Premier League 2022/23: When does the season start? What are the key dates?

With the 2021/22 season at an end, thoughts are inevitably turning to the 2022/23 campaign. Here's everything you need to know as we build up to another action-packed season... When does the 2022/23 Premier League season begin?

The Premier League season will begin on the weekend of August 6/7. This is one week earlier than the 2021/22 campaign started, and means teams will have an 11-week break between the seasons.

However, the Premier League will take a break in the middle of the season to accommodate a winter World Cup for the first time.

As a result, match-round 16 will be the final one played - over the weekend of November 12/13 - before players called up by their countries for the tournament travel to Qatar.

The Premier League will then resume on Boxing Day following the conclusion of the World Cup, with the final taking place on December 18.

The Premier League will conclude on May 28, with all the matches kicking off at the same time, as is standard on the final day.

The Premier League fixtures for the 2022/23 season will be released at 9am on Thursday June 16.

It will be the first opportunity for the three promoted sides to plan their schedules after their returns to the top flight.

Fulham secured an immediate return after just one season in the Championship, while Bournemouth are back in the Premier League after just two seasons away.

The final promotion spot from the second tier will be claimed on Sunday, when Nottingham Forest take on Huddersfield in the play-off final, live on Sky Sports.

Aside from a winter World Cup bringing Europe's major leagues to a halt mid-season, the biggest change currently on the horizon is the return of five substitutes to the Premier League.

The rule was brought in when the league