Bundesliga 2025/26 fixtures released: Key dates, opening match & full schedule
Bundesliga 2025/26 start date
The Bundesliga 2025/26 season kicks off on August 22, 2025 at 20:30 CEST, as defending champions Bayern Munich host RB Leipzig at the Allianz Arena in a blockbuster opener. All nine Matchday 1 fixtures will be played across the weekend.
Promoted sides FC Köln and Hamburger SV return to the top flight and will face challenging opening tests against Mainz and Borussia Mönchengladbach, respectively.
Bundesliga 2025/26 full fixture list
Bundesliga Matchday 1 – opening weekend fixtures
Bayern Munich vs RB Leipzig
Bayer Leverkusen vs Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Werder Bremen
Freiburg vs Augsburg
Mainz vs FC Köln
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Hamburger SV
1. FC Union Berlin vs VfB Stuttgart
FC St. Pauli vs Borussia Dortmund
1. FC Heidenheim vs. VfL Wolfsburg
Key dates in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season
Opening Day: August 22, 2025
Final Matchday (Matchday 34): May 16, 2026
Winter break: December 22 – January 9
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2. Bundesliga 2025/26 fixture release
2. Bundesliga 2025/26 start date
The 2. Bundesliga 2025/26 season begins on August 1, 2025 at 20:30 CEST with an exciting opener between Schalke 04 and Hertha BSC - two big clubs aiming for a return to the top flight.
2. Bundesliga 2025/26 full fixture list
Here is the complete 2. Bundesliga 2025/26 schedule, featuring all 34 matchdays.
2. Bundesliga Matchday 1 – opening weekend fixtures
Schalke 04 vs Hertha BSC
Elversberg vs 1. FC Nürnberg
SC Paderborn vs Holstein Kiel
1. FC Magdeburg vs Eintracht Braunschweig
Karlsruher SC vs Preussen Münster
Hannover 96 vs 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Darmstadt vs VfL Bochum
Greuther Fürth vs Dynamo Dresden
Arminia Bielefeld vs Fortuna Düsseldorf
