Borussia Dortmund announce pre-season friendly against Arsenal
Borussia Dortmund's penultimate pre-season friendly ahead of the 2026/27 campaign will be against English Premier League champions Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, the club have confirmed.
The game will take place on Sunday, 9 August at 3.00pm CEST (2pm local time), and is one of five warm-up matches the Black-Yellows have planned ahead of the upcoming term.
The clash will represent a return to his homeland for midfielder Jobe Bellingham, while BVB will come against familiar faces in Kai Havertz and Piero Hincapié (both ex-Bayer Leverkusen), plus ex-St. Pauli striker Viktor Gyökeres.
These two sides last met 12 years ago, with Arsenal prevailing 2-0 on home soil in the UEFA Champions League group stage. All in all, the two sides have faced off on eight occasions, with the Gunners holding a slight advantage thanks to their four wins compared to Dortmund's three.
Niko Kovač and Co. will kick off their pre-season against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen on 18 July, before a trip to Japan sees them come up against Cerezo Osaka (29 July) and FC Tokyo (1 August). Following their encounter with Arsenal, they will round off their warm-up schedule by welcoming Roma to Signal Iduna Park (15 August).
Their first competitive match will be against Bayern Munich in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup on Saturday 22 August, with the Bundesliga set to get underway the following weekend.
