The excitement of the Bundesliga begins

Bayern Munich, the last champion, will be the guest of Werder Bremen in the opening game of the 2023-2024 season of the German Bundesliga, considered one of the 5 biggest countries in European football. The fight will be played at the Weser Stadium at 21:30 CEST.

Borussia Dortmund, one of the championship candidates, will host Cologne on Saturday, August 19 at 7:30 p.m. On the same day, Bayer Leverkusen will host Leipzig in another eye-catching game of the first week at 4:30 p.m.

BAYERN MUNIH-BORUSSIA DORTMUND COMPETITION

The Bayern Munich-Borussia Dortmund rivalry, which has been seen in the league in recent years, is expected to continue this season as well.

Bayern Munich, the champions of the last 11 years in the Bundesliga, won the championship race, which they entered last season, with Borussia Dortmund losing points in the final week. Borussia Dortmund, aiming to break Bayern Munich’s hegemony, ranked second in 4 of the last 5 seasons in the league.

NEW PRE-SEASON TRANSFERS

With a glorious start to the new season with the €100 million transfer of Harry Kane, Bayern Munich have further strengthened their squad by adding Kim Min-jae to the €50 million squad.

Borussia Dortmund, who sent Jude Bellingham to Real Madrid for 103 million euros, added names like Felix Nmecha and Marcel Sabitzer to their squad. Leipzig, who started the season with a victory against Bayern Munich in the German Super Cup, posted high testimonial income by sending Josko Gvardiol (90 million euros), Christopher Nkunku (60 million euros) and Dominik Szoboszlai (70 million of euros). However, Leipzig have included many players in the team, such as Lois Openda, Castello Lukeba, Benjamin Sesko, Christoph Baumgartner, Nicolas Seiwald, Xavi Simons and Fabio Carvalho.

Bayer Leverkusen, who expelled Moussa Diaby from the team for 55 million euros and made the transfers of Alejandro Grimaldo, Victor Boniface, Granit Xhaka, Jonas Hofmann, are expected to force the top spots.

National footballer Ozan Kabak at Hoffenheim and Salih Özcan at Borussia Dortmund will sweat for the success of their teams. Turkish-born German national soccer player Emre Can will captain Borussia Dortmund this season.

BAYERN MUNIH WITH THE MOST CHAMPIONS

Bayern Munich became the most successful team with 32 league championships, which began to be played as the Bundesliga from the 1963-1964 season.

In the league, Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach 5 each, Werder Bremen 4, Hamburg and Stuttgart 3 each, Cologne and Kaiserslautern 2 each, 1860 Munich, Eintracht Braunschweig, Nürnberg and Wolfsburg once each reached a happy ending.

THE TALLEST TEAM BY BAYERN MUNIH SQUAD

According to data from Transfermarkt, Bayern Munich stood out as the team with the highest squad value in the Bundesliga, with 981.2 million euros. In this area, Borussia Dortmund follows the Bavarian team with a value of 461.1, Bayer Leverkusen with 429.5 and Leipzig with a value of 406.9 million euros. (AA)