International breaks are planned throughout the domestic season, as Euro 2024 qualifying continues
(Image credit: Michael Regan - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
The international break comes just weeks into the Premier League season – and there are plenty across the season.
They're some of the dates football fans look for most when the fixtures come out every season, to find out just when their beloved clubs will be out of action for two weeks as international football takes centre stage.
The international breaks always come thick and fast once the Premier League season gets underway: There were just four weekends of action before the first break in September for a mixture of competitive Euro 2024 qualifiers and friendly matches, which saw Gareth Southgate’s England cross the border to face Scotland – but now, there's no international action after November's break until March, when England will be back in friendly action ahead of Euro 2024.
When are the international breaks this season?
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International breaks during 2023/24
Games
Start date
End date
European Championship qualifiers
September 4 2023
September 12, 2023
European Championship qualifiers
October 9, 2023
October 17, 2023
European Championship qualifiers
November 13, 2023
November 21, 2023
AFC Asian Cup 2023
January 12, 2024
February 10, 2024
Africa Cup of Nations 2023
January 13, 2024
Fabruary 11, 2024
European Championship qualifiers
March 18, 2024
March 26, 2024
European Championship 2024
June 14, 2024
July 14, 2024
Euro 2024 qualification is over now, with the group stage having wrapped up in late 2023, while the playoff round will take place in March 2024 to determine the last few entrants for the European Championship this summer in Germany.
The last international break comes between March 18 and 26 as national teams around Europe will be in final preparations for the tournament, which kicks off on June 14 and will end on July 14 – the same dates as the Copa America in the United States.
England play Brazil this March (Image credit: Getty)
England will be playing friendlies against Brazil and Belgium, as Gareth Southgate's side get to grips with two heavyweights of the international scene to really test their credentials.
Wales, meanwhile, will be playing competitive fixtures – as they look to cement their spot at the Euros. The Dragons face Finland – and if successful, they'll be hosting either Poland or Estonia for a chance to it in the same Euros group as France, Austria and the Netherlands. Ouch.
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Wales still need to book their place in Germany (Image credit: Getty)
In what is set to be another busy season, players around the world will once again find themselves juggling club and country responsibilities a-plenty throughout the campaign, but it will be a bigger year than most with major competitions set to take place across the globe, culminating next summer.
Rich Laverty has been a women’s football writer for a decade now, covering the game across the FA WSL, several FA Cup finals and live from the 2017 European Championships and 2019 World Cup. He has written regularly for publications in the UK and USA, including The Times, Guardian, Independent, iSport, FourFourTwo, Bleacher Report, The Blizzard, These Football Times and Our Game Magazine.
