Defending champions Borussia Dortmund travelled to sixth division side 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen and beat them 4-0, while record champions Bayern Munich defeated 3.Liga side Chemnitzer FC rather easily 5-0.
But there were also upsets with Hamburger SV losing at VfL Osnabrück and FC Augsburg at 1.FC Magdeburg with both winning teams from the 3.Liga.
DFB Pokal – Round 1
Friday
TuS Koblenz 2-3 Dynamo Dresden
Rot-Weiss Essen 1-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Karlsruher SC 0-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen [after extratime]
Holstein Kiel 2-1 Eintracht Braunschweig
Saturday
VfB Germania Halberstadt 1-2 SC Freiburg
Chemnitzer FC 0-5 FC Bayern München
Lüneburger SK 1-3 1.FSV Mainz 05
Leher TS 0-5 1.FC Köln
SpVgg Unterhaching 0-4 1.FC Heidenheim
TuS Erndtebrück 0-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen 0-4 Borussia Dortmund
SV Eichede 0-4 1.FC Kaiserslautern
FC RW Erfurt 0-1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
SSV Jahn Regensburg 3-1 SV Darmstadt 98
Arminia Bielefeld 1-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf [after penalties]
Würzburger Kickers 0-3 Werder Bremen
Sunday
1860 München 1-2 FC Ingolstadt
VfL Osnabrück 3-1 Hamburger SV
Bonner SC 2-6 Hannover 96
Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen 0-5 RB Leipzig
1.FC Schweinfurt 05 2-1 SV Sandhausen
SV Morlautern 0-5 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
1.FC Saarbrücken 1-2 1.FC Union Berlin [after extratime]
FC Nöttingen 2-5 VfL Bochum
FC Eintracht Norderstedt 0-1 VfL Wolfsburg
1.FC Magdeburg 2-0 FC Augsburg
FC Energie Cottbus 2-2,3-4 VfB Stuttgart [after penalties]
SV Wehen Wiesbaden 2-0 FC Erzgebirge Aue
Monday
MSV Duisburg 1-2 1.FC Nürnberg
SC Paderborn 2-1 FC St. Pauli
Berliner FC Dynamo 0-2 FC Schalke 04
FC Hansa Rostock 0-2 Hertha BSC