Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has warned that the season is far from over ahead of his side’s return to training for the second half of the season.

The record German champions have a nine-point cushion over Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the Bundesliga at the midway stage of the campaign, but Heynckes says his side must not rest on their laurels in 2013.

They threw away an eight-point advantage over Borussia Dortmund a year ago to end the season empty-handed for the second year in a row and that should be enough of a warning to his players.  Read more... (238 words, 1 image, estimated 57 secs reading time)

The fixture list for the 2012/13 Bundesliga season was published today and two-time defending Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund will start the 2012-13 season against Werder Bremen

Dortmund and Bremen, two original members of the league, will begin the 50th Bundesliga slate at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund on Aug. 24, exactly 49 years to the day the teams first met in league play.

Champions League finalist and Bundesliga runner-up Bayern Munich will visit Bundesliga 2 champions Greuther Furth, who will be playing in Germany’s top division for the first time in 20 years.  Read more... (166 words, 1 image, estimated 40 secs reading time)