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Ligue 1 have revealed the opening fixtures of the 2025-2026 season. Ligue 1 champions PSG have been elected to start their title defense at Nantes’ Stade de la Beaujoire on Sunday, August 17. However, _Les Parisiens_ have reportedly requested that their first game of the Ligue 1 season be postponed as their extended 2024-2025 campaign continues to drag on. PSG will play Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami in the 2025 Club World Cup last-16 on Sunday
Ligue 1 runners-up Olympique de Marseille are also set to start the 2025-2026 Ligue 1 campaign away in Brittany. Roberto De Zerbi’s _Olympiens_ will face Habib Beye’s Rennes. Promoted Ligue 2 sides Paris FC, FC Metz and FC Lorient will respectively lock horns with Angers, Strasbourg and Auxerre.
Olympique Lyonnais, whose [Ligue 2 relegation has been confirmed by the DNCG on Tuesday](https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2025/feature-why-have-lyon-been-relegated-to-ligue-2-and-how-could-crystal-palace-offer-them-a-lifeline/), have been included in the opening fixtures. Should their appeal be successful, _Les Gones_ will pay a visit to Lens, who are now coached by former OL manager Pierre Sage.
GFFN | Bastien Cheval