The 2024 League Cup and Professional League calendar announced: the complete calendar

The ball never stops rolling in Argentine football. Even though the season ended just a week ago with the dispute of the Champions Trophy, the Professional League together with the AFA have already taken it upon themselves to spread the Full program for the 2024 season. And he did it in a timely manner. Yes why end of January It will be when the stadiums fill up again, in a year that will have football until the end of December.

With only a month’s break, and with the Copa América dispute as an explanation, official national football competitions arrive earlier than normal. Unlike this year, one of the changes for next season concerns the order of the races: The League Cup will be played in the first half of the year, while the Professional League will take place starting from May.. Castling occurs.

As a result of the competition’s early start, the AFA has been looking for a way to deliver their match as soon as possible, with the intention that all teams can start planning their away games when it is their turn to play as guests.

At the same time as the calendar of the two national championships was revealed, it was confirmed that the Champions Trophy will be the last duel of the season.

When does each tournament take place?

He January 28th It will be the day the ball rolls onto the grass again with the first round of the League Cup taking place. The group stage into which the 28 teams will be divided will be the same as last edition, with the locations reversed.

Kicking off at the end of the first month of the year, the first phase of the League Cup – which consists of 14 dates – will end the week of April 14th. It is worth remembering that, since the teams that make up each classic cannot share a zone, Date number 7 was chosen as the one corresponding to the interzonal day. Or better known as “the appointment of the classics”.

Immediately after the end of the group stage, the matches will begin. play-offswhich will extend the tournament up to May 5thday on which the final will be played.

With a week of rest in between, the The Professional League will have its premiere on the weekend of May 12th. The order of dates will also be the same as the last tournament played with this format, with the change of venues expected for this occasion.

Since it is a championship in which everyone plays against everyone, it will be made up of 27 dates. This is why its duration will be longer than that of the League Cup: will end on December 15th.

However, We must take into account the development of the Copa América 2024, which will be played from 20 June. In those weeks, Argentine football will not carry out activities and the Professional League will be temporarily suspended.

The cut will happen after date 5, which will take place on June 12th. Then, the sixth matchday will only be played on July 21st. It will be a month of rest for clubs and players who are not called up by their respective national teams. This stop explains why the season starts in January.

With the two 2024 national champions already defined for December, one week before the Professional League closes, The Champions Trophy will take place on the 22nd of the same month. Like this year, this tournament will have the task of closing the season.

In parallel with these three skills, The Argentine Cup will also be played every year. The formation of the 32nd round table for what will be its twelfth edition has been drawn up from the AFA premises. Although we don’t know when it will start.

From January to December. It will be an intense 12 months, with four titles up for grabs to add to the showcases. Teams are already putting their respective preseasons first as the ball anxiously waits to be put back into play.