When do top European leagues start?

Sporting Lisbon kick off the Portuguese league on Friday night. The champions host Rio Ave to introduce the domestic competition to the public. The Portuguese clubs will once again be aiming to unseat Ligue 1 as Europe's fifth biggest competition.

With the departure of Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid and the problems of finding an attractive recipient for their television rights, the French are expected to go into a tailspin.

The first step of the Portuguese territory is the perfect suggestion to review the opening matchdays of each of these continental calendars and what their dates are.

15 August: La Liga EA Sports

Opening fixture: Athletic v Getafe (19.00 CEST)
Real Betis v Girona (21.30 CEST)

16 August

Celta de Vigo v Deportivo Alaves (19.00 CEST)
Las Palmas v Sevilla FC (21.30 CEST)

17 August

Osasuna v Leganes (19.00 CEST)

Valencia v Barcelona (21.30 CEST)

18 August

Real Sociedad v Rayo Vallecano (19.00 CEST)

Mallorca v Real Madrid (21.30 CEST)

19 August

Real Valladolid v Espanyol (19.00 CEST)
Villarreal v Atletico Madrid (21.30 CEST)

16 August: Premier League

Opening fixture: Manchester United v Fulham (21.00 CEST)

17 August

Ipswich Town v Liverpool (13.30 CEST)
Arsenal v Wolves (16.00 CEST)
Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion (16.00 CEST)
Newcastle v Southampton (16.00 CEST)
Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth (16.00 CEST)
West Ham United v Aston Villa (18.30 CEST)

18 August

Brentford v Crystal Palace (15.00 CEST)

Chelsea v Manchester City (17.30 CEST)

19 August

Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur (21.00 CEST)

16 August: Ligue 1

Opening fixture: Le Havre v Paris Saint-Germain (20.45 CEST)

17 August

Stade Brestois v Olympique Marseille (17.00 CEST)
Stade de Reims v Lille (19.00 CEST)
Monaco v Saint Etienne (21.00 CEST)

18 August

Auxerre v Nice (15.00 CEST)
Montpellier v Strasbourg (17.00 CEST)
Toulouse v Nantes (17.00 CEST)
Angers v Lens (17.00 CEST)
Stade Rennais v Olympique Lyon (20.45 CEST)

17 August: Serie A

Opening fixtures: Parma v Fiorentina (18.30 CEST), Genoa v Inter Milan (18.30 CEST)

Empoli v Monza (20.45 CEST)

Milan v Torino (20.45 CEST)

18 August

Bologna v Udinese (18.30 CEST)
Hellas Verona v Napoli (18.30 CEST)
Cagliari v Roma (20.45 CEST)
Lazio v Venezia (20.45 CEST)

19 August

Lecce v Atalanta (18.30 CEST)
Juventus v Como (20.45 CEST)

23 August: Bundesliga

Opening fixture: Borussia Monchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen (20.30 CEST)

24 August

RB Leipzig v Hoffenheim (15.30 CEST)
Hoffenheim v Holstein Kiel (15.30 CEST)
Freiburg v Stuttgart (15.30 CEST)
Augsburg v Werder Bremen (15.30 CEST)
Mainz 05 v Union Berlin (15.30 CEST)
Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt (18.30 CEST)

25 August

Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich (15.30 CEST)

St Pauli v Heidenheim (17.30 CEST)