Spanish Super Cup 2026 Schedule

The Spanish Super Cup 2026 already has a confirmed schedule. The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has announced that the city of Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, will once again host the competition, which will be held between January 7 and 11.

The Alinma Stadium, King Abdullah Sports City, better known as Al Jawhara, with a capacity of more than 60,000 spectators, will once again be filled to welcome the four greats of Spanish football: FC Barcelona, Athletic Club, Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid.

It will be the third time that the modern Saudi stadium has hosted the Spanish Super Cup and the second consecutive time, establishing itself as a regular venue for the tournament.

This is the schedule for the Spanish Super Cup 2026

The draw held at the headquarters of the RFEF determined the order of the semifinal pairings. Barça will face Athletic Club in the first match, while Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid will play the second match.

Times and television for the Spanish Super Cup 2026

All matches of the Spanish Super Cup 2026 will begin at 20:00 Spanish peninsular time (22:00 local time). The television broadcast will be exclusive to the Movistar+ platform, which will offer the semifinals and the grand final live and online.

Thus, in Spain Movistar Plus+ will once again broadcast, as in the last six seasons, the Spanish Football Super Cup.

Barça, in search of the first title of the year

Hansi Flick's team faces the Super Cup as the first major event of 2026. The duel against Athletic Club will be a new chapter in a modern classic between two teams that have accumulated multiple clashes in finals and KO tournaments in the last decade. The winner will advance to a final that could once again pit Barça against Real Madrid or face an always competitive Atlético.

For the first time with the current format, a team arrives at the Super Cup as the current champion of La Liga and the Copa del Rey. In addition, Hansi Flick's team will also defend the trophy obtained last January after thrashing Real Madrid (2-5) in the final.

Spanish Super Cup: Competition format

The model of the Spanish Super Cup, with four teams, semi-finals and a single-match final. Since 2020, the trophy has been played with a 'final four', always in the month of January.

The Spanish Super Cup, in final four format, pits the top two finishers in the First Division against the two finalists of the Copa del Rey.

FC Barcelona qualified for the Super Cup as champion of LaLiga and the Copa del Rey 24/25, Real Madrid as runner-up in La Liga and Copa, and Atlético de Madrid and Athletic Club as 3rd and 4th in La Liga.

• Jeddah will once again be the epicentre of football in January, offering a luxury setting for the start of the demanding calendar of Spanish football in 2026. FC Barcelona will be looking to add a new title to its trophy cabinet, with the incentive of doing so in a demanding format and against top-level rivals. Check the full Barça calendar here.