The 2025-26 campaign is already over, and details about the next Premier League season have started to emerge and are already taking shape.
Transfer windows, format details, schedule release dates, and qualification for European competitions, as well as fresh newcomers, are now confirmed.
Here’s everything to know ahead of next season!
The later start date is due to the 2026 FIFA World Cup taking place through mid-July, thus forcing the Premier League into giving players some extra recovery time.
That said, there are only 33 days between the end of the World Cup and the start of the EPL MD1.
Domestic & Continental Cup Dates
Clubs will play out nine days of the season with the window open before it shuts.
European Competition Participants
No Newcastle roaming the continent next season, but here’s the full picture.
All Champions League teams will enter directly into the league phase (no qualifiers), thanks to England’s coefficient.
Promoted and Relegated Teams
The Premier League lost two historic top-flight clubs, but it will see the return of two others with more than a combined six decades spent in the English top division.
Here’s to a winning 2026-27 Magpie season. Howay!