Bundesliga clubs' 2024/25 pre-season schedules: tours, friendlies and training
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.
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- 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 (4pm), 7 August vs. Arsenal (6pm in London)
- First fixture: Supercup vs. VfB Stuttgart (17 August)
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- 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 (7pm in Kyoto), 1 August vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima (6.30pm in Hiroshima), 10 August vs. Atheltic Bilbao (3.30pm)
- First fixture: Supercup vs. Bayer Leverkusen (17 August)
- 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 (3.30pm), 3 August vs. Tottenham Hotspur (6pm in Seoul), 10 August vs. Tottenham Hotspur (5.30pm in London)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Ulm (16 August)
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- Return to training: 3 July
- Training camp/tour: New York (28 July - 4 August)
- Friendly matches: 19 July vs SV Babelsberg (1-0 win), 26 July vs. Erzgebirge Aue, 31 July vs. Aston Villa (8pm in New Jersey), 4 August vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (7.30pm in Miami), 10 August vs. Paris Saint-Germain (6pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Rot-Weiss Essen (17 August)
- 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 (6.30pm), 10 August vs. Aston Villa (5pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Lübeck (17 August)
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- 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 (8pm in Louisville, Kentucky), 7 August vs. FSV Frankfurt (6pm), 10 August vs. Valencia (9pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Eintracht Braunschweig (19 August)
- 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 (6pm), 3 August vs. Ipswich Town (1.30pm), 10 August vs. Fulham (5pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Würzburger Kickers (17 August)
- 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 (4pm), 10 August vs. Espanyol (3.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Villingen (17 August)
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- 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, 10.30am and 3pm), 10 August vs. Stade Rennes (two matches, 11am and 5pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Energie Cottbus (19 August)
- 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, 3.30pm and 5.30pm), 10 August vs. Fiorentina (3.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Osnabrück (17 August)
- 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 (27 July, 8pm), 3 August vs. Leicester City (3.30pm), 10 August vs. Marseille (5pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Viktoria Berlin (18 August)
- 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 (3.30pm), 3 August vs. Como (3:30pm), 9 August vs. Brentford (7.45pm in London)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. TuS Koblenz (19 August)
- 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 (2pm), 10 August vs. Montpellier (3.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Wehen Wiesbaden (16 August)
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- 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 (6pm), 2 August vs. Ipswich Town (2:30pm), 10 August vs. Racing Strasbourg (Two matches at 11am and 3.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Erzgebirge Aue (17 August)
- 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 (5pm), 9 August vs. Real Sociedad (7pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Greifswalder FC (17 August)
- 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 (6pm), 3 August vs. FC Südtirol (5pm), 3 August vs. Bologna (6.15pm), 10 August vs. Le Havre (6pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Regensburg (18 August)
- 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 (3pm in Norwich), 9 August vs. Atalanta (6.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Hallescher FC (16 August)
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- 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 (6pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Alemannia Aachen (17 August)
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