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Champions Bayer Leverkusen open the 62nd Bundesliga season at regional rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach on August 23, and also face runners-up VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich early on. Stuttgart open with a regional derby at Freiburg on one of the following two days, Bayern are also away, at Wolfsburg, while Borussia Dortmund start at home against Eintracht Frankfurt. Holstein Kiel play their first-ever Bundesliga match at Hoffenheim, and the other promoted side, St Pauli Hamburg, host Heidenheim, according to the fixtures list published on Thursday by the German Football League (DFL). Leverkus…

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