Wolfsburg starts off with win

Star off-season signing, Germany striker Mario Gomez -- the Bundesliga's top scorer over the last decade -- was not included in the starting line-up as he regains his fitness after injury at EURO 2016.

Swiss international left-back Ricardo Rodriguez drove in a low free-kick on 89 minutes to ensure all three points for Wolfsburg.

VfL Wolfsburg also got off to a winning start with a 2-0 victory at Augsburg.

Star off-season signing, Germany striker Mario Gomez -- the Bundesliga's top scorer over the last decade -- was not included in the starting line-up as he regains his fitness after injury at EURO 2016.

But his new team-mates picked up three points without him.

Wolves took the lead when Dutch striker Bas Dost fired across the face of goal and new signing Daniel Didavi lashed home a shot from the edge of the area on 35 minutes.

Swiss international left-back Ricardo Rodriguez then drove in a low free-kick on 89 minutes.

Lars Stindl scored late for Borussia Moenchengladbach to beat Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 in the evening game, where goalkeeper Bernd Leno frustrated the home side for long periods and Leverkusen hit the post and crossbar.

’Gladbach forward Andre Hahn finally made the breakthrough just before halftime, racing through after Jonathan Tah failed to deal with Christoph Kramer’s quick free kick and slotting past Leno.

Substitute Joel Pohjanpalo equalised in the 79th, heading into the empty net after Karim Bellarabi kept the ball in play.

But Stindl secured all three points with five minutes left, sweeping the ball home after a fine ball from substitute Thorgan Hazard.

Wood, who joined Hamburg from Union Berlin in the offseason, blasted the ball inside the right post after holding off a defender to Rene Adler’s long kick-out.

Lukas Hinterseer equalised for Ingolstadt late, leading to whistles from unhappy home supporters.

“It’s very disappointing. The fans also expected more,” Hamburg defender Matthias Ostrzolek said.

Other results:

Cologne enjoyed a 2-0 win at Darmstadt as Marcel Risse and Anthony Modeste both netted for the hosts.

Hamburg was held to a 1-1 draw at home to Ingolstadt as US international Bobby Wood's fine opening goal for the hosts was cancelled out by a late finish from Austria international Lukas Hinterseer.

Schalke 04 opened its season with a 1-0 defeat at 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt as captain Alex Meier scored the first-half winner.

There was plenty of second-half drama as Meier had a penalty saved before the host was reduced to 10 men when Jamaica international centre-back Michael Hector was sent off for hauling down Schalke's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, who was through on goal.