Following the matches at Elversberg and against Union, Matchdays 3 and 4 feature Bayer 04 away at Augsburg and at home to RB Leipzig. The Bundesliga then takes a break for the first international matches of the new season.
A week after the home meeting with VfB Stuttgart, the first derby of the new season against FC Köln takes place in early November in Cologne on Matchday 9. The first clash with Borussia Dortmund (away) takes place at the end of the month, on Matchday 11, .
The final Bundesliga fixture of 2026 is a home game at the BayArena. The opponents on Matchday 14 are Eintracht Frankfurt.
The new year kicks off with an away trip to face Hamburger SV, followed in mid-January on Matchday 16 by the first fixture against Bayern Munich (away) as part of a midweek round of fixtures. The Werkself round off the first half of the campaign the following weekend with a home match against Schalke 04. A week later, the second half of the season gets underway at the BayArena with the reverse fixture against Elversberg.
In line with the normal procedure, the exact dates and times will be finalised in due course as the season progresses.
FIxtures:
Matchday 1
SV 07 Elversberg - Bayer 04
29.-30.08. (reverse: 22.-24.01.27)
Matchday 2
Bayer 04 - 1. FC Union Berlin
04.-06.09. (reverse: 29.-31.01.27)
Matchday 3
FC Augsburg - Bayer 04
11.-13.09. (reverse: 05.-07.02.27)
Matchday 4
Bayer 04 - RB Leipzig
18.-20.09. (reverse: 12.-14.02.27)
Matchday 5
1. FSV Mainz 05 - Bayer 04
09.-11.10. (reverse: 19.-21.02.27)
Matchday 6
Bayer 04 - SC Freiburg
16.-18.10. (reverse: 26.-28.02.27)
Matchday 7
TSG Hoffenheim - Bayer 04
23.-25.10. (reverse: 02.-04.03.27)
Matchday 8
Bayer 04 - VfB Stuttgart
30.10.-01.11. (reverse: 05.-07.03.27)
Matchday 9
1. FC Köln - Bayer 04
06.-08.11. (reverse: 12.-14.03.27)
Matchday 10
Bayer 04 - SC Paderborn 07
20.-22.11. (reverse: 19.-21.03.27)
Matchday 11
Borussia Dortmund - Bayer 04
27.-29.11. (reverse: 02.-04.04.27)
Matchday 12
Bayer 04 - Borussia Mönchengladbach
04.-06.12. (reverse: 09.-11.04.27)
Matchday 13
SV Werder Bremen - Bayer 04
11.-13.12. (reverse: 16.-18.04.27)
Matchday 14
Bayer 04 - Eintracht Frankfurt
18.-20.12. (reverse: 23.-25.04.27)
Matchday 15
Hamburger SV - Bayer 04
08.-10.01.27 (reverse: 07.-09.05.27)
Matchday 16
FC Bayern München - Bayer 04
12.-14.01.27 (reverse: 14.-16.05.27)
Matchday 17
Bayer 04 - FC Schalke 04
15.-17.01.27 (reverse: 22.05.27)
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