Preparation for the 2021/22 season begins for the VfB players on 30 June and 1 July with performance tests, before the first training session on 2 July.
That will be followed by the first friendly on 6 July at the home of exclusive partner and kit supplier Jako in Hollenbach, where VfB will take on sixth-tier outfit FSV Hollenbach (kick-off 18:00 CEST). Further friendly matches are scheduled against Swiss top-flight club FC St Gallen on Saturday 10 July and against Bundesliga 2 side Darmstadt 98 on Thursday 15 July. Both matches will be played at 15:00 CEST at the Robert-Schlienz-Stadion.
On Saturday 17 July, the Stuttgart squad then head to Kitzbühel for a week-long training camp. VfB’s first competitive fixture will be in the opening round of the DFB Cup (6–9 August), the draw for which takes place on 4 July (18:30 CEST).
The 59th Bundesliga season then gets under way on the weekend of 13 to 15 August, with the fixture list being announced on Friday 25 June.
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Whether spectators will be allowed at friendlies or at the training camp, and if so how many, will depend on the latest COVID-19 infection rates.