One of the Top 5 European football leagues, Bundesliga released it’s fixture list today. Unlike last season, this year’s top league in Germany will start a week earlier, on Friday, 5th of August, due to 2022 World Cup being played in November. But, it will not be the beginning of football in Germany. The first competitive games are set for 29th of July, when the first round of DFB Cup will be played. The next in line is the Supercup, a game between Bayern Munich (Bundesliga champions) and RB Leipzig (DFB Cup winners) on 30th of July and then the first round of Bundesliga will be played between 5th and 8th of August. And that week, fans around the world will see UEFA Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt host Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich (on Friday), while the second placed Borussia Dortmund will host the third place Bayer Leverkusen.The 2022/23 #Bundesliga fixtures are here! 🥳⚽🇩🇪Which of #BLmatchday 1️⃣’s games are you 𝑯𝒀𝑷𝑬𝑫 for? 😍👇 pic.twitter.com/yhDfnlZd2N— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) June 17, 2022 The eagerly awaited ’Der Klassiker’ will be played on October 7-9th (Round 9), and Dortmund will be the host, while the reverse tie will be played in Munich at the end of March (31-02. April), after the international break. And for the first time in almost four seasons, Erling Haaland and Robert Lewandowski won’t lead the line against each other. The Norwegian has signed for Manchester City, while the Pole is set to leave for Barca in the coming days/weeks/months. After coming from Bundesliga 2 at the first time of asking, German greats Schalke 04 will now enjoy their Rheine derby with Borussia Dortmund. The Millionaires will be the first host on Matchday 7, (16-18 September), while the other game will be played on Matchday 24, (10-12 March).Flop of the century: Paid 18 million, played 0 minutesRhine derby between Borussia Monchengladbach and Cologne is set for Matchday 9 (7-9 October) and Matchday 26th (31 March – 2 April), while RB Lepizig (who is without long time rival) will host Bayern Munich on Matchday 16, before they travel to Munich on Matchday 33. Since Hertha Berlin survived in Bundesliga after two playoff matches with HSV, two more Berlin derbies are set for 2022/23 season: Union – Hertha on Matchday 1, (6-8 August) and Hertha – Union Matchday 18 (27-29 January).(3.80) RB LEIPZIG (3.60) BAYERN (1.95)FIFA World Cup in Qatar taking place from 21 November to 18 December 2022. This will result in a two-month winter break at domestic level. The last matchdays prior to that break – matchday 15 for the Bundesliga will take place on the weekend of 11 – 13 November. Following the World Cup and the subsequent winter break, the Bundesliga will resume on 20 January, 2023 with Bundesliga 2 recommencing 27 January. The 34th and final match day of the 2022/23 Bundesliga season is scheduled for Saturday, May 27 2023.
