Dramatic cup encounters: Hertha and Union before tricky duels!

Dramatic cup encounters: Hertha and Union before tricky duels!

Cottbus, Deutschland - The tension increases! On June 15, 2025, the encounters of the first round were announced in the DFB Cup, which are of great importance for football in Berlin and Brandenburg. A look at the lineups shows that five teams from the region take part in the cup competition.

Hertha BSC meets the league competitor SC Preußen Münster, against whom you lost both duels in the previous season. In view of the last cup experience, when Hertha failed in the round of 16 after extension at the 1. FC Köln, the team will have to give everything so as not to leave prematurely. As Berlin Live is great, especially after the disappointing encounters of the past season.

The teams from the region

also is the 1st FC Union Berlin, which will compete against the regional league team FC Gütersloh. Union has never won in the history of the DFB Cup, but was able to penetrate the final as vice champion in 2001. Last season the team failed in the semi -finals against RB Leipzig, which only fueled the ambition.

Energie Cottbus meets a special challenge that plays in the first round against Hannover 96. Cottbus has qualified for the trophy over fourth place in the 3rd league, but has to be careful, because in the last eight cup rounds the team failed in round one. The team is now hoping for a better spectacle than in previous years.

A highlight is the debut of RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf, which for the first time qualified for the DFB Cup after winning the Brandenburg State Cup. You receive second division club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, which brings an exciting challenge for the Stahnsdorfer. The DFB's first round premium is around 200,000 euros, a nice motivation for the players who now want to do their best.

The cup round in detail

The 32 games of the first round take place from August 15th to 18th, 2025, with exceptions for the Supercup participants who intervene on August 16, 2025. The two top teams Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart will contest their first rounds on August 26 and 27, 2025. For the other rounds, the appointments are as follows: The second round will take place on October 28 and 29, the round of 16 on December 2 and 3, 2025, the quarter -finals on 3rd and 4th as well as on February 10th and 11th 2026 and the semi -finals on April 21 and 22, 2026. The final will finally be held in the Berlin Olympic Stadium on May 23, 2026, where the best teams will fight for the coveted title.

The anticipation for the first encounters is great and the fans of the teams involved can look forward to exciting games. Be it when it says: "On the Cup adventure"!