Bundesliga clubs are returning to training in the 2024/25 pre-season, with tours to the USA, Asia and South Africa, plus some high-profile friendly matches on the agenda. bundesliga.com has an overview of the teams’ summer plans and will keep you up to date right here with the developing schedules.
The 2024/25 Bundesliga season kicks off on 23 August, with Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Bayer Leverkusen opening the new fixture list. For most teams, their first competitive fixture will be the DFB Cup first round on 16-19 August.
Champions Bayer Leverkusen and runners-up VfB Stuttgart will contest the 2024 Supercup that weekend.
*All times in CEST unless specified with location and are subject to change. bundesliga.com is not responsible for any changes of friendly fixtures
Bayer Leverkusen
Return to training: 14 July
Training camp: Donaueschingen (28 July to 2 August)
Friendly matches: 26 July vs. Rot-Weiss Essen (2-1 win), 3 August vs. Lens (2-2 draw), 7 August vs. Arsenal (4-1 defeat)
First fixture: Supercup vs. VfB Stuttgart (17 August)
Watch: Leverkusen’s road to the Bundesliga title
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VfB Stuttgart
Return to training: 4 July
Training camp/tour: Japan (25 July to 2 August)
Friendly matches: 7 July vs. Hollenbach (8-1 win), 13 July vs. Luzern (0-0), 20 July vs. Fortuna Sittard (3-0 win), 28 July vs. Kyoto Sanga (5-3 win), 1 August vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima (5-2 win), 10 August vs. Athletic Bilbao (4-0 win)
First fixture: Supercup vs. Bayer Leverkusen (17 August)
Bayern Munich
Return to training: 15 July
Training camps/tour: Tegernsee (22 to 25 July), South Korea (31 July to 5 August)
Friendly matches: 24 July vs. Rottach-Egern (14-1 win), 28 July vs. Düren (1-1 draw), 3 August vs. Tottenham Hotspur (2-1 win), 10 August vs. Tottenham Hotspur (3-2 win), 13 August vs. Tirol (3-0 win), 20 August vs. Grasshoppers (4-0 win)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Ulm (16 August)
Watch: Highlights of Bayern’s win over Tottenham
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RB Leipzig
Return to training: 3 July
Training camp/tour: New York (28 July – 4 August)
Friendly matches: 19 July vs SV Babelsberg (1-0 win), 1 August vs. Aston Villa (2-0 win), 4 August vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-0 defeat), 10 August vs. Paris Saint-Germain (1-1)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Rot-Weiss Essen (17 August)
Watch: Highlights of Leipzig’s 1-1 draw with PSG
Borussia Dortmund
Return to training: 10 July
Training camp/tour: Japan (19 July to 25 July), Bad Ragaz, Switzerland (1 to 9 August)
Friendly matches: 12 July vs. Holzwickede (7-1 win), 17 July vs. Erzgebirge Aue (1-1 draw), 21 July vs. Pathum United (4-0 defeat), 24 July vs. Cerezo Osaka (3-2 win), 6 August vs. Villarreal (2-2 draw), 10 August vs. Aston Villa (2-0 win)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Lübeck (17 August)
Watch: Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Villarreal – highlights
Eintracht Frankfurt
Return to training: 8 July
Training camp/tour: Louisville, Kentucky (22 July to 3 August)
Friendly matches: 20 July vs. Heusenstamm (12-0 win), 25 July vs. FC Juarez (2-1 win), 30 July vs. Louisville City (4-0 win), 7 August vs. FSV Frankfurt (5-2 win), 10 August vs. Valencia (3-2 loss)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Eintracht Braunschweig (19 August)
Hoffenheim
Return to training: 7 July
Training camp: Kitzbühel, Austria (27 July to 3 August)
Friendly matches: 13 July vs. Astoria Walldorf (7-1 win), 20 July vs. Karlsruher SC (4-1 defeat), 24 July vs. Elversberg (3-1 win), 30 July vs. Norwich City (2-2 draw), 3 August vs. Ipswich Town (1-0 defeat), 10 August vs. Fulham (2-0 loss)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Würzburger Kickers (17 August)
Heidenheim
Return to training: 1 July
Training camps: Natz, Italy (3 July to 10 July), Mils, Austria (28 July to 4 August)
Friendly matches: 6 July vs. Natz XI (15-0 win), 13 July vs. Schwäbisch Hall (3-1 win), 14 July vs. Esslingen (10-0 win), 20 July vs. Glött (20-0 win), 21 July vs. Schnaitheim (19-0 win), 26 July vs. Normania Gmünd (4-0 win), 3 August vs. Aris Limassol (2-1 win), 10 August vs. Espanyol (2-1 win)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Villingen (17 August)
Watch: The remarkable rise of Heidenheim
Werder Bremen
Return to training: 8 July
Training camp: Zillertal, Austria (17 to 27 July)
Friendly matches: 14 July vs. Verden (2-0 win), 20 July vs. US Lecce (3-0 defeat), 26 July vs. Sheffield Wednesday (2-2 draw), 3 August vs. Coventry City (two matches, a 4-0 defeat and a 2-1 win), 10 August vs. Stade Rennes (1-0 defeat)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Energie Cottbus (19 August)
Freiburg
Return to training: 7 July
Training camp: Schruns, Austria (17 to 26 July)
Friendly matches: 19 July vs. Altach (1-1 draw), 26 July vs. Greuther Fürth (2-2 draw), 3 August vs. Racing Strasbourg (two matches, a 2-2 draw and a 3-2 win), 10 August vs. Fiorentina (2-2)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Osnabrück (17 August)
Augsburg
Return to training: 8 July
Training camp/tour: South Africa (18 to 28 July)
Friendly matches: 13 July vs. Schwaben Augsburg (3-0 win), 20 July Mpumalanga Premier’s International Tournament 2024 vs. Young Africans (2-1 win) and TS Galazy (2-1 defeat), 3 August vs. Leicester City (1-0 win), 10 August vs. Marseille (3-1 defeat)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Viktoria Berlin (18 August)
Wolfsburg
Return to training: 9 July
Training camp: Schladming, Austria (1 to 9 August)
Friendly matches: 13 July vs. Beck’s XI (9-0 win), 20 July vs. Anderlecht (2-1 defeat), 24 July vs. Lille (1-0 win), 27 July vs. Hannover (3-2 defeat), 3 August vs. Como (0-0 draw), 9 August vs. Brentford (4-4 draw)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. TuS Koblenz (19 August)
Mainz
Return to training: 3 July
Training camp: Hopfgarten-Markt, Austria (31 July to 7 August)
Friendly matches: 6 July vs. Langenlonsheim/Laubenheim (13-0 win), 12 July vs. Basara Mainz (8-0 win), 18 July vs. Eintracht Trier (0-3 defeat), 27 July vs. Preußen Münster (3-1 win), 2 August vs. Holstein Kiel (2-0 win), 10 August vs. Montpellier (3-1 win)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Wehen Wiesbaden (16 August)
Watch: Mainz’s relegation rollercoaster
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Return to training: 10 July
Training camp: Rottach-Egern (26 July to 2 August)
Friendly matches: 20 July vs. FC Wegberg-Beeck (2-0 win), 25 July vs. Fortuna Sittard (3-1 win), 29 July vs. Holstein Kiel (1-0 win), 2 August vs. Ipswich Town (3-1 win), 10 August vs. Racing Strasbourg (1-0 win)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Erzgebirge Aue (17 August)
Union Berlin
Return to training: 1 July
Training camp: TBC
Friendly matches: 6 July vs. Chemie Leipzig (4-0 win), 18 July vs. Dynamo Kyiv (3-2 win), 27 July vs. Rangers (4-4 draw), 3 August vs Lyon (4-0 defeat), 9 August vs. Real Sociedad (1-1 draw)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Greifswalder FC (17 August)
Bochum
Return to training: 1 July
Training camp: Gais, Italy (28 July to 4 August)
Friendly matches: 6 July vs. Rot Weiss Ahlen (3-1 win), 10 July vs. Velbert (5-1 win), 12 July vs. Alemannia Aachen (1-0 win), 20 July vs. Magdeburg (1-1 draw), 30 July vs. Spezia (1-3 defeat), 3 August vs. FC Südtirol (2-0 defeat), 3 August vs. Bologna (4-0 win), 10 August vs. Le Havre (6-0 win)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Regensburg (18 August)
St. Pauli
Return to training: 8 July
Training camp: Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, Austria (15 to 25 July)
Friendly matches: 13 July vs. Bremer SV (3-1 win), 19 July vs. Greuther Fürth (3-1 defeat), 24 July vs. Lyon (1-0 win), 3 August vs. Norwich City (3-1 win), 9 August vs. Atalanta (3-0 win)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Hallescher FC (16 August)
Watch: St. Pauli – Return of the Cult Club
Holstein Kiel
Return to training: 1 July
Training camp: Seefeld, Austria (27 July to 4 August)
Friendly matches: 6 July vs. Boldklubben B.93 (4-1 win), 12 July vs. Sønderjyske (0-0), 19 July vs. AB Gladsaxe (1-0 defeat), 29 July vs. Gladbach (0-1 defeat), 2 August vs. Mainz (2-0 defeat), 10 August vs. Saint-Étienne (3-2 defeat)
First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Alemannia Aachen (17 August)
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