That was the result of the draw in the German Football Museum in Dortmund on Sunday evening. Cup defender RB Leipzig is a guest at the start of the new cup season at the regional league club Teutonia Ottensen, the Hamburg state winner. Former world champion Kevin Großkreutz drew an attractive pairing for his ex-club Borussia Dortmund, who have to play for third division team 1860 Munich.
The duels between second division promoted 1. FC Kaiserslautern and the European Cup participants SC Freiburg as well as Eintracht Braunschweig and Hertha BSC also promise excitement. Europa League winner Eintracht Frankfurt has to deal with third division champions 1. FC Magdeburg.
First round from July 29th to August 1st
The first round of the cup will be played from July 29th to August 1st. Because the Supercup between FC Bayern and Leipzig is also scheduled for July 30, the two top teams will only play their cup games at the end of August.
In addition to the 36 professional clubs from the national leagues, the four top teams from last season’s third division also qualify for the DFB Cup. There are also the 21 state cup winners and one team each from Bavaria, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. These are the regional associations of the German Football Association with the most members.
The second main round follows in October, the other rounds in the coming year. The final in Berlin is scheduled for June 3rd.
Here are the games at a glance:
Jahn Regensburg – 1 FC Cologne
FV Engers 07 – Arminia Bielefeld
VfB Luebeck – Hansa Rostock
1 FC Kaan Marienborn – 1 FC Nuremberg
Schott Mainz – Hanover 96
TSG Neustrelitz – Karlsruher SC
Teutonia 05 Ottensen – RB Leipzig
Dynamo Dresden vs VfB Stuttgart
Viktoria Berlin – VfL Bochum
Chemnitz FC – Union Berlin
SV 07 Elversberg – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
BSV Rehden – SV Sandhausen
FC Unity Wernigerode – SC Paderborn 07
SV Rodinghausen – TSG Hoffenheim
FV Illertissen – 1 FC Heidenheim
Kickers Offenbach – Fortuna Dusselsdorf
Eintracht Braunschweig – Hertha BSC
TSV 1860 Munich – Borussia Dortmund
1 FC Kaiserslautern – SC Freiburg
SV Oberachern – Borussia Monchengladbach
FC Ingolstadt – SV Darmstadt 98
Waldhof Mannheim – Holstein Kiel
TuS BW Lohne – FC Augsburg
SV Straelen – FC St Pauli
SpVgg Bayreuth – Hamburger SV
Ore Mountains Aue – 1. FSV Mainz 05
Energie Cottbus – Werder Bremen
Bremen SV vs Schalke 04
FC Carl Zeiss Jena – VfL Wolfsburg
Stuttgarter Kickers – Greuther Furth
Viktoria Cologne – Bayern Munich
1. FC Magdeburg – Eintracht Frankfurt
Source: red