Following the initial details released for the 2025/26 season`s opening match between Schalke and Hertha Berlin, set for Friday, 1 August at 8:30pm CET, the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has now finalized the exact timings for the first two matchdays of Bundesliga 2.
Here are the confirmed fixtures and times for Matchdays 1 and 2. (All times listed are CEST)
Matchday 1
Friday, 1 August, 8.30pm
- Schalke vs. Hertha Berlin
Saturday, 2 August, 1.00pm
- Paderborn vs. Holstein Kiel
- Darmstadt vs. Bochum
- Elversberg vs. Nuremberg
- Karlsruhe vs. Preußen Münster
Saturday, 2 August, 8.30pm
- Arminia Bielefeld vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf
Sunday, 3 August, 1.30pm
- Hannover vs. Kaiserslautern
- Magdeburg vs. Eintracht Braunschweig
- Greuther Fürth vs. Dynamo Dresden
Matchday 2
Friday, 8 August, 6.30pm
- Nuremberg vs. Darmstadt
- Preußen Münster vs. Paderborn
Saturday, 9 August, 1.00pm
- Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. Hannover
- Dynamo Dresden vs. Magdeburg
- Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Greuther Fürth
Saturday, 9 August, 8.30pm
- Kaiserslautern vs. Schalke
Sunday, 10 August, 1.30pm
- Holstein Kiel vs. Arminia Bielefeld
- Bochum vs. Elversberg
- Hertha Berlin vs. Karlsruhe
The detailed schedules for Bundesliga Matchdays 1 to 5 and Bundesliga 2 Matchdays 3 to 7 are expected to be announced during the following week (July 7 – 11).
