Sporting-Real Madrid, Athletic-FC Barcelona, Rayo-Valencia, Málaga-Sevilla, Levante-Celta, Deportivo-Real Sociedad, Espanyol-Getafe, Granada-Eibar, Betis-Villarreal and Atlético-Las Palmas. That will be the first complete round of the 2015-16 National League Championship in which Barcelona defends the champion title conquered last season. The Copa runner-up, Athletic, and the champion and runner-up of the League will get tired of seeing each other's faces in the month of August because the pairing of the Spanish Super Cup, to be disputed on August 14th and 17th, will be repeated. "It's a complicated start but we already have it in mind also because of the preliminary rounds of the Europa League," admitted Athletic's president, Josu Urrutia. Abelardo, for his part, prepared Madrid for a difficult match at El Molinón: "There will be a great atmosphere."
The first Clásico, Real Madrid-Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabéu, will be on November 8th in match day 12 and the return match at Camp Nou, on match day 31, next April 3rd. The Atlético-Real Madrid will be played on October 4th at the Vicente Calderón and the return match will be on February 28th at the Santiago Bernabéu. The Atlético-Barça will be on September 13th on match day 3. Therefore, Arda Turan will not be able to return to the Calderón to face his former teammates. The Barça-Atlético at Camp Nou will be on match day 22 on January 31st.