Browse the Bundesliga TV schedule below for games shown on US television and streaming, on channels such as ESPN+, ESPN and ESPN2.
Beginning with the 2020/21 season, ESPN+ has the exclusive rights to the German Bundesliga league in both English- and Spanish-languages. That means that previous rights holders FOX Sports and Univision will no longer have the rights.
As of press time, ESPN plans to broadcast a minimum of between four and eight Bundesliga games on U.S. television each season. For more insight, here’s everything you need to know about the new US rights deal.
For cord cutters who don’t have access to ESPN or ESPN2, you may want to consider Sling Orange and fuboTV, who both typically offer a free trial (find out how to watch Bundesliga matches without cable).
ESPN+ is available for just $5.99/month or for $12.99/month as part of the Disney+ bundle that includes ESPN+, Hulu and Disney+. (If you’re planning to watch the Bundesliga for the entire season, ESPN+ offers a $49.99 annual plan, which will help you save even more money).
Also included are Bundesliga TV schedule listings for teams playing in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, DFB Pokal (German Cup), summer friendlies, and games featuring the German national team. Bookmark this Bundesliga TV schedule page and return to it often. You’ll find the latest schedule of TV games, in many cases posted before the information is officially released.
The 2020/21 Bundesliga season is the first under the new rights deal with ESPN. It’s part of the six-year agreement that will end at the close of the 2025-26 season.
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Bundesliga TV schedule
All times Eastern USA
— Last updated: November 28, 2020
Sunday, November 29
Leverkusen vs. Hertha Berlin, 9:30am, ESPN+
Mainz vs. Hoffenheim, Noon, ESPN+
Tuesday, December 1
Atletico Madrid vs. Bayern Munich (Champions League Group Stage), 3pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Inter Milan (Champions League Group Stage), 3pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Wednesday, December 2
Istanbul Basaksehir vs. RB Leipzig (Champions League Group Stage), 12:55pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Dortmund vs. Lazio (Champions League Group Stage), 3pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Thursday, December 3
Red Star Belgrade vs. Hoffenheim (Europa League), 12:55pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Nice vs. Leverkusen (Europa League), 3pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Friday, December 4
Hertha Berlin vs. Union Berlin, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Saturday, December 5
Freiburg vs. Gladbach, 9:30am, ESPN+
Frankfurt vs Dortmund, 9:30am, ESPN+
Köln vs. Wolfsburg, 9:30am, ESPN+
Bielefeld vs. Mainz, 9:30am, ESPN+
Bayern Munich vs. RB Leipzig, 9:30am, ESPN+
Werder Bremen vs. Stuttgart, 12:30pm, ESPN+
Sunday, December 6
Werder Bremen vs. Stuttgart, 9:30am, ESPN+
Schalke vs. Leverkusen, Noon, ESPN+
Monday, December 7
Hoffenheim vs. Augsburg, 2:30pm, ESPN+
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Tuesday, December 8
Zenit vs. Dortmund (Champions League Group Stage), 12:55pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
RB Leipzig vs. Man United (Champions League Group Stage), 3pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Wednesday, December 9
Bayern Munich vs. Lokomotiv Moscow (Champions League Group Stage), 3pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Real Madrid vs. Borussia Monchengladbach (Champions League Group Stage), 3pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Thursday, December 10
Leverkusen vs. Slavia Prague (Europa League), 12:55pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Hoffenheim vs. Gent (Europa League), 3pm, CBS All Access (free trial)
Friday, December 11
Wolfsburg vs. Frankfurt, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Saturday, December 12
Dortmund vs. Stuttgart, 9:30am, ESPN+
RB Leipzig vs. Werder Bremen, 9:30am, ESPN+
Gladbach vs. Hertha Berlin, 9:30am, ESPN+
Freiburg vs. Bielefeld, 9:30am, ESPN+
Mainz vs. Köln, 9:30am, ESPN+
Union Berlin vs. Bayern Munich, 12:30pm, ESPN+
Sunday, December 13
Augsburg vs. Schalke, 9:30am, ESPN+
Leverkusen vs. Hoffenheim, Noon, ESPN+
Tuesday, December 15
Frankfurt vs. Gladbach, 12:30pm, ESPN+
Hertha Berlin vs. Mainz, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Werder Bremen vs. Dortmund, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Stuttgart vs. Union Berlin, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Wednesday, December 16
Schalke vs. Freiburg, 12:30pm, ESPN+
Bayern Munich vs. Wolfsburg, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Hoffenheim vs. RB Leipzig, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Köln vs. Leverkusen, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Bielefeld vs. Augsburg, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Friday, December 18
Union Berlin vs. Dortmund, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Saturday, December 19
RB Leipzig vs. Koln, 9:30am, ESPN+
Gladbach vs. Hoffenheim, 9:30am, ESPN+
Schalke vs. Bielefeld, 9:30am, ESPN+
Mainz vs. Werder Bremen, 9:30am, ESPN+
Augsburg vs. Frankfurt, 9:30am, ESPN+
Leverkusen vs. Bayern Munich, 12:30pm, ESPN+
Sunday, December 20
Freiburg vs. Hertha Berlin, 9:30am, ESPN+
Wolfsburg vs. Stuttgart, Noon, ESPN+
Wednesday, December 23
TBD vs. TBD (German Cup), 2:45pm, ESPN3, ESPN Deportes, fuboTV and Sling Orange (free trial)
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Hoffenheim vs. Freiburg, 9:30am, ESPN+
Frankfurt vs. Leverkusen, 9:30am, ESPN+
Koln vs. Augsburg, 9:30am, ESPN+
Werder Bremen vs. Union Berlin, 9:30am, ESPN+
Bielefeld vs. Gladbach, 9:30am, ESPN+
Hertha Berlin vs. Schalke, 9:30am, ESPN+
Stuttgart vs. RB Leipzig, 12:30pm, ESPN+
Sunday, January 3, 2021
Dortmund vs. Wolfsburg, 9:30am, ESPN+
Bayern Munich vs. Mainz, Noon, ESPN+
Friday, January 8, 2021
Gladbach vs. Bayern Munich, 2:30pm, ESPN+
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Leverkusen vs. Werder Bremen, 9:30am, ESPN+
Freiburg vs. Koln, 9:30am, ESPN+
Union Berlin vs. Wolfsburg, 9:30am, ESPN+
Schalke vs. Hoffenheim, 9:30am, ESPN+
Mainz vs. Frankfurt, 9:30am, ESPN+
RB Leipzig vs. Dortmund, 12:30pm, ESPN+
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Augsburg vs. Stuttgart, 9:30am, ESPN+
Bielefeld vs. Hertha Berlin, Noon, ESPN+
February 2-3, 2021
DFB Pokal Round 3 games, dates/times TBD, ESPN3 and ESPN Deportes
March 2-3, 2021
DFB Pokal quarterfinals, dates/times TBD, ESPN3 and ESPN Deportes
March 22 to March 30, 2021
International break
May 1-2, 2021
DFB Pokal semifinals, dates/times TBD, ESPN3 and ESPN Deportes
Thursday, May 13, 2021
DFB Pokal final (teams TBD), time TBD, Coverage live on ESPN or ESPN2
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Final day of 2020/21 Bundesliga season
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
France vs. Germany (Euro 2020), 3pm, ESPN, fuboTV, Sling Orange, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV (free trial)
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Portugal vs. Germany (Euro 2020), Noon, ESPN, fuboTV, Sling Orange, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV (free trial)
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Germany vs. Playoff team (Euro 2020), 3pm, ESPN2, fuboTV, Sling Orange, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV (free trial)
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It’s an absolute travesty Der Klassiker between Munich and Dortmund is on FS2.
I agree.
I LIKE TO PRINT THE BUNDESLIGA SCHEDULE,. BUT THE PRINT IS SO SMALL
THAT IT’S VERY! HARD TO READ. ANY SOLUTION? tHANKS
Get a magnifying glass
Smart a## ..
How can I print the Bundesliga Schedule only
If it doesn’t work to print on your computer, copy the content into Microsoft Word and print it from there.
Gaffer,
Am I mistaken believing that Fox’s soccer coverage of Bundesliga matches uses announcers who are not at the matches? I’m watching Hoffenhiem v. Hamburg and it just sounds as if the announcers are in distant studio somewhere. I know ESPN used to do this all the time, but I was hoping this was a thing of the past.
Just wondering.
FOX Sports has been mixing up their commentating options. Some weeks they’ve included the feed from the UK announcers (I believe BT Sports). Other weeks they’ve used the English-language world-feed. But more recently they’ve been using their own announcers such as Keith Costigan, Brad Friedel, etc. So, for most of the games, the announcers are calling it off a TV.
Thanks for the update. I guess what always troubled me about announcers watching a match on tv and broadcasting is that they see the same things I see; whereas announcers at the grounds see other aspects of the matches developing off-camera, which may add a great deal to the broadcast.
I really hoped this type of announcing was from a bygone era. However, I guess there must be some rationale (financial, perhaps?) for Fox to use their own announcers in Los Angeles. Sadly, off-site announcers tend to offer so little, I end up watching the matches on mute.
FOX Sports used Los Angeles-based announcers to call Hoffenheim vs Hamburg “off tube”. Ross Dyer and Keith Costigan.
FOX Sports is using “low profile” soccer match telecasts (such as UEFA Europa League, Bundesliga, and women’s friendlies, all of which draw 100,000 viewers or fewer) to develop announcers and production personnel.
That’s what FOX Sports should be doing as it needs to have 4-5 good announcing teams for World Cup Russia 2018. Right now, FOX Sports really only has one good U.S.-based announcing team: John Strong and Alexi Lalas.
One “good” thing about Bundesliga coverage in Spanish:
Now that Chicharito is playing regularly for Bayer Leverkusen, FOX Deportes appears to me to have restructured its sublicense agreement with GOLTV.
Instead of alternating “1st pick” each week so that FOX Deportes and GOLTV would alternate having Bayern Munich, FOX Deportes has repossessed the “1st pick” EVERY WEEK so that it can air Bayer Leverkusen matches (with John Laguna and Mariano Trujillo calling the matches, usually from Los Angeles with the exception of last week when FOX Deportes sent them to Europe for a week.)
That means GOLTV can air Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund matches almost every week.
anyone know where I can catch some 2. Bundesliga action? Is there a streaming option available? I would think FOX acquired these rights as well as the first division, however I would not be surprised if they decided not to broadcast even as an online option since viewership would be quite poor. Any help would be appreciated.
None of the 2. Bundesliga matches are being broadcast on TV or online in the States, unfortunately.
How come Bayern Munich Vs FC Shalke is on Fox Soccer plus ??? Or GolTV??? When they usually show them on FS1 or at least FS2 ???
stinks because I don’t have neither of those channels
I’m assuming they got bumped out of the slot because of College Football?
Anyone else feel the same ?
FS1 is showing college football, and FS2 is showing auto racing, so FOX bumped the game to FOX Soccer Plus. The only option where you can guarantee that you’ll be able to watch every Bundesliga game is on FOX Soccer 2GO.
Hey Chris,
Is Fox Soccer to go an App? And if so I assume it’s an extra charge ?
FOX Soccer 2GO is an app and online service. It’s $19.95 per month. Here’s more info http://www.foxsoccer.tv/?WT.mc_id=AFF_EPLTALK
Thanks buddy
I’m looking at the schedule above for Bayern Munich and the next few games aren’t on FS1 or FS2…even the Champions League game.
what’s up with that ?
It’s the busy time of the year for college football. And unfortunately the Bundesliga is a lesser priority for FOX this time of the year.
Yea I can see why. It’s all for the ratings and right now Bundesliga ratings aren’t close to College Football.
I’m surprised that they won’t even show Bayern Munich games with all the star power on that team.
What I find interesting is this is the first weekend where the Bayern game got bumped off of FS1 and 2.
Sucks
Anyone else hoping the football gods bring us a “healthy” Bayern Munich vs a “healthy” Barcelona Champions League Final?
And I don’t wanna hear about last year. This year’s outcome will be totally different.
There is a lot of German Bundisliga fans out there,it was great watching German Soccer on fox sports 1 and 2 but as usual something good for the soccer fans does not last, so to make some more money or a way to make some extra bucks,they do not broadcast these games on fox 1 or fox 2 they are now braodcasting fox sports 2go for a payment of $19.99 a month .I am not paying 19.99 a month I will be watching free live streaming Bundisliga on my computer.so take your program and shove it.
Yes, it is a pitty that NASCAR racing and not even live events take priority over Live Bundesliga matches.
It was great while it lasted with Bundesliga matches on the generally available FS1after the College Football season was over but now NASCAR is taking its place. Ridiculous!
How good do the BPL fans have it on NBC and its affiliate channels showing every game live!
I hope FOX realizes and may do something about it and offer more Bundesliga coverage but unfortunately it is all about the money not about the football itself ?
I have Comcast and they don’t carry FS2 here in the Bay Area. That makes it even more frustrating as I don’t get to see many other games such as Europa League and many other CL games. I’ve e-mailed Comcast about FS2 steadily for over a year and no change.
I have the sports and entertainment package (extra cost) so Comcast should have FS2 and Goltv in that package. After all Comcast customers pay extra for the package so all football/soccer channels should be carried/included in the package.
I also learned that Fox has the rights to this year’s Copa American. I have a feeling that most of the games will be on FS2. Just not right for them to be able to do that. I hope regular Univision or Telemundo have the spanish rights.
For Bundesliga I would be happy if Fox would show replays on FS1 in the evening when they show useless talk show programing.
This is helpful, thanks. Too many games on FS2 which Comcast (still) does not offer in most markets. Bundesliga is a tremendous product, but Fox’s coverage pales in comparison with what NBC is doing with the EPL. It’s too bad, b/c soccer is finally, truly, growing viewership in the States and the Bundesliga is missing out on converting boatloads of new fans (a la the EPL) due to a poor broadcast partner. Step up, Fox!
Glad we can view Bundesliga games and like “Hockey Night in Canada” promote “Bundesliga Saturday Mornings.” A cup of joe and great soccer start the weekend right. Also use more Brit announcers on site and pre, half-time and post-game with theFox Team.
It was nice to see Chelsea and Werder Bremen on CBS Sports Net. Does World Soccer Talk know if CBS Sports Net plans on continuing to air professional soccer after the handful of preseason matches they have scheduled? It was a very bare bones telecast–no pregame show or studio analysis–but hopefully this is a sign that another US media group is interested in televising soccer.
CBS Sports Network broadcasts NASL games. They also have 2 more friendlies that they’re broadcasting this week (involving German teams). That’s it, for now.
On what channels will the German cup final 2017 between Dortmund and Frankfurt be shown?
As of right now, the game will only be shown live on ESPN3.com but will be shown live later in the day on ESPN Deportes on tape delay.
Jul 6 2017
Fox is making a huge mistake as far as I am concerned. I have no interest in college football but love the German soccer matches. Just thought I would mention that I am a senior citizen and a female located in Georgia USA
Hi, Is it true that Dortmund will be coming to the United States? Any info on when they will be playing at Soldier Field in Chicago?
Yes, that’s the rumor. We have it listed at http://worldsoccertalk.com/schedule-of-soccer-friendlies-in-us-this-summer/
No confirmation yet regarding date or tickets.
Thanks, if this match were to happen generally how much in advance are matches announced?
An educated guess based on previous announcements from other clubs, we should hear something official by April of 2018.
Any sneak-peak info about Dortmund playing in the U.S.?
This is what we have so far – http://worldsoccertalk.com/schedule-of-soccer-friendlies-in-us-this-summer/
Keep up the good work!
Any way to stream upcoming Bundesliga season with German commentary in USA?
Is there a way to get a german-language feed of Bundesliga games? I don’t mind paying but it seems I’m stuck with Fox
Really want to get into bundesliga. Fox picture on some games downright dreadful. This morning Mainz game was unwatchable through xfinity. Dortmund game looks a bit better
Early 9/30 game on Fox 1 not listed: Hamburg, St. Pauli.
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Not going to lie, Hamburg St. Pauli from the Zweite Bundesliga on FS1 on a Sunday morning is neat…local derby and all.
Plus, a lot of articles have been written about the supporters of St. Pauli in the last few years…
Where can I find listings for friendlies like US v Columbia? Thanks
GJ, it’s on the homepage as well as the MLS page at http://worldsoccertalk.com/mls-tv-schedule/
Thanks again. Great site, BTW.
Chris; you missed adding to the schedule: Monday February 18th – FC Nürnberg- Borussia Dortmund on FS1 at 2:30p ET (11:30 am PT).
An excellent game of football today at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.
Fc Bayern Munchen 5-4 FC Heidenheim. What is wrong with FC Bayern receiving 4 goals at home from a 2nd division club. I thought FC Heidenheim would win. It would have been the last day for Niko Kovac at the club in my opinion.
Thanks to ESPN for putting the game on TV although Adrian Healy and Kasey Keller are not the best pair of commentators. It was James Thorogood on the world feed.
An equally excellent game at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on ESPN3. FC Schalke 04 vs SV Werder Bremen. The roof at the stadium was closed. Two impressive goals for Bremen by Milot Rashica and Davy Klassen. It was Rob Turner and Steffen Freund for commentary on the world feed.
How does Fox handle simultaneous final matches for the Bundesliga? will the big 2 matches be on Fox and FS1?
Yup.
Just a thought: Wouldn’t on the eve of the season starting would Fox and/or Bundesliga put a statement out stating whether the current deal would be extended or whether they would part ways? There is a month remaining, is it too early? It seems Fox is just finishing up all their soccer contracts that aren’t US Soccer (UEFA, etc) and focusing on other possibilities. Nothing wrong with that, just wondering usually how soon do companies announce anything on the last year of a tv deal?
We should know by the end of the year. Bundesliga has already started discussions with broadcasters about the next rights deal. Ultimately, it’ll be the Bundesliga’s decision to make who will be the best partner for them for the 2020/21 season onwards in the United States.
Ok Thank you
According to SB Nation, this upcoming season (2019-20) will be the last FOX’s Bundesliga season as ESPN bought the rights from FOX for the 2020-21 season. The Bundesliga on ESPN deal helps improve the viewership of the league. In the 2020-21 season, the vast majority of matches will be on ESPN+, but the possibilities of some matches will be on linear ESPN networks. So goodbye Bundesliga on FOX. The 2019-20 season will be the last for FOX to broadcast the Bundesliga.
I’m not a bot. I just letting some of Bundesliga viewers that ESPN will be broadcasting the 2020-21 season of Bundesliga.
Not confirmed by ESPN yet but we’re keeping an eye on the developments and will let everyone know once confirmed.
What about Univision
Do they lose their rights?
I hope CBS replace Fox for Bundesliga rights.
Chris – I’m surprised you didn’t post anything on World Soccer Talk today about the DFB Cup. A 3rd division club Wurzburger Kickers played Hoffenheim from the Bundesliga. I was watching the whole game on ESPN3. It finished 3-3 AET went to penalties/sudden death. Final score 4-5 Darek Rae was the commentator, on location.
Thanks for making me aware of it. There was so much soccer on yesterday that it was hard to cover all of the major talking points.
Wow, If this is confirmed by ESPN, what a shocker. From GOLTV which sublicensed some games to ESPN3 to Fox Sports to ESPN+ ? It’s quite a journey for the Bundesliga. The league does not belong behind a paywall. BTW, The New York Post is also reporting this news. If true, I have so many questions, I don’t know where to begin.
“The Bundesliga on ESPN deal helps improve the viewership of the league.” No, not really. Unless you have streaming (espn+) which requires High Speed Internet & DSL is not fast enough to be able to watch espn+, many people won’t get to watch Bundesliga. Non millenniums still like to watch sports on TV and have cable or SAT.
Regarding that espn might show some matches on their linear networks (TV), hoping it’s not like what they do for Serie A games – only showing the 3 am West Coast Time games, Plus when espn does show Serie A games on TV, it’s usually lower table team/games. While I have my issues with Fox on the poor job they do with Bundesliga, at least it’s available via TV (non streaming). I’m hoping espn puts quite a few games on espn Deportes. That would be okay.
The writing was always in on the wall. Christopher and Kartik kind of gave us a forewarning about this last year during their podcast that FOX wasn’t going to renew, When the deal with FOX was announced on October 14 2013 paid roughly $110m yr for the rights to Bundesliga.
http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/bundesliga_to_double_international_rights_fees_with_fox_deal.
FOX got Bundesliga as a answer to EPL on NBC the project failed miserably partly because of FOX but mostly due to the natural lack of an Bundesliga TV audience. You didn’t have to be a rocket.
This was simply a business move akin to a company laying off or closing a non-performing division.
ESPN already has the German Cup games to stream, so it definitely makes sense. I’m glad that ESPN will get Bundesliga: If Fox didn’t care to keep it (as it seems to be the case with all the leagues they have let go) then at least it goes somewhere you will have 1080P 60 FPS in perfect video quality and a recognized brand. Similar Serie A concept would work great. Fox never really promoted Bundesliga well enough at all, and though it is unfortunate that you will now have hardly any games on television (based on the reports) at least Bundesliga feels it is worthwhile for them and vice versa. ESPN + is killing it right now.
Many people don’t do streaming or can’t because they may only have DSL (to slow for streaming). At least if ESPN put the Bundesliga games on ESPN Deportes and/or on ESPN3 (DSL works okay for ESPN3) that would be good.
I’m just not a steaming service person. I have cable and not paying extra to watch and get other services.
FOX did promote Bundesliga, ………. IF you watching live Bundesliga match.
With the abominations that are BR, ESPN Plus, and the NBC platforms, we have officially entered the world of almost no football on regular tv.
How is this good in anyone’s universe?
TV in general is moving this way. The best TV shows are not on broadcast TV. The good news is that high-speed Internet + streaming is far cheaper than cable or satellite.. A streaming service I can get directly is better than a cable channel I may or may not have.. True, it does suck for those who don’t have access to high-speed internet.
Let them try and put the NE Patriots or Dallas Cowboys on some paid online platform, let me know how that works out.
Soccer/football is supposedly a niche sport with “hard core” following that is being perceived as a cash cow by the netwroks, ergo, the massive paywall push.
Thankfully, there are solutions to everything. They want to see me as a cash cow, I find other ways to watch the games i want to watch. Let’s see who wins that one…
Exactly, they may make money in the short term, but at the expense of gaining new fans. These services are only preaching the the choir of people who are already fans. At some point even many of those may stop watching.
Take Europa League for example. If not for Univision I wouldn’t have watched any last year, Wasn’t something I would’ve cared enough to subscribe to B/R to see. Watched much more of it when on Fox.
Became a casual viewer of Bundesliga on Fox, and will likely still be casual on Plus if it moves there, but only if I’m already on the service to watch Serie A and live matches running at some point during that window, won’t seek it out.
Then there’s the whole issue that on streaming you don’t have these on at bars or restaurants. If people want to go to eat during a match have to choose between missing a match or staying home….could see going out winning out in situations when the match isn’t marquee.
Another impressive day in the DFB Cup. VFL Osnabruck promoted to the 2nd division this past season played RB Leipzig. Final score 2-3 The commentator was Chris Sharples.
The second game of the day was SV Wehen Wiesbaden also promoted to the 2nd division played
1. Fc Koln promoted to the Bundesliga. The game ended 3-3 AET, went to penalties, Final score 5-6
Both games were streaming on ESPN3. The commentator was Darek Rae. He was also a commentator yesterday for Wurzburg vs Hoffenheim as I wrote about it above. I watched all the games from the DFB Cup this weekend. 2 more games on Monday.
Chris, I think Leipzig is playing Bayern tomorrow, not Werder.
You’re correct. RB Leipzig v. FC Bayern Munchen at 12:30PM on FS2 with Derek Rae and Mark Schwarzer doing commentary.
Union Berlin is hosting Werder Bremen at 9:30AM on FS Plus with my favorite commentator in the world Garry Preston.
Garry Preston is a lot of fun to listen to. The man clearly enjoys life (and Bundesliga football).
You’re missing the Werder Bremen v Schalke match on 11/23.
FC Saarbrucken, the club currently in the 4th tier of German football, where Eric Wynalda payed for 2 years in the 1990’s is hosting Fortuna Dusseldorf in the DFB Cup today on ESPN3 at 12:30PM ET. I’m looking forward to it.
Why did they schedule Dortmund vs Bayern on a Tuesday as an early game? FS1 would have the game if it was at 2:30p ET but 12:30p ET is right in the middle of THE HERD. I will be watching it on FS2 though.
The early game is more likely to get a larger viewing audience worldwide – including in Asia. While they care about the US market, it isn’t their number one priority.
BTW god forbid they interrupt “The Herd.” No one is watching a show where the bloke has nothing to talk about!
Chris – The 2 TV games on May 27th are listed to air on FS2 and not FS Plus according to the website livesoccertv. Are you sure it’s on FS Plus? Thanks.
The TV schedules sometimes change on a daily basis, and those two games have now been moved to FS2.
They could just have Colin Cowherd call the match on FS1 with Lalas if they care so little already.
I don’t see Fox Soccer Plus games past mid June. Is the channel going off the air?
No. It’s just that the TV programming schedules for those games on FOX Soccer Plus haven’t been announced yet.
Thanks!
Will matchday 34 contain a game on regular Fox network?
In previous years, yes. In this season, it’s doubtful. But who knows with FOX? They seem to make up the rules as they go along.
Good thing ESPN+ gets the rights next season
Bayern vs Schalke will be on main ESPN by the way.
What is the status of Bundesliga 2? I know ESPN has the rights to the matches. In previous years we could see them on Fox Soccer Match with no commentary.
2 Bundesliga games will be on ESPN+. The only thing we don’t know is how many games will stream on there quite yet each week.
Virtually all live games ONLY on espn streaming? I think they will lose a huge chunk of the viewers who enjoy German football. They will certainly lose me and I have espn +. Bloody stupid.
I agree Cristopher Ernest Watson.
So much confusion and unsatisfaction with NBC and Peacock with regards to the Premier League. Yet here we are: live Bundesliga is back! Every game readily available and most important reliable. Seria A, etc. No headache here…..
Monday’s match between Bochum and St. Pauli gas been added to schedule. Kay Murray also mentioned that Bund 2 matches will be streamed also so we should see some matches here and there.
Here are all of the details about the 2.Bundesliga on ESPN+
https://worldsoccertalk.com/2020/09/18/espn-adds-weekly-2-bundesliga-game-to-streaming-service/
Any chance the UEFA Super Cup will be shown on Univision?
Appears like it will be, as well as CBSSN if you want English commentary
KL, the game will be on Univision and TUDN.
dumbest move ever to get rid of live bundesliga matches from any tv channels… i won’t be manipulated into paying extra on top of my tv cable channels subscription, screw it, i’ll get by without the games and will just check the scores on-line…see how far you’ll get with this lame marketing ploy espn… my guess is you’ll be transmitting live games on one of your tv channels again because most folks will refuse to be treated like fools ready to be parted from their money…
I’m not into streaming or online program and much prefer having games on TV too. In the last 10 years, my ability to watch the Bundesliga has been either limited or not at all (Gotv gone, Fox Soccer gone, FS2 not carried by Comcast in my area until 2019). When espn got the rights to the Bundesliga & would be on espn+ I had to think long & hard if I wanted to try steaming (I only have DSL) and if I could squeeze in $5.99 into my monthly budget.
Because I’ve been a Bundesliga fan going back to the late 1960’s & I wanted to be able to watch BVB games, I decided to try espn+ Still not a fan of watching games on a computer (vs big screen TV) but I have my laptop hooked up to a 24 Ultra Sharp monitor so it’s better than viewing off a laptop screen.
So far I’m glad I got espn+ The service works well with my DSL, I can watch all the Bundesliga I want including the weekly highlight show, plus the Eredivisie is available, Serie A and USL too. So for now, $5.99 has been worth it. I know it sucks, the fewer and fewer Int’l league games are available on TV. If espn raises the price in the future, I’ll either have to move to a lower cable pkg to keep espn+ or drop it. For now, I had to make an adjustment so I could watch Bundesliga and BVB. It doesn’t work for everyone for many reasons including if one can afford it.
One day, I hope Bundesliga comes back to TV.