Real Madrid manager Rafa Benitez will begin his first La Liga campaign at the club with a trip to newcomers Sporting Gijon.
The La Liga fixtures for the 2015-16 campaign were announced on Tuesday morning, with the first round of games starting on August 22. Los Blancos will be looking to get back on the trophy trail this season having missed out last time to Barcelona and are aiming to wn just their second La Liga trophy in eight seasons.
As ever, Madridistas will likely look out for the Clasico fixtures first in the fixture list. Real host the champions on the weekend of November 8 while they will visit the Camp Nou on April 3/4 – round 31 of the campaign. Last season, Real beat their arch rivals at home but lost on the road.
Another set of fixtures to look out for is the Madrid derby. The 10-time Champions League winners lost both league fixtures to Atletico de Madrid last time out – with the 4-0 loss particularly damaged. Hours after that defeat in February, Cristiano Ronaldo and many of his team mate were seen out celebrating his 30th birthday – decision that not go down too well with the media and fans.
This season, Los Blancos visit Diego Simeone’s side on October 4 and host Los Colchoneros on February 28.
Benitez and his team will be hopeful of having wrapped up the title already but should it go down to the wire, Real visit Deportivo La Coruna in the final league fixture on May 15.
