Match of the Day Episode Guide: All Seasons and Air Dates

Match of the Day (1964 to 2026) has 3284 episodes across 63 seasons. Current status: returning series. This guide breaks the show down season by season, with the latest air-date information, and is refreshed automatically.

Is a new episode of Match of the Day coming?

The next episode, "Saturday (September 5th, 2026)" (S63E5), is scheduled for 2026-09-05.

Match of the Day seasons at a glance

Season	Episodes	Year
1	37	1964
2	33	1965
3	40	1966
4	42	1967
5	38	1968
6	40	1969
7	43	1970
8	43	1971
9	43	1972
10	42	1973
11	43	1974
12	43	1975
13	43	1976
14	41	1977
15	41	1978
16	46	1979
17	40	1980
18	42	1981
19	37	1982
20	37	1983
21	39	1984
22	14	1985
23	14	1986
24	19	1987
25	13	1988
26	16	1989
27	21	1990
28	22	1991
29	46	1992
30	50	1993
31	53	1994
32	53	1995
33	53	1996
34	71	1997
35	55	1998
36	90	1999
37	57	2000
38	93	2001
39	51	2002
40	113	2003
41	81	2004
42	136	2005
43	82	2006
44	72	2007
45	59	2008
46	132	2009
47	63	2010
48	93	2011
49	83	2012
50	108	2013
51	41	2014
52	74	2015
53	46	2016
54	45	2017
55	48	2018
56	50	2019
57	59	2020
58	48	2021
59	44	2022
60	46	2023
61	40	2024
62	75	2025
63	6	2026

More about Match of the Day

For the full overview of the show, the cast and where to stream it, read our main guide: Match of the Day.