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The big sweat 2013

  • Dortmund got their hands on a confidence-boosting piece of silverware at the Wintercup 2013, where Nuri Sahin (c.) made his second debut for the Bundesliga champions
  • Claudio Pizarro, the Bundesliga's highest scoring foreigner ever, netted in Bayern's 2-0 friendly win over local side Unterhaching

Munich - With the league action getting under way again on the weekend starting January 18, Germany's top-flight clubs have a packed training programme in the first half of the month.

So where are your own favourite team gearing up for the all-deciding second half of the campaign? Here's an overview of all the clubs' mid-season schedules:

FC Bayern Munich:

Training start: 2 January

Training camp: 2 - 9 January 2013 in Doha (Qatar)

Friendlies: 5 January Lekhwiya Sports Club 0-4 FC Bayern Munich; 8 January FC Bayern Munich 5-0 FC Schalke 04; 12 January FC Basel 0-3 FC Bayern Munich; 13 January SpVgg Unterhaching 0-2 FC Bayern Munich; 20 January Alemannia Aachen - FC Bayern Munich (13:30 CET)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen:

Training start: 2 January

Training camp: 3 - 12 January in Lagos (Portugal)

Friendlies: 7 January Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 SC Heerenveen, Bayer Leverkusen 0-2 Hannover 96 (three-team tournament, 60-minute games); 11 January Bayer Leverkusen1-0 NEC Nijmegen;

Borussia Dortmund:

Training start: 3 January

Training camp: 5 - 12 January in La Manga (Spain)

Friendlies: 8 January Albacete Balompie 1-3 Borussia Dortmund; 10 January Borussia Dortmund 1-0 KV Mechelen; 13 January Wintercup at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf: Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Fortuna Düsseldorf; Borussia Dortmund 1-1 (4-3 on penalties) 1. FSV Mainz 05.

Eintracht Frankfurt:

Training start: 3 January

Training camp: from 5 January in Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Indoor tournaments/Friendlies: 4 January frankfurtcup 2013 at the FraportArena: participants Eintracht Frankfurt, FSV Frankfurt, Eintracht Braunschweig, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, FC St. Pauli, Kickers Offenbach; 6 January Al Jazira Club Abu Dhabi 5-4 Eintracht Frankfurt; 11 January Eintracht Frankfurt 2-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach.

SC Freiburg:

Training start: 2 January

Training camp: 4 - 11 January in Rota (Spain)

Friendlies: 7 January Xerex CD 1-8 SC Freiburg; 10 January SC Freiburg 6-1 San Fernando

1. FSV Mainz 05:

Training start: 2 January

Training camp: 4-8 January in Marbella (Spain)

Friendlies: 5 January: Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-3 FSV Mainz 05; 6 January FC Bruges 0-1 1. FSV Mainz 05, 8 January Preußen Münster 0-3 1. FSV Mainz 05; 12 January RW Essen 0-1 1. FSV Mainz 05; 13 January: Wintercup at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf; 1. FSV Mainz 05 2-0 Standard Liege; 1. FSV Mainz 05 1-1 (3-4 on penalties) Borussia Dortmund

FC Schalke 04:

Training start: 2 January

Training camp: 3 - 11 January in Doha (Qatar)

Friendlies: 6 January Al-Sadd 2-3 FC Schalke 04; 8 January FC Schalke 04 0-5 FC Bayern Munich; 14 January SC Paderborn 1-2 FC Schalke 04

Borussia Mönchengladbach:

Training start: 3 January (Borussia Park)

Training camp: 4 -12 January in Dubai (UAE)

Friendlies: 9 January Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-2 Hamburger SV; 11 January Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt.

VfB Stuttgart:

Training start: 3 January

Training camp: 4 -12 January in Belek (Turkey)

Friendlies: 6 January Stuttgart - Eskisehirspor 2-1; 11 January VfB Stuttgart 1-1 RKC Waalwijk;

Hamburger SV:

Training start: 2 January

Training camp: 2 - 10 January in Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Friendlies: 7 January Hamburger SV 3-1 FK Lokomotiv Tashkent; 8 January Hamburger SV 3-2 Al-Shabab FC; 9 January Hamburger SV 2-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach; 12 January Hamburger SV 2-0 Austria Wien

Hannover 96:

Training start: 4 January

Training camp: 5 - 13 January in Vila Nova de Cacela (Portugal)

Friendlies: 7 January mini tournament in Lagos vs. SC Heerenveen 2-1 & Bayer Leverkusen 2-0;12 January Hannover 96 1-2 FC Utrecht (in St. Antonio).

SV Werder Bremen:

Training start: 3 January

Training camp: 5 - 12 January in Belek (Turkey)

Friendlies: 7 January SV Werder Bremen 2-0 Trabzonspor;
9 January SV Werder Bremen 2-1 VfL Wolfsburg; 11 January SV Werder Bremen 2-2 PEC Zwolle; 14 January VfL Osnabrück 1-2 SV Werder Bremen

Fortuna Düsseldorf:

Training start: 2 January

Training camp: 2 -10 January in Marbella (Spain)

Friendlies: 5 January: Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-3 FSV Mainz 05; 9 January: Fortuna Düsseldorf 4-1 RAEC Mons; 13 January Wintercup at the ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf; Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-1 Borussia Dortmund; Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-2 Standard Liege

1. FC Nuremberg:

Training start: 3 January

Training camp: 5 - 13 January in Mijas (Spain)

Friendlies: 9 January Club Brugge 4-3 1. FC Nuremberg; 10 January 1. FC Nuremberg 2-0 KSC Lokeren; 12 January Mons 1-3 1. FC Nuremberg

VfL Wolfsburg:

Training start: 3 January

Training camp: 3 -11 January in Belek (Turkey)

Friendlies: 6 January VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 Besiktas; 9. January VfL Wolfsburg 1-2 SV Werder Bremen; 10 January VfL Wolfsburg 3-1 R. Standard de Liege; 12 January VfL Wolfsburg 5-1 Hertha BSC Berlin

1899 Hoffenheim:

Training start: 2 January

Training camp: 6 - 13 January in Portimao (Portugal)

Indoor tournament: 5 January Harder Cup in Mannheim - participants 1899 Hoffenheim, SV Sandhausen, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Karlsruher SC, SV Waldhof Mannheim;

Friendlies: 8 January 1899 Hoffenheim 1-0 Sparta Rotterdam; 11 January 1899 Hoffenheim 3-1 SC Heerenveen

FC Augsburg:

Training start: 2 January

Training camp: 5 -14 January in Belek (Turkey)

Friendlies:9 January FC Augsburg 4-1 FC Hansa Rostock; 13 January FC Augsburg 1-1 FSV Frankfurt

Greuther Fürth:

Training start: 3 January

Training camp: 5 - 12 January in Belek (Turkey)

Indoor tournaments & Friendlies: 4 January frankfurtcup 2013 at the FraportArena: participants Greuther Fürth, FSV Frankfurt, Eintracht Braunschweig, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC St. Pauli, Kickers Offenbach; 6 January Istanbul BB 0-2 SpVgg Greuther Fürth; 9 January Greuther Fürth 2-3 AZ Alkmaar; 11 January FSV Frankfurt - Greuther Fürth 1-2