Champions Chelsea kick off their 2025/26 Women's Super League season against 2023/24 runners-up Man City live on Sky Sports, on an opening weekend which also features a televised Merseyside derby.
The Blues will host City at Stamford Bridge on September 5 in a showpiece opening to the new campaign, in which all six opening-weekend fixtures will be shown on television, and five on Sky Sports.
Liverpool face Everton at Anfield on Sunday, September 7 in one of four 12pm kick-offs, with Tottenham's London derby with West Ham at Brisbane Road also live on Sky Sports.
Man Utd's curtain raiser with Leicester and Brighton's home game with Aston Villa will also be broadcast.
London City Lionesses' first game in the WSL top flight sees them travel to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal on September 6.
Last season's top two will go head to head for the first time on match day eight, when Chelsea visit the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal on November 8.
The first Manchester derby of the season comes the following weekend, with City hosting United at the Etihad Stadium on November 16.
There could be plenty of drama reaching as far as the final day of the season with Chelsea hosting Man Utd, who they pipped to the WSL title in 2022/23 by just two points, at Stamford Bridge on the weekend of May 15-17, 2026.
Opening weekend fixtures in full
Friday September 5
Chelsea vs Man City - kick-off 12pm
Saturday September 6
Arsenal vs London City Lionesses - kick-off 1.30pm
Sunday September 7
Brighton vs Aston Villa - kick-off 12pm
Liverpool vs Everton - kick-off 12pm
Man Utd vs Leicester - kick-off 12pm
Tottenham vs West Ham - kick-off 12pm
The key dates for 2025/26
July 27: UEFA Women's European Championship final
September 6: Opening weekend of the WSL season
December 22-January 4: WSL winter break
January 10: WSL resumes after winter break
May 17: Final weekend of the WSL season
What are the new relegation rules?
The FA have given their approval to the Women's Super League expanding to 14 teams from the 2026/27 season - which has an impact on how many teams are relegated from the top-flight this season.
The current league format sees one team relegated from the women's football's top tier, but it will now change to two teams relegated and promoted every season.
In order to reach 14 teams for the 2026/27 campaign, the top two teams in the second tier - the Women's Super League 2 - will be automatically promoted to the WSL.
The final 14th spot will be decided by a relegation play-off at the end of the season between the 12th-placed team in the WSL and the third-placed team in the Women's Super League 2.
From the 2026/27 season, the last-placed 14th team in the league will be automatically relegated, with the 13th-placed team facing a play-off with the WSL 2 runners-up.
Richardoghale
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Let's go Blues. Crush them all 💙💙💙💙💙💪🏽
fuubcdekm
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and this is for Chelsea again