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The draw for the first round of the DFB German Cup (DFB Pokal) 2024/25 was held this afternoon with the draw carried out by former striker Nils Petersen and DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth overlooking the draw.
Carl Zeiss Jena will host double-winning Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.
SSV Ulm 1846 have been rewarded for their promotion to Bundesliga 2 with a tie against FC Bayern Munich, who have won more DFB-Pokal trophies than any other side. SC Preußen Münster, who also won promotion to the second tier this season, will host Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart. “VfB Stuttgart are in the Champions League. That’s a great draw,” said Münster CEO Ole Kittner.
The three remaining Oberliga teams were all given interesting ties. VfV 06 Hildesheim will host SV Elversberg, while TSV Schott Mainz take on SpVgg Greuther Fürth. The match with the biggest gap between the teams will see Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg travel to TuS Koblenz.
This season’s runners-up 1.FC Kaiserslautern will play FC Ingolstadt, while giant-killers 1.FC Saarbrücken will welcome 1.FC Nürnberg to the Ludwigspark. RB Leipzig will face Rot-Weiss Essen, while Borussia Dortmund will be favourites against Regionalliga side 1.FC Phönix Lübeck. “I’m speechless,” said Lübeck’s Thomas Laudi. “That’s the icing on the cake after a successful season.”
The first round of matches will take place on the weekend of August 16 to 19, one week before the Bundesliga season gets underway, for everyone except Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart and their opponents, as the Bundesliga sides will be contesting the Supercup. The final will be held on May 24, 2025 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
2024/25 DFB POKAL – Round 1
Dynamo Dresden – Fortuna Düsseldorf
Arminia Bielefeld – Hannover 96
Jahn Regensburg – VfL Bochum
Preußen Münster – VfB Stuttgart
Eintracht Braunschweig – Eintracht Frankfurt
Erzgebirge Aue – Borussia Mönchengladbach
Sportfreunde Lotte – Karlsruher SC
Bremer SV – SC Paderborn
SV Meppen – Hamburger SV
Würzburger Kickers – TSG Hoffenheim
Phönix Lübeck – Borussia Dortmund
VfV Hildesheim – SV Elversberg
FC Villingen – 1.FC Heidenheim
1.FC Saarbrücken – 1.FC Nürnberg
Energie Cottbus – Werder Bremen
TuS Koblenz – VfL Wolfsburg
RW Essen – RB Leipzig
SV Wehen – FSV Mainz 05
FC Ingolstadt – 1.FC Kaiserslautern
SV Sandhausen – 1.FC Köln
SSV Ulm – Bayern München
Kickers Offenbach – 1.FC Magdeburg
Carl Zeiss Jena – Bayer Leverkusen
VfR Aalen – FC Schalke 04
Hansa Rostock – Hertha BSC
Hallescher FC – FC St. Pauli
VfL Osnabrück – SC Freiburg
Greifswalder FC – Union Berlin
Schott Mainz – Greuther Fürth
Teutonia Ottensen – Darmstadt 98
Viktoria Berlin – FC Augsburg
Alemannia Aachen – Holstein Kiel
