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Many fans had probably already suspected it, but now it is official: HSV will begin the 2026/27 Bundesliga season in prime time.

As the German Football League (DFL) announced on Wednesday, the Hamburg side will visit Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, August 29, at 6:30 p.m. That means the Rothosen will play the first marquee match of the new Bundesliga season.

It had already been clear since the fixture list was released around two weeks ago that HSV would face BVB in the opener. Now the match at Signal Iduna Park has also been given an exact kickoff time. So, against last season’s runners-up, the eyes of football fans across Germany will be on HSV right away.

Head coach Merlin Polzin said: “Of course, we would have liked to start the season with a home game. Nevertheless, we are really looking forward to this clash. Dortmund are a top opponent with a special stadium.”

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HSV’s first Saturday match on Matchday 4

The match also carries extra intrigue because of memories of the Hanseatic club’s most recent visit to Dortmund. In March, HSV surprised everyone with a strong first half and at one point led 2-0. In the end, however, the team had to settle for a 3-2 defeat.

“It was one of the games that stayed with the coaching staff and the team for quite a while,” Polzin said in retrospect. “We played an incredible first half in which everything we had planned worked out. In the second half, we then felt the quality of the opponent and the force of the stadium. Now we want to do better.”

Beyond the clash with BVB, the other dates for the opening weeks of the Bundesliga season have now also been set. On Matchday 2, HSV will host 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday, September 6, at 3:30 p.m. at the Volksparkstadion. A week later, the North Germans will again play on a Sunday at 3:30 p.m., this time away to RB Leipzig. Their first match in the Bundesliga’s traditional Saturday 3:30 p.m. kickoff slot will then follow on September 19 with a home game against 1. FC Köln.

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