Cardiff City fixtures: Sky Bet Championship 2016/17

Paul Trollope's first Sky Bet Championship game in charge of Cardiff City will be away at Birmingham City on August 6.

Trollope, who has been out of management since being sacked as Bristol Rovers boss in December 2010, will start the Championship season at St Andrews before taking charge of a home game at the Cardiff City Stadium for the first time against Queens Park Rangers a week later.

City's fourth game of the season will see Trollope return to Fulham, where he won two promotions as a player, with a home tie against Bristol City on October 15 and the trip to face Newcastle United at St James' Park on November 5 both stand-out fixtures.

Cardiff's Boxing Day fixture is against Brentford at Griffin Park with the side hosting Aston Villa on January 2 to begin the New Year.

Cardiff end their campaign away to Huddersfield Town on May 7. 

Cardiff City Sky Bet Championship fixtures 2016/17:

August

06: Birmingham City (a)

13: Queens Park Rangers (h)

16: Blackburn Rovers (h)

20: Fulham (a)

27: Reading (h)

September

10: Norwich City (a)

13: Preston North End (a)

17: Leeds United (h)

24: Rotherham United (a)

27: Derby County (h)

October

01: Burton Albion (a)

15: Bristol City (h)

18: Sheffield Wednesday (h)

22: Nottingham Forest (a)

29: Wigan Athletic (h)

November

05: Newcastle United (a)

19: Huddersfield Town (h)

26: Aston Villa (a)

December

03: Brighton (h)

10: Ipswich Town (a)

13: Wolverhampton (h)

17: Barnsley (h)

26: Brentford (a)

31: Brighton (a)

January

02: Aston Villa (h)

14: Bristol City (a)

21: Burton Albion (h)

28: Reading (a)

31: Preston North End (h)

February

04: Norwich City (h)

11: Leeds United (a)

14: Derby County (a)

18: Rotherham United (h)

25: Fulham (h)

March

04: Queens Park Rangers (a)

07: Blackburn Rovers (a)

11: Birmingham City (h)

18: Ipswich Town (h)

April

01: Wolverhampton (a)

04: Barnsley (a)

08: Brentford (h)

15:Sheffield Wednesday (a)

17: Nottingham Forest (h)

22: Wigan Athletic (a)

29: Newcastle United (h)

May

07: Huddersfield Town (a)

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