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Time of India
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
All EA FC Mobile Ragnarok: Mighty Winter chapters and rewards
The much-anticipated Ragnarok event has finally gone live in EA FC Mobile, and with it, the chilling and mystical Mighty Winter phase has begun. Drawing heavy inspiration from Norse mythology, the event is a perfect blend of fantasy, football, and grind-worthy content. From legendary icons like Franz Beckenbauer, Ferenc Puskas, and George Best to cleverly designed vertical reward scrolls, EA has raised the bar with this mid-year special. — EASFCMOBILE (@EASFCMOBILE) If you followed leaks by popular source @madridistaa, much of this will feel familiar, but now it's official and better than ever. This detailed breakdown covers everything from the Info hub to Main, Rewards, and Gallery chapters of the Ragnarok event. Weekly challenges, mythological lands, the Yggdrasill reward tree, and powerful player cards are all waiting for you in this frozen saga. EA FC Mobile Ragnarok Mighty Winter Phase: All chapters breakdown Here's the detailed information regarding all four EA FC Mobile Ragnarok: Mighty Winter chapters and its' available rewards: Chapter 1: Info The first chapter acts as your navigation hub. On the left, you'll spot a link to the Ragnarok Mighty Winter Star Pass, featuring the 110 (+4) OVR Franz Beckenbauer card as the main reward. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 보이시나요? 제기동에서 이 보청기를 무료체험 할 45세 이상을 찾습니다 히어닷컴 Undo In the background, the ever-reliable Pavel Nedvěd makes an appearance, teasing his potential arrival as an EA FC Mobile Mighty Winter Icon in Week 2 or 3. Weekly Rewards and daily challenges in EA FC Mobile Ragnarok Mighty Winter Info chapter There are four main weekly challenges here, refreshed every 7 days. Challenges and rewards for Week 1 are: Assist for 50 goals (any mode) – Reward: 1000 Gems Collect 100 Ragnarok Tokens – Reward: 5 00 Training Transfer Points Acquire 5 Packs in Store (including free packs) – Reward: 1x Universal Rank-Up Mascherano Complete 300 Passes (any mode) – Reward: 2x Universal Upgrader Mascheranos These challenges are fairly simple and reward consistent effort. They're expected to refresh two more times as the Mighty Winter phase progresses. The upcoming second phase, Daybreak, is teased to follow a similar structure. Chapter 2: Main Set against a majestic backdrop of Dennis Bergkamp, likely hinting at his inclusion as a Mighty Winter Icon, this chapter is divided into two parts: Part 1: Bifrost-Themed Daily Challenges Bifrost daily challenges in EA FC Mobile Ragnarok Mighty Winter Main chapter Every day, you receive one Bifrost Token , rotating through the colors of the rainbow (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet). After collecting all 7 tokens across a week, you can use them to earn Mighty Winter Tokens through three paths: Simply tapping to claim Playing your Club Team against AI-controlled teams Completing star-skill-based objectives By the end of Week 1, you can accumulate up to 240 Mighty Winter Tokens, which will be used in exchange-based activities later in this chapter. Part 2: Treasures of the World Treasure of the World Asgard Realm challenges in EA FC Mobile Ragnarok Mighty Winter Main chapter This section features Norse-themed exploration zones over 3 weeks: Week 1: Asgard Week 2: Muspelheim Week 3: Niflheim In Asgard, you'll find 6 playable challenges - a mix of AI matches and 3-star skill games. The rewards include: EA FC Coins Gems Training Transfer Points Universal Rank-Up Mascherano Ragnarok Tokens Mighty Winter Shards Expect a similar format and reward structure in Muspelheim and Niflheim in the coming weeks. Chapter 3: Rewards This chapter is visually and thematically the most distinct. Inspired by Yggdrasill , the Norse Tree of Life, this is the first vertically scrolling reward system since Treasure Hunt Atlantis in FIFA Mobile 2020. Yggsdrill Tree rewards in EA FC Mobile Ragnarok Mighty Winter Rewards chapter The vertically scrollable Yggdrasill tree has multiple reward 'branches,' each offering: EA FC Coins Gems Training Transfer Points Universal Rank-Up Mascheranos Mighty Winter Tokens Mighty Winter Shards Mighty Winter Player Cards (102–111 OVR) Players use Ragnarok Tokens to claim rewards. Milestone rewards include: 3 Rewards Claimed - 3x Universal Rank Up Mascheranos 11 Rewards Claimed - 30 Mighty Winter Shards All 17 Rewards Claimed - 107 (+4) ST Henrik Larsson Mighty Winter Icon card Milestone Rewards in EA FC Mobile Ragnarok Mighty Winter Rewards chapter This structure remains constant for the entire 42-day event , ensuring consistency for long-term grinders. Chapter 4: Gallery The final chapter, backdropped by French legend David Ginola, is all about spending your Mighty Winter Shards to acquire top-tier Icons, Heroes, and Live Players. The EA FC Mobile Ragnarok Mighty Winter Gallery chapter features top-tier player cards claimable through Mighty Winter Shards Here's the list of all 16 available player cards in Week 1, along with their OVRs (overall ratings), positions, and the Mighty Winter Shard counts required to unlock them. Bobby Charlton (111 OVR, CAM) – 1250 Mighty Winter Shards Carlos Alberto Torres (111 OVR, RB) – 1500 Mighty Winter Shards George Best (111 OVR, LW) – 1250 Mighty Winter Shards Didier Drogba (110 OVR, ST) – 1250 Mighty Winter Shards Ledley King (110 OVR, CB) – 650 Mighty Winter Shards Roy Keane (110 OVR, CDM) – 500 Mighty Winter Shards Frank Lampard (110 OVR, CM) – 650 Mighty Winter Shards Gheorghe Hagi (110 OVR, RM) – 800 Mighty Winter Shards Guti Hernández (109 OVR, CM) – 300 Mighty Winter Shards Abedi Pelé (108 OVR, CAM) – 200 Mighty Winter Shards Wojciech Szczesny (109 OVR, GK) – 450 Mighty Winter Shards Pedro (109 OVR, RW) – 300 Mighty Winter Shards Dan Burn (109 OVR, CB) – 300 Mighty Winter Shards Arturo Vidal (108 OVR, CDM) – 200 Mighty Winter Shards Santi Cazorla (108 OVR, CM) – 200 Mighty Winter Shards Raphaël Guerreiro (108 OVR, LB) – 300 Mighty Winter Shards Each player costs a specific number of Mighty Winter Shards, adding a rewarding layer for those who commit to grinding across the chapters. The Ragnarok: Mighty Winter event is a grand celebration of football's mythology and modern-day legends. With smartly designed chapters, rich visuals, and consistent weekly challenges, this is shaping up to be one of FC Mobile's finest events. For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Catch Manika Batra's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 3. Watch Here!
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Business
- New York Times
New York Cosmos revived as USL expansion club in New Jersey
For most of the past decade, the New York Cosmos have almost solely existed in the American soccer landscape's past tense. The impact of Pelé and Franz Beckenbauer playing in the nation's largest market still resonates half a century later, with Inter Miami's signing of Lionel Messi arguably being the modern-day remake of a 1970s classic. Proponents of the nation's lower-division terrain also speak of the Cosmos — arguably the most successful second-division team of the modern era, dominating the NASL from 2013 to 2017 — with a sort of begrudging respect, a lucrative Goliath that forcibly cast every opponent as that match's David. Advertisement What's been lacking since the NASL's own revival ended in 2017 is a fresh batch of memories to keep the Cosmos from being more of a brand than a soccer team. The Cosmos have played just four competitive games in that span, all during the lockdown autumn of 2020. While the team name and logo have undeniable cachet, their value was greater among nostalgic collectors than neutrals searching for an active point of entrance into following the sport. On Thursday, however, the ownership group bringing a USL club to New Jersey is reviving the Cosmos' on-field legacy. Officially, this marks the return of the New York Cosmos, which will debut in third-division USL League One in 2026. The group bought the intellectual property as well as primary ownership of the club from Rocco Commisso, with the Fiorentina owner (who acquired the Cosmos in 2017, two years before purchasing the Serie A side) holding 'a small ownership stake.' There's significant continuity to the 2010s iteration beyond the name. Among the co-owners is Erik Stover, who joined the club in NASL in 2012. In his previous role with the New York Red Bulls, he played a crucial role in both signing Thierry Henry and the building of Red Bull Arena (now Sports Illustrated Stadium), winning MLS executive of the year in 2010. With the Cosmos, Stover kept the club at or near the top of the NASL for each of its five seasons, working with Giovanni Savarese on the sporting side to bring in aging icons (like Raúl and Marcos Senna) as well as a strong domestic core. But first, to link two previous points: these New York Cosmos will play their games in New Jersey. As such, the team will revisit one of its crest variations that was donned by Pelé and Beckenbauer at the height of the club's buzziest heyday. 'The Cosmos have told a very winding story over the decades,' Stover told The Athletic on Wednesday, 'including in that, at its very peak in 1977, when the Cosmos came to Giants Stadium, they took New York out of the crest and it became just 'Cosmos.' So that's the logo that most people recognize with the heyday of the Cosmos: 1977, '78, Pelé and Beckenbauer, packed stadiums. That's really part of our history; we're sort of reliving it again. Advertisement 'It's funny: I was talking to (former Cosmo and U.S. international) Werner Roth last night. For the first time ever, the Cosmos will have their own stadium that they call home — both men's and women's. For the first time, we're not nomadic. We're not wondering where we're playing next year.' The Cosmos will play at Hinchliffe Stadium, a 7,800-seat arena located in Paterson, N.J. The venue itself is in the midst of a revival. Hinchliffe Stadium originally opened in 1932 and hosted the Negro Leagues' New York Black Yankees and the American Soccer League's New Jersey Eagles in the late 1980s before shuttering in 1996 after many neglectful years without maintenance and upkeep. In 2023, it reopened to become the home of the New Jersey Jackals, an independent league baseball team. As for the aesthetics, while the above crest explainer retcons aspects of the club's identity, especially in rationalizing its original color palette, it's a mark that will instantly have a place in the wardrobes and on the walls of diehard fans of soccer around the world. Despite the stops, starts and various iterations, the Cosmos remain a singularly recognizable brand in American soccer. Their one-time heights have now become part of the sport's oral tradition, when the game's original 'GOAT' came stateside to face other luminaries including Johan Cruyff, George Best, Gerd Müller and Gordon Banks. Stover won't be working on the club's rebuild alone; in vintage Cosmos fashion, he's recruited a storied ex-international to play a central role. Earlier this week, the group announced that it added retired striker Giuseppe Rossi as the club's vice chairman and head of soccer. A former Italy international, Rossi was born in Teaneck, less than 14 miles from Hinchliffe Stadium. Rossi will be directly involved in daily decision-making, with his playing career helping inform what he still views as one of the biggest areas where soccer in the U.S. trails many other nations: the critical steps in player development during their teenage years. Advertisement 'Today, I feel like it's parents more than anything telling these kids that they have to decide something at 13, 14, 15 years old,' Rossi told Goal this week. 'It's ridiculous, absurd. They do that so they can have a status. Who gives a crap? Who cares where they're playing national team soccer at 13, 14, 15 years old? It doesn't mean anything. It's just a status for parents so they can talk about their kids and say this and that. It's not developing players. It's putting extra pressure and it's taking away from what the true focus should be: developing and having the right coaches to develop.' Albeit speaking with less outright antagonism, it's a general sentiment that's in line with Stover's view. His time with both the NASL's Cosmos and the Red Bulls has given him ample experience in how players can advance in their careers at the MLS level as well as in the lower leagues. 'I think anybody that works in soccer in the United States will tell you that we're not very good at developing players from their mid-teens to their early 20s,' Stover said. 'And it's been a problem. It's largely because we don't have enough professional environments for kids to continue their career. 'Even if you can get a scholarship to a pay-to-play system, or even if you're playing with the Red Bulls, you might not be able to get there, You don't have a car, there's not fast transit. The practical challenges of just training are very real.' While many USL clubs have gradually incorporated academy structures into their structure, the overwhelming majority of high-end player development is entrusted to the most established MLS setups. In 2025, MLS launched its 30th active club in San Diego — a large number of teams for a first-division league, but one that can only provide a fraction of the requisite opportunities needed to keep up with the number of youth soccer players in the country. Most non-MLS programs charge fees to participate (the 'pay-to-play system' referenced by Stover), a significant barrier to entry for many. There's significant geographic scarcity, too. Seattle Sounders midfielder Obed Vargas, a breakout talent in recent years, had to relocate from Alaska as a teenager to chase his professional dreams. U.S. international and Crystal Palace defender Chris Richards left Birmingham, Ala., to join FC Dallas' academy before the USL set up a club in the area. Even the more populated hotbeds like Los Angeles, Chicago and New York/New Jersey are left with very few opportunities for burgeoning pipelines of rising talent. 'The example I like to give is that in New Jersey, there are nine and a half million people,' Stover said. 'There's one professional club in the entire state. Red Bull does it very well, but they're the only one. In Portugal, there are 10 million people, and there are lots of clubs across so many levels and layers of the hierarchy. The net that they're casting is much, much wider than ours.' Advertisement It's a strong commitment to development that could help this iteration of the Cosmos be less reliant on the stars it recruits and better equipped to endure on its own merit. While the Cosmos will still nominally identify with 'New York,' just like the Red Bulls, it's another avenue available for promising young New Jerseyans who may follow in Rossi's footsteps. The Cosmos will also arrive in the USL — which was a direct rival to the NASL in the 2010s — at a time when the league system itself is undergoing an ambitious reinvention. In March, the USL's boards of governors (comprising all owners in the Championship and League One) voted to adopt a promotion and relegation model. Owners see it as a way to go beyond the current local, community-driven iteration and gain a greater national and international following. The narrative potential will only get richer as neutrals can monitor the Cosmos' hopes to rise the ranks to join a newly proposed and first-division sanctioned league to operate above the Championship. Throughout the 2010s, and especially under Commisso, the Cosmos' became synonymous with the NASL's opposition to the MLS model, a single-entity structure which is a closed system with no other pathway into the league but nine-figure expansion fees. The years following the NASL's final season in 2017 saw the NASL and U.S. Soccer clash in painfully slow-moving litigation. In February, the antitrust lawsuit was dismissed by a jury. Still, Stover feels the legal push did help the USL set up its more ambitious trajectory. 'My personal opinion is that the USL Super League would not be first division if it wasn't for all the lawsuits against U.S. Soccer, and how U.S. Soccer was operating back then,' Stover said. (The USL Super League is a first-division sanctioned women's league that debuted last summer and provided the women's landscape with a second professional league at the highest level, joining the NWSL.) 'I think it's also paved the way for promotion and relegation,' he continued. 'When you're operating a club, it is so wonderful to have hope as part of your club's identity, and we haven't really had that in the past. Now, what it's going to look like and how it unfolds, I don't know. But we know it's coming, and so a whole bunch of things have come together to make this a really unique moment in time for us.' There's still a lot of work left to do, both for the Cosmos' impending relaunch as well as the USL's aims to kick off pro-rel. The former pursuit will happen far quicker, with USL League One historically kicking its seasons off in March. Advertisement So while the name and identity are familiar and the history is indelible, the months to come are all about refining the modern iteration's DNA with a clearer focus on being as valuable for Northern New Jersey as it is for merchandise collectors. 'We've been hyper focused on really defining who we are,' Stover said. 'The Cosmos' legacy is clear. The cosmopolitan nature of the club has been clear. But for us, it's how do we apply it in a way that really works here in North Jersey, and then taking those concepts and putting them into practical use. Those ideas have informed every decision we've made with staffing. So many of the people we've hired, if not all, are from New Jersey. Several are from Paterson, grew up in the neighborhoods here, and our entire goal needs to be about building a community around the club. 'It's really great to look around the room and see a very diverse set of people in so many different ways, but that everybody's unified on building this club back up in a way that is community-driven.'
The Sun
02-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
World Cup winner brought back from dead aged 66 as doctors restart his heart after cardiac arrest in taxi
World Cup winner Frank Mill has come back from the dead, after suffering a HEART ATTACK in a taxi. The former Borussia Dortmund striker was part of the West Germany squad that won Italia '90. 3 Mill flew to Italy last month to take part in a documentary about the World Cup victory. But German media revealed he suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after getting into a cab at Milan's Malpensa airport. A helicopter was scrambled to take him to the hospital for emergency surgery. The 66-year-old was reportedly dead for a few minutes before doctors managed to restart his heart. Mill was placed in an artificial coma for several days to allow his condition to stabilise. Medics finally allowed him to be flown back to his German home city Essen to continue his recovery. Mill's family refused to respond to media enquiries about the former footballer's current state of health. Mill was capped 17 times by Germany and also made 20 appearances for his country's Olympic team. 3 Mill won the German FA Cup with Dortmund and helped them reach the 1993 UEFA Cup final. He had been playing for Dortmund's veterans side as recently as last year. West Germany boss Franz Beckenbauer named the 5ft 9ins frontman in his Italia 90 squad. Mill, however, never got a game as he was faced with competition from Jurgen Klinsmann, Rudi Voller and future Liverpool flop Karlheinz Riedle. He also played for Rot-Weiss Essen and Borussia Mönchengladbach and ended his career with Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Daily Mail
27-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Make Bobby Moore a Knight! High time to bend the rules and honour England's finest, the humble hero, loyal friend and immortal giant of our game, writes JEFF POWELL
Early one Saturday evening after a West Ham home win – back in the early 70s when famous footballers and sportswriters mingled socially – Bobby Moore and I were propping up one corner of the historic pub next door to the old ground. The Boleyn Tavern lays claims to the longest horse-shoe bar in Britain. An elderly gentleman wrapped in a large claret and blue scarf edged his way through the happy throng clutching his match programme. 'Would you please sign this for me, Mr Moore,' he requested. 'Of course,' said Bobby, while also buying him a pint to lubricate his celebrations. At which the old chap said: 'If you don't mind me saying so, you always carry yourself with so much dignity that people tend to think you're, well, a bit aloof. I'm going to make it my business to tell everyone I can that you're as modest as you are great.' Moore smiled and whispered confidentially in his ear: 'You know, if you're quite good at something you don't have to tell anyone.' Quite good at something? Not least at being described by his old friend and great German rival Franz Beckenbauer as superior to himself as the best defender of all time on one occasion when they were playing each other at chess in the garden of Moore's Chigwell home. And no, Bobby Moore never, ever suggested to anyone how exceptional he was. Not only as a footballer but as a human being. Nor, heaven forbid, did he ever give the slightest hint that it might be appropriate for him to be knighted, as the driving force of that unique Wembley triumph of '66. Not even as the only England captain ever to raise aloft so much as a rusty tea-pot. Not even given his impeccable ambassadorial conduct on England duty. Nor his selfless fund-raising on behalf of the charity seeking a cure for the bowel cancer which he knew was condemning him to a tragically premature passing. Now the knighting of one of his successors to the armband, David Beckham, has thrust back into the domain of public debate the historic failure to apply that touch of a sword to one of Bobby Moore's trusty shoulders. Ancient tradition insists that no such honour can be bestowed after death. A petition for unique exemption to be made for a national icon – the one whose imposing statue guards the portal to the new Wembley - is fast gathering momentum. Surely the time is long overdue for this wrong to be righted. In the jubilant aftermath of this country's solitary World Cup success only manager Sir Alf Ramsey was knighted. The players who defeated Beckenbauer's Germany in extra time would receive a menage of awards – some of them years later – and in Moore's case an OBE. The withholding of further knighthoods was generally blamed at the time on the snooty attitude of the blazered burgomasters at the Football Association, who looked down upon mere footballers as muddied oafs. Fortunately that archaic prejudice gave way to enlightenment in time for Bobby Charlton to be knighted before he died. For Geoff Hurst to carry that distinction into his old age. But too late for Bobby Moore who succumbed to his cancer a seemingly impossible 32 years ago, aged only 51. Still, never a week goes by without my remembering the most loyal and generous friend any man could wish for. Whenever he and I were going through difficult times in our lives and his chronic insomnia at its most sleep depriving, my phone would ring any time between three and five in the morning and that familiar voice would inform me: 'All is well. Just coming through.' After a half hour's drive he would arrive at my apartment, a six pack of lagers in hand. We would repair to the balcony, wrapped in blankets if it was winter, to talk all things football, life and the state of the world. As dawn broke it lit up the garden square and the church below. We could set our watches to 6.15am as the priest emerged from a side door to make his rounds. 'Good morning, vicar,' we would chorus, raising our cans to him. This was always the reply: 'Morning, Sir Bobby.' The Reverend assumed he must have been knighted. As did most of the population. As an early morning person 'Mooro' was, by universal acknowledgement of all who managed him or played with him, always first into training. In and out of season. When we were working on Bobby's biography he had to travel to South Africa. No matter how long and late we wined and dined in Durban's finest restaurants, he knocked on my hotel room door at six o'clock sharp every day to get me up for our morning run on the beach. As in most things, Bobby was better at holding his drink than almost everybody. When he was placed under house arrest in Colombia – on that preposterous trumped-up charge concerning the disappearing Bogota Bracelet – he would start his 6am run by jogging past the guards sleeping in the doorway of the diplomatic mansion to which he was supposed to be confined. Upon his return he would bring those policemen a carton of milk each for their breakfast. A kindness they told him they would miss when he was exonerated and sent flying on his way to rejoin his England team-mates at the Mexico '70 World Cup Finals. Without so much as a hint of jet-lag or anxiety fatigue in the opening match. With the knighthood factor now reignited, Bobby's reaction whenever the issue was raised comes to mind: 'There are many more deserving than myself.' He was thinking among others of military heroes who made the supreme sacrifice. Forgetting that medals all the way up to the Victoria Cross can be awarded after death. Comparisons are relevant in this particular case, this year. With Beckham and Gareth Southgate ennobled for simply coming close to England glory, is it really too much to ask that protocol be set aside just this once? For an immortal giant of our sporting world. The rock upon which the England of '66 were built. The legend voted Player of those World Cup Finals who went on to share with another defensive maestro of yore – Arsenal's Billy Wright – the record of 90 matches as England captain. Enough said. Except by Pele, the late GOAT no less, who made a point of exchanging shirts with Moore four years later after a 1-0 victory in Mexico by a Brazil team en route to succeeding England as world champions. Who hailed Moore as the greatest defender he ever played against. When it comes to charities, work for which counts heavily towards honours, Moore is still doing good beyond his early grave through the fund for Imperial Cancer research in his name, to which his widow Stephanie is constantly dedicated. At the latest count that effort has raised £31million despite Bobby's untimely demise. Beckham oft remembers that he too rose from London's East End to global prominence. I am in possession of a letter in which he exalted Moore as an idol. Might he use his association with the King and the football-loving Prince William to leverage a plea for a one-off posthumous knighthood exemption? Perhaps reminding Charles III that before collecting the Jules Rimet Trophy from his mother's gloved hands Mr Bobby Moore - ever the working man's gentleman but deprived of his proper accolade - took royally courteous care to wipe his stained hands on the rail of Wembley's royal box. The last time we met, on his final outing from home a few days before the phone call came, he managed a lunch so light it can barely have touched the sides. Washed down by a few sips of 'just one' lager he was not supposed to drink. Smiling as he did so. Then he pulled on a long red leather overcoat given to him years before by his long-ago mentor Malcolm Allison. It was February. We stood on the steps of the Royal Garden Hotel, below the balcony from which he had displayed that trophy to the jubilant thousands gathered in Kensington High Street that balmy evening of July 30, 1966. We both knew. As we grasped shoulders he said: 'All is well.' All will be better if only the Establishment will bend their regulations, just this once, to give an immortal Englishman the honour he should have received half a century ago.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
FC Bayern to open season against RB Leipzig
FC Bayern will open the 2025/26 Bundesliga season with a home game against RB Leipzig. The announcement was made by the German Football League (DFL) on Thursday morning. The men from Munich will kick off the new season by hosting the Saxons at the Allianz Arena on Friday, 22 August (20:30 CEST). The game will be broadcast live in Germany on subscription TV channel Sky and free-to-air on SAT.1. The DFL will publish the complete fixture list on Friday. Bayern will then know the roadmap for the mission to win their 35th championship in the club's history. Impressive record in Bundesliga opener Having an official opening game in Germany's top flight was introduced in the summer of 2002 and this year marks the 24th edition. FC Bayern have been involved 16 times so far and have almost always got off to a perfect start: In addition to 13 wins, the Munich side have played out a draw three times. Opener specialists Bayern started last season with a 3-2 away win at VfL Wolfsburg. Advertisement Matchday 1 has consistently been good for FC Bayern in recent years any case: The Reds have not lost any of their last 13 Bundesliga season openers (11 wins, two draws), which is a record in the competition. The Bavariansintend to continue this outstanding run against Leipzig on 22 August and get the new Bundesliga season off to a good start. FC Bayern will play their first competitive match of the season on 16 August in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup at DFB Cup winners VfB Stuttgart: DFL confirms venue for Franz Beckenbauer Supercup
