Key dates for 25/26 football season confirmed by FAW

THE Football Association of Wales (FAW) made a series of announcements over the past week confirming dates and structures for the forthcoming 2025/26 season:

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The FAW National Leagues Board agreed the following dates for the 2025/26 JD Cymru Leagues season:

JD Cymru Premier

Opening weekend: 8-10 August 2025

Final round of Phase One fixtures: 9-11 January 2026

Beginning of Phase Two: 23-25 January 2026

Final round of Phase Two fixtures: 17-19 April 2026

Play-Off Quarter-Final(s): 21-22 April 2026

Play-Off Semi-Final(s): 24-26 April 2026

Play-Off Final: 1-3 May 2026

JD Cymru North & JD Cymru South

Opening weekend: 25-27 July 2025

Final round of fixtures: 17-19 April 2026

Nathaniel MG Cup

Round One: 18-20 July 2025

Round Two: 1-3 August 2025

Round Three: 9-10 September 2025

Quarter-Finals: 4-5 November 2025

Semi-Finals: 5-7 December 2025

Final: 27 February - 1 March 2026

The fixture release days for the 2025/26 JD Cymru Leagues season have also been confirmed.

The fixtures for the JD Cymru North and JD Cymru South campaigns will be announced at 10am on Monday 30 June, ahead of the opening weekend of the season on 25-27 July.

The Phase One fixtures for the JD Cymru Premier campaign will be announced at 10am on Thursday 10 July, ahead of the opening weekend of the season on 8-10 August.

While this JD Cymru Premier fixture release date is comparatively later than previous years, the FAW says clubs expressed a desire to wait for the English Football League fixture lists to be released (on Thursday 26 June) before the Phase One schedule is determined, to avoid as many local fixture clashes as possible.