Bundesliga start: FC Köln travels to Mainz 05!

Bundesliga start: FC Köln travels to Mainz 05!

The 1st FC Köln starts the Bundesliga season 2025/26 with an exciting away game against the 1st FSV Mainz 05. The game will take place between 22 and 24 August 2025 and marks the start of a new season for the goat. On a special day, June 27, 2025, the Bundesliga announced the official schedule and thus ensures anticipation among fans. In addition, the DFB Cup on August 17, 2025 will begin in the first round with a game against SSV Jahn Regensburg, which will kick off at 5:30 p.m.

The first four game days of the new season are quite challenging for FC, because two of the first three games take place away. After the start in Mainz, there is a home game against SC Freiburg, which takes place between 29 and 31 August 2025. On the following match days it is then important to compete against VfL Wolfsburg (September 12-14, 2025) and RB Leipzig (September 19-21, 2025) before the first home game against VfB Stuttgart (September 26-28, 2025) follows. This meeting even has a special connection to the Cologne Carnival, as it takes place again after the carnival game, which took place in February 2023.

derbies and important encounters

In the coming season, there are some emotional derbies for the 1st FC Köln. The duels with Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer 04 Leverkusen can look forward to the fans. The first derby against the foals will take place in Gladbach on the 10th matchday, between November 7 and 9, 2025, while the second leg in Cologne will take place on matchday 27, i.e. between March 20 and 22, 2026. There is also an away game against the Werkelfe, which will be held on matchday 28-30, 2025), followed by returning to Cologne on matchday 31 (April 24-26, 2026).

whether the billy goats get a good start in the first half of the season will be shown after the first five games. The last matchday of the first and second half of the season promises exciting encounters and will take place against FC Bayern Munich. The first leg will be held between 13 and 15 January 2026 in Müngersdorf, while the second half of the season on the 34th matchday, on May 16, 2026, will take place in the Allianz Arena.

A look at the Bundesliga

The entire Bundesliga schedule has already been determined for the 2025/26 season. According to Onefootball , one of the highlights is the opening game between Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig on August 22, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. Allianz Arena. The game is transferred live at Sky and also on free TV at Sat.1.

Especially this season, fans can also look forward to a winter break that will last from December 21st to January 11th. The first and second half of the season are symmetrically laid out, which means that after the first round the games take place again in the reverse order, whereby the second half of the season contains identical games but in other places.

summarized there are plenty of exciting games and nerve-wracking derbies on the program that will make the Bundesliga season 2025/26 a special experience. For 1. FC Köln it will be important to prepare well for these challenges.

The entire game plan can be viewed here: dfl .