🇩🇪 Fixture confirmed, Bundesliga 2026/27 gets its kick-off date

The DFL has just confirmed the schedule for the 2026/27 season in the Bundesliga and the 2.Bundesliga. Next year, the start of the leagues is delayed by a week due to the FIFA World Cup 2026. Therefore, the opening match of the Bundesliga is scheduled for August 28, 2026 , while the 2. Bundesliga will begin three weeks earlier, on August 7, 2026.

– Thursday, 6 November 2025

The winter break will come after the 14th matchday of the Bundesliga and the 16th matchday of the 2. Bundesliga (from December 18 to 20, 2026). The Bundesliga will resume competition on January 8, 2027 , while the 2. Bundesliga will do so a week later, on January 15, 2027 .

The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup between the German champion and the DFB Pokal winner will be played on Saturday, August 22, 2026 . That same weekend, the DFB Pokal will begin with the first round (from August 21 to 24, 2026). Consequently, the Pokal matches involving the two teams in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup will be rescheduled for September 1 and 2, 2026.

The DFB Pokal final will be held on Saturday, May 29, 2027 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

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As a detail, the DFL has confirmed that there will be no matchday on May 1, 2027, as it falls on a Saturday. Instead, there will be a midweek matchday for the Bundesliga and the 2.Bundesliga at the beginning of March, from March 2 to 4, 2027.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.

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