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28.06.2019Bundesliga

Werkself start new Bundesliga season against Paderborn

The Werkself start the pre-season on Monday at the same time as the official start to the 2019/20 campaign. The first competitive match is the DFB Cup tie at Alemannia Aachen on 10 August with the team led by coach Peter Bosz opening the league season a week later against newly promoted SC Paderborn at the BayArena (17/18 August). That was announced by the German Football League (DFL) on Friday afternoon.
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Matchday four (13 to 15 September) sees a reunion with Julian Brandt in Dortmund against BVB, matchday 13 (19 November to 2 December) brings the clash with the champions of Germany Bayern Munich  and matchday 15 (13 to 15 December) is derby day against FC Köln – the first half of the season game is in Cologne.

Overview of the Werkself fixtures:
Matchday 1 (First match: 17/18 August / Return match: 17 to 20 January 2020): SC Paderborn (Home)
Matchday 2. (23 to 25 August/24 to 27 January): Fortuna Düsseldorf (Away)
Matchday 3 (20 August to 1 September/31 January to 3 February): TSG Hoffenheim (H)
Matchday 4 (13 to 15 September/7 to 10 February): Borussia Dortmund (A)
Matchday 5 (20 to 23 September/14 to 17 February): Union Berlin (H)
Matchday 6 (27 to 29 September/21 to 24 February): FC Augsburg (A)
Matchday 7 (4 to 6 October/28 February to 2 March): RB Leipzig (H)
Matchday 8 (18 to 20 October/6 to 9 March): Eintracht Frankfurt (A)
Matchday 9 (25 to 27 October/13 to 16 March): Werder Bremen (H)
Matchday 10 (1 to 3 November/20 to 22 March): Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)
Matchday 11 (8 to 10 November/3 to 6 April): VfL Wolfsburg (A)
Matchday 12 (22 to 24 November/11 to 13 April): SC Freiburg (H)
Matchday 13 (29 November to 2 December/17 to 20 April): Bayern Munich (A)
Matchday 14 (6 to 8 December/24 to 27 August): FC Schalke 04 (H)
Matchday 15 (13 to 15 December/2 to 4 May): FC Köln (A)
Matchday 16 (17/18 December/9 May): Hertha Berlin (H)
Matchday 17 (20 to 22 December): (16 May): FSV Mainz 05

Click here for all Bayer 04 fixtures to download free to your personal calendar– the calendar automatically updates when fixture details are confirmed.

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