Bundesliga clubs' 2025/26 pre-season schedules: tours, friendlies and training
Bundesliga clubs are preparing for the 2025/26 pre-season, pencilling in training, tours and friendlies all over the world. 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 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.
*All times in CEST unless specified with location and are subject to change. bundesliga.com is not responsible for any changes of friendly fixtures
- Return to training: 5 June
- Training camps/tour: FIFA Club World Cup - USA (arrive 10 June)
- Club World Cup matches: 5 June vs. Aucklund City (6pm), 21 June vs. Boca Juniors (3am), 24 June vs. Club Benfica (9pm)
- Friendly matches: 7 August, Telekom Cup vs. Tottenham Hotspur (6.30pm), TBC vs. Red Eagles Austria
- First fixture: Franz Beckenbauer Supercup vs. Stuttgart (16 August)
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- Return to training: TBC
- Training camps/tour: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (14-24 July)
- Friendly matches: TBC
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
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- Return to training: 9 July
- Training camps/tour: USA (22 July to 3 August)
- Friendly matches: 19 July vs. FSV Frankfurt (6pm), 29 July vs. Louisville City (1.30am), 2 August vs. Philadelphia Union (11.30pm), 9 August vs. Fulham (6pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 2 June
- Training camps/tour: FIFA Club World Cup - USA (arrive 13 June), Austria (4 to 9 August)
- Club World Cup: 17 June vs. Fluminense (6pm), 21 June vs. Mamelodi Sundowns (6pm), 25 June vs. Ulsan (9pm)
- Friendly matches: 30 July vs. Sportfreunde Siegen (6.30pm), 10 August vs. Juventus (5.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 6 July
- Training camps/tour: Austria (16 to 25 July)
- Friendly matches: TBC vs. Sandhausen, 18 July vs. Altach (5pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 2 July
- Training camps/tour: Austria (23 to 30 July)
- Friendly matches: 5 July vs. Ingelheim (2pm), 11 July vs. Bayern Alzenau (6pm), 16 July vs. Saarbrücken (7pm), 25 July vs. TBC, 29 July vs. TBC
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: TBC
- Training camps/tour: Brazil (completed)
- Friendly matches: 3-1 vs. Santos
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
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- Return to training: 7 July
- Training camps/tour: Austria (22 to 31 July)
- Friendly matches: 12 July vs. Verden (3.30pm), 19 July vs. Kickers Emden (3.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: TBC
- Training camps/tour: TBC
- Friendly matches: TBC
- First fixture: Franz Beckenbauer Supercup vs. Bayern (16 August)
- Return to training: 6 July
- Training camps/tour: Germany (19 July)
- Friendly matches: 18 July vs. Erzgebirge Aue (5.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 9 July
- Training camps/tour: Germany (20 to 26 July)
- Friendly matches: 30 July vs. Espanyol (7.30pm), 2 August vs. Feyenoord (4.30pm), 9 August vs. Brighton x 2 (12.30pm & 6.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 7 July
- Training camps/tour: TBC
- Friendly matches: TBC
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 9 July
- Training camps/tour: Austria (18-21 July), Germany (23 July to 1 August)
- Friendly matches: 12 July vs. Brandenburger SC Süd (3.30pm), 13 July vs. Grün-Weiss Ahrensfelde (3.30pm), 19 July vs. LASK (TBC), 20 July vs. Rapid Wien (4pm), 26 July vs. TBC, 2 August vs. TBC, 8-10 August vs. TBC
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 3 July
- Training camps/tour: Austria (18-27 July)
- Friendly matches: 7 July vs. GW Firrel (4.00pm), 12 July vs. SV Drochtersen/Assel (3.00pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 6 July
- Training camps/tour: Austria (27 July - 3 August)
- Friendly matches: 12 July vs. SGV Freiberg, 16 July vs. Sportfreunde Lauffen, 19 July vs. SV Elversberg
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 5 July
- Training camps/tour: Italy (11-19 July)
- Friendly matches: 6 July: opponents TBC, 9 July: opponents TBC, vs. Ingolstadt (26 July)
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
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- Return to training: TBC
- Training camps/tour: TBC
- Friendly matches: TBC
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
- Return to training: 2 July
- Training camps/tour: TBC
- Friendly matches: TBC
- First fixture: DFB Cup vs. TBC (15-18 August)
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