Spanish football’s top-flight will resume after a three-month pause due to the coronavirus pandemic on June 11 with the local derby between Sevilla and Real Betis, the government’s department for sport (CSD) said on Friday.
“The Spanish football federation (RFEF) and La Liga have agreed to the format of the final 11 rounds of fixtures of La Liga and the second division,” said the CSD statement.
Only one match has been fixed for June 11 with the competition resuming on the weekend of June 13 and 14.
“The last round of matches will take place, provisionally and depending on the evolution of the virus, on the weekend of July 18 and 19.”
The English Premier League is eyeing a restart on June 17 while Italy’s Serie A has targeted June 20.
The next La Liga season will begin on September 12 if the schedule for the current campaign goes to plan, president Javier Tebas said.
“The important thing will be when the season finishes although we’ll only be able to congratulate ourselves when we start the following season,” Tebas said on Friday.
