For a while, there were thoughts of affording FC Bayern the longest possible preparation time after the final this Sunday in Lisbon in view of the five competitive matches the team will already have played before the start of the season and of beginning with the match between Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach instead. This encounter will now be the top game on Saturday, September 19.
The exact schedule for the first eight matchdays in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 that the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has published today also reveals that there will not be any Friday games on the fourth and eighth matchdays in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. This is because the FIFA release periods in October and November have been extended by one day. Instead – with a view to the recovery of international players – a Bundesliga match will take place on Saturday evening on each of these matchdays. In Bundesliga 2, Matchday 4 will see five matches take place on Sunday instead of three. On Matchday 8, taking legislation concerning public holidays into account due to ‘Totensonntag’ (November 22, 2020), in Bundesliga 2 there will be four matches on Saturday instead of three, and four matches on Sunday instead of three. According to present knowledge, the schedule will only need to be modified due to release periods on the specified matchdays during the forthcoming season.
The kick-off time for Supercup 2020 has also been set. The match between the Bundesliga Champion FC Bayern München and the runner-up Borussia Dortmund will take place at 8:30 p.m. CEST on September 30 at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
The next exact fixtures for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 are expected in calendar week 41 between October 5 and 9.