Match schedules for 2024-25 season revealed: Bundesliga season kicks off with game between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Bundesliga 2 starts with 1. FC Köln against Hamburger SV

4 July 2024 – Rhine derby to kick off the season: The Bundesliga starts its 62nd season with a duel between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The new season begins on Friday, 23 August 2024 at 8:30 p.m. CEST at BORUSSIA-PARK.

The new Bundesliga 2 season kicks off three weeks earlier, on Friday, 2 August 2024. In the opening match, 1. FC Köln host Hamburger SV at the RheinEnergieSTADION at 8:30 p.m. CEST.

The exact dates and times of fixtures for Bundesliga Matchdays 1–5 will be announced between 15–19 July. For Bundesliga 2, the precise fixture list for Matchdays 1–2 will be announced next week (8–12 July), and then for Matchdays 3–7 together with the first Bundesliga fixtures (15–19 July). Further announcements regarding the matchday schedules will be made as the season progresses, depending on the performance of the clubs in European club competitions, as well as in the DFB-Pokal.

The German Supercup – this year between double winners Bayer 04 Leverkusen and league runners-up VfB Stuttgart – will take place on Saturday, 17 August 2024 (8:30 p.m. CEST) at the BayArena in Leverkusen.

The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 match schedules, published today by DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, can be downloaded as accessible PDFs here (in German):

An overview of some selected matches:

Bundesliga

• Matchday 4 (20–22 September 2024): VfB Stuttgart – Borussia Dortmund
• Matchday 5 (27–29 September 2024): FC Bayern München – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
• Matchday 9 (01–03 November 2024): Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfB Stuttgart
• Matchday 12 (29 November–1 December 2024): Borussia Dortmund – FC Bayern München
• Matchday 12 (29 November–1 December 2024): FC St. Pauli – Holstein Kiel
• Matchday 21 (07–09 February 2025): Borussia Dortmund – VfB Stuttgart
• Matchday 22 (14–16 February 2025): Bayer 04 Leverkusen – FC Bayern München
• Matchday 26 (14–16 March 2025): VfB Stuttgart – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
• Matchday 29 (11–13 April 2025): FC Bayern München – Borussia Dortmund
• Matchday 29 (11–13 April 2025): Holstein Kiel – FC St. Pauli

Bundesliga 2

• Matchday 6 (20–22 September 2024): Fortuna Düsseldorf – 1. FC Köln
• Matchday 8 (04–06 October 2024): FC Schalke 04 – Hertha BSC
• Matchday 8 (04–06 October 2024): Eintracht Braunschweig – Hannover 96
• Matchday 9 (18–20 October 2024): SpVgg Greuther Fürth – 1. FC Nürnberg
• Matchday 13 (22–24 November 2024): Hamburger SV – FC Schalke 04
• Matchday 23 (21–23 February 2025): 1. FC Köln – Fortuna Düsseldorf
• Matchday 25 (07–09 March 2025): Hertha BSC – FC Schalke 04
• Matchday 25 (07–09 March 2025): Hannover 96 – Eintracht Braunschweig
• Matchday 26 (14–16 March 2025): 1. FC Nürnberg – SpVgg Greuther Fürth
• Matchday 30 (19/20 April 2025): FC Schalke 04 – Hamburger SV

Key dates for the 2024-25 season at a glance:

• Bundesliga, Matchday 1: 23–25 August 2024
• Bundesliga, Matchday 34: 17 May 2025
• Bundesliga 2, Matchday 1: 2–4 August 2024
• Bundesliga 2, Matchday 34: 18 May 2025
• Relegation play-offs, first legs: 22/23 May 2025
• Relegation play-offs, second legs: 26/27 May 2025