The Bundesliga season 2021/2022 starts in August. In this article, Goal takes a closer look at the first matchday and the TV broadcast.
The IN is still in progress, but it is worth taking a look into the future: On Friday, June 25th, the program was the Bundesliga season 2021/2022 announced.
Fußball-EM, Copa America, Olympia… Football fans get their money’s worth this summer. With such a packed schedule, you can quickly lose sight of the fact that the national leagues will start again sooner or later!
In August the celebrates Bundesliga their comeback, but then without the traditional clubs Become Bremen and the FC Schalke 04. Instead belong SpVgg Greuter Fuerth and the VfL Bochum to the teams of the House of Lords.
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It is one of the best leagues in the world – millions of fans follow the Bundesliga LIVE on TV week after week. Goal In this article you can see how the first matchday takes place and how the Bundesliga will be broadcast LIVE on TV and LIVE-STREAM this season.
Masters, promoted players, cup winners: the successes of the past season
- Meister: FC Bayern Munich
- Qualification for the Champions League:
- BVB (Borussia Dortmund)
- VfL Wolfsburg
- RB Leipzig
- Qualification for Europa League:
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- Bayer Leverkusen
- Qualification for the Europa Conference League: FC Union Berlin
- Climbers:
- VfL Bochum
- SpVgg Greuter Fuerth
- DFB Cup winner: BVB (Borussia Dortmund)
Bundesliga 2021/2022: This is how the first matchday of the new season takes place
The new Bundesliga season starts on August 13th! You read that right, just five weeks after that EM-Final and five days after End of the Olympic Games Bundesliga fans can look forward to top football again!
August 13th is a Friday – As always, the opening game will take place at the start of the weekend. Also this year the reigning champion is one of the two teams that will open the dance.
FC Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach first game of the season: This is how the Bundesliga starts in 2021/2022
The FC Bayern Munich will be in action on the said Friday evening – but not in the Allianz Arena at home: Borussia Monchengladbach will be the host, so the first game of the season will take place in Borussia-Park!
As always with the Friday games, the kick-off time is 8.30 p.m. How you can then follow the encounter and whether that too free is possible, we explain in the course of this article.
Bundesliga 2021/2022: BVB vs. Eintracht Frankfurt on the first matchday
Now we want to keep an eye on the other encounters – but is for them no exact date yet known. As is well known, there are nine games per game day, with eight out of nine we do not yet know when they will take place, whether on Saturday or on Sunday.
But whoever meets one another is already known: This is how it comes in Dortmund already to a top game if the fourth-placed last season (BVB) on Eintracht Frankfurt meets, who in turn finished fifth.
Promoted players both play away – Union meets Leverkusen
Also interesting: the first games of the promoted players. Second division champions Vfl Bochum gets to deal directly with a Champions League participant and is with VfL Wolfsburg as a guest, and also Greuter Fuerth may be the first to go outside: For the shamrocks it goes to VfB Stuttgart.
The 1. FC Cologne, who only managed to stay in the Bundesliga through relegation, welcomes them Hertha BSC another cellar child from the past season. The other encounters are Union Berlin against Leverkusen, Mainz against Leipzig, Augsburg against Hoffenheim and Arminia Bielefeld against the Sc freiburg.
The first matchday at a glance: This is how the Bundesliga start of the 2021/2022 season will take place
encounter |
date |
Time |
|
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. FC Bayern Munich |
13. August 2021 | 8.30 p.m. |
|
BVB (Borussia Dortmund) vs. Eintracht Frankfurt |
not yet known | not yet known |
|
VfL Wolfsburg vs. VfL Bochum |
not yet known | not yet known |
|
1. FC Union Berlin vs. Bayer Leverkusen |
not yet known | not yet known |
|
VfB Stuttgart vs. SpVgg Greuter Fürth |
not yet known | not yet known |
|
1. FSV Mainz 05 vs. RB Leipzig |
not yet known | not yet known |
|
FC Augsburg vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
not yet known | not yet known |
|
Arminia Bielefeld vs. SC Freiburg |
not yet known | not yet known |
|
1. FC Köln vs. Hertha BSC |
not yet known | not yet known |
Bundesliga 2021/2022: This is how the German House of Lords will be broadcast
The previously known facts about the first matchday have been clarified, but we are still missing important information: What does it bring us to know who is playing against whom when, if it is not clear who is Bundesliga broadcasts?
The Distribution of the Bundesliga broadcasting licenses have been awarded early again for this season, and it is not surprising that there will be changes again in the coming season. We’re looking at who will broadcast the Bundesliga in the 2021/2022 season.
Free Bundesliga at prime time: DAZN broadcasts Bayern, BVB and Co.
Let’s start with the familiar faces: DAZN is also at the start in the coming season! The popular streaming service can offer its viewers even more than the 2020/2021 season: All Sunday and Friday games can now be seen LIVE on the online platform.
Four Bundesliga games per game day exclusively on DAZN – secure a free trial month here!
The best about DAZN: With the free trial month you can watch the entire program, so in addition to the Bundesliga also Champions League, basketball, Olympics, Tour de France etc., see for free! Click here for the free month.
Sky also shows the Bundesliga: The German upper house runs on pay TV
Another comeback is celebrating Sky. The pay TV broadcaster from Unterföhring has been the most important partner of Bundesliga, as for the transfer. The influence of the station is dwindling, however: by the fact that DAZN was able to secure the Sunday games, Sky “only” remains five to six Saturday games per game day.
Sky currently has a difficult time with the fans anyway: Even them Champions League was lost, in addition, you cannot give the trailer free subscriptions, as is the case with the competition. Everything else about the transmission and the costs of Sky can be found here.
Surprise on the television market: Sat1 will broadcast Bundesliga 2021/2022
Now we come to a surprise appearance: The television station Sat1 has secured rights to broadcast the Bundesliga! The Sender has secured the “Free Live” package, which allows you to broadcast three games per season. Last had ZDF this package.
It is about the Friday game of the first, the seventeenth (last match day of the first half of the season) and the eighteenth (first day of the second half of the season). Another surprise: star presenter Matthias Opdenhövel was poached by the ARD sports show and now presents the Bundesliga on the private broadcaster.
DAZN, Sky and Sat1: These three channels will show the Bundesliga LIVE in 2021/2022
providers |
weekday |
Time |
|
DAZN |
Fridays | 8.30 p.m. |
| DAZN |
Sunday |
3:30 p.m. |
|
DAZN |
Sunday |
5.30 p.m. |
|
DAZN |
Sunday | 7.30 p.m. |
|
Sat1 |
Fridays (only 1st, 17th and 18th matchdays) | 8.30 p.m. |
|
Sky |
Saturday | 3:30 p.m. |
|
Sky |
Saturday | 6.30 p.m. |
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