Overview

• Friday’s home game against Werder Bremen is reported as Bayern’s last Oktoberfest-period match until at least 2031 under the revised schedule.
• FIFA will merge the September and October national-team windows into a single 16-day block starting in 2026, which will consistently cover the Oktoberfest period.
• Sport director Max Eberl said he regrets the loss of a Munich tradition, calling Oktoberfest home matchdays a special part of the club’s culture.
• Freed Allianz Arena dates are expected to be attractive for other events, with reports noting prior NFL interest in staging additional games during the festival and local officials weighing security and staffing demands.
• Women’s football is drawing fresh attention this week as Viktoria Berlin host Eintracht Frankfurt in a landmark DFB-Pokal tie and Dortmund’s women face Bayern, alongside DFB figures citing 141,332 spectators across the first four Frauen-Bundesliga matchdays.