FC Bayern welcomes RB Leipzig: Bundesliga starts on August 22nd!

FC Bayern welcomes RB Leipzig: Bundesliga starts on August 22nd!

An exciting football year is just around the corner: Bayern Munich will play the opening game of the 63rd Bundesliga season against RB Leipzig on Friday, August 22, 2025, at 8:30 p.m. The German Football League (DFL) recently announced this. The game is aimed primarily at the fans who can look forward to a gripping duel that is transferred live at Sky and Free TV at Sat.1. The enthusiasm for football has increased noticeably through the announcement and the anticipation of the new season is growing.

Already a day after this full pronouncement of the opening match, the DFL will also publish the complete game plans for the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga on June 27th at 2:00 p.m. For the fans there is also an interactive game in the official Bundesliga app that runs up to this point. At the game plan puzzle "What’s the Match?" The participants have the chance to guess another game of the first match day. For participation, five official game balls from Derbystar wave as a raffle.

other exciting encounters

Fans can look forward to another interesting encounter on the first match day when Eintracht Frankfurt receives SV Werder Bremen. These games show that the Bundesliga is planning a brilliant start to the new season. In addition, it will also be exciting for promoted Hamburger SV, who will compete against Bayern Munich on match day 3 after he could not measure himself against the record champions for seven years.

The Bundesliga's transfer rights have always been a hot topic that affects us all. In the future it will now be decided which platforms the games can be followed. As history shows, the media landscape in the field of football broadcasts has changed a lot. While in the early years the games mainly exuded the games as summaries, today we are at a time when PAY TV providers such as Sky and also also take over the transmission rights and offer us more live games. This development reflects the trend of the commercialization of sport and also means higher costs for the fans for concentrated football entertainment.

How the transmissions will develop in the coming years remains to be seen. Future technologies such as streaming services and OTT services could also become more important. The discussion about a uniform platform is already underway and could significantly change the football reporting.

No matter whatever it may develop - one thing remains certain: the anticipation for the new exciting duels and football fever remains unbroken. Versatile games and exciting encounters await us in the coming season!

Find out more about the exciting developments in the Bundesliga on [dfl.de] (https://www.dfl.de/de/aktuelles/bundesligafaison-2025-26-fc-bayern-muenchen-eroeffnet- against-rb-leipzig/) and [yahoo Sport] (https://de.nachrichten.yahoo.com/sport/bayern-bundesliga-er%C3%B6fflungspiel- against-leipzig-07272927.html). For deeper insights into the development of transmission rights, take a look at Digital television.