2022 Football Calendar: Promises To Be A Busy and Exciting Year

 


I can rightly declare 2022 as the Year of Football. We will sleep, eat, dream and talk football all through the year, especially for countries, players and fans from Africa. Starting from January, there will be the African Cup of Nation. Then, the World Cup qualifiers, African play off in March. 


No major tournaments will take place in the summer of 2022, as next year's World Cup is scheduled to take place in November and December of 2022 in Qatar. But we are expected to see a lot of international matches scheduled during the close of European football season between June and October 2022. Most of these international friendly are yet to be scheduled and will not be included in the calendar here.


Yet, these are the major football events of the next calendar year, which is set to be one of the busiest and exciting year in the last few seasons


Here, we take a look at some of the key dates in the 2022 calendar, which includes the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations and 2022 World Cup.


January

January 1: Transfer window opens for Premier League, EFL Bundesliga and Ligue 1 clubs


January 3: Transfer window opens for LaLiga and Serie A


January 9: Africa Cup of Nations starts


January 16: Supercopa de Espana final


February

February 1: Transfer window closes for all leagues


February 6: Africa Cup of Nations final


February 15: Start of Champions League knockout stages


February 27: Carabao Cup final


March

March 20: El Clasico


March 24, 29: World Cup qualifiers


April

April 23: Copa del Rey final


May

May 8: Madrid derby / Coupe de France final


May 11: Coppa Italia final


May 14: FA Cup final


May 18: Europa League final


May 21: DFB-Pokal final


May 25: Conference League final


May 28: Champions League final



June

June 2,3,4,5,6,7,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14: UEFA Nations League games


August

August 6: Premier League season starts


August 12: LaLiga Santander season starts


September

September 6: Champions League group stage starts


September 22, 23, 24, 24, 26, 27: UEFA Nations League games


October

October 1: Copa Sudamericana final


October 29: Copa Libertadores final


November

November 21: World Cup starts


December

December 18: World Cup final

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