Leeds Championship fixtures: full schedule and dates 2024-25

Leeds United will begin their Championship campaign at home to newly promoted Portsmouth.

The final day will see a long trip to Plymouth Argyle earlier in the day, while on Boxing Day Daniel Farke’s side will travel to Stoke City.

The first five games of the season bring a mixed bag for Leeds. After hosting Portsmouth, they will travel to West Bromwich Albion, who finished in the play-off places alongside Leeds last season and will have promotion ambitions this year.

Leeds will then face Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough before hosting Hull City at the end of August. A good test awaits them in their first September game after the international break when they host relegated Burnley.

As Farke’s side aim for promotion again this year, the final group of games – against Oxford (A), Stoke (H), Bristol City (H) and Argyle (A) look favorable on paper. But as Leeds’ late-season slip-up showed, any team in the Championship can prove to be a potential banana skin on their day.

Other games to look out for that will bring tasty atmospheres are the two games against Derby County, both in December, and Sheffield United (home in November and away in February).

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Leeds 2024-25 Championship Full Matches

All times BST/GMT

• 08.10.2024 12.30 Leeds United vs Portsmouth
• 17.08.2024 15.00 West Bromwich Albion vs Leeds United
• 24.08.2024 15.00 Sheffield Wednesday vs Leeds United
• 31.08.2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Hull City
• 14.09.2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Burnley
• 21.09.2024 15.00 Cardiff City vs Leeds United
• 28.09.2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Coventry City
• 10.02.2024 19.45 Norwich City vs Leeds United
• 10.05.2024 15.00 Sunderland vs Leeds United
• 19.10.2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Sheffield United
• 22.10.2024 19.45 Leeds United vs Watford
• 26.10.2024 15.00 Bristol City vs Leeds United
• 11.02.2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Plymouth Argyle
• 11.05.2024 19.45 Millwall vs Leeds United
• 11.09.2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Queens Park Rangers
• 23.11.2024 15.00 Swansea City vs Leeds United
• 26.11.2024 19.45 Leeds United vs Luton Town
• 30.11.2024 15.00 Blackburn Rovers vs Leeds United
• 12.07.2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Derby County
• 12.10.2024 19.45 Leeds United vs Middlesbrough
• 14.12.2024 15.00 Preston North End vs Leeds United
• 21.12.2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Oxford United
• 26.12.2024 15.00 Stoke City vs Leeds United
• 29.12.2024 15.00 Derby County vs Leeds United
• 01.01.2025 15.00 Leeds United vs Blackburn Rovers
• 01/04/2025 15.00 Hull City vs Leeds United
• 18.01.2025 15.00 Leeds United vs Sheffield Wednesday
• 22.01.2025 19.45 Leeds United vs Norwich City
• 25.01.2025 15.00 Burnley vs Leeds United
• 01.02.2025 15.00 Leeds United vs Cardiff City
• 02/08/2025 15.00 Coventry City vs Leeds United
• 02.11.2025 19.45 Watford vs Leeds United
• 15.02.2025 15.00 Leeds United vs Sunderland
• 22.02.2025 15.00 Sheffield United vs Leeds United
• 01.03.2025 15.00 Leeds United vs West Bromwich Albion
• 03/08/2025 15.00 Portsmouth vs Leeds United
• 03.12.2025 19.45 Leeds United vs Millwall
• 15.03.2025 15.00 Queens Park Rangers vs Leeds United
• 29.03.2025 15.00 Leeds United vs Swansea City
• 04.05.2025 15.00 Luton Town vs Leeds United
• 04/08/2025 19.45 Middlesbrough vs Leeds United
• 04.12.2025 15.00 Leeds United vs Preston North End
• 18.04.2025 15.00 Oxford United vs Leeds United
• 21/04/2025 15.00 Leeds United vs Stoke City
• 26.04.2025 15.00 Leeds United vs Bristol City
• 05.03.2025 15.00 Plymouth Argyle vs Leeds United

Key dates for the 2024-25 season

The transfer window officially opened on Friday 14 June, with the infamous deadline for the 2023-24 Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) reporting period coming at the end of the month on 30 June. The window closes on Friday 30 August at 23:00 BST (18:00 ET).

The winter transfer window will open on Wednesday, January 1, closing on Monday, February 3.

The new Championship season starts on the weekend of August 9-11, the same week as the Community Shield. That game will be another Manchester derby and a replay of last season’s FA Cup final.

The Championship season concludes on Saturday, May 3, when all 12 matches will be played at the same time.

Championship clubs will enter the FA Cup in the third round, which starts on Saturday 11 January.

The Carabao Cup will kick off in mid-August, with Premier League sides not playing in Europe going into the second round, alongside Burnley and Luton Town, and the other seven clubs getting byes for the third round. The first and second rounds will continue to be regionalised, with Leeds in the 38-team northern section drawn against another team from that section.

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