Bundesliga pre-season schedules

The 2025/26 Bundesliga season kicks off on Friday, 22 August, when champions Bayern Munich begin the defence of their title. For most teams, their first competitive fixture will be the DFB Cup first round on 15-18 August.

Bayern and DFB Cup winners VfB Stuttgart will contest the 2025 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup on 16 August at the MHPArena. It will be the first time the showpiece game takes on Der Kaiser's name after the trophy was officially renamed in honour of the late Beckenbauer.

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Bayern Munich

• Return to training: 5 June
• Training camps/tour: FIFA Club World Cup - USA (arrive 10 June)
• Club World Cup matches: 5 June vs. Aucklund City (6pm), 21 June vs. Boca Juniors (3am), 24 June vs. Club Benfica (9pm)
• Friendly matches: 7 August, Telekom Cup vs. Tottenham Hotspur (6.30pm), TBC vs. Red Eagles Austria
• First fixture: Franz Beckenbauer Supercup vs. Stuttgart (16 August)

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Bayer Leverkusen

• Return to training: TBC
• Training camps/tour: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (14-24 July)
• Friendly matches: 27 July vs. Bochum (6pm), 1 August vs. Fortuna Sittard (7pm), 5 August vs. TBC, 8 August vs. Chelsea (8pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Sonnenhof Großaspach (15-18 August)

Eintracht Frankfurt

• Return to training: 9 July
• Training camps/tour: USA (22 July to 3 August)
• Friendly matches: 19 July vs. FSV Frankfurt (6pm), 27 July vs Aston Villa (1am), 30 July vs. Louisville City (1.30am), 2 August vs. Philadelphia Union (11.30pm), 9 August vs. Fulham (6pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Engers (15-18 August)

Borussia Dortmund

• Return to training: 2 June
• Training camps/tour: FIFA Club World Cup - USA (arrive 13 June), Austria (4 to 9 August)
• Club World Cup: 17 June vs. Fluminense (6pm), 21 June vs. Mamelodi Sundowns (6pm), 25 June vs. Ulsan (9pm)
• Friendly matches: 30 July vs. Sportfreunde Siegen (6.30pm), 10 August vs. Juventus (5.30pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Rot-Weiss Essen (15-18 August)

Freiburg

• Return to training: 6 July
• Training camps/tour: Austria (16 to 25 July)
• Friendly matches: 11 July vs. Sandhausen (5.30pm), 18 July vs. Altach (5pm), 25 July vs. Dynamo Dresden (2pm), 9 August vs. Osasuna (3.30pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Sportfreunde Lotte (15-18 August)

Mainz

• Return to training: 2 July
• Training camps/tour: Austria (23 to 30 July)
• Friendly matches: 5 July vs. Ingelheim (2pm), 11 July vs. Bayern Alzenau (6pm), 16 July vs. Saarbrücken (7pm), 25 July vs. TBC, 29 July vs. TBC
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Dynamo Dresden (15-18 August)

RB Leipzig

• Return to training: 14 July
• Training camps/tour: Brazil (completed)
• Friendly matches: 3-1 vs. Santos, 19 July vs. Meuselwitz (3.30pm), 2 August vs. Atalanta (3pm), 9 August vs. RC Lens (TBC)  
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Sandhausen (15-18 August)

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Werder Bremen

• Return to training: 7 July
• Training camps/tour: Austria (22 to 31 July)
• Friendly matches: 12 July vs. Verden (3.30pm), 19 July vs. Kickers Emden (3.30pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Arminia Bielefeld (15-18 August)

VfB Stuttgart

• Return to training: 9 July
• Training camps/tour: Germany (28 July to 3 August)
• Friendly matches: 9 August vs. Bologna (5pm)
• First fixture: Franz Beckenbauer Supercup vs. Bayern (16 August)

Borussia Mönchengladbach

• Return to training: 6 July
• Training camps/tour: Germany (19 July)
• Friendly matches: 18 July vs. Erzgebirge Aue (5.30pm), 26 July vs. Nuremberg (2pm), 2 August vs. Valencia (8.30pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Atlas Delmenhorst (15-18 August)

Wolfsburg

• Return to training: 9 July
• Training camps/tour: Germany (20 to 26 July)
• Friendly matches: 30 July vs. Espanyol (7.30pm), 2 August vs. Feyenoord (4.30pm), 9 August vs. Brighton x 2 (12.30pm & 6.30pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Hemelingen (15-18 August)

Augsburg

• Return to training: 7 July
• Training camps/tour: Austria (26 July to 3 August)
• Friendly matches: 12 July vs. Gersthofen (2pm), 19 July vs. Austria Lustenau (4pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Hallescher FC (15-18 August)

Union Berlin

• Return to training: 9 July
• Training camps/tour: Austria (18-21 July), Germany (23 July to 1 August)
• Friendly matches: 12 July vs. Brandenburger SC Süd (3.30pm), 13 July vs. Grün-Weiss Ahrensfelde (3.30pm), 19 July vs. LASK (4pm), 20 July vs. Rapid Wien (4pm), 26 July vs. Greuther Fürth (2pm), 2 August vs. Espanyol (3.30pm), 8-10 August vs. TBC
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Gütersloh (15-18 August)

St. Pauli

• Return to training: 3 July
• Training camps/tour: Austria (18-27 July)
• Friendly matches: 7 July vs. GW Firrel (4.00pm), 12 July vs. SV Drochtersen/Assel (3.00pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Eintracht Norderstedt (15-18 August)

Hoffenheim

• Return to training: 6 July 
• Training camps/tour: Austria (27 July - 3 August)
• Friendly matches: 12 July vs. SGV Freiberg, 16 July vs. Sportfreunde Lauffen, 19 July vs. SV Elversberg
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Hansa Rostock (15-18 August)

Heidenheim

• Return to training: 5 July 
• Training camps/tour: Italy (11-19 July)
• Friendly matches: 6 July: opponents TBC, 9 July: opponents TBC, 26 July vs. Ingolstadt 
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Bahlinger SC (15-18 August)

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Cologne

• Return to training: TBC
• Training camps/tour: Austria (19-26 July)
• Friendly matches: 12 July vs. Bergisch Gladbach (2pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Jahn Regensburg (15-18 August)

Hamburg

• Return to training: 2 July
• Training camps/tour: Germany (14-18 July)
• Friendly matches: 5 July vs. Elstorf (1pm), 6 July vs. Oldenburg (1.30pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Pirmasens (15-18 August)