2025-26 German Football Season
As the 2025-26 season gets under way some things stay the same while others change.
Perhaps the biggest change is the 2. Bundesliga goes from having English commentary on 3 matches a week to providing it on all 9.
In the US ESPN remains the home as they enter what's currently the last year of their multi-year rights. Likewise DAZN retains Canadian rights.
Viewing however becomes much more complex for fans in the UK. Sky Sports reupped their broadcast deal, but only for the Saturday night game. Friday night was acquired by BBC to air on the BBC website and iPlayer. Sunday was acquired by Amazon to air on Prime. Meanwhile Saturday's blackout window as well as every 2. Bundesliga match will now be shown on the Bundesliga YouTube page.
German Supercup
Saturday, August 16
2:30 PM- VfB Stuttgart vs. FC Bayern München
- WF (ABC, Sky Sports Football): Derek Rae, Patrick Owomoyela
- TACTICAL FEED: James Thorogood, Thorsten Stuckmann
- ESPN+ (SAP): Osvaldo Ruiz Madachi, Santiago Russo
Bundesliga
MATCHDAY 1
Friday, August 22
2:30 PM- FC Bayern München vs. RB Leipzig
- WF (ESPN2, ESPN+, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website): Derek Rae, Steffen Freund
- TACTICAL FEED: Kevin Hatchard, Patrick Owomoyela
- ESPNDEP, ESPN+ (SAP): Kenneth Garay, Barak Fever
Saturday, August 23
9:30 AM- Goal Arena
- WF (ESPN+): Mark Meadows
9:30 AM- Eintracht Frankfurt vs. SV Werder Bremen
- WF (ESPN+): Kevin Hatchard, Sebastian Kneißl
9:30 AM- Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
- WF (ESPN+): Derek Rae
- ESPN+ (SAP): Mechi Margalot, Juan Herbella
9:30 AM- SC Freiburg vs. FC Augsburg
- WF (ESPN+): Dan O'Hagan
9:30 AM- 1. FC Union Berlin vs. VfB Stuttgart
- WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney
9:30 AM- 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 vs. VfL Wolfsburg
- WF (ESPN+): Jonathan Beck
12:30 PM- 1. FC St. Pauli vs. Borussia Dortmund
- WF (ESPN+, Sky Sports Football): James Thorgood, Steffen Freund
Sunday, August 24
9:30 AM- 1. FSV Mainz 05 vs. 1. FC Köln
- WF (ESPN+, AMZN UK): Dan O'Hagan, Felix Bastians
- ESPN+ (SAP):
11:30 AM- Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Hamburger SV
- WF (ESPN+, AMZN UK): Rob Turner, Thorsten Stuckmann
MATCHDAY 2
MATCHDAY 3
MATCHDAY 4
MATCHDAY 5
MATCHDAY 6
2. Bundesliga
MATCHDAY 1B
Friday, August 1
2:30 PM- FC Schalke 04 vs. Hertha BSC Berlin
- WF (ESPN+): Jonathan Beck
Saturday, August 2
7 AM- SV Elversberg vs. 1. FC Nürnberg
- WF (ESPN+): Angus Torode
7 AM- SV Darmstadt 98 vs. VfL Bochum 1848
- WF (ESPN+): Derek Rae
7 AM- Karlsruher SC vs. SC Preußen Münster
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
7 AM- SC Paderborn 07 vs. 1. Holstein Kiel
- WF (ESPN+): James Thorogood
2:30 PM- Arminia Bielefeld vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf
- WF (ESPN+): Jonathan Beck
Sunday, August 3
7:30 AM- Hannover 96 vs. 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- WF (ESPN+): Max Merrill
7:30 AM- SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. SG Dynamo Dresden
- WF (ESPN+): Tim Long
7:30 AM- 1. FC Magdeburg vs. Eintracht Braunschweig
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
MATCHDAY 2B
Friday, August 8
12:30 PM- SC Preußen Münster vs. SC Paderborn 07
- WF (ESPN+): Angus Torode
12:30 PM- 1. FC Nürnberg vs. SV Darmstadt 98
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
Saturday, August 9
7 AM- Eintracht Braunschweig vs. SpVgg Greuther Fürth
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
7 AM- Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. Hannover 96
- WF (ESPN+): Chris Sharples
7 AM- SG Dynamo Dresden vs. 1. FC Magdeburg
- WF (ESPN+): Mark Bevan
2:30 PM- 1. FC Kaiserslautern vs. FC Schalke 04
- WF (ESPN+): James Thorogood
Sunday, August 10
7:30 AM- 1. Holstein Kiel vs. Arminia Bielefeld
- WF (ESPN+): Tim Long
7:30 AM- VfL Bochum 1848 vs. SV Elversberg
- WF (ESPN+): Mark Bevan
7:30 AM- Hertha BSC Berlin vs. Karlsruher SC
- WF (ESPN+): Chris Sharples
MATCHDAY 3B
Friday, August 22
12:30 PM- SC Preußen Münster vs. 1. FC Nürnberg
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
12:30 PM- SV Elversberg vs. 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- WF (ESPN+): Jonathan Beck
Saturday, August 23
7 AM- Hannover 96 vs. 1. FC Magdeburg
- WF (ESPN+): Paul Read
7 AM- SC Paderborn 07 vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf
- WF (ESPN+): Tim Long
7 AM- Karlsruher SC vs. Eintracht Braunschweig
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
2:30 PM- FC Schalke 04 vs. VfL Bochum 1848
- WF (ESPN+): Angus Torode
Sunday, August 24
7:30 AM- SV Darmstadt 98 vs. Hertha BSC Berlin
- WF (ESPN+): Chris Sharples
7:30 AM- Arminia Bielefeld vs. SG Dynamo Dresden
- WF (ESPN+): Derek Rae
7:30 AM- SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. 1. Holstein Kiel
- WF (ESPN+): Angus Torode
MATCHDAY 4B
Friday, August 29
12:30 PM- 1. FC Nürnberg vs. SC Paderborn 07
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
12:30 PM- Hertha BSC Berlin vs. SV Elversberg
- WF (ESPN+): Jonathan Beck
Saturday, August 30
7 AM- 1. Holstein Kiel vs. Hannover 96
- WF (ESPN+): Tim Long
7 AM- Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Arminia Bielefeld
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
7 AM- VfL Bochum 1848 vs. SC Preußen Münster
- WF (ESPN+): Chris Sharples
2:30 PM- Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. Karlsruher SC
- WF (ESPN+): Angus Torode
Sunday, August 31
7:30 AM- 1. FC Magdeburg vs. SpVgg Greuther Fürth
- WF (ESPN+): Mark Bevan
7:30 AM- 1. FC Kaiserslautern vs. SV Darmstadt 98
- WF (ESPN+): Chris Sharples
7:30 AM- SG Dynamo Dresden vs. FC Schalke 04
- WF (ESPN+): Tim Long
MATCHDAY 5B
Friday, September 12
12:30 PM- SC Paderborn 07 vs. VfL Bochum 1848
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
12:30 PM- Arminia Bielefeld vs. 1. FC Magdeburg
- WF (ESPN+): Jonathan Beck
Saturday, September 13
7 AM- SV Darmstadt 98 vs. Eintracht Braunschweig
- WF (ESPN+): Paul Read
7 AM- Karlsruher SC vs. 1. FC Nürnberg
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
7 AM- FC Schalke 04 vs. 1. Holstein Kiel
- WF (ESPN+): Tim Long
2:30 PM- Hannover 96 vs. Hertha BSC Berlin
- WF (ESPN+): Mark Bevan
Sunday, September 14
7:30 AM- SV Elversberg vs. SG Dynamo Dresden
- WF (ESPN+): Tim Long
7:30 AM- SC Preußen Münster vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf
- WF (ESPN+): James Thorogood
7:30 AM- SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- WF (ESPN+): Chris Sharples
MATCHDAY 6B
Friday, September 19
12:30 PM- Arminia Bielefeld vs. SpVgg Greuther Fürth
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
12:30 PM- 1. FC Kaiserslautern vs. SC Preußen Münster
- WF (ESPN+): Jonathan Beck
Saturday, September 20
7 AM- 1. FC Magdeburg vs. FC Schalke 04
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
7 AM- Eintracht Braunschweig vs. SV Elversberg
- WF (ESPN+): Paul Read
7 AM- Hertha BSC Berlin vs. SC Paderborn
- WF (ESPN+): Mark Bevan
2:30 PM- 1. FC Nürnberg vs. VCL Bochum
- WF (ESPN+): Tim Long
Sunday, September 21
7:30 AM- Dynamo Dresden vs. Hannover 96
- WF (ESPN+): Chris Sharples
7:30 AM- 1. Holstein Kiel vs. Karlsruher SC
- WF (ESPN+): Mark Bevan
7:30 AM- Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. SV Darmstadt 98
- WF (ESPN+): Derek Rae
MATCHDAY 7B
Friday, September 26
12:30 PM- FC Schalke 04 vs. SpVgg Greuther Fürth
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
12:30 PM- SV Darmstadt 98 vs. Dynamo Dresden
- WF (ESPN+): Jonathan Beck
Saturday, September 27
7 AM- SC Paderborn 07 vs. 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
7 AM- Karlsruher SC vs. 1. FC Magdeburg
- WF (ESPN+): Tim Long
7 AM- SV Elversberg vs. 1. Holstein Kiel
- WF (ESPN+): Mark Bevan
2:30 PM- VfL Bochum vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf
- WF (ESPN+): Angus Torode
Sunday, September 28
7:30 AM- Hannover 96 vs. Arminia Bielefeld
- WF (ESPN+): Mark Bevan
7:30 AM- 1. FC Nürnberg vs. Hertha BSC Berlin
- WF (ESPN+): James Thorogood
7:30 AM- Preußen Münster vs. Eintracht Braunschweig
- WF (ESPN+): Chris Sharples
MATCHDAY 8B
Friday, October 3
Saturday, October 4
Sunday, October 5
DfB Pokal
OPENING ROUND
Friday, August 15
Noon- DfB-Pokal Zone
- WF (ESPN+): Andy Bargh
Noon- SG Sonnenhof Großaspach vs. Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- WF (ESPN+): Derek Rae
- ESPN+ (SAP): Fabián Taboada, Pedro Wolff
Noon- FC Gütersloh vs. 1. FC Union Berlin
- WF (ESPN+): James Thorogood
2:30 PM- Arminia Bielefeld vs. SV Werder Bremen
- WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney, Patrick Owomoyela
Saturday, August 16
7 AM- FK Pirmasens vs. Hamburger SV
- WF (ESPN+): James Thorogood
9:30 AM- DfB-Pokal Zone
- WF (ESPN+): Andy Bargh
9:30 AM- SV Sandhausen vs. RB Leipzig
- WF (ESPN+): Kevin Hatchard
- ESPN+ (SAP): Jesús Humberto López, Eugenio Diaz
9:30 AM- SV Hemelingen vs. VfL Wolfsburg
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
9:30 AM- Eintracht Norderstedt vs. FC St. Pauli
- WF (ESPN+): Dan O'Hagan
Noon- Sportfreunde Lotte vs. SC Freiburg
- WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney
Noon- FC Energie Cottbus vs. Hannover 96
- WF (ESPN+): Rob Turner
Sunday, August 17
7 AM- FV Engers 07 vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
- WF (ESPN+): Dan O'Hagan
9:30 AM- DfB-Pokal Zone
- WF (ESPN+): Andy Bargh
9:30 AM- Lokomotive Leipzig vs. FC Schalke 04
- WF (ESPN+): Derek Rae
9:30 AM- SV Atlas Delmenhorst vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
- WF (ESPN+): Kevin Hatchard
9:30 AM- Jahn Regensberg vs. 1. FC Köln
- WF (ESPN+): Garry Preston
Noon- Hallescher FC vs. FC Augsburg
- WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney
Noon- SSV Ulm vs. SV Elversberg
- WF (ESPN+): James Thorogood
Monday, August 18
Noon- DfB-Pokal Zone
- WF (ESPN+): Andy Bargh
Noon- Preußen Münster vs. Hertha BSC Berlin
- WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney
Noon- Dynamo Dresden vs. 1. FSV Mainz 05
- WF (ESPN+): Derek Rae
2:30 PM- Rot-Weiss Essen vs. Borussia Dortmund
- WF (ESPN+): James Thorogood, Steffen Freund
- ESPN+ (SAP): Kenneth Garay, Barak Fever
Tuesday, August 26
2:30 PM- Eintracht Braunschweig vs. VfB Stuttgart
- WF (ESPN+): Phil Bonney, Steffen Freund
Wednesday, August 27
2:30 PM- SV Wehen Wiesbaden vs. FC Bayern München
- WF: James Thorogood, Julia Simic
- ESPN+: Jon Champion, Lutz Pfannenstiel
- ESPNDEP: Kenneth Garay, Barak Fever