Twenty-three games each

FS-04Catalogue name: Twenty-three games per club

What it means

Each club plays 23 home-and-away games: 17 single meetingA pair of clubs that meet only once in the season.Read more in the glossary plus six double-upA pair of clubs that meet twice in the season. Each club has six.Read more in the glossary.

Why it exists

It fixes the size of the season. Fewer games would mean fewer rounds or more byeA round in which a club does not play.Read more in the glossary.

For example

Every club's page shows 23 games and one bye.

How strictly it applies

Must-follow The fixture must obey this rule. A separate checker tests the finished fixture afterwards.

Must-follow. Follows directly from the club count and the double-up count.

Where to see it

How the fixture is made shows how this plays out across the season.

How it played out across versions

One cell per release, oldest first. Each shows the verdict that release recorded for this rule; a release with no row for the rule says so.

13 Sep13 Sep 2026Preview 13 September2027 · Generated
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13 Sep13 Sep 2026Preview 14 September (seed 42)2027 · Generated
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14 Sep14 Sep 2026Repeat-qualified (seed 42)2027 · Generated
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14 Sep14 Sep 2026Corrected (seed 43)2027 · Generated
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14 Sep14 Sep 2026Rules release (seed 43)2027 · Generated
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15 Sep15 Sep 2026B009 nominal (seed 43)2027 · Generated
Met, met
18 Sep18 Sep 2026B010 nominal (weight 0.10)2027 · Generated
Met, met
19 Sep19 Sep 2026B011 nominal2027 · Generated
Met, met
30 Sep30 Sep 2026B012 Wednesday opening2027 · Generated
Met, met
20252025 season as played2025 · As played
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rule source not recorded

First checked independently in Two start dates compared, 15 Sep 2026.

For analysts: catalogue text and codes

Rule id: FS-04
Catalogue text: Each team plays 17+k total matches.
Catalogue type: Hard / season-configured
Catalogue family: Fixture Structure
Class: hard · The fixture must never break it.
Step: S1 · Step 1: opponents
Recorded status: met · source row evaluated
Catalogue reason: Derived from the round-robin plus the double-ups; it fixes the size of the season.