Leeds’ Championship fixtures: Full 2024-25 schedule and dates

LEEDS, ENGLAND - MAY 16: 	Ilia Gruev of Leeds United celebrates after scoring a goal to make it 1-0 during the Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Semi-Final 2nd Leg match between Leeds United and Norwich City at Elland Road on May 16, 2024 in Leeds, England.(Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
By Nancy Froston
Jun 26, 2024

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

The final day will bring a lengthy trip away to Plymouth Argyle in early 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 along with Leeds last season and will have ambitions of promotion this year.

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

As Farke’s team target promotion again this year the final cluster of games — against Oxford (A), Stoke (H), Bristol City (H) and Argyle (A) look favourable on paper. But, as the slip in form at the end of last season showed Leeds, any team in the Championship can prove to be a potential banana skin on their day.

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

Leeds’ first game of the season has been selected for live broadcast in the UK. Their TV picks up until the end of September will be confirmed in the next week, with the picks up until the FA Cup third round to be confirmed before the new season kicks off.

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Leeds full 2024-25 Championship fixtures

All times BST/GMT

  • 10/08/2024 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
  • 02/10/2024 19.45 Norwich City vs Leeds United
  • 05/10/2024 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
  • 02/11/2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Plymouth Argyle
  • 05/11/2024 19.45 Millwall vs Leeds United
  • 09/11/2024 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
  • 07/12/2024 15.00 Leeds United vs Derby County
  • 10/12/2024 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
  • 04/01/2025 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
  • 08/02/2025 15.00 Coventry City vs Leeds United
  • 11/02/2025 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
  • 08/03/2025 15.00 Portsmouth vs Leeds United
  • 12/03/2025 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
  • 05/04/2025 15.00 Luton Town vs Leeds United
  • 08/04/2025 19.45 Middlesbrough vs Leeds United
  • 12/04/2025 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
  • 03/05/2025 15.00 Plymouth Argyle vs Leeds United

Key dates for the 2024-25 season

The transfer window officially opened on Friday, June 14, with the infamous cut-off date for the 2023-24 profit and sustainability rules (PSR) reporting period coming at the end of the month on June 30. The window closes on Friday, August 30, at 11pm BST (6pm ET).

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

The new Championship season gets underway 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 finishes on Saturday, May 3, when all 12 fixtures will be played at the same time.

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

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The Carabao Cup will begin in mid-August with Premier League teams not playing in Europe entering in the second round, alongside Burnley and Luton Town, and the remaining seven clubs receiving a bye to the third round. The first and second rounds will continue to be regionalised, with Leeds in the 38-team northern section drawn against another side from that section.

(Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images)

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Nancy Froston

Nancy Froston is The Athletic's Leeds United writer. She previously reported on the EFL covering the Championship, League One and League Two as well as a three year spell writing about Sheffield Wednesday. Follow Nancy on Twitter @nancyfroston