Before the Bundesliga returns from the winter break on January 12th, the clubs will start preparing. An overview of the clubs, their start and the test match opponents.
There are 22 football-free days between the last Bundesliga game of 2023 and the first game of the new year on January 12th. The clubs use the winter break differently: from early starters who started in the old year to record champions who only go to training camp after the first match day of the year.
Bayer Leverkusen
- Training start: January 3rd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: FC Venice (January 7th, 3 p.m.)
- First league opponent: FC Augsburg (away game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
Bayern Munich
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp: 14th-18th January in Faro (Portugal)
- Test match opponents: FC Basel 1:1
- First league opponent: 1899 Hoffenheim (home game, January 12th, 8:30 p.m.)
VfB Stuttgart
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: SpVgg Greuther Fürth 6:1
- First league opponent: Borussia Mönchengladbach (away game, January 14th, 5:30 p.m.)
RB Leipzig
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp: January 2nd to 7th in La Manga (Spain)
- Test match opponents: FC St. Gallen 1-0
- First league opponent: Eintracht Frankfurt (home game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
Borussia Dortmund
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp: January 3rd to 9th in Marbella (Spain)
- Test match opponents: AZ Alkmaar 2-2, Standard Liège (January 9, 11 a.m.)
- First league opponent: SV Darmstadt 98 (away game, January 13th, 6:30 p.m.)
Eintracht Frankfurt
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: SC Freiburg 2:5, SV Sandhausen (January 14th)
- First league opponent: RB Leipzig (away game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
1899 Hoffenheim
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: FC Augsburg 0:1
- First league opponent: Bayern Munich (away game, January 12th, 8:30 p.m.)
Sc freiburg
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: Eintracht Frankfurt 5:2
- First league opponent: 1. FC Union Berlin (home game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
1. FC Heidenheim 1846
- Training start: January 1st
- Training camp: January 2nd to 9th in Algorfa (Spain)
- Test match opponents: SC Paderborn (January 8th, 3 p.m.)
- First league opponent: 1. FC Köln (away game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
VfL Wolfsburg
- Training start: December 28th
- Training camp: January 2nd to 7th in Almancil (Portugal)
- Test match opponents:-
- First league opponent: 1. FSV Mainz 05 (away game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
FC Augsburg
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: 1899 Hoffenheim 1-0
- First league opponent: Bayer Leverkusen (home game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: Go Ahead Eagles Deventer 3:2
- First league opponent: VfB Stuttgart (home game, January 14th, 5:30 p.m.)
Werder Bremen
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: Eintracht Braunschweig (January 7th, 3 p.m.)
- First league opponent: VfL Bochum (away game, January 14th, 3:30 p.m.)
VfL Bochum
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: FC Groningen 2-1, Vitesse Arnhem (January 7th, 2 p.m.)
- First league opponent: Werder Bremen (home game, January 14th, 3:30 p.m.)
1. FC Union Berlin
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: Arminia Bielefeld 2-0
- First league opponent: SC Freiburg (away game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
1. FSV Mainz 05
- Training start: January 1st
- Training camp: January 2nd to 7th in Marbella (Spain)
- Test match opponents: Feyenoord Rotterdam 2-1
- First league opponent: VfL Wolfsburg (home game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
1. FC Cologne
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp:-
- Test match opponents: Rot-Weiss Essen 4:4
- First league opponent: 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (home game, January 13th, 3:30 p.m.)
SV Darmstadt 98
- Training start: January 2nd
- Training camp: January 2nd to 7th in El Saler (Spain)
- Test match opponents: Holstein Kiel (January 6th)
- First league opponent: Borussia Dortmund (home game, January 13th, 6:30 p.m.)
