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The calendar for the 2024-25 season has been set. As revealed in the schedule adopted by the Executive Committees of the German Football Association (DFB) and DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, the opening match of the Bundesliga will take place on August 23, 2024, while Bundesliga 2 will kick off three weeks earlier, on August 2, 2024.
After Matchday 15 in the Bundesliga and Matchday 17 in Bundesliga 2 (December 20–22, 2024), both leagues will pause for the winter break. Matches will resume in the Bundesliga on January 10, 2025 and in Bundesliga 2 one week later, on January 17, 2025.
Matchday 34 – the final day of the Bundesliga season – is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2025. Matchday 34 of Bundesliga 2 will take place one day later, on May 18, 2025.
The German Supercup, which pits the reigning Bundesliga champions against the DFB-Pokal winners from the previous season, is scheduled for Saturday, August 17, 2024. The first round of the 2024-25 DFB-Pokal will begin on the same weekend (August 16–19, 2024). The DFB-Pokal matches featuring the two Supercup participants have been scheduled for August 27/28, 2024. The DFB-Pokal final will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at Berlin’s Olympiastadion.
Key dates for the 2024-25 season at a glance:
Bundesliga, Matchday 1: August 23–25, 2024
Bundesliga, Matchday 34: May 17, 2025
Bundesliga 2, Matchday 1: August 2–4, 2024
Bundesliga 2, Matchday 34: May 18, 2025
Relegation play-offs, first legs: May 22/23, 2025
Relegation play-offs, second legs: May 26/27, 2025
