Bavaria meets labor: DFB Cup draw brings exciting duels!

Bavaria meets labor: DFB Cup draw brings exciting duels!

On Sunday evening, June 15, 2025, the first round of the DFB Cup was drawn, and the tension in the football world could hardly be greater. The draw took place between 5:15 p.m. and 5:50 p.m. and brought with it some tricky tasks for the Bundesliga clubs. This traditional draw, which has been organized by the German Football Association (DFB) since 1935, brings together the best German club teams in the knockout system and ensures surprises and exciting games that are now played between 15 and 18 August 2025.

A triple heavy opponent is waiting for the record winner FC Bayern Munich: the Munich meetings at the third division club SV Wehen Wiesbaden. This is a crucial step for Bayern who won their last cup victory six years ago. VfB Stuttgart took first place last season and now wants to go to his title defense against Eintracht Braunschweig. The two inferior finalists, Arminia Bielefeld and Werder Bremen, also meet in an exciting duel - a re -encounter that looks back on the way to the last final in which Bielefeld defeated the Bremen.

The draw in detail

A highlight of the draw was undoubtedly the game between Borussia Dortmund and Rot-Weiss Essen. While Dortmund is very popular in the Bundesliga, Rot-Weiss Essen has played an important role in the Ruhr area history in the past. However, it is also about honor and fame, because the DFB Cup offers small clubs the opportunity to survive against large opponents and maybe cause a surprise.

A look at the other encounters shows a colorful spectrum of teams who want to take the chance to immortalize their name in the cup heaven:

• Arminia Bielefeld against Werder Bremen
• Eintracht Frankfurt against FV Engers
• 1. FC Köln against Jahn Regensburg
• Holstein Kiel against FC 08 Homburg
• SV Sandhausen against RB Leipzig
• Lok Leipzig against FC Schalke 04
• Borussia Mönchengladbach against Atlas Delmenhorst
• VfB Stuttgart against Eintracht Braunschweig

The amateur associations, including Prussia Münster, Dynamo Dresden and Hansa Rostock, hope for exciting encounters and the opportunity to use their famous home right against higher -class opponents.

a tournament full of history and emotions

The DFB Cup, known as the Tschammer Cup until 1943, is the second most important title in national club football after the Bundesliga. In the current season 2024/25, 64 teams that come from different leagues are competed, including 18 from the Bundesliga and 18 from the 2nd Bundesliga. The competition is not just a platform for the big ones - it also harbors financial views and the opportunity to be in the spotlight for the smaller ones.

The big games this season will expect many, and we can look forward to the first impressions. Bayern Munich and Stuttgart also have to keep the challenges in the Supercup in mind in this first round, which continues to make the planning complicated.

The DFB Cup tournament is more than just a competition-it is a festival of football, an event that arouses enthusiasm and passion. Who will bring the trophy home this year? We will soon receive the first answers. And we can be excited to see whether the reigning masters can defend the title or whether the next big football fairy tale will start in the coming weeks.

For further details about the draw and the course of the DFB Cup, look at the articles from fnp href = "https://onefootball.com/en/news/full-draw-dfb-pokal-202526-first-round-41249153"> Onefootball . You can find out more about the history and tradition of the competition in the wikipedia .