The 2023/24 season ended and Fantasy Premier League managers can recharge their energy before the start 2024/25 FPL season. It is time to recap the season, think about what went well and what went wrong, and learn from mistakes in order to improve fantasy skills.
Some managers will slowly start to prepare their minds, tactics, and strategy for the next season.
So, when will Fantasy Premier League 2024/25 start? And what are other important dates FPL managers should know?
Summary of the most important dates for FPL 2024/25
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Release of Premier League 2024/25 fixtures | 18 June 2024, 09:00 BST |
| Expected launch of Fantasy Premier League 2024/25 (Our expectation) | Between 27 June – 14 July 2024 |
| Start of the Premier League preseason | |
| Start of Premier League 2024/25 season | 17 August 2024 |
| Midseason break | no midseason break in 2024/25 |
| Last matches of the season (gameweek 38) | 25 May 2025 |
| Teams promoted to Premier League 2024/25 | Leicester, Ipswich |
When does the Premier League 2024/25 season start?
The most important date of all. Premier League 2024/25 season starts on 17 August 2024.
Expected launch of Fantasy Premier League 2024/25
Learning from the 2023/24 start
- In the 2023/24 season, FPL launched 5.7.2023 – 37 days before the first kickoff
- The game started updating approximately at 15:20 (UK, London time)
- Approximately at 18:06 game went live
- Official FPL tweeted that FPL launched approximately 13 minutes after the game went live
- Price reveals were happening 3.7-5.7. 2023, FPL launched after all price reveals for that day were over
#FPL is live. 👋
— Fantasy Premier League (@OfficialFPL) July 5, 2023
Learning from the 2022/23 start
- In the 2022/23 season, FPL launched 5.7.2022 – 32 days before the first kickoff
- The game started updating at 16:00 (UK, London time)
- Approximately at 16:08 game went live
- Price reveals were happening 1.7-4.7. 2022 – 5 days before the launch
Learning from the 2021/22 start
Looking at the 2021/22 season, FPL launched on 23 June – 51 days before the first kick-off (13 August) and 18 days before EURO 2021 Final
It was uncommon for FPL to launch so early before the Premier League season launch.
When will Fantasy Premier League 2024/25 start?
Usually, Fantasy Premier League launches 30-51 days before the first gameweek.
So, we can expect that Fantasy Premier League 2024/25 will likely start between 27.6.2024 – 23.7.2024.
Euro 2024 Final is scheduled on 14.7,2024 and we think the the FPL will launch during EUROs. To narrow our interval further, our guess is that FPL will launch somewhere between EURO 2024 R16 and the Final, so between 27.6 and 14.7. Our guess is based on FPL launch from 2021/22 season after EURO 2021.
It could possibly be just one month after the deadline for gameweek 38…
In previous seasons, we were getting player price releases a week or two before the game launched. Make sure to follow Official FPL on Twitter and when you see that they started to show player prices, the game launch will be very close – like a week away.
It could be useful, especially to managers that aim to gain low FPL ID (FPL managers get theirs according to the time they created their teams.)
Having a low FPL ID is a small advantage. When FPL managers end up in the mini-league with the same amount of points, the top spot is awarded to the one who made the fewest transfers.
If they both made the same amount of transfers, they will share the top spot. But if the prize is at stake, a manager who register their FPL team sooner is awarded the prize.
So, a low FPL ID can decide on a tie-breaker when the prize is at stake.
Conlusion
Enjoy the summer and a short break from FPL. Learn from your previous season and improve your decision-making process, so you could improve your overall ranking in the next season of FPL.
The Fantasy Premier League 2024/25 will start soon.
Further resources for 2024/25 season
Will managers from the season 2021/22 be notified when it’s possible to select a team for the new 2022/23 FPL?