Pre-season friendlies fixtures for EPL, La Liga and other top European teams

By Shubham Mazumdar
Modified Jul 18, 2014 12:47 GMT

The 2014 FIFA World Cup finally saw its climax after a full month of scintillatingfootball, and nowmost of the major European teams will be preparing fortheir long, upcoming new season.In this slideshow, we bring you the fixture list of all the major clubs, and thecompetitive friendlies and pre-season tournaments they will be participating in.

#1 Real Madrid

UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid will be re-visiting the United States of America again for the Internation Champions Cup which is a part of their pre-season preparation. They will be taking on Inter Milan, Manchester United and Roma who have been pooled into Group A, while Group B includes Liverpool, Manchester City, Olympiacos and AC Milan.

The 2013 edition of the tournament was previously won by Real Madrid.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDateVenue
International Champions CupInter Milan26/07/2014Berkeley, California, USA
International Champions CupRoma29/07/2014Dallas, Texas, USA
International Champions CupManchester United02/08/2014Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
FriendlyFiorentina16/08/2014Warsaw, Poland
Bernabéu TrophyRiver Plate01/08/2014Madrid, Spain

#2 Barcelona

Barcelona had earlier announced on their website that they will be playing five matches for their pre-season preparation, and Serie A side Napoli look like the only team that could pose a real threat to the Catalan side.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDateVenue
Colombino TrophyRecreativo Huelva19 July 2014Huelva, Spain
FriendlyNice2 August 2014Nice, France
FriendlyNapoli6 August 2014Geneva, Switzerland
FriendlyHJK Helsinki9 August 2014Helsinki, Finland
Joan Gamper TrophyLeón18 August 2014Barcelona, Spain

#3 Bayern Munich

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich will be playing five friendlies ahead of their new season, and manager Pep Guardiola will be looking to make the most out of it, espcially after a victorious yet exhausting World Cup campgain for most of their German players.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDate
FriendlyFanclub Red Baroons18 July 2014
FriendlyMSV Duisbur21 July 2014
FriendlyBorussia M'gladbach26 July 2014
FriendlyC.D. Guadalajara1 August 2014
FriendlyMLS Allstars7 August 2014

#4 Arsenal

The fixture list of Arsenal’s pre-season friendlies was announced by the club on their official website, and one of the fours matches will see them facing Arsenal’s all-time leading scorer Thierry Henry’s MLS club New York Red Bulls at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDateVenue
FriendlyBoreham Wood19 July 2014Borehamwood, England
FriendlyNew York Red Bulls26 July 2014Harrison, New Jersey, USA
Emirates CupBorussia M'gladbach2 August 2014London
Emirates CupMonaco3 August 2014London

#5 Chelsea

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is one of those managers who take pre-season preparation a bit too seriously, and with the signing of new players in Diego Costa and Filipe Luis from Atletico Madrid, the Portuguese will be looking to try new XIs in these friendlies.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDateVenue
FriendlyWycombe Wanderers16 July 2014High Wycombe, England
FriendlyAFC Wimbledon19 July 2014Kingston, England
FriendlyWolfsberger AC23 July 2014Klagenfurt, Austria
FriendlyOlimpija27 July 2014Ljubljana, Slovenia
FriendlyVitesse30 July 2014Arnhem, Netherlands
FriendlyWerder Bremen3 August 2014Bremen, Germany
FriendlyFerencváros10 August 2014Budapest, Hungary
FriendlyReal Sociedad12 August 2014London, England

#6 Liverpool

Liverpool who have been seeded into the Group B of the International Champions Cup will be touring Boston, Chicago, New York, Charlotte and potentially Miami after playing two friendlies, one in Denmark and the other in England.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDateVenue
FriendlyBrøndby16 July 2014Brøndbyvester, Denmark
FriendlyPreston North End19 July 2014Preston, England
FriendlyRoma23 July 2014Boston, USA
International Champions CupOlympiacos27 July 2014Chicago, USA
International Champions CupManchester City30 July 2014New York, USA
International Champions CupAC Milan2 August 2014Charlotte, USA
FriendlyBorussia Dortmund10 August 2014Liverpool, England

#7 Manchester City

Premier League champions Manchester City have also been drafted into the same group as Liverpool in the International Champions Cup, and will be touring Scotland before they travel to the United States of America.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDateVenue
FriendlyDundee13 July 2014Dundee, Scotland
FriendlyHearts18 July 2014Edinburgh, Scotland
FriendlySporting Kansas City23 July 2014Kansas City, USA
International Champions CupAC Milan27 July 2014Pittsburgh, USA
International Champions CupLiverpool FC30 July 2014New York City, USA
International Champions CupOlympiacos2 August 2014Minneapolis, USA

#8 Manchester United

Manchester United will precede their 2014–15 campaign with a tour of the United States. They will play LA Galaxy in the Chevrolet FC Cup. They will also participate in the 2014 International Champions Cup, playing against Roma, Internazionale and Real Madrid.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDateVenue
Chevrolet FC CupLos Angeles Galaxy23 July 2014Pasadena, USA
International Champions CupRoma26 July 2014Denver, USA
International Champions CupInter Milan29 July 2014Washington DC, USA
International Champions CupReal Madrid2 August 2014Ann Arbor, USA
FriendlyValencia12 August 2014England

#9 Paris Saint-Germain

The Ligue 1 champions have an action-packed schedule ahead of their new campaign, and their friendly against Serie A side Napoli should be one of the matches that you should watch out for.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDate
FriendlyHartberg8 July 2014
FriendlyVideoton12 July 2014
FriendlyLeipzig18 July 2014
FriendlyNice23 July 2014
FriendlyKitchee29 July 2014
FriendlyNapoli11 August 2014

#10 AC Milan

AC Milan player-turned manager Filippo Inzaghi will be looking to bring new changes into his team after a disastrous season that saw the Rossoneri finish on the eight spot in the league table.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDateVenue
FriendlyRenate16 July 2014Solbiate Arno, Italy
FriendlyMonza20 July 2014Monza, Italy
International Champions CupOlympiacos24 July 2014Toronto, Ontario
International Champions CupManchester City27 July 2014Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
International Champions CupLiverpool2 August 2014Charlotte, North Carolina
FriendlyChivas24 July 2014Houston, Texas
FriendlyValencia17 August 2014Valencia, Spain

#11 Juventus

Juventus will be playing their first pre-season match under new boss Massimiliano Allegri at the end of this month, as they begin their preparation for their new season where they will be trying to win their fourth successive Scudetto.

Here is the full schedule:

TournamentOpponentDateVenue
Trofeo LugaresiRenate30 July 2014Cesena
FriendlyMonza6 August 2014Jakarta, Indonesia
FriendlyOlympiacos10 August 2014Sydney, Australia
FriendlyManchester City16 August 2014Kallang, Singapore

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