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Bayern Munich returned to training on 2 January.
Bayern Munich returned to training on 2 January. - © IMAGO/Eibner-Pressefoto/Jenni Ma
Bayern Munich returned to training on 2 January. - © IMAGO/Eibner-Pressefoto/Jenni Ma
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How did the Bundesliga clubs prepare for the Bundesliga's 2024 restart?

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bundesliga.com details each team's winter schedule as the league campaign got back under way following the mini hiatus.

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Bayern Munich

  • Return to training: 2 January (open session)
  • Training camp: 14-18 January Faro, Portugal
  • Friendly matches: 1-1 draw at Basel
  • Matchday 17: 3-1 victory over Hoffenheim

Watch: Basel 1-1 Bayern - highlights

Bayer Leverkusen

  • Return to training: 3 January
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 4-1 win vs. Venezia
  • Matchday 17: 1-0 win away az Augsburg

Freiburg

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Open session: 4 January (10:00 CET)
  • Friendly matches: 5-2 win at Eintracht Frankfurt 
  • Matchday 17: 0-0 draw at home versus Union Berlin

RB Leipzig

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: 2-7 January in La Manga, Spain
  • Friendly matches: 1-0 win vs St. Gallen
  • Matchday 17: 1-0 defeat at home against Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 2-5 loss vs. Freiburg, 14 January vs. Sandhausen 
  • Matchday 17: 1-0 win away at Leipzig

Watch: Bayern chasing Leverkusen in gripping title race

Union Berlin

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 2-0 win vs. Arminia Bielefeld
  • Matchday 17: 0-0 draw away at Union Berlin

Borussia Dortmund

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: 3 - 9 January in Marbella, Spain
  • Friendly matches: 2-2 vs. AZ Alkmaar, 3-3 vs. Standard Liège
  • Matchday 17: 3-0 win away at Darmstadt

Watch: Standard Liège 3-3 Borussia Dortmund - highlights

Wolfsburg

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: 2-7 January in Almancil, Portugal
  • Friendly matches: 3-2 win at Schalke
  • Matchday 17: 1-1 draw away at Mainz

Borussia Mönchengladbach

  • Return to training: 2 January 
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 3-2 win vs. Go Ahead Eagles
  • Matchday 17: 3-1 victory at home over Stuttgart

Werder Bremen

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 3-1 loss vs. Eintracht Braunschweig
  • Matchday 17: 1-1 draw away at Bochum

Mainz

  • Return to training: 1 January (open session)
  • Training camp: 2-7 January in Marbella, Spain
  • Friendly matches: 2-1 win vs. Feyenoord
  • Matchday 17: 1-1 draw at home versus Wolfsburg

Hoffenheim

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 1-0 loss at Augsburg
  • Matchday 17: 3-0 loss away at Bayern

Wolfsburg's top scorer with nine goals, Jonas Wind is keen to get back to work. - IMAGO/Darius Simka

Cologne

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 4-4 draw at Rot-Weiss Essen
  • Matchday 17: 1-1 draw at home against Heidenheim

Augsburg

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 1-0 win vs. Hoffenheim
  • Matchday 17: 1-0 loss at home against Leverkusen

Heidenheim

  • Return to training: 1 January
  • Training camp: 2-9 January in Algorfa, Spain
  • Friendly matches: 2-0 win vs. Paderborn
  • Matchday 17: 1-1 draw away at Cologne

VfB Stuttgart

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 6-1 win vs. Greuther Fürth
  • Matchday 17: 3-1 defeat away at Gladbach

Watch: Guirassy & Undav leading the way for VfB

Bochum

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: N/A
  • Friendly matches: 2-1 win vs. Groningen, 2-0 win vs. Vitesse Arnhem
  • Matchday 17: 1-1 draw at home with Bremen

Darmstadt 

  • Return to training: 2 January
  • Training camp: 2-7 January in El Saler, Spain
  • Friendly matches: 2-1 loss vs. Holstein Kiel
  • Matchday 17: 3-0 defeat at home to Dortmund

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Here is an overview of friendly fixtures involving Bundesliga 2 teams:

Friday 5 January
Karlsruhe 4-0 Ulm
Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-2 Nijmegen

Saturday 6 January
Wehen Wiesbaden 2-1 Sandhausen
Hertha Berlin 2-0 Erzgebirge Aue
Genclerbirligi 1-4 Kaiserslautern
Darmstadt 1-2 Holstein Kiel
Magdeburg 2-2 Dynamo Dresden

Sunday 7 January
Hamburg 2-2 PSV Eindhoven

Monday 8 January
Twente 2-2 Osnabrück
Fortuna Düsseldorf 6-2 Dordrecht
Heidenheim 2-0 Paderborn

Tuesday 9 January
Holstein Kiel 1-1 St. Truiden
Schalke 1-1 Recreativo Huelva
Zürich 0-4 Hannover
Sepsi OSK 2-1 Magdeburg
Karlsruhe 1-3 Luzern

Wednesday 10 January
LASK 2-1 Hansa Rostock
Greuther Fürth 0-1 Ingolstadt
Nuremberg 0-3 Club Brugge 
Hertha Berlin 0-3 Mechelen
Elversberg 2-2 Antequera
Kaiserslautern 0-3 Dynamo Dresden

Thursday 11 January
Hamburg 2-2 Zürich 
Genk 1-2 Paderborn

Friday 12 January
MTK Budapest 2-4 Magdeburg
Wehen Wiesbaden 2-2 St. Truiden
Arminia Bielefeld 0-3 Rödinghausen
Osnabrück 1-3 St. Pauli

Saturday 13 January
Eintracht Braunschweig 1-0 Jahn Regensburg
Hannover 3-2 Holstein Kiel 
Eupen 1-3 Schalke
Arminia Bielefeld 2-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Karlsruhe 3-1 Nuremberg
Elversberg 3-2 Red Bull Salzburg
Hertha Berlin 1-0 Rangers

Sunday 14 January
Greuther Fürth 2-2 Basel