LEEDS, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: Detail view of the Leeds United club badge on the corner flag prior to the Premier League match between Leeds United and Newcastle United at Elland Road on December 16, 2020 in Leeds, England.The match will be played without fans, behind closed doors as a Covid-19 precaution. (Photo by Rui Vieira - Pool/Getty Images)
Leeds are three games from a return to the Premier League via the Championship play-offs but have a three-in-four chance of returning to play a 46-match season once again next term.
Should Daniel Farke’s men defeat semi-final opponents Norwich City, a spot in the play-off final versus Southampton or West Bromwich Albion awaits on Sunday, May 26.
Exactly a month on from the oft-coined ‘richest game in football’, the EFL will announce the fixture lists for clubs in the Championship during 2024/25. Failure to promote this season and Leeds will need to pay attention to the EFL’s release on June 26.
However, victory in the play-offs at the sixth attempt would mean Leeds discover their 2024/25 fixture list a week earlier on Tuesday, June 18 at 9am, when the Premier League announces their schedule.
The 2024/25 Championship season is due to kick-off over the weekend of 10/11 August, 2024. This likely means the competition opener will take place on Friday, August 9 in line with Sky Sports’ broadcasting preferences on the opening weekend of the EFL season.
Next season’s Premier League campaign, meanwhile, gets underway on the weekend of 17/18 August, which is the competition Leeds’ players, staff and fans all hope to be taking part in.
