After some welcome downtime, the Bundesliga’s 18 clubs will resume training at the start of 2026 in preparation for the first round of top-flight fixtures of the year on 9-11 January. Some will stay at home, while others will head to warmer climes and be put through their paces in mid-season friendlies. Find out when each club gets back to it and what they have planned in preparation for the restart…
Bayern Munich
Return to training: 3 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: vs. Red Bull Salzburg (6 January, 3pm CET)
Borussia Dortmund
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: Marbella, Spain (2-8 January)
Friendly matches: None planned
Bayer Leverkusen
Return to training: 3 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: TBC
RB Leipzig
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: Lagos, Portugal (2-7 January)
Friendly matches: None planned
Hoffenheim
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: Girona, Spain (2-7 January)
Friendly matches: vs. Heerenveen (2x 60-minute games, 6 January kick-off TBC)
VfB Stuttgart
Return to training: 3 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: None planned
Eintracht Frankfurt
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: None planned
Union Berlin
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: vs. Erzgebirge Aue (5 January, 6:30 pm)
Freiburg
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: None planned
Watch: Freiburg won a seven-goal thriller at Wolfsburg in their final game of 2025
Werder Bremen
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: vs. St. Pauli (4 January, 3.30pm CET)
Cologne
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: La Nucia, Spain (2-9 January)
Friendly matches: vs. FC Lugano (5 January, 3.30pm CET)
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: Belek, Turkey (January 2-5)
Friendly matches: vs. Hannover (5 January, 11:30am CET)
Hamburg
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: None planned
Wolfsburg
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: Lisbon, Portugal (2-8 January)
Friendly matches: None planned
Augsburg
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: None planned
St. Pauli
Return to training: 30 December
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: vs. Werder Bremen (4 January, 3.30pm CET)
Heidenheim
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: None planned
Mainz
Return to training: 2 January
Training camp: None planned
Friendly matches: None planned
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