Mohamed Zidan's Hamburg have been handed the toughest possible start for the 2008-09 Bundesliga season as they are set to face defending champions Bayern Munich.

HSV open up with a trip to the Bavarian giants on August 15. It will be the first test for new manager Martin Jol and also for Bayern's Juergen Klinsmann.

Klinsmann will have some tough tasks at the beginning as he will face Dortmund a week later.

Hamburg finished fourth of the Bundesliga and failed to clinch a Champions League spot for the upcoming season.

Here are the fixtures of day 1:

Bayern Munich – Hamburg

Bayer Leverkusen –Dortmund

Schalke – Hannover

Wolfsburg – FC Koln

Eintracht Frankfurt – Hertha Berlin

Karlsruhe – Bochum

Arminia Bielefeld – Werder Bremen

Energie Cottbus – Hoffenheim

Mönchengladbach - Stuttgart