The time without Bundesliga has an end!
Almost six weeks after the home European Championship, champion Leverkusen opens Friday (8.30 p.m./DAZN, Sat.1 and here in Live ticker) in Gladbach the season.
BILD tells you what you need to know to get started.
► The new stars: After the first season without a title in twelve years, Bayern want to attack again and have already invested over 100 million euros. In addition to winger Michael Olise (22/for 51 million euros from Crystal Palace), João Palhinha (28/for 49.5 million from Fulham) also arrived a year late. Bayern also brought in central defender Hiroki Ito (25) for 23 million euros from Stuttgart.
BVB has made improvements in attack, bringing in Serhou Guirassy (28/for 18 million from Stuttgart) and DFB shooting star Maximilian Beier (21/for 30 million plus bonuses from Hoffenheim). Pascal Groß (33/for seven million plus bonuses from Brighton & Hove Albion) is expected to provide stability in midfield.
Perfect debut: New signing Antonio Nusa scored his first goal in the Leipzig jersey with his first touch of the ball on his debut in the cup
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Leverkusen’s double coach Xabi Alonso (42/”For me, Bayern is the favorite”) has also got his dream player: Spaniard Aleix García (27) came from Girona for 18 million euros. Leipzig brought in Antonio Nusa (19) from Bruges for 21 million euros as Olmo’s replacement.
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Curiously, Bochum has not paid a single euro in transfer fees this summer.
Overall, the league has invested around 534 million euros to date.
► The new coaches: Six clubs are starting the season with a new coach. At Bayern, Vincent Kompany (38) is supposed to make the past season forgotten, at BVB, former professional Nuri Sahin (35) has been promoted to boss.
Also new: Bo Svensson (45/Union), Julian Schuster (39/Freiburg), Peter Zeidler (62/Bochum), Alexander Blessin (51/St. Pauli).
First a professional, then assistant coach, now boss in Dortmund: Nuri Sahin
Photo: Gerd Scheewel
► The new referee: Florian Exner (33) will replace Marco Fritz (46), who has ended his career, in the Bundesliga. The lawyer was already allowed to referee the match between Hoffenheim and Augsburg (3:1) on matchday 28 of last season.
► The new rules: As at the European Championships, in future only the captain or a designated representative will be allowed to discuss things with the referee – otherwise there will be a yellow card!
Greater attention should also be paid to the correct execution of throw-ins and the six-second rule for goalkeepers (they are not allowed to hold the ball for longer).
► These channels broadcast: Pay-TV broadcaster Sky will show all games on Saturday (3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.), and the afternoon games will also be shown in the conference. The games on Friday (8:30 p.m.) and Sunday (3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., a maximum of ten at 7:30 p.m.) will be broadcast by the streaming service DAZN. Sat.1 will show the opening game, one game each on matchdays 16 and 17, and the relegation games.
You can see all Bundesliga highlights immediately after the final whistle on BILD.de.
► The TV experts: Sky continues to rely on Lothar Matthäus (63) and Dietmar Hamann (50).
DAZN has extended the contract of world champion Sami Khedira (37).
At Sat.1, Gladbach’s long-time captain Lars Stindl (35) will succeed Stefan Kuntz (61), who has been the HSV’s sports director since the summer, as the new expert.
► The new schedule: There will be 15 match days before Christmas, with the last one ending two days before Christmas Eve (December 22nd). After a short winter break, the season will continue on January 10th. The only English week of the entire season will follow on January 14th and 15th.
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► The new stadiums: With the promotion of Kiel (15,034 seats) and St. Pauli (29,546), the 18 arenas have a capacity of 713,192 seats – fewer than ever before! Even in the two seasons with 16 teams (1963/64, 1964/65) it was larger.
For comparison: The 18 second division stadiums have space for 644,194 fans.
► Something new in the north: Holstein Kiel has been promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in its history, making it the first club in the top division from Schleswig-Holstein. Only Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia have not yet managed to field a Bundesliga team.
