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Only the ball rolling in the Bundesliga was missing among Europe’s top football leagues.

That wait will end this Friday (28), with Bayern vs Stuttgart from 3:30 p.m. (Brasília time).

Will Bayern (already Super Cup champions) have a rival up to the task?

Check out OneFootball’s full rundown of the competition’s 2026/27 season below.

Who went up? 🔼

Schalke 04 are back in the top flight after three seasons in the second division, with the title to boot.

Former Liverpool keeper Karius remains in goal. And veteran Dzeko renewed his contract.

Elversberg made history with a first-ever promotion. They will represent a town of 7,000 inhabitants in the top flight.

The final spot went to Paderborn, who finished third and saw off Wolfsburg, 16th in the last Bundesliga.

They had been out of the top flight since the 2019/2020 season.

👀 European spots breakdown

Champions League: The top four. Or five, depending on the coefficient generated by German clubs’ participation in Uefa competitions.

Europa League: 5th

Conference League: 6th

Relegation: the bottom two go down automatically. The team in 16th will play a two-legged playoff against the 3rd-placed team in the 2. Bundesliga.

Who’s broadcasting it? 📺

SporTV (secured a total of 68 matches), Canal GOAT (five matches per round), CazéTV (two matches per round), SportyNet (three matches per round via YouTube and pay TV), Jovem Pan (one match per round via free-to-air TV and YouTube), Xsports (an undisclosed number of matches), and OneFootball (every match via pay-per-view) will be the options.

📆 Opening round fixtures

8/28 - Friday

3:30 p.m. - Bayern vs Stuttgart

8/29 - Saturday

10:30 a.m. - Leipzig vs Borussia Mönchengladbach

10:30 a.m. - Mainz vs Paderborn

10:30 a.m. - Union Berlin vs Eintracht Frankfurt

10:30 a.m. - Cologne vs Hoffenheim

10:30 a.m. - Elversberg vs Bayer Leverkusen

1:30 p.m. - Borussia Dortmund vs Hamburg

8/30 - Sunday

10:30 a.m. - Freiburg vs Werder Bremen

12:30 p.m. - Augsburg vs Schalke 04

Will anyone get past Bayern?

The reigning champions are, once again, the team to beat.

Kompany did not lose a single starter.

And Saibari has also arrived, likely to be a reliable backup for Kane, along with Nathaniel Brown, the probable new first-choice left-back.

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Dortmund are trying to end a long drought (they have not been champions since 2010/2011).

They have bet on two young Greeks, for example, to strengthen Niko Kovač’s squad.

Special mention goes to Konstantinos Karetsas.

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Brazilian Rômulo is likely to be (again) one of Leipzig’s attractions.

Leverkusen spent big after missing out on the Champions League.

Meanwhile, Eintracht Frankfurt are something of an unknown after a season below expectations.

There is also, for example, anticipation after Hoffenheim’s good season and their return to European competition.

And Schalke? Will they have a safe campaign in their return to the top flight?

MOST EXPENSIVE signings 💰

10th - Joey Veerman (M) - PSV ➡️ Dortmund - €22 million

9th - Facundo Medina (CB) - Marseille ➡️ Leverkusen - €23 million

8th - Dzenan Pejcinovic (F) - Wolfsburg ➡️ Stuttgart - €25 million

7th - Maxime Estève (CB) - Burnley ➡️ Leipzig - €25 million

6th - Giannis Konstantelias (M) - PAOK ➡️ Dortmund - €26 million

5th - Miguel Gutiérrez (LB) - Napoli ➡️ Leverkusen - €26 million

4th - Afonso Moreira (F) - Lyon ➡️ Leverkusen - €29.5 million

3rd - Konstantinos Karetsas (M) - Genk ➡️ Dortmund - €30 million

2nd - Nathaniel Brown (LB) - Eintracht Frankfurt ➡️ Bayern - €50 million

1st - Ismael Saibari (F) - PSV ➡️ Bayern - €50 million

All Brazilians 🇧🇷

Leverkusen: Arthur (RB)

Dortmund: Kauã Prates (LB)

Eintracht: Kauã Santos (GK) and Otávio (CB)

Hoffenheim: Arthur Chaves (CB) and Bernardo (LB)

Leipzig: Rômulo (F)

🏆 Titles ranking*

BayernMunich - (35) - 1932, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 and 2025–26

Nuremberg - (9) - 1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1936, 1948, 1961 and 1967–68

Borussia Dortmund - (8) - 1956, 1957, 1963, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02, 2010–11 and 2011–12

Schalke 04 - (7) - 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942 and 1958

Hamburg - (6) - 1923, 1928, 1960, 1978–79, 1981–82 and 1982–83

Borussia Mönchengladbach - (5) - 1969–70, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77

Stuttgart - (5) - 1950, 1952, 1983–84, 1991–92 and 2006–07

Kaiserslautern - (4) - 1951, 1953, 1990–91 and 1997–98

Werder Bremen - (4) - 1964–65, 1987–88, 1992–93 and 2003–04

Cologne - (3) - 1962, 1963–64 and 1977–78

Lokomotive Leipzig - (3) - 1903, 1906 and 1913

Greuther Fürth - (3) - 1914, 1926 and 1929

Hertha - (2) - 1930 and 1931

Viktoria Berlin - (2) - 1908 and 1911

Dresdner SC - (2) - 1943 and 1944

Hannover 96 - (2) - 1938 and 1954

Freiburger FC (1) - 1907

Karlsruher FV - (1) - 1910

Holstein Kiel - (1) - 1912

SpVg Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin (1) - 1905

Karlsruher SC - (1) - 1909

Fortuna Düsseldorf - (1) - 1933

Rapid Wien - (1) - 1941

VfR Mannheim - (1) - 1949

Rot-Weiss Essen - (1) - 1955

Eintracht Frankfurt - (1) - 1959

1860 Munich - (1) - 1965

Eintracht Braunschweig - (1) - 1966-1967

Wolfsburg - (1) - 2008–09

Bayer Leverkusen - (1) - 2023-2024

*Ranking covering all editions in the history of the German championship.

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