2025 Atletico Madrid schedule – Key dates

Atletico Madrid ended 2024 on a very positive note with a long winning run that extended into the new year. Despite exits from the Champions League and Copa del Rey, 2025 is still shaping up to be the club’s busiest ever calendar year with a summer FIFA Club World Cup meaning there is little break on the Atletico Madrid schedule.

Here’s a look at everything 2025 has in store for Los Rojiblancos. Visitors to the Spanish capital looking to catch a piece of the action, usually won’t have much trouble securing tickets for Atletico Madrid matches. However the bigger league and Champions League fixtures in 2025 may sell out, so be quick to book your tickets for those games.

2025 Atletico Madrid Madrid schedule – Month by month

April 2025 – Atleti fighting to stay in the title race

Following narrow cup defeats to Barcelona and Real Madrid, the league is now all that Los Rojiblancos have to focus on in April. They need maximum points to maintain some degree of pressure on the top two, as they bid to stay in the title race.

Atleti close out the month with a trip to the Canary Islands to take on Las Palmas, before entertaining Rayo Vallecano in a Madrid derby at the Estadio Metropolitano on Thursday April 24th. They don’t play on the weekend of April 26th/27th due to the Copa del Rey final.

May 2025 – Can Simeone’s side reign in Spain again?

Atleti will be hoping to stay in the race for their third Spanish title in the Simeone era in May 2025. They last finished 1st in LaLiga in 2021, but a campaign that was severely impacted by the pandemic meant they didn’t really get the chance to celebrate it with their fans.

This season’s title race could go all the way to the final weekend. Atleti have a trip to Girona on matchday 38 which could determine their fate, meanwhile Real Madrid finish at home to Real Sociedad, with Barcelona in Bilbao to take on Athletic Club.

However, Simeone’s team are going to need some favours elsewhere if they are to still be in the hunt come the final weekend. They’ll also surely need to win their previous four matches in May, with Real Betis the final visitors to the Metropolitano in the 2024/25 season on the weekend of the 17th/18th.

June 2025 – Los Rojiblancos head to the US

The Atletico Madrid key dates for 2025 include a trip into slightly uncharted territory, with the club involved in the FIFA Club World Cup.

The newly expanded 32-team tournament will take place in the United States in June and July. Atleti, one of two Spanish participants, are in Group B, and they start their campaign with a tough game against PSG at the iconic Rose Bowl in Pasadena which hosted the 1994 World Cup final.

They then face MLS side Seattle Sounders in their own stadium, before returning to the Rose Bowl for a date with Brazilian outfit Botafogo. Should they progress, Atleti will also play their round-of-16 game before the end of the month in either Philadelphia or Atlanta.

July 2025 – Expanded FIFA Club World Cup concludes

Progress into the quarter-finals and Atletico would stay put in their round-of-16 city for a last eight showdown. The tournament concludes with the semi-finals and final all taking place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

If they advance all the way, Atleti’s 2024/25 season will not end until Sunday July 13th.

August 2025 – The new season starts in Spain

Given the nature of their summer, it’s likely to be a shorter pre-season than normal for Simeone and his team. They are likely to play a few friendlies in early August, before kicking off the new LaLiga campaign in the middle of the month.

The weekend of August 16th/17th is expected to be when LaLiga 2025/26 gets going, although the opening matchday could be staggered again. Club World Cup participants Atletico and Real Madrid may be more likely to be scheduled to play their first matches on Sunday August 17th or Monday August 18th, although that will be confirmed in due course.

September 2025 – Another Champions League campaign kicks off

September is a great time to visit Madrid as a football fan, with warm, sunny weather, but slightly cooler temperatures than the searing heat that grips the city in August.

If you’re hoping to catch a LaLiga game, you’ll want to avoid the first weekend of the month which coincides with the international break. There should be full LaLiga fixture lists on every other weekend, although we won’t know when Atleti are at home, or who they are playing, until the new season schedule is released during the summer break.

The month will also see the Champions League return with the first matches in the league phase set to take place between September 16th and September 18th.

October 2025 – LaLiga starting to heat up

There’ll be more league and Champions League action for Atletico Madrid in October. It’s possible that Atleti could also have a Copa del Rey first round tie this month, although they’re likely to receive a bye into the third round via qualification for the Supercopa which will take place in Saudi Arabia in January 2026.

November 2025 – Two UCL matchdays

November 2025 is expected to see matchdays four and five take place in the league phase of the Champions League. The competition will follow the same format as during the 2024/25 season which featured big changes to the so-called “Swiss model”.

The third international break of the season will also take place, with LaLiga pausing on the weekend of November 15th/16th.

December 2025 – Atleti’s busiest year ends

With the potential for competitive games in every single month, 2025 will in many respects be Atletico Madrid’s busiest ever year, with a relentless schedule affording their players little break.

It is expected to conclude on the weekend of December 20th/21st with a final league fixture of the calendar year before a brief festive break. LaLiga 2025/26 will be almost halfway through by that point.