Bundesliga clubs' 2024/25 pre-season schedules: tours, friendlies and training
The 2023/24 campaign is barely over, but Bundesliga clubs have already got their plans in place for 2024/25 pre-season, including tours to the USA, Asia and South Africa, plus some high-profile friendly matches. 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 the weekend of 23-25 August. Those fixtures will be announced on 4 July. 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 (7pm), 3 August vs. Lens (4pm), 7 August vs. Arsenal (7pm)
- 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 (3pm), 13 July vs. Luzern (3pm), 20 July vs. Fortuna Sittard (2pm), 28 July vs. Kyoto Sanga, 1 August vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 10 August vs. Atheltic Bilbao
- 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. FC Rottach-Egern, 28 July vs. Düren, 3 August vs. Tottenham Hotspur (Seoul), 10 August vs. Tottenham Hotspur (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. Rot-Weiß Erfurt (3pm), 31 July vs. Aston Villa (8pm in New Jersey), 4 August vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers (7.30pm in Miami)
- 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, 17 July vs. Erzgebirge Aue, 24 July vs. Cerezo Osaka, 6 August vs. Villarreal, 10 August vs. Aston Villa
- 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 (3.30pm), 25 July vs. FC Juarez (7.30pm in Juarez, Mexico), 30 July vs. Louisville City, 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, 24 July vs. Elversberg, 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: 13 July vs. Schwäbisch Hall (3.30pm), 14 July vs. Esslingen (3.30pm), 20 July vs. Glött (3.30pm), 21 July vs. Schnaitheim (3.30pm), 26 July vs. Normania Gmünd, 31 July vs. TBC, 4 August vs. TBC, 11 August (Max Liebhaber-Pokal)
- 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 (2pm), 3 August vs. Coventry City (4pm), 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 (6pm), 26 July vs. TBC, 10 August vs. TBC
- 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, Mpumalanga Premier’s International Tournament 2024 on 20 and 27 July
- 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, 20 July vs. Anderlecht, 27 July vs. Hannover (3.30pm), 9 August vs. Brentford (8.45pm)
- 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. Landenlonsheim/Laubenheim (2pm), 12 July vs. Basara Mainz (6pm), 18 July vs. Eintracht Trier, 27 July vs. Preußen Münster, 2 August vs. TBC, 6 August vs. TBC, 10 August vs. Montpellier
- 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: 10/11 August vs. TBC
- 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 (3.30pm), 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 (2pm), 10 July vs. SpVgg Velbert (6.30pm), 12 July vs. Alemannia Aachen (7pm), 20 July vs. Magdeburg (2pm), 30 July vs. Spezia (6pm), 10 August vs. TBC
- 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, 19 July vs. Greuther Fürth, 3 August vs. Norwich City
- 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 (3.30pm)
- First fixture: DFB Cup first round vs. Alemannia Aachen (17 August)
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