Bristol City will be hoping they won't be involved but EFL sides will discover their fixtures for next season on Thursday, June 20, at 9am.
Should the Robins be unable to secure promotion, their opening fixture is likely to be on Saturday, August 3, but there will likely be a live TV game the previous day.
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All 72 EFL Clubs from the Championship, League One and League Two will be able to plan their respective campaigns from the release date.
Round One in the Carabao Cup is to take place in the week commencing August 12.
Wembley will play host to the Carabao Cup final on Sunday March 1, 2020, in what will be the first of five finals in the EFL calendar, whilst the EFL Trophy final is to take place the following month on Sunday April 5.
The season-ending play-offs will once again be staged at Wembley Stadium, this time across two weekends in May.
The League Two final will start proceedings on Saturday May 16, before League One and the Championship take centre stage the following weekend on Sunday May 24 and Monday May 25, respectively.
The scheduling of the respective play-off finals is due to a busy period in the football calendar, with Wembley Stadium also hosting fixtures at Euro 2020, including the semi-Finals and final.
A full list of the key dates ahead of the 2019/20 EFL season can be found below:
- Fixture release date – Thursday 20 June 2019, 9am
- Start date – Saturday 3 August 2019 (with a likely live game on Friday 2 August)
- Carabao Cup Round One – w/c 12 August 2019
- Carabao Cup final – Sunday 1 March 2020
- EFL Trophy Round One – w/c 2 September 2019
- EFL Trophy final – Sunday 5 April 2020
- League Two play-off final – Saturday 16 May 2020
- League One play-off final – Sunday 24 May 2020
- Championship play-off final – Monday 25 May 2020
