Real Madrid already knows the calendar of a League that will begin the weekend of August 14 and 15 against Alavés in Mendizorroza. LaLiga and the RFEF have responded to the white club's request to play the first three days away from home to advance the construction of the Bernabéu. The Whites will visit Levante on the second day (August 21 and 22) and Betis on the third (August 28 and 29). The return of football to the Madrid stadium will be on the fourth day, on September 11, with Celta as 'guest'.
The Classics: two in the League and one in the Super Cup
The 2021-2022 season brings at least three Classics. In addition to the two dates of the championship, Barcelona and Real Madrid will also face each other in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup, on January 12 or 13, 2022. Before, The first league Classic will be played on October 23 or 24, 2021 at the Camp Nou (day 10). The one at the Bernabéu will be just one lap later, on March 19 or 20, 2022 (matchday 29).
The Madrid derbies against Atlético, Getafe and Rayo Vallecano
The first Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atlético of the season will wait. It will not arrive until the penultimate day (17th) of the first round, on December 11 or 12, 2021 at the Santiago Bernabéu. The second round could be decisive, since it has fallen three days from the end. The current champion will receive the white candidate at the Wanda Metropolitano on May 7 or 8, 2022 (matchday 35).
Regarding the other Madrid derbies against Rayo Vallecano and Getafe, the first of them will be against the franjirrojo team at the Bernabeú (November 6 or 7, 2021, matchday 13). The whites will visit Getafe on the last day (19 th) of the first round, scheduled for January 2, 2022. Due to its proximity, this match is likely to be one of the matches ahead of New Year's Eve (Friday, 31 from December). Madrid will visit Vallecas on matchday 26 (February 26 or 27, 2022) and Real Madrid-Getafe will be on matchday 31 (April 9 or 10, 2022).
Last day
Betis will be the rival of Ancelotti's team on the last day (May 22, 2022), in a clash that will be played at the Santiago Bernabéu, reissuing the duel with which Real Madrid and Verdiblancos closed the League in the 2018-2019 season. Barcelona will also play that day at home, against Villarreal, while Atlético will face it at home against Real Sociedad.
The Champions League: the draw, on August 26
Real Madrid will meet their rivals in the group stage in the draw to be held on August 26. The competition will start on September 14 and 15 and the group stage will run until December 7 and 8. After the adjustment that the calendar suffered last season due to the pandemic (the group phase was played in series of three consecutive weeks), this campaign the scheme of three rounds two days of competition is recovered with a rest week between each day and two weeks of stoppage of selections between each batch.
The round of 16 crosses will begin on February 15 and 16, 2022 and the final will be played on Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
2021-2022 Champions League Calendar
Matchday 1 – September 14 and 15, 2021
Matchday 2 – September 28 and 29, 2021
Matchday 3 – October 19 and 20, 2021
Matchday 4 – November 2 and 3, 2021
Matchday 5 – November 23 and 24, 2021
Matchday 6 – December 7 and 8, 2021
Round of 16 (first leg) – February 15, 16, 22 and 23, 2022
Round of 16 (second leg) – March 8, 9, 15 and 16, 2022
Quarterfinals (first leg) – April 5 and 6, 2022
Quarter-finals (second leg) – April 12 and 13, 2022
Semifinals (first leg) – April 26 and 27, 2022
Semifinals (second leg) – May 3 and 4, 2022
FINAL: Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Saint Petersburg (Russia)
The King's Cup
Real Madrid, by participating in the Spanish Super Cup, is exempt from the first two qualifying rounds of the Copa del Rey. The white team will begin its participation in the KO tournament in the round of round of 32, which is scheduled for January 5, 2022. The final will be played on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the La Cartuja Stadium, in Seville.
Calendar of the Copa del Rey 2021-2022
Qualifying round – November 17, 2021
1st round – December 1, 2021
Second round – December 15, 2021
(Real Madrid is exempt from the first three rounds – the previous one is only played by Territorial teams – and enters the competition in the round of 32)
1/16 finals – January 5, 2022
Round of 16 – January 15 and 19, 2022
Quarterfinals – February 2, 2022
Semifinals (first leg) – February 9, 2022
Semifinals (second leg) – March 2, 2022
FINAL: Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the La Cartuja Stadium, in Seville.