Small versus big and one or two traditional duels: That’s what came out of the draw for the second round of the DFB Cup in the German Football Museum in Dortmund.
“Absolute blast”, commented Rüdiger Ziel, the coach of 1. FC Saarbrücken on ARD, about what the lottery ticket and 2014 world champion Shkodran Mustafi and DFB Vice President Peter Frymuth served as draw manager on Sunday evening in the German Football Museum in Dortmund. The third division team from Saarland welcomes FC Bayern Munich in the second round of the DFB Cup. Or, to put it with Rüdiger Ziel: “The most difficult task.”
These are the matches in the second round of the DFB Cup
Five other third and regional league teams were in the draw; Viktoria Köln, for example, will face this year’s finalist Eintracht Frankfurt. Defending champion RB Leipzig plays at VfL Wolfsburg, BVB hosts TSG Hoffenheim. There is a real traditional duel in Kaiserslautern. The pairings at a glance:
Bundesliga against Bundesliga
- Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. 1. FC Heidenheim
- VfB Stuttgart vs. 1. FC Union Berlin
- Borussia Dortmund vs. TSG Hoffenheim
- VfL Wolfsburg vs. RB Leipzig
2nd league against Bundesliga
- SC Freiburg vs. SC Paderborn
- Hertha BSC vs. 1. FSV Mainz 05
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern vs. 1. FC Cologne
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2nd league against 2nd league
- FC St. Pauli vs. FC Schalke 04
- 1. FC Nuremberg vs. FC Hansa Rostock
- Holstein Kiel vs. 1. FC Magdeburg
3rd league against Bundesliga
- FC Viktoria Cologne vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
- SV Sandhausen vs. Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- 1. FC Saarbrücken vs. FC Bayern Munich
3rd league against 2nd league
- Arminia Bielefeld vs. Hamburger SV
- SpVgg Unterhaching vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf
Regional league vs. 2nd league
- FC Homburg vs. SpVgg Greuther Fürth
The games will be played on October 31st and November 1st. The exact schedule has not yet been determined. It has not yet been decided which games will be broadcast on free TV. The final of the DFB Cup will take place on May 25, 2024 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
Source: Stern
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