Borussia Dortmund will play friendlies before and directly after the first Bundesliga match of 2017, which comes in Bremen on 21 January: on Tuesday 17 January BVB will travel away to SC Paderborn, before an away trip to Rot-Weiß Erfurt on Sunday 22 January.

SC Paderborn will begin the advance sale of tickets for this match on Monday (5/12). Tickets are exclusively available from the third-division club. Here is a link to SC Paderborn's online ticket shop.

On 22 January the official opening of the new multi-function arena in Erfurt will take place. "We are delighted to be hosting one of Europe's top clubs," said RWE Chairman Rolf Rombach, who added: "I hope the stadium will be sold out." 18,611 spectators can watch the match live. (br)