( CNN ) -- The first full day of the new Bundesliga season kicked-off Saturday with some promising wins for teams that struggled in last year 's campaign . Stuttgart opened their account with a 3-0 win over Schalke at the Mercedes Benz Arena on Saturday . Brazilian striker Cacau opened the scoring with a header in the 37th minute , before Austrian striker Martin Harnik doubled the lead 11 minutes into the second half . Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki netted with a superb strike moments from the end to send last season 's Champions League semi-finalists to a crushing opening-day defeat . Hanover 96 also got off on the right foot beating Hoffenheim 2-1 . A free-kick from former German international Jan Schlaudraff gave last year 's fourth-placed side the lead after 15 minutes . But their advantage was short-lived as Hoffenheim hit back three minutes later when Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder Sejad Salihovic converted from the penalty spot . Hanover were awarded a penalty of their own 12 minutes later when Schlauddraff was brought down . Norwegian striker Mohammed Abdellaoue stepped up to score what proved to be the winner . Champions Dortmund open Bundesliga season with win . A second-half brace from Swedish striker Markus Rosenberg sealed a 2-0 win for Werder Bremen over Kaiserslautern , while 2009 champions , Wolfsburg -- who finished last term in 15th place -- also bagged three points with victory at Cologne . Two goals from former German striker Patrick Helmes and one from Marcel Schaefer ( recently stripped of the captaincy by coach Felix Magath ) sealed a comfortable 3-0 victory . Newly-promoted Augsburg earned a 2-2 draw at home to Freiburg thanks to two second-half goals from striker Sascha Molders . But last year 's second division champions Hertha Berlin went down to a 1-0 defeat at home to Nuremberg in the late kick-off -- 22-year-old Czech striker Tomas Pekhart scoring the decisive goal ten minutes from time . Bayern Munich open their league campaign on Sunday at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach while last year 's runners-up Bayer Leverkusen travel to Mainz .
Cacau opens scoring for Stuttgart in 3 -0 win over Wolfsburg . Wolfsburg also open their season 's account with 3 -0 victory at Cologne . season 15th -placed side , Hanover 3 beat Hoffenheim 2-1 . Bayern Munich and Hoffenheim 2-1 kick off their title challenge on Sunday .