After finishing in fourth place last season, expectations are high at Moenchengladbach.

They are preparing for UEFA Champions League football this season and coach Lucien Favre will be hoping his side can use the successes of last season as a springboard for a long campaign in the continental showpiece.

They have bought in Yuki Otsu from Japanese champions Kashiwa Reysol to strengthen their squad.

Meanwhile, Hamburg enters the new campaign with different expectations.

The 1983 Bundesliga champions finished 15th last season, narrowly avoiding relegation to the second tier.

Celebrating their 125th anniversary this season, Hamburg, under coach Thorsten Fink will be looking for major improvements and they will test themselves against Barcelona in a pre-season friendly on July 24th.