Borussia Dortmund began the new Bundesliga season with a relatively easy win over Hamburger SV. Joey Veerman made his competitive debut as a substitute, having started on the bench in the previous week's DFB-Supercup loss to Bayern Munich. Dortmund took the lead through Serhou Guirassy, who scored a composed goal in the far corner after a swift counter-attack. Konstantinos Karetsas, an 18-year-old Greek midfielder who joined from RC Genk, provided the assist. The match saw little threat from HSV, with their best chance coming from a free-kick. Giannis Konstantelis scored the second goal for Dortmund, shooting through the legs of Sebastiaan Bornaauw.