With the 2023/24 season fast approaching, many teams are already in the midst of preparing for the upcoming campaign.
The 2023 Festival of Football is a preseason tournament that has been organised by Australian-based sporting event hosts TEG Sport. It will take place in Singapore as the project looks to bring football's biggest names to the country.
The festival will run between July 25 and August 2 and will feature both preseason matches and open training sessions to bring fans in and around Singapore closer to teams in Europe.
The Sporting News looks at the teams participating in the Festival of Football.
Who is playing in the Festival of Football?
There will be a total of five teams taking part in the Festival of Football in Singapore ahead of the 2023/24 season.
Liverpool and Tottenham will be representing the Premier League in Singapore while newly relegated Leicester will also be travelling to Singapore from England.
Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich will be at the tournament as Thomas Tuchel prepares for his first full season in charge of the Bavarian club. Jose Mourinho's Roma were meant to be the fifth team in the tournament, but they cancelled their Asia tour due to missed payments from the organisers.
| Team | Country |
|---|---|
| Liverpool | England |
| Tottenham | England |
| Leicester | England |
| Bayern | Germany |
When is the Festival of Football?
Tottenham kick off the Festival of Football with an open training session on July 25. They then face Roma in the first match of the tournament a day later. All three fixtures in Singapore will take place at the National Stadium in Kallang.
The preseason competition will end with the big fixture between Liverpool and Bayern Munich on August 2. This is 11 days before the Reds face Chelsea in their Premier League opener.
| Date | Event | Stadium | Kickoff time (BST/ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25, 2023 | Tottenham open training | TBD | TBD |
| July 29, 2023 | Liverpool open training | TBD | TBD |
| July 30, 2023 | Liverpool vs Leicester | National Stadium | 10:00 / 05:00 |
| August 1, 2023 | Bayern open training | TBD | TBD |
| August 2, 2023 | Liverpool vs Bayern | National Stadium | 12:30 / 07:30 |