Ten second division teams are moving into training camps during the short winter break – the rest of the season starts on 14 January. Rostock and Aue resume training shortly after Christmas.

FC St. Pauli

Training start: 1.1.
Training camp: 2.1. – 9.1. in Benidorm/Spain
Test matches: planned

SV Darmstadt 98

Training start: 3.1.
Training camp: 5.1. – 8.1. in Gernsheim
Test matches: internal test (5.1.), against RKC Waalwijk (8.1., 15.30 h)

Hamburger SV

Training start: 30.12.
Training camp: 2.1. – 8.1. in Sotogrande/Spain
Test matches: planned

FC Schalke 04

Training start: 2.1.
Training camp: 3.1. – 9.1. in Belek/Turkey
Test matches: at least one, date and opponent open

1st FC Nuremberg

Start of training: 3.1.
Training camp: no
Test matches: against Hallescher FC (8.1., 13.30 Uhr)

1. FC Heidenheim

Start of training: 1.1.
Training camp: 2 – 9.1. in Algorfa/Spain
Test matches: against K. Beerschot VA (5.1., 15 h), against OH Leuven (8.1., 15 h)

Werder Bremen

Training start: 3.1.
Training camp: 2.1. – 9.1. in Murcia/Spain
Test matches: planned for 5.1. and 8.1. (opponents open)

Jahn Regensburg

Start of training: 3.1.
Training camp: no
Test matches: Dates and opponents open

SC Paderborn 07

Start of training: 2.1.
Training camp: no
Test matches: at VfL Wolfsburg (4.1.), at SC Verl (8.1.), against Heracles Almelo (9.1., time open)

Karlsruher SC

Training start: 2.1.
Training camp: 2.1. – 10.1. in Estepona/Spain
Test matches: against FC Brugge (5.1., in Marbella, time open), against PSV Eindhoven (9.1., place and time open)

Dynamo Dresden

Start of training: 2.1.
Training camp: no
Test matches: against SC Freital (5.1., 5 pm), against Erzgebirge Aue (8.1., 2 pm)

Holstein Kiel

Start of training: 2.1.
Training camp: no
Test matches: against TSV Havelse and VfL Osnabrück (dates open)

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Training start: 3.1.
Training camp: 3.1. – 10.1. in Marbella/Spain
Test matches: against SC Freiburg II (8.1., 1 pm), against Standard Lüttich (8.1., 4 pm)

Hansa Rostock

Training start: 28.12.
Training camp: 2.1. – 9.1. in Belek/Turkey
Test matches: two planned, dates and opponents open

Hannover 96

Start of training: 29.12.
Training Camp: cancelled
Test matches: open

SV Sandhausen

Training start: 2.1.
Training camp: 2.1. – 9.1. in Chiclana/Spain
Test matches: Dates and opponents open

Erzgebirge Aue

Start of training: 28.12.
Training camp: no
Test matches: at Dynamo Dresden (8.1., 2 p.m.), two more planned

FC Ingolstadt 04

Start of training: 2.1.
Training camp: no
Teambuilding: 7/8 January Mittenwald/Seefeld
Test matches: against Würzburger (6.1., time open, closed to the public)