All next term's key dates confirmed!

By David Watters

The Ryman League’s fans, players and officials can start pencilling in the key dates in the 2017-18 football calendar after they were confirmed by the Football Association.

With the new Isthmian League campaign kicking off on Saturday 12 August and the fixtures for next season due out in the middle of July, the FA ratified football’s schedule for 2017-18 on Thursday, publishing the round dates for the FA Cup, FA Trophy, FA Youth Cup and everything else from the date of the Champions League final to the FA Women’s Cup final.

After the success of the FA Vase and Trophy double header at Wembley over the last two seasons, the experiment dubbed Non-League Finals Day will kick off again at the national stadium on Sunday 20 May 2018.

The 2017-18 FA Fixture Schedule

*closing date of round
+week commencing

July 2017
Tue 4 Jul UEFA Champions League 1Q(2) Wed 5 Jul UEFA Champions League 1Q(2) Thu 6 Jul UEFA Europa League 1Q(2) Tue 11 Jul UEFA Champions League 2Q(1) Wed 12 Jul UEFA Champions League 2Q(1) Thu 13 Jul UEFA Europa League 2Q(1) Sun 16 Jul UEFA Women’s Euros 2017 Commences Tue 18 Jul UEFA Champions League 2Q(2) Wed 19 Jul UEFA Champions League 2Q(2) Thu 20 Jul UEFA Europa League 2Q(2) Tue 25 Jul UEFA Champions League 3Q(1) Wed 26 Jul UEFA Champions League 3Q(1) Thu 27 Jul UEFA Europa League 3Q(1)

August 2017
Tue 1 Aug UEFA Champions League 3Q(2)
Wed 2 Aug UEFA Champions League 3Q(2)
Thu 3 Aug UEFA Europa League 3Q(2)
Sat 5 Aug The Emirates FA Cup, Premier League, EFL & National League commences
Sun 6 Aug FA Community Shield & UEFA Women’s Euros 2017 Final
Tue 8 Aug UEFA Super Cup
Wed 9 Aug Carabao Cup 1
Sat 12 Aug Premier League commences
Tue 15 Aug UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-Off(1)
Wed 16 Aug UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-Off(1)
Thu 17 Aug UEFA Europa League Qualifying Play-Off(1)
Sat 19 Aug The Emirates FA Cup P
Tue 22 Aug UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-Off(2)
Wed 23 Aug UEFA Champions League Qualifying Play-Off(2), Carabao Cup 2
Thu 24 Aug UEFA Europa League Qualifying Play-Off(2)
Sat 26 Aug
Mon 28 Aug Bank Holiday
Wed 30 Aug Checkatrade Trophy MD1

September 2017
Fri 1 Sep
Malta v England – World Cup Qualifier
Sat 2 Sep The Emirates FA Cup 1Q
Sun 3 Sep The SSE Women’s FA Cup 1Q
Mon 4 Sep England v Slovakia - World Cup Qualifier, The FA Youth Cup P+
Sat 9 Sep The Buildbase FA Vase 1Q
Tue 12 Sep UEFA Champions League MD1
Wed 13 Sep UEFA Champions League MD1
Thu 14 Sep UEFA Europa League MD1
Sat 16 Sep The Emirates FA Cup 2Q
Sun 17 Sep The SSE Women’s FA Cup 2Q
Mon 18 Sep The FA Youth Cup 1Q+
Wed 20 Sep Carabao Cup 3
Sat 23 Sep The Buildbase FA Vase 2Q, FA Women’s Super League commences
Tue 26 Sep UEFA Champions League MD2
Wed 27 Sep UEFA Champions League MD2
Thu 28 Sep UEFA Europa League MD2
Sat 30 Sep The Emirates FA Cup 3Q

October 2017
Mon 2 Oct The FA Youth Cup 2Q+
Wed 4 Oct Checkatrade Trophy MD2
UEFA Women’s Champions League 32(1)
Thu 5 Oct England v Slovenia – World Cup Qualifier
Sat 7 Oct The Buildbase FA Trophy P, The FA County Youth Cup 1*
Sun 8 Oct Lithuania v England - World Cup Qualifier, The SSE Women’s FA Cup 3Q
Wed 11 Oct UEFA Women’s Champions League 32(2)
Sat 14 Oct The Emirates FA Cup 4Q, The FA Inter-League Cup 1*
Sun 15 Oct The FA Sunday Cup 1
Mon 16 Oct The FA Youth Cup 3Q+
Tue 17 Oct UEFA Champions League MD3
Wed 18 Oct UEFA Champions League MD3
Thu 19 Oct UEFA Europa League MD3
Sat 21 Oct The Buildbase FA Vase 1P
Wed 25 Oct Carabao Cup 4
Sat 28 Oct The Buildbase FA Trophy 1Q
Tue 31 Oct UEFA Champions League MD4

November 2017
Wed 1 Nov UEFA Champions League MD4
Thu 2 Nov UEFA Europa League MD4
Sat 4 Nov The Emirates FA Cup 1P, The FA Youth Cup 1P*, The FA County Youth Cup 2*
Wed 8 Nov Checkatrade Trophy MD3, UEFA Women’s Champions League 16(1)
Fri 10 Nov World Cup Qualifying Play-Off (1)
Sat 11 Nov The Buildbase FA Trophy 2Q, The Buildbase FA Vase 2P
Sun 12 Nov The SSE Women’s FA Cup 1P, The FA Sunday Cup 2
Tue 14 Nov World Cup Qualifying Play-Off (2)
Wed 15 Nov UEFA Women’s Champions League 16(2)
Sat 18 Nov The FA Youth Cup 2P*
Tue 21 Nov UEFA Champions League MD5
Wed 22 Nov UEFA Champions League MD5
Thu 23 Nov UEFA Europa League MD5
Sat 25 Nov The Buildbase FA Trophy 3Q

December 2017
Sat 2 Dec The Emirates FA Cup 2P, The Buildbase FA Vase 3P
Sun 3 Dec The SSE Women’s FA Cup 2P
Tue 5 Dec UEFA Champions League MD6
Wed 6 Dec UEFA Champions League MD6, Checkatrade Trophy 32
Thu 7 Dec UEFA Europa League MD6
Sat 9 Dec The FA County Youth Cup 3*
Sun 10 Dec The FA Sunday Cup 3
Sat 16 Dec The Buildbase FA Trophy 1P The FA Youth Cup 3P*
Wed 20 Dec Carabao Cup 5
Sat 23 Dec The FA Inter-League Cup 2*
Sun 24 Dec Christmas Eve
Mon 25 Dec Christmas Day
Tue 26 Dec Boxing Day

January 2018
Mon 1 Jan New Year’s Day
Sat 6 Jan The Emirates FA Cup 3P, The Buildbase FA Vase 4P
Sun 7 Jan The SSE Women’s FA Cup 3P
Wed 10 Jan Carabao Cup SF(1), Checkatrade Trophy 16
Sat 13 Jan The Buildbase FA Trophy 2P
Sun 14 Jan The FA Sunday Cup 4
Sat 20 Jan The FA Youth Cup 4P*, The FA County Youth Cup 4*
Wed 24 Jan Carabao Cup SF(2), Checkatrade Trophy QF
Sat 27 Jan The Emirates FA Cup 4P

February 2018
Sat 3 Feb The Buildbase FA Trophy 3P, The Buildbase FA Vase 5P
Sun 4 Feb The SSE Women’s FA Cup 4P
Sat 10 Feb The FA Youth Cup 5P*, The FA Inter-League Cup 3*
Sun 11 Feb The FA Sunday Cup 5
Tue 13 Feb UEFA Champions League 16(1)
Wed 14 Feb UEFA Champions League 16(1)
Thu 15 Feb UEFA Europa League 32(1)
Sat 17 Feb The Emirates FA Cup 5P
Sun 18 Feb The SSE Women’s FA Cup 5P
Tue 20 Feb UEFA Champions League 16(1)
Wed 21 Feb UEFA Champions League 16(1)
Thu 22 Feb UEFA Europa League 32(2)
Sat 24 Feb The Buildbase FA Trophy 4P, The Buildbase FA Vase 6P, The FA County Youth Cup SF*
Sun 25 Feb Carabao Cup Final
Wed 28 Feb Checkatrade Trophy SF

March 2018
Sat 3 Mar The FA Youth Cup 6P*
Tue 6 Mar UEFA Champions League 16(2)
Wed 7 Mar UEFA Champions League 16(2)
Thu 8 Mar UEFA Europa League 16(1)
Sun 11 Mar The FA Sunday Cup SF
Tue 13 Mar UEFA Champions League 16(2)
Wed 14 Mar UEFA Champions League 16(2)
Thu 15 Mar UEFA Europa League 16(2)
Sat 17 Mar The Emirates FA Cup QF The Buildbase FA Trophy SF(1), The Buildbase FA Vase SF(1)
Sun 18 Mar The SSE Women’s FA Cup 6P
Wed 21 Mar UEFA Women’s Champions League QF(1)
Fri 23 Mar International Friendly
Sat 24 Mar The Buildbase FA Trophy SF(2), The Buildbase FA Vase SF(2), The FA Youth Cup SF(1)*, The FA Inter-League Cup SF* Tue 27 Mar International Friendly
Wed 28 Mar UEFA Women’s Champions League QF(2)
Fri 30 Mar Good Friday

April 2018
Mon 2 Apr Easter Monday
Tue 3 Apr UEFA Champions League QF(1)
Wed 4 Apr UEFA Champions League QF(1)
Thu 5 Apr UEFA Europa League QF(1)
Sat 7 Apr The FA Youth Cup SF(2)*
Sun 8 Apr Checkatrade Trophy Final
Tue 10 Apr UEFA Champions League QF(2)
Wed 11 Apr UEFA Champions League QF(2)
Thu 12 Apr UEFA Europa League QF(2)
Sat 14 Apr The FA County Youth Cup Final (prov)
Sun 15 Apr The SSE Women’s FA Cup SF
Sat 21 Apr The Emirates FA Cup SF, UEFA Women’s Champions League SF(1)
Sun 22 Apr The Emirates FA Cup SF
Tue 24 Apr UEFA Champions League SF(1)
Wed 25 Apr UEFA Champions League SF(1)
Thu 26 Apr UEFA Europa League SF(1)
Sat 28 Apr National League ends, The FA Inter-League Cup Final (prov), UEFA Women’s Champions League SF(2)
Sun 29 Apr The FA Sunday Cup Final (prov)

May 2018
Tue 1 May UEFA Champions League SF(2)
Wed 2 May UEFA Champions League SF(2)
Thu 3 May UEFA Europa League SF(2)
Sat 5 May The SSE Women’s FA Cup Final, EFL ends
Mon 7 May Bank Holiday
Sat 12 May National League Play-Off Final
Sun 13 May Premier League ends
Wed 16 May UEFA Europa League Final
Sat 19 May The Emirates FA Cup Final
Sun 20 May The Buildbase FA Vase Final, The Buildbase FA Trophy Final
FA Women’s Super League ends
Thu 24 May UEFA Women’s Champions League Final
Sat 26 May UEFA Champions League Final, EFL Championship Play-Off Final
Sun 27 May EFL 1 Play-Off Final
Mon 28 May Bank Holiday EFL 2 Play-Off Final

June 2017
Thu 14 June 2018 World Cup commences
The FA Youth Cup Final 1st & 2nd Leg – dates to be confirmed EFL Play-Off Semi Finals – dates to be confirmed

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