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: 28 July
• Training camps/tour: FIFA Club World Cup, USA
• Club World Cup matches: 10-0 win vs. Auckland City, 2-1 win vs. Boca Juniors, 1-0 loss vs. Benfica, 4-2 win vs. Flamengo, 2-0 loss vs. PSG
• Friendly matches: 2-1 win vs. Lyon, 4-0 Telekom Cup win vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 2-1 win vs. Grasshopper Zurich, 23 August vs. Red Eagles Austria (3pm)
• First fixture: Franz Beckenbauer Supercup vs. Stuttgart (16 August)

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Bayer Leverkusen

• Return to training: 7 July
• Training camps/tour: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (14-24 July)
• Friendly matches: 5-1 loss vs. Flamengo U20s, 2-0 win vs. Bochum, 2-1 win vs. Fortuna Sittard, 3-0 win vs. Pisa, 2-0 loss vs. Chelsea
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Sonnenhof Großaspach (15 August, 6pm)

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Eintracht Frankfurt

• Return to training: 9 July
• Training camps/tour: USA (22 July to 3 August)
• Friendly matches: 2-3 win vs. FSV Frankfurt, 2-2 draw vs Aston Villa, 5-2 win vs. Louisville City, 2-2 draw vs. Philadelphia Union, 1-0 loss vs. Fulham
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Engers (17 August, 1pm)

Borussia Dortmund

• Return to training: 26 July
• Training camps/tour: FIFA Club World Cup, USA and Saalfelden, Austria (4 to 9 August)
• Club World Cup: 0-0 draw vs. Fluminense, 4-3 win vs. Mamelodi Sundowns, 1-0 win vs. Ulsan HD, 2-1 win vs. Monterrey, 3-2 loss vs. Real Madrid
• Friendly matches: 8-1 win vs. Sportfreunde Siegen, 3-2 win vs. Lille, 2-1 loss vs. Juventus
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Rot-Weiss Essen (18 August, 8.45pm)

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Freiburg

• Return to training: 6 July
• Training camps/tour: Schruns, Austria (16 to 25 July)
• Friendly matches: 2-1 win vs. Sandhausen, 3-0 win vs. Altach, 3-3 draw vs. Dynamo Dresden, 9 August vs. Osasuna (3.30pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Sportfreunde Lotte (16 August, 6pm)

Mainz

• Return to training: 2 July
• Training camps/tour: Hopfgarten-Markt, Austria (23 to 30 July)
• Friendly matches: 11-1 win vs. Ingelheim, 4-0 win vs. Bayern Alzenau, 4-1 win vs. Saarbrücken, 5-0 win vs. Seekirchen, 4-3 win vs. Crystal Palace, 0-0 draw vs. Strasbourg
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Dynamo Dresden (18 August, 6pm)

RB Leipzig

• Return to training: 14 July
• Training camps/tour: Brazil (completed) and Donaueschingen, Germany (23 to 30 July)
• Friendly matches: 3-1 win vs. Santos, 3-0 win vs. Meuselwitz, 7-0 win vs. Toulouse, 2-1 loss vs. Atalanta, 2-1 loss vs. Lens
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Sandhausen (16 August, 3.30pm)

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Werder Bremen

• Return to training: 7 July
• Training camps/tour: Zell am Ziller, Austria (22-31 July)
• Friendly matches: 6-0 win vs. Verden, 3-1 win vs. Kickers Emden, 0-0 draw vs. Parma, 0-1 and 0-3 losses vs. Hoffenheim, 1-2 loss vs. Udinese
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Arminia Bielefeld (15 August, 8.45pm)

VfB Stuttgart

• Return to training: 9 July
• Training camps/tour: Rottach-Egern, Germany (28 July to 2 August)
• Friendly matches: 7-1 win vs. SV Fellbach, 2-1 win vs. Celta Vigo, 1-0 loss vs. Bologna
• First fixture: Franz Beckenbauer Supercup vs. Bayern Munich (16 August)

Borussia Mönchengladbach

• Return to training: 6 July
• Training camps/tour: Tegernsee, Germany (18 to 25 July)
• Friendly matches: 3-0 win vs. Erzgebirge Aue, 3-1 loss vs. Metalist Kharkiv, 2-0 win vs. Nuremberg, 2-0 win vs. Valencia, 2-2 draw vs. Brentford
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Atlas Delmenhorst (17 August, 3.30pm)

Wolfsburg

• Return to training: 9 July
• Training camps/tour: Weimarer Land, Germany (20 to 26 July)
• Friendly matches: 12-0 win vs. Beck's XI, Volkswagen Cup 2-0 win vs. Dynamo Dresden and 2-0 win vs. Zwickau, 4-3 win vs. Magdeburg, 1-0 loss vs. Espanyol, 4-0 loss vs. Feyenoord, 2-1 loss vs. Brighton & Hove Albion
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Hemelingen (16 August, 3.30pm)

Augsburg

• Return to training: 7 July
• Training camps/tour: Kollerschlag, Austria, 4-1 win vs. Memmingen, 2-0 win vs. Austria Lustenau, 2-1 loss and 4-1 win vs. Rot-Weiss Essen, 3-1 loss and 1-0 win vs. Crystal Palace, 2-2 draw vs. Pisa, 0-1 loss vs. Sunderland
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Hallescher FC (17 August, 6pm)

Union Berlin

• Return to training: 9 July
• Training camps/tour: Herzogenaurach, Germany (23 July to 1 August)
• Friendly matches: 9-1 win vs. Brandenburger SC Süd, 5-0 win vs. Grün-Weiß Ahrensfelde, 2-0 win vs. LASK, 1-1 draw vs. Rapid Vienna, 1-0 loss vs. Greuther Fürth, 1-0 loss against Schweinfurt, 1-0 loss vs. Espanyol, 0-1 loss vs. Olympiacos (3.30pm)
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Gütersloh (15 August, 6pm)

St. Pauli

• Return to training: 3 July
• Training camps/tour: Flachau, Austria (18 to 27 July)
• Friendly matches: 10-0 win vs. Grün-Weiß Firrel, 1-0 loss vs. Drochtersen/Assel, 4-1 win vs. Silkeborg, 6-1 win vs. Karlsruhe, 2-0 win vs. Nice, 2-2 draw vs. Coventry 
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Eintracht Norderstedt (16 August, 3.30pm)

Hoffenheim

• Return to training: 6 July 
• Training camps/tour: Seefeld, Austria (27 July to 3 August)
• Friendly matches: 3-2 win vs. SGV Freiberg, 11-0 win vs. Sportfreunde Lauffen, 5-2 win vs. Elversberg, 4-0 win vs. Homburg, 5-1 win vs. Darmstadt, 1-0 and 3-0 wins vs. Werder Bremen, 8-0 win vs. Metz
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Hansa Rostock (16 August, 3.30pm)

Heidenheim

• Return to training: 5 July 
• Training camps/tour: Natz, Italy (11 to 19 July)
• Friendly matches: 7-0 win vs. Salach, 17-0 win vs. Herbrechtingen/Bolheim, 2-0 win vs. Wacker Innsbruck, 3-2 win vs. Ingolstadt, 2-1 win vs. Parma
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Bahlinger SC (16 August, 3.30pm)

Cologne

• Return to training: 7 July
• Training camps/tour: Bad Waltersdorf, Austria (19-26 July)
• Friendly matches: 7-1 win vs. Bergisch Gladbach, 2-2 draw vs. Fortuna Cologne, 3-1 win vs. Leicester City, 7-0 win vs. Siegburger, 7-4 win vs Vitesse Arnhem, 4-0 vs. Atalanta
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Jahn Regensburg (17 August, 3.30pm)

Hamburg

• Return to training: 2 July
• Training camps/tour: Herzogenaurach, Germany (14-18 July) and Mallorca, Spain (6-10 August)
• Friendly matches: 8-1 win vs. Elstorf, 2-1 win vs. Oldenburg, 1-0 loss vs. Copenhagen, 2-1 loss vs. Sturm Graz, 4-0 loss vs. Lyon, 2-0 loss vs. Mallorca
• First fixture: DFB Cup vs. Pirmasens (16 August, 1pm)