FIFA International Match Calendar

The FIFA International Match Calendar (sometimes abbreviated as the FIFA Calendar or FIFA Days) is an outline agreement between FIFA, the six continental football confederations, the European Club Association, and FIFPro,[1] which sets out which dates can be used for "official" and "friendly" men's international matches.

The current dates are within five windows: in March, May or June, August or September, October, and November. The match calendar also determines when international competitions such as the AFC Asian Cup, Africa Cup of Nations, Copa América, CONCACAF Gold Cup, OFC Nations Cup, UEFA European Championship, and FIFA World Cup can take place.

Official matches have a release period of four days, which means that players can take up to four days away from club duties to partake in national team duties. If a player participates in an official match on a different continent from his club's, the release period is five days. Friendly matches are deemed less important and the release period is 48 hours.[2]

FIFA insist that official and friendly matches take precedence over domestic matches. However, they state that international friendlies that take place outside the designated dates do not.[2]

Upcoming match windows

Men's International Match Calendar
Dates[3][4] [5]Matches or tournaments
12–20 June 20232
26 June – 16 July 20232023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
4–12 September 20232
9–17 October 20232
13–21 November 20232
12 January – 10 February 20242023 AFC Asian Cup[lower-alpha 1]
13 January – 11 February 20242023 Africa Cup of Nations[lower-alpha 2]
18–26 March 20242
3–11 June 20242 (except UEFA)
14 June – 14 July 20242024 Copa América
UEFA Euro 2024
2–10 September 20242
7–15 October 20242
11–19 November 20242

Women's International Match Calendar

The women's international match calendar sets out which dates can be used for "official" and "friendly" women's international matches.

The current dates are within six windows: in February or March, April, June or July, September, October, and November.[9]

Dates[9]Window typeNumber of matches
3–11 April 2023Type I2
10–18 July 2023Type I2
20 July – 20 August 2023FIFA Women's World Cup
18–26 September 2023Type I2
23–31 October 2023Type I2
27 November – 5 December 2023Type I or II (Except UEFA)2 or 3

Notes
  1. Due to the high summer temperatures in the host country (Qatar), the tournament was postponed from mid-2023 to early 2024.[6][7]
  2. Due to weather concerns in the host country (Ivory Coast), the tournament was postponed from mid-2023 to early 2024.[8]

References
  1. "International match calendar – major step made towards final agreement". FIFA.com. 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. "Release of players for national association representative matches in accordance with the Coordinated International Match Calendar" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. "Updates to the Men's International Match Calendar" (PDF). FIFA. August 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  4. "Changes to the International Match Calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic". FIFA. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  5. "Africa Cup of Nations set to clash with European club season after date revealed". www.insidethegames.biz. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  6. "Qatar to stage 2023 Asian Cup, most likely in early 2024". Reuters. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. "Qatar Wins 2023 Asian Cup Bid Just Over A Decade After It Last Hosted The Tournament". Forbes. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  8. Southby, Ben (3 July 2022). "Africa Cup of Nations 2023 finals have been postponed and moved to January 2024 due to weather concerns in Ivory Coast". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  9. "Women's International Match Calendar 2020-2023" (PDF). FIFA. March 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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