Since the Bundesliga decided the reigning champions would play the opening match of the following season, this team has never lost their debut. The record stands at 17 wins and five draws.
Winning the Bundesliga guarantees one point in the curtain-raiser for the previous season. This has been the case in every single campaign since the competition opted for the league champions to kick off the new term.
This tradition began in the 2002-03 season, and since then, none of the champions have faltered in their opening fixture. The record shows 17 victories for the champions and just five draws.
RB Leipzig will aim to break the Bundesliga's unwritten rule. The energy drink-backed side faces Bayern Munich, the very team that reclaimed the crown last season.
As expected, the Bavarian giants have been the team to appear most frequently in this opening match, playing it on 16 occasions, with a record of 13 wins and three draws.
Let's take a look at those matches:
02-03: Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Hertha Berlin 03-04: Bayern Munich 2-0 Freiburg 04-05: Werder Bremen 1-0 Schalke 04 05-06: Bayern Munich 3-0 Borussia Monchengladbach 06-07: Bayern Munich 2-0 Borussia Dortmund 07-08: Stuttgart 2-2 Schalke 04 08-09: Bayern Munich 2-2 Hamburg 09-10: Wolfsburg 2-0 Stuttgart 10-11: Bayern Munich 2-1 Wolfsburg 11-12: Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Hamburg 12-13: Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen 13-14: Bayern Munich 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach 14-15: Bayern Munich 2-1 Wolfsburg 15-16: Bayern Munich 5-0 Hamburg 16-17: Bayern Munich 6-0 Werder Bremen 17-18: Bayern Munich 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen 18-19: Bayern Munich 3-1 Hoffenheim 19-20: Bayern Munich 2-2 Hertha Berlin 20-21: Bayern Munich 8-0 Schalke 04 21-22: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-1 Bayern Munich 22-23: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-6 Bayern Munich 23-24: Werder Bremen 0-4 Bayern Munich 24-25: Borussia Monchengladbach 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen