Premier League announces 2022/23 season dates around World Cup

The English Premier League have today announced the official date for the 2022/23 Season and when the league will be paused for the FIFA World Cup which will be coming up on November and December 2022 in Qatar.

The Premier League will pause after the weekend of Nov. 12-13 next season and resume on Dec. 26 to accommodate the World Cup, the league said on Thursday. The season will start on Aug. 6, with match round 16 being the last week of games ahead of the call-up period for the World Cup. The final round of league games will be played on May 28, 2023, with all matches kicking off simultaneously as usual.

The next season Premier League campaign is set to be affected by the FIFA World Cup due to its commencement on November and December next year, so the Premier League shareholders has adjusted the League calendar in order to accommodate the tournament which will be taking in the middle of the season.

According to the schedule by the Premier League, the 2022/23 Premier League season will be kicking off on the 6th of August 2022 and is set to consist of 34 rounds of weekend matches, three midweeks and one Bank Holiday match round. The League will also retain a standalone weekend for FA Cup final action.

The Premier League action will also pause after the weekend of 12-13 November, which is the 16th round of matches ahead of the call-up period for the World Cup starting on Monday 14th November.

The World Cup tournament will begin a week later on the 21st November and will run through December 18th which is the schedule date for the finals.

The League action will now return on the 26th December (Boxing Day) and run through until May 28th.