Mith an unfamiliar away game, champions FC Bayern Munich opened the Bundesliga season 2021/22 at Borussia Mönchengladbach and thus the hunt for the tenth title in a row. At the opening game for the 59th season on August 13th (8:30 p.m.), the two coaches Julian Nagelsmann and Adi Hütter will play their first league game for their new football clubs. According to the current Corona Protection Ordinance, 18,000 spectators should then be in Borussia-Park.
The defending champion has played the opening game on a Friday since 2002. Until 2016, home rights were guaranteed when the season kicked off, and after that the Munich team was always allowed to play in the Allianz Arena. This time, the German Football League (DFL), which published the fixtures on Friday, is sending FC Bayern on a trip for the first time. The first game of the season will take place 33 days after the European Championship final and will be broadcast by Sat.1 and DAZN. The DFL has published the complete schedule as a PDF.
For the Bayern opponents it was mostly no fun opening the season against the record champions. In the past season, the Munich team dealt with the later relegated FC Schalke 04 with 8: 0 on the first matchday. Werder Bremen (0: 6/2016) and Hamburger SV (0: 5/2015) also conceded hearty opening failures. Mönchengladbach, VfL Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim were also losers at the start of the season in recent years. Only Hertha BSC managed to wrest a point from the industry leader at 2-2 in 2019.
Big hit in the second division
Another highlight on matchday one promises to be the match between Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt. BVB had snatched the place in the Champions League away from Hessen in the final phase of last season. The newly promoted VfL Bochum and Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth have to play in Wolfsburg and Stuttgart, respectively. The first test of strength between runner-up RB Leipzig and FC Bayern will take place on the fourth match day (September 11th and 12th).
According to the DFL, the first timely fixtures are planned for the Bundesliga in the week of July 5th to 9th, for the 2nd division already in the coming week. The Supercup between champions FC Bayern and cup winners Borussia Dortmund will take place on August 17th (8.30 p.m. on Sat.1 and Sky) in Dortmund. The season finale will take place on May 14, 2022.
The second division opens the season with the traditional duel between Schalke 04 and Hamburger SV on July 23rd (8.30 p.m. on Sat.1 and Sky). “This is a real hit at the beginning, which we are really looking forward to,” said Schalke coach Dimitrios Grammozis. Sports director Rouven Schröder is certain: “Many fans all over Germany will be looking forward to this pairing.”
The game gives a foretaste of a second division season with many other traditional clubs such as Werder Bremen, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Hannover 96, 1. FC Nürnberg or Dynamo Dresden. The DFL also published the full schedule here as a PDF.
This is the new Bundesliga match schedule for 2021/2022.
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This is the new schedule for the second Bundesliga in 2021/2022.
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Image: dpa
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