The pre-season will start under head coach Xabi Alonso on 10 July. And now the opponents for the first game in the 2023/24 Bundesliga campaign are known: RB Leipzig. The game at the BayArena against the current DFB Cup holders is followed a week later by an away match in Mönchengladbach.
The first clash with the champions Bayern Munich is an away game on matchday four (15 to 17 September). The first derby of the season against FC Köln is at the BayArena on matchday seven (6 to 8 October).
The final Bundesliga matchday in 2023 will be played on 19 and 20 December. The Werkself are at home to VfL Bochum. The Bundesliga returns after the winter break on 12 to 14 January. The first opponents for the Werkself in the New Year at the end of the Hinrunde are FC Augsburg.
The final match on the road in the Bundesliga is in Bochum on the weekend of 10 to 12 May 2024. The final match of the season for the Werkself is in Leverkusen on 18 May 2024 against FC Augsburg.
Your anticipation for the home games in the coming season against clubs like Bayern Munich and FC Köln is massive but you don't have a season card? No problem! 2023/24 season cards have been on open sale for several days. Prices remain unchanged from last season. Again this year you have the choice between the Bundesliga (Bundesliga home games) option or the BundesligaPLUS option (Home games in the Bundesliga, DFB Cup and the UEFA Europa League). Further information – including on away season card – can be found HERE.
Matchday 1, 19-20.8. (Rückrunde: 19-21.1.24)
Bayer 04 vs RB Leipzig
Matchday 2, 25-27.8. (Rückrunde: 26-28.1.24)
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer 04
Matchday 3, 1-3.9. (Rückrunde: 2-4.2.24)
Bayer 04 vs SV Darmstadt 98
Matchday 4, 15-17.9. (Rückrunde: 9-11.2.24)
FC Bayern Munich vs Bayer 04
Matchday 5, 22-24.9. (Rückrunde: 16-18.2.24)
Bayer 04 vs FC Heidenheim
Matchday 6, 29.9.-1.10. (Rückrunde: 23-25.2.24)
Mainz 05 vs Bayer 04
Matchday 7, 6-8.10. (Rückrunde: 1-3.3.24)
Bayer 04 vs FC Köln
Matchday 8, 20-22.10. (Rückrunde: 8-10.3.24)
VfL Wolfsburg vs Bayer 04
Matchday 9, 27-29.10. (Rückrunde: 15-17.3.24)
Bayer 04 vs SC Freiburg
Matchday 10, 3-5.11. (Rückrunde: 30/31.3.24)
TSG Hoffenheim vs Bayer 04
Matchday 11, 10-12.11. (Rückrunde: 5-7.4.24)
Bayer 04 vs Union Berlin
Matchday 12, 24-26.11. (Rückrunde: 12.-14.4.24)
Werder Bremen vs Bayer 04
Matchday 13, 1-3.12. (Rückrunde: 19-21.4.24)
Bayer 04 vs Borussia Dortmund
Matchday 14, 8-10.12. (Rückrunde: 26-28.4.24)
VfB Stuttgart vs Bayer 04
Matchday 15, 15-17.12. (Rückrunde: 3-5.5.24)
Bayer 04 vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Matchday 16, 19./20.12. (Rückrunde: 10-12.5.24)
Bayer 04 vs VfL Bochum 1848
Matchday 17, 12-14.1.24 (Rückrunde: 18.5.24)
FC Augsburg vs Bayer 04
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