FC Bayern Munich will also have to contest the English week at the end of the year in the Bundesliga without national player Joshua Kimmich.
The league leaders announced on Thursday.
The vaccinator had previously been able to test himself free after a corona infection.
After a total of one month in quarantine - first as a contact person, then as an infected person - he originally wanted to celebrate his comeback in the team of the record champions this Saturday (3.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and Sky) in the home game against FSV Mainz 05 .
"I am pleased that my corona-related quarantine has ended.
I'm doing very well, but due to slight infiltrations in my lungs, I am currently not able to fully train, ”said the 26-year-old Kimmich in a statement from FC Bayern.
There are several forms of infiltration.
This is the penetration of solid or liquid substances into biological tissue.
Kimmich said he would first complete some advanced training: “I can hardly wait to be there again in January.” Bayern will play their first game of the new year on January 7th at the start of the second half against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Kimmich is missing for Bayern at the end of the year against Mainz and away at VfB Stuttgart (December 14th) and again three days later in the home game against VfL Wolfsburg.
The last time he was on the pitch for Bayern was a 2-1 win against SC Freiburg on November 6th.
Since then, he has missed five competitive games.
First he had to be in quarantine as an unvaccinated contact person for infected teammate Niklas Süle.
Then he infected himself with the coronavirus.