2024-25 German Football Season

This post documents the 2024-25 Bundesliga season commentators as well as the DfB-Pokal, 2. Bundesliga, and 3. Liga.

Broadcast partners listed here include:

*Bundesliga Pass- The Bundesliga Internationals OTT service which will air Bundesliga matches worldwide to all nations where another provider doesn't have the rights (minus Russia). They'll carry the World Feed.

*USA- ESPN networks (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPN3) & sub. service ESPN+ (usually World Feed, which I'll abbreviate as WF)

:Spanish language broadcasts will be done by ESPN (ESPNDEP & ESPN+ SAP).

*Canada- DAZN. Most matches will be the World Feed, but select matches could have DAZN commentary.

*UK- Sky Sports. All matches not in the UK's blackout window will stream on Sky Bet with select matches on Sky Sports Football or the Sky Sports App.

DFL-Supercup

Saturday, August 17
2:30 PM- Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. VfB Stuttgart
WF (ESPN+, Sky Sports Football): Derek Rae, Didi Hamann
ESPN+ (SAP):

2. Bundesliga

MATCHDAY 1B

Friday, August 2
2:25 PM- 1. FC Köln vs. Hamburger SV
WF (ESPN+, Sky Sports YouTube): James Thorogood

Saturday, August 3
2:25 PM- FC Schalke 04 vs. Eintracht Braunschweig
WF (ESPN+, Sky Sports YouTube): James Thorogood

MATCHDAY 2B

Saturday, August 3
6:55 AM- 1. FC Nürnberg vs. FC Schalke 04
WF (ESPN+): Mark Bevan

2:25 PM- Hamburger SV vs. Hertha BSC Berlin
WF (ESPN+):

3. Liga

MATCHDAY 1C

Friday, August 2
1 PM- TSV 1860 München vs. 1. FC Saarbrücken
WF (ESPN3): Ben Harris

Saturday, August 3
8 AM- Rot-Weiss Essen vs. Alemannia Aachen
WF (ESPN3): ????

Sunday, August 4
10:30 AM- FC Energie Cottbus vs. DSC Arminia Bielefeld
WF (ESPN3): Ben Harris

MATCHDAY 2C

Friday, August 9
1 PM- FC Energie Cottbus vs. Dynamo Dresden
WF (ESPN3):

Saturday, August 10
8 AM- FC Hansa Rostock vs. SV Wehen Wiesbaden
WF (ESPN3):

Sunday, August 11
1:30 PM- SV Sandhausen vs. 1. FC Saarbrücken
WF (ESPN3):

DFB-Pokal

OPENING ROUND

Friday, August 16
Noon- FC Würzburger Kickers vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
ESPN+ (SAP): Julia Headley, Eugenio Diaz

Noon- Hallescher FC vs. FC St. Pauli
WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney

2:30 PM- SSV Ulm vs. FC Bayern München
WF (ESPN+, Premier 2): James Thorogood, Steffen Freund
ESPN+ (SAP): Jesús Humberto López, Eugenio Diaz

Saturday, August 17
7 AM- FC Erzgebirge Aue vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
WF (ESPN+):
ESPN+ (SAP):

9:30 AM- Rot-Weiss Essen vs. RB Leipzig
WF (ESPN+):
ESPN+ (SAP):

9:30 AM- VfL Osnabrück vs. SC Freiburg
WF (ESPN+): Chris Sharples

9:30 AM- Greifswalder FC vs. 1. FC Union Berlin
WF (ESPN+):

Noon- Phonix Lubeck vs. Borussia Dortmund
WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney, Moritz Volz
ESPN+ (SAP):

Noon- Alemannia Aachen vs. Holstein Kiel
WF (ESPN+):

Sunday, August 18
7 AM- 1. FC Saarbrücken vs. 1. FC Nürnberg
WF (ESPN+):

7 AM- FC Viktoria 1889 Berlin vs. FC Augsburg
WF (ESPN+):

9:30 AM- Jahn Regensburg vs. VfL Bochum 1848
WF (ESPN+):

9:30 AM- Hansa Rostock vs. Hertha BSC Berlin
WF (ESPN+):

Noon- Dynamo Dresden vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf
WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney

Noon- SV Meppen vs. Hamburger SV
WF (ESPN+): Derek Rae

Monday, August 19
Noon- TuS Koblenz vs. VfL Wolfsburg
WF (ESPN+):
ESPN+ (SAP):

Noon- FC Energie Cottbus vs. SV Werder Bremen
WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney

2:30 PM- Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
WF (ESPN+): Derek Rae
ESPN+ (SAP):