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Bundesliga Champions Bayern Munich start against Leverkusen as fixtures are released

The holding champions will open the new season with the visit of Leverkusen, while Dortmund travel to Wolfsburg

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich will start the defence of their title with a home match against Bayer Leverkusen on August 18.

Bayern won the title by 15 points last season, losing only twice in 34 matches, and will start at the Allianz Arena against a Leverkusen side who are looking to bounce back from a disappointing 12th-place finish.

The Bundesliga announced the full schedule for the 2017-18 season on Thursday, with the first round of fixtures seeing Peter Bosz's Borussia Dortmund travel to Wolfsburg, who avoided relegation in last season's play-offs.