The runaway winners of the Bundesliga will be on Tyneside on Tuesday August 5 for the game, just a week before the first leg of the Champions League qualifying round.
Bayern exited this season’s Champions League at the end of the first group stage, but will still prove a tough test with the likes of Oliver Kahn, Bixente Lizarazu, Mehmet Scholl, Micahel Ballack and Ze Roberto in their squad.
Meanwhile the club’s participation in the a money-spinning pre-season tournament in Malaysia remains in doubt because of the SARS virus.