What are Real Madrid's La Liga fixtures? The complete 2017-18 schedule

Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. will be aiming to defend the title they reclaimed from Barcelona and their campaign gets under way with an away trip

's fixtures for the 2017-18 season have been released.

The 2016-17 champions will begin the defence of their title with an away trip to Deportivo La Coruna on August 20 and they will host the first Clasico in the league when come to the capital on December 20.

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Zinedine Zidane's side fought a close battle with their Catalan rivals last season and eventually won the league by three points, ending a wait of five years for the top Spanish honour.

Below is Real Madrid's full fixture list for the 2017-18 La Liga (times to be added when confirmed).

AUGUST 2017

DATE TIME MATCH 20/08/2017 TBC Deportivo La Coruna v Real Madrid 27/08/2017 TBC Real Madrid v

SEPTEMBER 2017

DATE TIME MATCH 10/09/2017 TBC Real Madrid v 17/09/2017 TBC v Real Madrid 20/09/2017 TBC Real Madrid v 24/09/2017 TBC v Real Madrid

OCTOBER 2017

DATE TIME MATCH 01/10/2017 TBC Real Madrid v 15/10/2017 TBC v Real Madrid 22/10/2017 TBC Real Madrid v 29/10/2017 TBC v Real Madrid

NOVEMBER 2017

DATE TIME MATCH 05/11/2017 TBC Real Madrid v Las Palmas 19/11/2017 TBC v Real Madrid 26/11/2017 TBC Real Madrid v Malaga

DECEMBER 2017

DATE TIME MATCH 03/12/2017 TBC Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid 10/12/2017 TBC Real Madrid v 17/12/2017 TBC v Real Madrid 20/12/2017 TBC Real Madrid v Barcelona

JANUARY 2018

DATE TIME MATCH 07/01/2018 TBC v Real Madrid 14/01/2018 TBC Real Madrid v 21/01/2018 TBC Real Madrid v Deportivo La Coruna 28/01/2018 TBC Valencia v Real Madrid

FEBRUARY 2018

DATE TIME MATCH 04/02/2018 TBC Levante v Real Madrid 11/02/2018 TBC Real Madrid v Real Sociedad 18/02/2018 TBC Real Betis v Real Madrid 25/02/2018 TBC Real Madrid v Alaves 28/02/2018 TBC Espanyol v Real Madrid

MARCH 2018

DATE TIME MATCH 04/03/2018 TBC Real Madrid v Getafe 11/03/2018 TBC Eibar v Real Madrid 18/03/2018 TBC Real Madrid v Girona

APRIL 2018

DATE TIME MATCH 01/04/2018 TBC Las Palmas v Real Madrid 08/04/2018 TBC Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid 15/04/2018 TBC Malaga v Real Madrid 18/04/2018 TBC Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao 22/04/2018 TBC Sevilla v Real Madrid 29/04/2018 TBC Real Madrid v Leganes

MAY 2018

DATE TIME MATCH 06/05/2018 TBC Barcelona v Real Madrid 13/05/2018 TBC Real Madrid v Celta Vigo 20/05/2018 TBC Villarreal v Real Madrid

Zinedine Zidane's men will have plenty of game-time under their belts by the time the season opener against Deportivo rolls around on August 20.

As well as competing in the International Champions Cup, Los Blancos will have faced in the UEFA Super Cup, as well as contesting a Clasico Supercopa double-header against Barcelona.

The next Clasico will not take place until five months later with a Christmas cracker scheduled for December 20 at the Santiago Bernabeu and the return fixture pencilled in for May 6 at the Camp Nou, as the season nears its conclusion.

La Liga fixtures announced

April looks set to be a gruelling period for the Blancos players with six games squeezed in, including a Madrid derby against Atletico at the beginning of the month and an away clash against Sevilla, who inflicted one of their only three league defeats last term, at the end.

Having reclaimed the Liga crown, Real Madrid will be determined to repeat the feat in 2017-18 and they will have to hit the ground running when things get under way in August.

Zidane and his Cristiano Ronaldo-inspired side made history last season when they won back-to-back titles and they will surely have one eye on making it three-in-a-row this year.

The group stage gets under way in mid September, with games set to punctuate their league campaign in October, November and December at the very least.