Newcastle United are coming off the back of a successful season after they ended their 70-year trophy drought against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final.
They will kick off the 2025-26 season with a visit to Aston Villa before hosting the champions at St. James’ Park.
The new season will also see Eddie Howe’s side meet Sunderland in the top flight once again after their rivals won promotion via the playoffs in May. The first north east derby of the campaign will come at the Stadium of Light on December 13. The return fixture is scheduled for March 21.
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They will conclude the season with a trip to London to face Fulham.
Newcastle’s return to the highest level of European competition will be a new focus in the 2025-26 season. The last time they competed in the Champions League, 2023-24 they did so for the first time in a decade and were knocked out in the group stage.
Newcastle’s Premier League 2025-26 Premier League fixtures
All times in BST/GMT
- 16/08/2025 12:30 Aston Villa v Newcastle United
- 23/08/2025 15:00 Newcastle United v Liverpool
- 30/08/2025 15:00 Leeds United v Newcastle United
- 13/09/2025 15:00 Newcastle United v Wolves
- 20/09/2025 15:00 Bournemouth v Newcastle United
- 27/09/2025 15:00 Newcastle United v Arsenal
- 04/10/2025 15:00 Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest
- 18/10/2025 15:00 Brighton v Newcastle United
- 25/10/2025 15:00 Newcastle United v Fulham
- 01/11/2025 15:00 West Ham United v Newcastle United
- 08/11/2025 15:00 Brentford v Newcastle United
- 22/11/2025 15:00 Newcastle United v Manchester City
- 29/11/2025 15:00 Everton v Newcastle United
- 03/12/2025 20:00 Newcastle United v Tottenham
- 06/12/2025 15:00 Newcastle United v Burnley
- 13/12/2025 15:00 Sunderland v Newcastle United
- 20/12/2025 15:00 Newcastle United v Chelsea
- 27/12/2025 15:00 Manchester United v Newcastle United
- 30/12/2025 20:00 Burnley v Newcastle United
- 03/01/2026 15:00 Newcastle United v Crystal Palace
- 07/01/2026 20:00 Newcastle United v Leeds United
- 17/01/2026 15:00 Wolves v Newcastle United
- 24/01/2026 15:00 Newcastle United v Aston Villa
- 31/01/2026 15:00 Liverpool v Newcastle United
- 07/02/2026 15:00 Newcastle United v Brentford
- 11/02/2026 20:00 Tottenham v Newcastle United
- 21/02/2026 15:00 Manchester City v Newcastle United
- 28/02/2026 15:00 Newcastle United v Everton
- 04/03/2026 20:00 Newcastle United v Manchester United
- 14/03/2026 15:00 Chelsea v Newcastle United
- 21/03/2026 15:00 Newcastle United v Sunderland
- 11/04/2026 15:00 Crystal Palace v Newcastle United
- 18/04/2026 15:00 Newcastle United v Bournemouth
- 25/04/2026 15:00 Arsenal v Newcastle United
- 02/05/2026 15:00 Newcastle United v Brighton
- 09/05/2026 15:00 Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
- 17/05/2026 15:00 Newcastle United v West Ham United
- 24/05/2026 16:00 Fulham v Newcastle United
Analysis
By George Caulkin
It’s all about Sunderland. It has to be, however much some Newcastle fans might persuade themselves that they have outgrown the petty, internecine squabbling of the Tyne-Wear derby as they seek to establish themselves as a significant force in English football.
There will be better and more glamorous matches next season as Newcastle, recently-crowned as Carabao Cup winners, return to the Champions League, but nothing will match Sunderland home and away for thunderous noise, adrenaline and meaning.
Those games will take place at the Stadium of Light on December 13 and at St James’ Park on March 21, their first league meetings since 2016 when a 1-1 draw on Tyneside brought an end to a harrowing sequence of six consecutive Sunderland wins.
Not that it did Newcastle much good; they were relegated that season, one place and two points behind their greatest rivals.
In January last year, there was a measure of score-settling when Newcastle were 3-0 victors on Wearside in the FA Cup, but Sunderland are still owed one. Something to note: that away derby will come straight after a Champions League tie, which will surely stretch Eddie Howe’s squad.
Still, it’s a nice problem to have.
Newcastle’s start is brutal; an early-kick off at Aston Villa, followed by a home game against Liverpool, the champions, then away to newly-promoted Leeds. December also looks like a tester, with games around Christmas against Chelsea and Manchester United on the 27th.
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The other way of looking at it: Howe’s players beat all of those teams, Leeds apart, last season. This is the level they are operating at.
Key dates for the 2025-26 season
The exceptional pre-Club World Cup transfer window opened on June 1 and closed nine days later on June 10.
The summer window re-opened on June 16, while the cut-off date for the 2024-25 profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) reporting period coming at the end of the month on June 30. The window closes on Monday, September 1, at 11pm BST (6pm ET).
The winter transfer window opens on Thursday, January 1, and closes on Monday, February 2.
The new Premier League season gets underway on the weekend of August 15-17, a week after the Community Shield on August 8, when league champions Liverpool face FA Cup winners Crystal Palace.
The final match round will be played on Sunday, May 24, 2026, when all 10 matches will kick off simultaneously as usual.
Premier League clubs will enter the FA Cup at the third round, which begins on Saturday, January 10. The Carabao Cup will begin in mid-August, with Premier League teams not playing in Europe entering in the second round, which starts in the week commencing August 25, and the remaining seven clubs receiving a bye to the third round, which takes place in the weeks commencing September 15 and 22.
What about the Champions League?
The Champions League final takes place at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.
League phase draw: August 28
Matchday 1: September 16/18
Matchday 2: September 30-October 1
Matchday 3: October 21/22
Matchday 4: November 4/5
Matchday 5: November 25/26
Matchday 6: December 9/10
Matchday 7: January 20/21
Matchday 8: January 28
Knockout round play-off: February 17/18 & 24/25
Last 16: March 10/11 & 17/18
Quarter-final: April 7/8 & 14/15
Semi-final: April 28/28 & May 4/5
Final: May 30
(Photo: George Wood/Getty Images)
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