting the big domestic and European prizes again, and the Barcelona schedule could see them play more than 60 games in all competitions if they go well on all fronts.

We are going to take a look at all the Barcelona key dates for the upcoming campaign which will see the club return to Camp Nou after two seasons at Montjuic.

They will be operating at a reduced capacity initially though, so that’s something anyone looking to secure FC Barcelona tickets needs to be aware of, as the renovation work will be ongoing and bigger games may sell out in advance, with the Camp Nou capacity likely to be around 60,000 this season.

2025/26 Barcelona schedule – Month by month

July 2025 – Barca head to the Far East

Barcelona’s pre-season schedule features a three-game tour of the Far East. After a much longer summer break than their two main domestic rivals, they play their first friendly in Japan against Vissel Kobe on Sunday July 27th. They then make the short flight to Korea, with their first game there against FC Seoul four days later.

August 2025 – LaLiga begins

The club’s pre-season concludes with a second game in Korea, before they return home for the traditional Joan Gamper Trophy. This match is set to be something of a test event for the new Camp Nou, with Cesc Fabregas’ Como expected to form the opposition, although that has not yet been confirmed.

Despite that fixture being chalked in for Camp Nou, Barca still asked to play their opening three league games away from home to allow more time for renovation work to continue, and they’ve been granted that request.

They will kick off the new season away to Mallorca on or around the weekend of August 16th/17th with LaLiga yet to confirm the exact dates or times for any fixtures. Unless it’s a midweek matchday (there are only three in the 2025/26 season), Barca league games are almost certain to take place on a Saturday or Sunday, with the club rarely scheduled to play on Friday or Monday nights, although matchday one is sometimes an exception to that.

September 2025 – Competitive football returns to Camp Nou

September will be a really significant month for FC Barcelona with four competitive games expected to take place at Camp Nou. With construction work ongoing, they’ll be desperately hoping everything runs smoothly off the pitch in those opening matches, with Valencia the first competitive visitors to the new-look stadium.

There’s also a first LaLiga trip to Oviedo in a quarter of a century on the first midweek matchday of the campaign, while Barca kick off their 2025/26 Champions League adventure this month with two league-phase matches.

October 2025 – El Clasico at the Bernabeu

Featuring an international break, October will be one of the quietest months on Barcelona’s 2025/26 calendar, with only three league games and one Champions League fixture currently scheduled.

The month will end with a huge trip to the Bernabeu for the first Clasico of the 2025/26 season.

November 2025 – Three out of four at home in LaLiga

As is the case in September, Barcelona will in part compensate for their early run of away games, by playing three out of four matches at home in LaLiga in December. The biggest of those will be the clash with Athletic Club just following the third international break of the season.

There will also be two more Champions League fixtures this month, with the league phase passing the halfway point. Barca finished 2nd out of the 36 teams involved last season and will be hoping for another strong start in Europe to aid their chances of securing a more favourable knockout path.

December 2025 – Year ends with two tough away games

The Barcelona calendar for 2025 ends with five matches in December, the last of which will be the tricky league trip to play Villarreal on the third weekend of the month. They also head to La Cartuja at the beginning of the month to take on Manuel Pellegrini’s Real Betis.

In a slight change from previous years, Barca will also begin their Copa del Rey campaign in December, with a 3rd round tie. They’ll be seeded in the draw, so that will ensure they travel away to play against a lower-league club.

January 2026 – A hectic month on four fronts

After a short winter break, the Spanish football calendar is a packed one in January with Hansi Flick’s side expected to have matches in four different competitions.

They begin the month with the derby against Espanyol at the RCDE Stadium where they won the 2024/25 title. They head straight out to Saudi Arabia for the Supercopa after that, with Athletic Club their semi-final opponents, while Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid would await in the final should they progress.

January will also see Barca finish the league phase of the Champions League with fixtures in successive midweeks at the end of the month.

They may also need to play four league fixtures in January should their trip to Elche be scheduled for the Saturday. According to the official LaLiga calendar, Barcelona also have a home game against Atletico Madrid on the weekend of January 10th/11th, but that fixture will certainly be moved to another date due to the Supercopa.

February 2026 – The Copa heats up

Assuming they finish in the top eight in the league phase of the Champions League, Barca will not play any matches in that competition this month, although a 9th-24th place finish would see them involved in a knockout phase play-off tie at the end of February.

Their league assignments include a Catalan derby trip to Girona to take on Michel’s side on the weekend of Valentine’s Day.

February is also a really significant month in the Copa del Rey which could see Barca in both quarter-final and semi-final action if they progress through the earlier rounds.

March 2026 – The Champions League reaches the round-of-16

The knockout stage of the Champions League properly kicks off in March 2026 with the round-of-16. Barca defeated Benfica over two legs at this stage last season.

They also have a difficult LaLiga game in Bilbao against Athletic to negotiate this month, before playing back-to-back home games heading into the international break.

April 2026 – A trip to the Metropolitano & a potential cup final

Barcelona will play eight games in April should they progress as far in all competitions as was the case last season. Four of those would be in LaLiga, including the trip to the Estadio Metropolitano to take on Atletico Madrid at the beginning of the month, and the derby with Espanyol at Camp Nou.

They could also have three Champions League fixtures, while the Copa del Rey final will take place in Seville on Saturday April 25th. Barca are the holders after they defeated Real Madrid 3-2 in last season’s showpiece.

May 2026 – The title run-in & the road to Budapest concludes

Barcelona’s final five league fixtures are in May and they’ll be anticipating a close title race with Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid and potentially even Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid.

El Clasico takes place at Camp Nou for the first time in more than three years at the end of May, and it may have a significant impact on determining who ends up winning LaLiga. There will still be three more league games for Barca after that though, with their 2025/26 Spanish top-flight season concluding with games against Alaves, Real Betis and Valencia.

Barca fans will be hoping they have one more game still to play after their date at Mestalla. That’s the Champions League final which will take place in Budapest on Saturday May 30th 2026. The Catalans lost to Inter in the semi-finals of last season’s competition and they’ll be desperate to go one better in the new year.

Tickets for Barca’s big end-of-season matches such as El Clasico are likely to be in hot demand and won’t go on sale via the club’s official channels until nearer the time. 

There are alternative options for anyone looking to secure FC Barcelona tickets, with ticket-and-travel packages available further in advance via the likes of sportsbreaks.com and footballtravel.com.

You may also have some luck on resale sites such as Hellotickets, although inflated prices are quite likely for big fixtures and tickets are bought at your own risk.