Borussia Dortmund begin the defence of their Bundesliga title at home to Werder Bremen on Friday night at 1930 BST.
The champions finished eight points clear of Bayern last season, whilst the Bavarians were a further nine points ahead of third-placed Schalke, but a much more open campaign is expected this season.
Bayern Munich boss Jupp Heynckes told the German media ahead of the new season, "Schalke will be in the mix. Monchengladbach, Leverkusen are strong, Stuttgart, Bremen, Hannover - and most likely one or two teams we are not thinking about right now will impress as well."
Munich get their title charge underway at newly promoted Greuther Fürth at 1430 on Saturday afternoon.
During the week there are a number live streaming European and domestic league games to look forward to also. In the Europa League play-off round on Thursday, Feyenoord play host to AC Sparta Praha at 1900.
Other notable fixtures include LA Galaxy's clash with AD Isidro Metapan in the CONCACAF Champions League at 0300 on Thursday and Ajax's fixture with NAC in the Eredivisie on Saturday at 1945.
20.08.2012
11:00 - SOCCER - Chungnam Ilhwa Chunma Women v Busan Sangmu Women
15:00 - SOCCER - Brest v Evian Thonon Gaillard
15:00 - SOCCER - Krylia Sovetov v Amkar Perm
17:00 - SOCCER - Alania Vladikavkaz v Kuban Krasnodar
17:00 - SOCCER - Bastia v Reims
17:30 - SOCCER - Lechia Gdansk v Polonia Warsaw
18:00 - SOCCER - Sonderjyske v Odense BK
18:45 - SOCCER - Aarau v Winterthur
18:45 - SOCCER - Lyon v Troyes
19:00 - SOCCER - Galatasaray v Kasimpasa
19:00 - SOCCER - Quilmes v Union De Santa Fe
19:00 - SOCCER - Veendam v FC Eindhoven
19:30 - SOCCER - Le Mans v Auxerre
20:15 - SOCCER - Beira Mar v Academica
21:10 - SOCCER - Arsenal de Sarandi v Argentinos Jrs
23:15 - SOCCER - Newell's v San Martin de San Juan
21.08.2012
15:00 - SOCCER - Kruoja v FK REO Vilnius
22.08.2012
01:00 - SOCCER - Santos Laguna v CD Aguila
01:10 - SOCCER - Sao Paulo v EC Bahia
03:00 - SOCCER - Real Salt Lake v Tauro FC
03:00 - SOCCER - Xelaju v Chivas Guadalajara
03:30 - SOCCER - Deportivo San Martin v Emelec
11:30 - SOCCER - FC Pohang Steelers v Gwangju FC
12:30 - SOCCER - Guizhou Renhe v Shandong Luneng
12:35 - SOCCER - Guangzhou Evergrande v LiaoNing
15:30 - SOCCER - Caen v Clermont Foot
15:30 - SOCCER - Ekranas Panevezy v Banga Gargzdai
16:00 - SOCCER - Daugava Riga v FK Spartaks
17:00 - SOCCER - FK Jelgava v FC Jurmala
23:30 - SOCCER - Argentina v Independiente
23:30 - SOCCER - Coritiba v Gremio RS
23.08.2012
01:00 - SOCCER - Alajuelense v Tigres
01:00 - SOCCER - Caledonia AIA v CD Marathon
02:00 - SOCCER - Botafogo RJ v Palmeiras
03:00 - SOCCER - CD FAS v Houston Dynamo
11:00 - SOCCER - Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Incheon Utd
19:00 - SOCCER - Feyenoord v AC Sparta Praha
19:00 - SOCCER - Lille v Nancy
20:00 - SOCCER - Leon Huanuco v Deportivo Quito
23:30 - SOCCER - Figueirense v Atletico GO
24.08.2012
01:00 - SOCCER - Chorrillo v CSD Municipal
01:45 - SOCCER - Colon v Racing Club
03:00 - SOCCER - L.A Galaxy v AD Isidro Metapan
17:00 - SOCCER - Eintracht Braunschweig v Paderborn
17:00 - SOCCER - FC Zorya Luhansk v Vorskla Poltava
17:00 - SOCCER - Hertha Berlin v SSV Jahn Regensburg
17:00 - SOCCER - Sandhausen v FC Union Berlin
17:00 - SOCCER - Zaglebie Lubin v Piast Gliwice
17:30 - SOCCER - FC Blau Weiss Linz v Austria Lustenau
17:30 - SOCCER - FC Lustenau v Kapfenberger SV
17:30 - SOCCER - FC Nordsjaelland v Sonderjyske
17:30 - SOCCER - Hartberg v SV Horn
17:30 - SOCCER - St Polten v SV Scholz Grodig
18:00 - SOCCER - Orebro SK v Gefle IF
19:00 - SOCCER - RKC v Roda JC
19:00 - SOCCER - Sparta Rotterdam v Apeldoorn
19:30 - SOCCER - Borussia Dortmund v Werder Bremen
19:30 - SOCCER - First Vienna FC 1894 v SCR Altach
19:30 - SOCCER - Jagiellonia Bialystok v Gornik Zabrze
25.08.2012
01:15 - SOCCER - Argentina Apertura
01:30 - SOCCER - Jaguares v Queretaro
08:30 - SOCCER - Guizhou Renhe v Qingdao Jonoon
10:00 - SOCCER - Shimizu S-Pulse v Urawa Red Diamonds
10:30 - SOCCER - Kashima Antlers v Albirex Niigata
11:00 - SOCCER - Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus
12:00 - SOCCER - Cottbus v St Pauli
12:00 - SOCCER - MSV Duisburg v Dynamo Dresden
12:30 - SOCCER - Dalian Shide v Hangzhou Greentown
12:30 - SOCCER - Liaoning FC v Guangzhou R&F
12:30 - SOCCER - Podbeskidzie Bielsko Biala v Skonto FC/Wisla Krakow
12:35 - SOCCER - Changchun Yatai v Dalian Aerbin FC
12:35 - SOCCER - Guangzhou Evergrande v Tianjin Teda
14:30 - SOCCER - Augsburg v Fortuna Dusseldorf
14:30 - SOCCER - Borussia M'gladbach v TSG Hoffenheim
14:30 - SOCCER - Greuther Furth v Bayern Munich
14:30 - SOCCER - Hamburg v Nurnberg
14:30 - SOCCER - SC Freiburg v Mainz
14:45 - SOCCER - Slask Wroclaw v Korona Kielce
15:00 - SOCCER - Djurgarden v Helsingborg
15:00 - SOCCER - Illichivec Mariupol v Goverla Zakarpatia
16:00 - SOCCER - Randers FC v AB Copenhagen
16:30 - SOCCER - Kalmar v IFK Goteborg
17:00 - SOCCER - OH Leuven v Anderlecht
17:00 - SOCCER - Widzew Lodz v Ruch Chorzow
17:30 - SOCCER - Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer Leverkusen
17:30 - SOCCER - FC Salzburg v Wiener Neustadt
17:30 - SOCCER - FK Austria Vienna v FC Wacker Innsbruck
17:30 - SOCCER - SK Sturm Graz v FC Trenkwalder Admira
17:30 - SOCCER - SV Mattersburg v SV Ried
17:45 - SOCCER - FC Utrecht v PEC Zwolle
18:45 - SOCCER - Grasshoppers v FC Thun
18:45 - SOCCER - St Gallen v Basel
18:45 - SOCCER - VVV v ADO Den Haag
19:00 - SOCCER - Cercle Brugge v Lierse
19:45 - SOCCER - Ajax v NAC
19:45 - SOCCER - VfB Stuttgart v Wolfsberg
22:30 - SOCCER - Vasco da Gama v Fluminense
23:00 - SOCCER - America v Tijuana
26.08.2012
01:00 - SOCCER - Tigres v Toluca
12:30 - SOCCER - Bochum v VFR Aalen
12:30 - SOCCER - FC Ingolstadt v FSV Frankfurt
12:30 - SOCCER - Kaiserslautern v 1860 Munich
12:45 - SOCCER - FC Zurich v FC Sion
12:45 - SOCCER - Servette v Lucerne
15:00 - SOCCER - Metalurg Zaporizhya v Metalurg Donetsk
15:00 - SOCCER - RZ Pellets WAC v Rapid Vienna
15:00 - SOCCER - Young Boys v Lausanne Sports
16:30 - SOCCER - Hannover 96 v Schalke
27.08.2012
00:00 - SOCCER - FC Dallas v LA Galaxy
00:00 - SOCCER - Guadalajara v Monterrey
