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La Liga’s new season will kick off on the weekend of Aug. 18, with Clasico games between Real Madrid and Barcelona in October and March, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced on Tuesday.
The first Clasico of the La Liga season falls on the weekend Oct. 28 at the Camp Nou, while the return fixture will be on March 3, 2019 at the Bernabeu, the RFEF said after unveiling the full fixture list during a general assembly at its headquarters.
The last league games will be played on the weekend of May 19, 2019.
La Liga champions and Copa del Rey winners Barcelona take on beaten cup finalists Sevilla on Aug. 12 in Tangier, Morocco, in the Spanish Supercup, the traditional curtain-raiser of the season.
Barca then begin their league title defence at home to Alaves on Aug. 19. They will finish the campaign at Eibar.
European champions Real Madrid, under new coach Julen Lopetegui and without the departed Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo, take on city neighbours Getafe on Aug. 19 at the Bernabeu in their first game.
Real Madrid will host city rivals Atletico Madrid on Sept. 30 and face the Rojiblancos at the Wanda Metropolitano on Feb. 10, 2019.
Atletico Madrid have a mouthwatering start at Valencia. They close the 2018-19 season also in the city of Valencia but against Levante.
The RFEF approved an asymmetrical fixture list for the 2018-19 campaign as used in the Premier League rather than the traditional calendar format.
In the past, the fixtures in the first half of the season were repeated in the exact same order in the second. The new format done with a new computer program is random and hence, less predictable and deemed more exciting.
Huesca will play in La Liga for the first time in the club’s 58-year-old history, with their first game at Eibar .
Real Valladolid and Rayo Vallecano, who have returned to La Liga, begin their campaign at Girona and at home to Sevilla, respectively.
The Copa del Rey final will be played on May 25, 2019.
Among the other additions to the 2018-19 campaign is the implementation of the video assistant referee (VAR) system.
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