2023-06-22 15:47:30
Madrid (AFP)
Barcelona will begin the campaign to defend its title as champion of the Spanish Football League, once morest its host Getafe at the end of the second week of August, according to the schedule of matches for the 2023-2024 season issued by the Spanish Federation for the game.
The Catalan team was crowned champion at the end of last season, for the first time since 2019.
It is noteworthy that the team of coach Xavi Hernandez will play its “home” matches, the first of which in the league once morest Cadiz in the week of August 20, throughout the next season at the Luis Companes Stadium, which is the stadium that was the scene of the Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 and is located on Montjuïc Hill, because it is a stadium Camp Nou is witnessing an important restoration, which began on the first of June and is expected to be completed following three years.
As for Real Madrid, who finished second last season and won the Cup competition, it will visit Athletic Bilbao in San Mames, while third-placed Atletico Madrid will host Granada, who is returning to the ranks of elite clubs.
The El Clasico match will be held between the poles, Barcelona and Real Madrid, first leg in Barcelona at the end of the week of October 29, within the eleventh stage, and back at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium at the end of the week of April 21 in the thirty-second stage, while the league ends at the end of the week of May 26, 2024.
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