The first competitive game for new Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany has been scheduled for Friday August 16 against second-tier Ulm in the German Cup first round, with the match also picked to be broadcast on live terrestrial TV.
Other German Cup first-round games to be scheduled on Thursday include Champions League runners-up Borussia Dortmund at fourth-tier 1. FC Phönix Lübeck on August 17 and second-tier Eintracht Braunschweig against Eintracht Frankfurt on August 19.
The Cup games involving double winners Bayer Leverkusen and Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart are taking place later in August because the duo play the German Super Cup on August 17.
Stuttgart visit second-division Preußen Münster on August 27 and Leverkusen travel to fourth-tier Carl Zeiss Jena a day later.