The chapter of the 2024-25 Ligue 1 campaign has barely been closed, and the time has already come to open that for the 2025-26 season. And there’s nothing like a good pre-season tour to prepare for it in the best possible way.
Between clashes against big-name opponents and games to test themselves against more modest teams, everyone has their own strategy to prepare for another high-flying year.
Here is what Ligue 1 clubs are planning during their summer.
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 16: Les Herbiers (National 2) — Les Herbiers
- July 19: SM Caen (National) — Alençon
- July 26: Le Havre AC (Ligue 1) — Deauville
- August 2: FC Nantes (Ligue 1) — Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers
- August 3: Olympique de Saumur (N3) — La Baumette Training Centre, Angers
- August 9: FC Lorient (Ligue 1) — Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 11: Cercle Brugge (Pro League) — Performance Centre, Monaco
- August 3: Ajax (Eredivisie) — Johan Cruyff ArenA, Amsterdam
More dates to come
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 18: US Orleans (National) — Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps, Auxerre
- July 26: Clermont Foot (Ligue 2) — Vichy
- July 30: Grenoble (Ligue 2) — Gueugnon
- August 2: Ipswich Town FC (Championship) — Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps, Auxerre
- August 9: Levante UD (Liga) — Stade de l’Abbe-Deschamps, Auxerre
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 11: US Concarneau (National) — Stade Guy Piriou, Concarneau
- July 18: Stade Rennais (Ligue 1) — Clos Gastel, Dinan
- July 20: Le Havre AC (Ligue 1) — Clos Gastel, Dinan
More dates to come
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 12: Fleury (National) — Locùine
- July 19: Osasuna (Liga) — Stade du Moustoir, Lorient
- July 26: EA Guingamp (Ligue 2) — Stade du Roudourou, Guingamp
- August 2: Swansea (Championship) — Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea
- August 9: Angers SCO (Ligue 1) — Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 16: US Mondorf (BGL Ligue) — Homecourt
- July 19: Red Star (Ligue 2) — Frescaty Training Centre, Metz
- July 26: RC Lens (Ligue 1) — Stade François Blin, Avion
- July 30: US Thionville-Lusitanos (National 2) — Thionville
- August 2: ESTAC Troyes (Ligue 2) — Stade de l’Aube, Troyes
- August 9: TSG Hoffenheim (Bundesliga) — Prezeo Arena, Hoffenheim
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 12: Stade Lavallois (Ligue 2) — Stade Leo Lagrange, St Nazaire
- July 19: EA Guingamp (Ligue 2) — Stade Patrick Caillaud, Ploermel
- July 25: Stade Rennais (Ligue 1)
- August 2: Angers SCO (Ligue 1) — Stade Raymond-Kopa, Angers
- August 9: Oponent to be determined
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 19: Le Mans (Ligue 2) — Vire
- July 26: Angers SCO (Ligue 1) — Deauville
- July 30: Stade Brestois 29 (Ligue 1) — Clos Gastel, Dinan
- August 2: Paris FC (Ligue 1) — ADP Group- Paris FC Training Centre
- August 9: Opponent to be determined
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 5: US Boulogne Cote d’Opale (Ligue 2) — La Gaillette Training Centre
- July 12: Standard de Liege (Pro League) — La Gaillette Training Centre
- July 19: USL Dunkerque (Ligue 2) — La Gaillette Training Centre
- July 26: FC Metz (Ligue 1) — Stade François Blin, Avion
- July 30: Wolverhampton Wanderers (Premier League) — Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium, Walsall
- August 9: AS Roma (Serie A) — Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 8: KAA La Gantoise U23 (Challenger Pro League) — Domaine de Luchin, Lille
- July 12: Amiens SC (Ligue 2) — Domaine de Luchin, Lille
- August 9: West Ham United (Premier League) — Olympic Stadium, London
More dates to come
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 12: Cercle Bruges (Pro League) — Nice
- July 16: Aubagne (National) — Nice
- July 19: AC Ajaccio (Ligue 2) — Nice
- July 26: Feyenoord (Eredivisie) — Grodig, Austria
- July 26: FC Sankt-Pauli (Bundesliga) — Anif, Austria
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 19: FC Villefranche Beaujolais (National) — Groupama Training Center, Decines-Charpieu
- July 23: RWDM Brussels (Division 2) — Groupama Training Center, Decines-Charpieu
- July 26: Hamburg SV (Bundesliga) — Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
- July 30: RCD Mallorca (Liga) — Austria
- August 2: Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) — Allianz Arena, Munich
More dates to come
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 21: ROC Charleroi (Division 1B)
- July 26: Girona (Liga) — Andorra
- July 29: Valencia CF (Liga) — Tarragona
- August 2: Sevilla FC (Liga) — Orange Velodrome, Marseille
- August 9: Aston Villa (Premier League) — Orange Velodrome, Marseille
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 16: Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (Pro League) — Stade Leo Lagrange, Bonneuil-sur-Marne
- July 25: AS Saint-Etienne (Ligue 2) — Stade Joseph Moynat, Thonon-les-Bains
- July 29: FC Sion — Stade d’Octodure, Martigny
- August 2: Le Havre (Ligue 1) — ADP Group- Paris FC Training Centre
- August 6: UNFP
- August 9: Opponent to be determined
Continuing their tournament presence at the Club World Cup, PSG have not yet scheduled any pre-season matches. However, the European champions already know that they face Tottenham Hotspur in the European Super Cup on August 13.
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 10: Stade Briochin (National) — La Piverdiere, Rennes
- July 19: Stade Brestois 29 (Ligue 1) — Clos Gastel, Dinan
- July 25: FC Nantes (Ligue 1)
- August 2: Real Sociedad (Liga) — Anoeta, San Sebastian
- August 9: Opponent to be determined
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 22: AS Nancy (Ligue 2) — Colmar
- July 26: Galatasaray (Superlig) — RAMS Park, Istanbul
- August 9: Mainz (Bundesliga) — Mewa Arena, Mainz
More dates to come
Pre-season fixtures:
- July 12: Pau FC (Ligue 2) — Stade Maurice Trelut, Tarbes
- July 18: Queens Park Rangers (Championship) — Stade Saint Michel, Canet-en-Roussillon
- August 10: Sevilla FC (Liga) — Stadium, Toulouse
More dates to come
