DFB Cup draw on Sunday: Who will meet who?

DFB Cup draw on Sunday: Who will meet who?

Hemelingen, Deutschland - A touch of anticipation is blowing through the football world, because on Sunday, June 15, 2025, the first round of the DFB Cup 2025/26 will take place. At 5:15 p.m. this exciting event will be in the German Football Museum in Dortmund and transfer from ZDF to free TV and in the free livestream.

Moderator Lili Engels will lead the action, while the athlete looked Owen, 24 years old and a real “loose-luck-mascot”, which will take care of the pairings. The tension is already great, because a total of 64 teams have qualified and are distributed over two solder pots.

The lot pots of the DFB Cup

In the first pot, the so-called professional pot, the 18 Bundesliga clubs and the 14 best-placed teams of the 2nd Bundesliga are found. These include well -known names such as FC Bayern Munich , Werder Bremen and Borussia Dortmund

In the amateur pot, second division teams are bustling, who at the end of season 15th to 18th place, four high-performance teams from the 3rd division and 24 representatives from the regional associations. Amateurs include Arminia Bielefeld , Dynamo Dresden and SV Wehen Wiesbaden .

A look at the dates

The first games take place between August 15 and 18. However, it is not easy for the defending champions from VfB Stuttgart and master FC Bayern . Due to their participation in the Franz Beckenbauer Cup, their games are moved to August 26th and 27th, such as ran.de

The other important dates for this competition have also been determined. So it goes into the second round on October 28th and 29th, in the round of 16 on December 2 and 3, to the quarter -finals on February 3 and 4 and 11, 2026 and finally to the semi -finals on April 21 and 22, 2026. The big showdown, the final will take place on May 23, 2026

Current services and statistics

The performance of the teams is also an exciting topic. Footystats gives an interesting overview of the form and statistics of the teams. For example, VfB Stuttgart has an impressive balance: They have achieved a total profit rate of 100% in the last games, while Werder Bremen has a solid record of 75%, which the fan base from Bremen gives hope.

It remains exciting which pairings are pulled in Dortmund. The football fans are looking forward to the draw and hope for exciting duels. A moment full of expectations that will soon be continued in the first round of the DFB Cup.