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German clubs on tour: Bayern Munich in Doha, Hertha Berlin in the USA, Borussia Dortmund in Asia and more

bundesliga.com, 2 January 2023, 16:05
Bayern Munich will spend six days in Doha as part of their preparations for the season restart, while Hertha Berlin are jetting off to Florida following successful overseas trips involving the likes of Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt. bundesliga.com has the winter tour lowdown...

Click here for an overview of all 18 Bundesliga clubs' winter break plans!

Bayern Munich

Where?

Doha, Qatar

When?

From 6 to 12 January

Squad

To be announced

A familiar face in Doha, Bayern kick off their training camp on 6 January. The record champions will spend six days on the Persian Gulf coast, before flying back to Germany to face Red Bull Salzburg in a 13 January friendly.

Hertha Berlin

Where?

Florida, USA

When?

From 3 to 14 January

Squad

To be announced

Hertha will travel to the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida on 3 January. Friendlies against Club de Lyon Orlando, The Villages SC (both 8 January), SIMA Montverde Academy (11 January) and Millonarios FC (12 January) have already been scheduled in.

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Borussia Dortmund

Where?

Malaysia and Vietnam

When?

From 21 November to 1 December

Squad

GK: Lotka, Meyer

DEF: Aning, Bueno, Collins, Coulibaly, Gürpüz, Hummels, Pasalic, Passlack, Semic, Schulz

MID: Can, Michel, Özcan, Özkan, Papadopoulos, Pohlmann

FWD: Bamba, Braaf, Broschinski, Malen, Njinmah, Reus, Rijkhoff

After beating the Lion City Sailors 7-2 in Singapore on 24 November, Dortmund followed that with a 4-1 win over the Johor Southern Tigers in Malaysia on 28 November. BVB were then beaten 2-1 by the Vietnam national team after a late penalty in Hanoi on 30 November. Team events in the local community and player meet-and-greets were also on the menu for the five-time Bundesliga winners.

Eintracht Frankfurt

Where?

Japan

When?

From 13 to 20 November

Squad

GK: Jens Grahl, Diant Ramaj, Matteo Bignetti

DEF: Evan Ndicka, Jerome Onguene, Almamy Toure, Makoto Hasebe, Timothy Chandler, Aurelio Buta, Christopher Lenz, Luca Pellegrini, Tuta, Elias Baum, Dario Gebuhr, Derek Boakye-Osei

MID: Faride Alidou, Sebastian Rode, Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe, Marcel Wenig, Ansgar Knauff, Mehdi Loune, Harpreet Ghotra, Noah Fenyo

FWD: Lucas Alario, Nacho Ferri, Andrew Junior Awusi Boddien, Anas Alaoui

Frankfurt contested the Saitama City Cup against Urawa Red Diamonds, losing 4-2 in Toyko. That was before their second game in Japan, which ended in a 2-1 defeat to Gamba Osaka. Winter training, as well as local, cultural and fan exchanges completed the UEFA Europa League holders' busy schedule.

Watch: Eintracht Frankfurt - Japan tour highlights

Bayer Leverkusen

Where?

St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

When?

From 13 to 18 November

Squad

GK: Andrey Lunev, Niklas Lomb

DEF: Mitchel Bakker, Jonathan Tah, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Madi Monamay

MID: Robert Andrich, Kerem Demirbay, Nadiem Amiri, Ayman Azhil, Joshua Eze, Zidan Sertdemir, Florian Wirtz

FWD: Karim Bellarabi, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Moussa Diaby, Adam Hlozek

Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen kicked off their preparations for the second half of 2022/23 with a five-day visit to the USA, where they played a friendly against newly formed MLS team St. Louis City. Die Werkself won the game 3-0 as part of the inauguration of the Missouri-based club's new stadium.

Cologne

Where?

Austin, Texas (USA)

When?

From 16 to 24 November

Squad

GK: Marvin Schwäbe, Timo Horn, Matthias Köbbing

DEF: Timo Hübers, Luca Kilian, Jeff Chabot, Nikola Soldo, Kristian Pedersen, Jonas Hector, Georg Strauch, Benno Schmitz, Max Finkgräfe, Tidiane Toure

MID: Linton Maina, Dejan Ljubicic, Tim Lemperle, Mark Uth, Kingsley Schindler, Joshua Schwirten

FWD: Sargis Adamyan, Steffen Tigges, Tidiane Toure, Justin Diehl

Cologne set up camp at Austin FC's training base and played an exhibition match at the Texan club's Q2 Stadium, losing out 4-2 to Bundesliga rivals VfB Stuttgart after trailing 4-0 at half-time. Fan and marketing events also took place as part of the Billy Goats' first stateside visit, organised in conjunction with the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL).

VfB Stuttgart

Where?

Austin, Texas (USA)

When?

From 14 to 22 November

Squad

GK: Florian Müller, Florian Schock

DEF: Josha Vagnoman, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Antonis Aidonis, Leon Reichardt

MID: Laurin Ulrich, Nathaniel Weiss, Lukas Laupheimer, Samuele di Benedetto

FWD: Serhou Guirassy, Tiago Tomas, Juan Jose Perea, Luca Pfeiffer, Alou Kuol, Thomas Kastanaras

As well as registering a morale-boosting 4-2 win in an exhibition match over Cologne, Stuttgart will attend American Football and basketball matches. Like the Billy Goats, they were based at MLS club Austin FC's St. David's Performance Center. Local youngsters also took part in VfB football school camps. The tour is part of the DFL's internationalisation strategy for the Bundesliga.

Hamburg (Bundesliga 2)

Where?

California, USA

When?

From 13 to 22 November

Representing the DFL, German football and HSV internationally, the Red Shorts returned to the USA for the first time in 22 years. Tour highlights included a friendly against Orange County Soccer Club in Irvine, California on 15 November, which the Bundesliga 2 side won 1-0.

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