Real Madrid's U.S. tour begins with a showpiece Clasico duel against rivals Barcelona in Las Vegas, before the European champions move on to face Club America and Juventus. Once they return from their preseason tour, there is also the small matter of the UEFA Super Cup against Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt in Finland on Aug. 10, just two days before LaLiga begins its new season.
Barcelona have already clocked up some miles this summer, having flown to Australia right after the 2021-22 campaign ended for a one-off match against the A-League Men All-Stars, which they won 3-2. They'll be starting their preseason tour closer to home with a short trip within Catalonia to play lower-league UE Olot. After that, they will be visiting the U.S. in late July with a preseason tour that so far encompasses two games against MLS sides and another two against European giants.
Barca will be facing Real Madrid in a Las Vegas Clasico before taking on Juventus as part of the Soccer Champions Tour. Xavi's side were then due to take on Jose Mourinho's Roma in their traditional curtain-raiser, the Joan Gamer Trophy match. However the supposed friendly against Jose Mourinho's team has become anything but after the Italian club withdrew from the fixture at short notice. With friction between the two parties mounting, Barca issued a strongly-worded statement that appeared to threaten their opponents with legal action over pulling out of the game "without reason." The have since drafted in Liga MX club Pumas to play the fixtures instead.
July 13: Barcelona vs. UE Olot (Estadi Municipal d'Olot)
July 19: Barcelona vs. Inter Miami (DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale)
July 23: Barcelona vs. Real Madrid (Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas)
July 26: Barcelona vs. Juventus (Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas)
July 30: Barcelona vs. New York Red Bulls (Red Bull Arena, New Jersey)
Aug. 6: Barcelona vs. Pumas (Camp Nou, Barcelona)
Camp Nou to Estadi Municipal d'Olot: 71 miles
Estadi Municipal d'Olot to DRV PNK Stadium: 4,685 miles
DRV PNK Stadium to Allegiant Stadium: 2,176 miles
Allegiant Stadium to Cotton Bowl Stadium: 1,224 miles
Cotton Bowl Stadium to Red Bull Arena: 1,537 miles
Red Bull Arena to Camp Nou: 3,835 miles
Total: 13,528 miles
Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid will start their preseason schedule by facing third-tier CD Numancia, in what has become an annual meeting between the two sides in memory of former Atleti president Jesus Gil y Gil. Diego Simeone's side then travel to Norway in order to face Manchester United three days later. The game is a repeat of last season's Champions League round-of-16 clash (which Atletico won 2-1 on aggregate), albeit with slightly lower stakes this time round.
Atleti will then fly back from Scandinavia to the south coast of Spain in order to take on fellow La Liga rivals Cadiz in the Ramon de Carranza Trophy.
July 27: Ateltico Madrid vs. Numancia (El Burgo de Osma)
July 30: Atletico Madrid vs. Manchester United (Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo)
Aug 4: Atletico Madrid vs. Cadiz (New Mirandilla, Cadiz)
Wanda Metropolitano to El Burgo de Osma: 85 miles
El Burgo de Osma to Ullevaal Stadium: 1,399 miles
Ullevaal Stadium to New Mirandilla: 1,796 miles
New Mirandilla to Wanda Metropolitano: 308 miles
Total: 3,588 miles
Bundesliga
Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich are all set to take part in the Audi Summer Tour, which will take the Bavarian club across the U.S. for the fifth time since they first spent their preseason limbering up in the States in 2014. So far the tour consists of just two games taking place at enormous NFL stadiums but it's likely that more opponents and/or venues will be added in the weeks to come.
July 20: Bayern Munich vs. DC United (Audi Field, Washington D.C.)
July 23: Bayern Munich vs. Manchester City (Lambeau Field, Green Bay)
Allianz Arena to Audi Field: 4,232 miles
Audi Field to Lambeau Field: 692 miles
Lambeau Field to Allianz Arena: 4,400 miles
Total: 9,324 miles
Borussia Dortmund
Dortmund have added a plethora of pre-season dates to their schedule in recent weeks with new head coach Edin Terzic kicking off his tenure with a friendly against local side Luner SV who play in the Westfalenliga 1 (the sixth tier of German football).
The Bundesliga giants will then play Dynamo Dresden a few days later before taking on another third-tier outfit in SC Verl the following week. They then travel to Austria to undergo a rigoruous training camp that will also feature back to back exhibition games against Valencia and Villarreal.
July 5: Borussia Dortmund vs. Luner SV (Kampfbahn Schwansbell Stadion)
July 9: Borussia Dortmund vs. Dynamo Dresden (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden)
July 14: Borussia Dortmund vs. SC Verl (Sportclub-Arena, Verl)
July 18: Borussia Dortmund vs. Valencia (Stadion Schnabelholz, Austria)
July 22: Borussia Dortmund vs. Villarreal (Stadion Schnabelholz, Austria)
Signal Iduna Park to Schwansbell Stadion: 9 miles
Schwansbell Stadion to Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion: 271 miles
Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion to Sportclub-Arena: 233 miles
Sportclub-Arena to Stadion Schnabelholz: 316 miles
Stadion Schnabelholz to Signal Iduna Park: 302 miles
Total: 1,131 miles
Serie A
AC Milan
AC Milan's first match since ending their 11-year wait to become Serie A champions again will be against FC Koln in the Bundesliga club's 11th edition of the Telekom Cup.
The Rossoneri will then embark on a summer training camp in central Europe that will take in games against top-tier Hungarian and Austrian opposition in Zalaegerszegi TE and Wolfsberger AC, before departing for the south of France in order to finish off their preseason with a friendly against Marseille at the Stade Velodrome.
July 16: AC Milan vs. FC Koln (RheinEnergieSTADION, Cologne)
July 23: AC Milan vs. Zalaegerszegi TE (ZTE Arena, Zalaegerszeg)
July 27: AC Milan vs. Wolfsberger AC (Worthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt)
July 31: AC Milan vs. Marseille (Stade Velodrome, Marseille)
San Siro to RheinEnergieSTADION: 514 miles
RheinEnergieSTADION to ZTE Arena: 533 miles
ZTE Arena to Worthersee Stadion: 123 miles
Worthersee Stadion to Stade Velodrome: 491 miles
Stade Velodrome to San Siro: 239 miles
Total: 1,900 miles
Inter Milan
Last season's runners-up have announced a busy summer schedule that includes exhibitions against a variety of teams from around Europe.
The first fixture on Inter's tour is their traditional annual friendly against Swiss side Lugano followed by successive games against French opposition in AS Monaco, Lens and Lyon. The Nerazzurri will then square off against Spanish side Villarreal in their final preseason game on the weekend before the new Serie A season kicks off on Aug. 13.
July 12: Inter vs. Lugano (Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano)
July 16: Inter vs. Monaco (Stadio Paolo Mazza, Ferrara)
July 23: Inter vs Lens (Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens)
July 30: Inter vs. Lyon (Orogel Stadium, Cesena)
Aug 6: Inter vs Villarreal (Stadio Adriatico, Pescara)
San Siro to Cornaredo Stadium: 39 miles
Cornaredo Stadium to Stadio Paolo Mazza: 152 miles
Stadio Paolo Mazza to Stade Bollaert-Delelis: 561 miles
Stade Bollaert-Delelis to Orogel Stadium: 620 miles
Orogel Stadium to Stadio Adriatico: 154 miles
Stadio Adriatico to San Siro: 328 miles
Total: 1,854 miles
Juventus
Juve have a trio of U.S.-based exhibition games in the books as part of the Soccer Champions Tour. They kick off against Chivas in Las Vegas before heading off to Dallas to face Barcelona and then back out west to Pasadena for a meeting with Real Madrid
July 22: Juventus vs. Chivas, Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
July 26: Juventus vs. Barcelona, Cotton Bowl Stadium (Dallas)
July 30: Juventus vs. Real Madrid, Rose Bowl Stadium (Pasadena)
Allianz Stadium to Allegiant Stadium: 5,783 miles
Allegiant Stadium to Cotton Bowl Stadium: 1,224 miles
Cotton Bowl Stadium to Rose Bowl Stadium: 1,439 miles
Rose Bowl Stadium to Allianz Stadium: 5,997 miles
Total: 14,443 miles
Ligue 1
Paris Saint-Germain
PSG have booked in a preseason tour of Japan with a tripleheader of matches against J1 League sides Kawasaki Frontale, Urawa Red Diamonds, and Gamba Osaka taking place in late July.
July 20: PSG vs. Kawasaki Frontale (Japan National Stadium, Tokyo)
July 23: PSG vs. Urawa Red Diamonds (Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama)
July 25: PSG vs. Gamba Osaka (Panasonic Stadium Suita, Osaka)
Parc des Princes to Japan National Stadium: 6,036 miles
Japan National Stadium to Saitama Stadium: 16 miles
Saitama Stadium to Panasonic Stadium: 247 miles
Panasonic Stadium to Parc des Princes: 5,980 miles
Total: 12,279 miles