The German Football League (DFL) has scheduled the first four matches of the 2016/17 season to be played in the new calendar year. Borussia Dortmund will resume Bundesliga action after the winter break with an away trip to SV Werder Bremen on Saturday 21 January.

It will be followed by another away match, against 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday 29 January, and two Saturday fixtures: first a clash with Rasenballsport Leipzig at Signal Iduna Park in the evening of 4 February, then a trip to SV Darmstadt 98 in the afternoon of 11 February.

The next set of fixtures are likely to be scheduled by the DFL in the 50th week of this year.

The first four fixtures of 2017

21/01/17 Sa 15:30 Werder Bremen VS BVB
29/01/17 Su 17:30 1. FSV Mainz 05 VS BVB
04/02/17 Sa 18:30 BVB VS RB Leipzig
11/02/17 Sa 15:30 SV Darmstadt 98 VS BVB