When do European leagues start for 2024-25 season?

The return of club football is just around the corner.

The Premier League kicks off in England when Manchester United host Fulham on Friday, 16 August.

But, with players only having had a short break since the summer’s international tournaments, when do the rest of rest of Europe’s big leagues get under way?

BBC Sport takes a look at the main dates from six of the continent’s major leagues, which games you should look out for, the big transfers and more.

Serie A starts: Saturday, 17 August

Key dates: Inter Milan v AC Milan, 22 September; Roma v Lazio, 5 January; AC Milan v Inter Milan, 2 February; Lazio v Roma 13 April

Major signings: Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa to Juventus, £42.4m); Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid to AC Milan, £11m); Che Adams (Southampton to Torino, free); Mehdi Taremi (Porto to Inter Milan, free)

Champions League teams: Atalanta, Bologna, Inter Milan, Juventus, AC Milan

Europa League: Roma

Europa Conference League: Fiorentina

Promoted sides: Como, Parma, Venezia

La Liga starts: Thursday, 15 August

Key dates: Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid, 29 September; Real Madrid v Barcelona, 27 October; Barcelona v Atletico Madrid, 22 December; Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid, 9 February; Atletico Madrid v Barcelona, 16 March; Barcelona v Real Madrid, 11 May

Major signings: Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain to Real Madrid, free); Endrick (Palmeiras to Real Madrid, £38.8m); Alvaro Djalo (Braga to Athletic Bilbao, £12.9m)

Champions League teams: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Girona, Atletico Madrid

Europa League: Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad

Europa Conference League: Real Betis

Promoted sides: Leganes, Valladolid, Espanyol

Bundesliga starts: Friday, 23 August

Key dates: Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen, 28 September; Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich, 30 November; Bayer Leverkuse v Bayern Munich, 15 February; Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund, 12 April

Major signings: Michael Olise (Crystal Palace to Bayern Munich, £45m); Joao Palhinha (Fulham to Bayern Munich, £42.3m); Serhou Guirassy (Stuttgart to Dortmund, £14.7m); Alex Garcia (Giron to Leverkusen, £15.16m)

Champions League teams: Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund

Europa League: Eintracht Frankfurt, Hoffenheim

Europa Conference League: Heidenheim

Promoted sides: St. Pauli, Holstein Kiel

Eredivisie starts: Friday, 9 August

Key dates: Feyenoord v Ajax, 1 September; Ajax v PSV Eindhoven, 2 November; PSV Eindhoven v Feyenoord, 22 December; Ajax v Feyenoord, 2 February; PSV Eindhoven v Ajax, 30 March; Feyenoord v PSV Eindhoven, 11 May

Major signings: Sergino Dest (Barcelona to PSV Eindhoven, free); Malik Tillman (Bayern Munich to PSV Eindhoven, £10.1m); Bertrand Traore (Villarreal to Ajax, free)

Champions League teams: PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord, Twente

Europa League: Ajax, AZ Alkmaar

Europa Conference League: Go Ahead Eagles

Promoted sides: Willem II, Groningen, NAC Breda

Ligue 1 starts: Sunday, 18 August

Key dates: PSG v Lyon, 15 December; Monaco v PSG, 5 January; PSG v Monaco, 9 February; Lyon v PSG, 23 February

Major signings: Moussa Niakhate (Nottingham Forest to Lyon, £27m), Mason Greenwood (Manchester United to Marseille, £26.7m), Georges Mikautadze (Metz to Lyon, £15.6m), Said Benrahma (West Ham to Lyon, £12.2m)

Champions League teams: Paris St-Germain, Monaco, Brest, Lille

Europa League: Nice, Lyon

Europa Conference League: Lens

Promoted sides: Auxerre, Angers, Saint-Etienne

Primeira Liga starts: Friday, 9 August

Key dates: Sporting v Porto, 31 August; Benfica v Porto, 10 November; Sporting v Benfica, 29 December; Porto v Sporting 9 February; Porto v Benfica, 6 April; Benfica v Sporting, 11 May

Major signings: Vangelis Pavlidis (AZ Alkmaar to Benfica, £15.2m); Francisco Conceicao (Ajax to Porto, £8.8m), Zeno Debast (Anderlecht to Sporting, £13.1m)

Champions League teams: Sporting, Benfica

Europa League: Porto, Braga

Europa Conference League: Vitoria Guimaraes

Promoted sides: Santa Clara, Nacional, AVS