Dortmund win season-opener 2-0 as promoted Elversberg upset Leverkusen 3-2

Borussia Dortmund beat Hamburg 2-0 in their Bundesliga season-opener in Dortmund on Saturday, August 29, 2026, while promoted Elversberg recorded a 3-2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in their first top-flight match.

Dortmund’s goals came from Serhou Guirassy and new signing Giannis Konstantelias, with Guirassy scoring inside the opening nine minutes and Konstantelias’s effort deflecting in. Samuele Inacio was shown a straight red card three minutes after coming off the bench for a dangerous tackle, leaving Dortmund with 10 men but still able to complete the win. Elversberg, representing a town of about 13,000 people, led Leverkusen 3-0 through Lukas Petkov, Cole Campbell and a 46th-minute strike from David Mokwa before Leverkusen replied through Patrik Schick and Christian Kofane late on.

RB Leipzig defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0, with Ridle Baku, Antonio Nusa and Rocco Reitz on target; the report notes Reitz’s goal came against his former club. The Leipzig victory was one of several wins for established sides across the opening round of fixtures.

Mainz and Paderborn played out a goalless draw. In another high-scoring match, Eintracht Frankfurt led Union Berlin 3-1 by the 67th minute courtesy of Younes Ebnoutalib’s hat-trick, but Tim Skarke levelled with a 92nd-minute equaliser to finish the game 3-3.

Cologne beat Hoffenheim 3-2 after Thijs Dallinga scored twice in the final 18 minutes to overturn the deficit and secure the win for Cologne. That late turnaround was one of several late developments across the weekend’s matches.

Bayern Munich began their league campaign on Friday with a 5-1 victory over Stuttgart, completing the set of opening fixtures referenced in the weekend coverage.