Personnel matters
15 BVB first team players link up with their national teams
After eight competitive matches in 31 days, a small portion of BVB's first-team squad will have the chance to recharge their batteries during the international break. Fifteen of Thomas Tuchel's squad, however, have linked up with their national teams. The majority of them will return to Dortmund on 8 or 9 September - three of four days before the Bundesliga match in Hanover.
The Black and Yellow players back in BVB training from Wednesday include Weidenfeller, Subotic, Schmelzer, Bender, Leitner, Hofmann and Castro.
Overview of players on international duty
Player | Team | Matches | Location | away from | returning on |
Ginter | First team | Germany - Poland | Frankfurt | 31/08 | 08/09 |
Hummels | First team | Scotland - Germany | Glasgow | ||
Gündogan | First team | ||||
Reus | First team | ||||
Weigl | U21 | Germany - Denmark | Lübeck | 31/08 | 09/09 |
Azerbaijan - Germany | Baku | ||||
Piszczcek | A | Germany - Poland | Frankfurt | 31/08 | 08/09 |
Poland - Gibraltar | Warsaw | ||||
Aubameyang | A | Gabon - Sudan | Libreville | 31/08 | 09/09 |
Zambia - Gabon | Lusaka | ||||
Kagawa | A | Japan - Cambodia | Saitama | 31/08 | 09/09 |
Afghanistan - Japan | Tehran | ||||
Sokratis | A | Greece - Finland | Piraeus | 31/08 | 08/09 |
Romania - Greece | Bucharest | ||||
Bürki | A | Switzerland - Slovenia | Basel | 31/08 | 09/09 |
England - Switzerland | London | ||||
Mkhitaryan | A | Serbia - Armenia | 31/08 | 08/09 | |
Armenia - Denmark | |||||
Ramos | A | Colombia - Peru | New York | 31/08 | 09/09 |
Stenzel | U20 | Italy - Germany | Lucca | 31/08 | 08/09 |
U20 | Poland - Germany | Wloclawek |
New signings Adnan Januzaj (representing Belgium against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus) and Joo Ho Park (representing South Korea against Laos and Lebanon) are also on international duty.