Energie Cottbus hopes for a dreamless in the DFB Cup: draw on Sunday!

Energie Cottbus hopes for a dreamless in the DFB Cup: draw on Sunday!

Cottbus, Deutschland - A big event is approaching for football fans in Germany: The draw of the first round of the DFB Cup 2025/26 takes place on June 14, 2025. Energie Cottbus, which has qualified for fourth place in the 3rd division, hopes for a well -known lot to reach a sold -out stadium. Fans and players are excited, because the draw will be broadcast live on ZDF on June 15, 2025 at 5:15 p.m., whereby the event takes place in the German Football Museum in Dortmund, the athlete Owen will be seen as Losfee, who has set the German record over 100 meters in 2024 [lr-online.de reports that …] (Https://www.lr-online.de/energie-cottbus/energie-cottbus-hoffen-auf-Großen-glossen-glossen-In- dfb-pokal-78120005.html) and [bundesliga.com added that …] (Https://www.bundesliga.com/de/bundesliga/news/dfb-pokal-2025-26-Ahrlosung-1-paArungen-termine-spiele-32629).

The anticipation is great! The first round is held between August 15 and 18, 2025, a week before the Bundesliga starts. However, a derby against Dynamo Dresden or Hansa Rostock is excluded, which increases the chances of an exciting lot. There are also financial incentives in the background: the DFB has already set the premiums for the cup season. The income per round for the cup winner can be up to 4.32 million euros, and the premiums for the other rounds are also not to be scoffed at

The lucrative premiums

In total, almost 75 million euros in the form of premiums are released in the cup season [Kicker explains that ...] (https://www.kicker.de/fast-75-million-euro-Praemien-fuer-dfb-pokal-2024-25- Festival-1032168/Articles). The individual premiums for the different rounds are as follows:

• First round: 209,453 euros
• Second round: 418,906 euros
• round of 16: 837,813 euros
• quarter -finals: 1.68 million euros
• semi -finals: 3.35 million euros
• finalist: 2.88 million euros
• Winner: 4.32 million euros

These high premiums not only motivate the professional teams, but also numerous amateur teams that can be found in the loose pots. There is a clear difference in the division: In the professional pot, all 18 Bundesliga clubs and the first 14 teams in the 2nd Bundesliga are. The amateur pot contains the remaining 32 teams, among which there are even a few second division clubs that are considered amateurs.

A look at the participants

The teams in the first round are made up of the promoters of the 3rd division, including the DSC Arminia Bielefeld and SG Dynamo Dresden as well as 1. FC Saarbrücken and Energie Cottbus. There are also 21 representatives of the state associations, mostly qualified by the victory in the state trophies. Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Westphalia each provide two teams, which increases the diversity of the participants.

With the draw, the DFB Cup adventure also moves closer to Cottbus and its fans. They are all excited to see which opponents will come and whether there will be a very big game against a renowned club. The anticipation for the first round increases and the football hearts beat faster - this will be an exciting experience for German football!