Football Calendar: What's On and Where to Watch

This is the football calendar for the five weeks from Monday 16 November to Sunday 20 December 2026: the Premier League's return after the international break, two Champions League rounds, the MLS Cup playoffs through to MLS Cup, the NWSL final and the two South American finals, with UK kick-off times and the channel that shows each game in the UK, plus US Eastern times for the American competitions.

One address, updated every month: this page replaces our October calendar and October key-matches pages, which now redirect here. For the current week in detail, day by day, read this week's edition; for how the Champions League's league phase works, our guide to the format.

The short answer

Club football restarts on Saturday 21 November with Manchester City v Fulham at 12:30 and Newcastle v Arsenal at 17:30, then Liverpool v Manchester United on Sunday 22 November at 16:30. The Champions League plays its fifth round on 24 and 25 November and its sixth on 8 and 9 December, each followed by a Europa League Thursday. The Premier League adds a full midweek round on 1 to 3 December; the Merseyside derby (Sunday 29 November, 12:00), Arsenal v Manchester City (the same day, 16:30), Chelsea v Liverpool (Saturday 5 December, 12:30) and Tottenham v Arsenal (Sunday 6 December, 16:30) are the games to plan around.

In the United States the MLS Cup playoffs run from Thursday 19 November to MLS Cup on Friday 18 December, every match on Apple TV, and the NWSL final is on Saturday 21 November in Washington. South America's two finals fall on consecutive Saturdays: the Copa Sudamericana in Barranquilla on 21 November and the Copa Libertadores, Palmeiras v Estudiantes, in Montevideo on 28 November.

Week by week: the big matches

The games most readers will look for; the weekly edition carries the full programme. UK times are GMT.

Premier League: where to watch in the UK

Sky Sports shows most of the chosen games, and TNT Sports has the Saturday 12:30 kick-offs (Manchester City v Fulham on 21 November, Chelsea v Liverpool on 5 December) and the Sunday noon Merseyside derby on 29 November, each also on HBO Max. The midweek round of 1 to 3 December is all on Sky Sports, the channel for the eight Wednesday games still to be confirmed. Listings for 6, 12 and 13 December were not yet published when we checked, so those games sit in the table without a channel; the weekly edition adds them once they appear.

Champions League and Europa League nights

Matchday five is on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 November: Arsenal v Dortmund, Manchester City v Napoli and Real Madrid v PSV at 20:00 on the Tuesday, with Galatasaray v Aston Villa at 17:45; Club Brugge v Liverpool, Sporting v Manchester United, PSG v Roma and Lille v Bayern at 20:00 on the Wednesday. Matchday six follows on Tuesday 8 December (Barcelona v Manchester City, Aston Villa v PSG, Manchester United v Leipzig) and Wednesday 9 December (Arsenal v Real Madrid, Liverpool v Porto, Dortmund v Inter). In the UK, TNT Sports carries the lot except Arsenal v Dortmund, Amazon Prime Video's pick.

The Europa League plays on the Thursdays after, 26 November and 10 December: Crystal Palace v Real Sociedad and Sunderland v Jagiellonia at 20:00 on the first; AC Milan v Sunderland, Bournemouth v Viktoria Plzeň and Jagiellonia v Crystal Palace on the second. Celtic are away to Torreense and then Omonia; Brighton and Hearts play in the Conference League on the same nights.

MLS Cup playoffs and the NWSL final

MLS paused for the international window after Decision Day on 7 November. The Wild Card games are on Thursday 19 November; the best-of-three Round One runs from Friday 20 November to Wednesday 2 December, starting on Saturday 21 November with Inter Miami v Columbus at 18:00 Eastern (23:00 UK); the Conference Semifinals are on 5 and 6 December, the Conference Finals on 11 and 12 December, and MLS Cup on Friday 18 December, hosted by the finalist with the better regular-season record. Every playoff match is on Apple TV; selected games, MLS Cup among them, are also on FOX Sports.

The NWSL final is on Saturday 21 November at Audi Field in Washington, D.C., at 8 pm Eastern (01:00 UK on the Sunday), on CBS and Paramount+. New to the women's game? Our guide to how women's football got here is the place to start.

Internationals and the South American finals

The Nations League league phase ends on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 November: Wales v Portugal in Cardiff and Denmark v Norway on the Tuesday at 19:45, with the Republic of Ireland v Kosovo the same evening. The United States host Haiti in Cincinnati on the Tuesday at 19:00 Eastern in the second leg of their Concacaf quarter-final.

The Copa Sudamericana final is on Saturday 21 November in Barranquilla, the first time the city has staged it. A week later, on Saturday 28 November, Palmeiras of Brazil meet Estudiantes of Argentina in the Copa Libertadores final at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, kick-off 17:00 local, 20:00 UK, 3 pm Eastern; beIN SPORTS has the US rights.

Other leagues worth a look

La Liga: Barcelona v Villarreal on Sunday 22 November at 13:00, then Real Sociedad v Real Madrid (18:00) and Barcelona v Atlético (20:30) on Wednesday 2 December. Serie A: Atalanta v Inter on Sunday 22 November at 19:45, Lazio v Roma and Napoli v Milan on Sunday 13 December. Bundesliga: Hamburg v Bayern on Saturday 28 November at 14:30. Ligue 1: Lyon v Marseille on Sunday 13 December at 19:45. Women's Super League: Liverpool v Chelsea on Saturday 21 November at 12:45.

How we keep this page current

We rebuild this page once a month from the official fixture lists and the UK television listings; the weekly edition fills in the days between. Kick-off times move when broadcasters make their picks, so a time more than two weeks away can still change. The sources below are the pages we opened; the league's own fixture page is the one to check on the day.