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RB Leipzig: Which amateurs will the cup hero face in the DFB Cup?
Find out everything about the draw for the first round of the 2025/26 DFB Cup in Dortmund on June 15, 2025, including RB Leipzig's possible opponents.
RB Leipzig: Which amateurs will the cup hero face in the DFB Cup?
The 2025/26 DFB Cup is in the starting blocks and the anticipation is palpable. The 83rd edition of the tournament begins on August 15, 2025, while the draw for the first round will take place next Sunday, June 15, 2025, at 5:15 p.m. at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. A special treat: track and field athlete Owen Ansah will act as a lottery ticket fairy. The game in the opening game will be broadcast live on TV on ZDF, as well as in a live stream and live ticker on ran.de, so that no one has to miss the exciting draws. fr.de reports that a total of 64 teams will meet in this first round.
A total of 18 first division teams, 14 second division teams and 32 teams from lower leagues take part in the DFB Cup. A highlight is also coming up for RB Leipzig, who dominated the semi-finals last season but lost 2-3 to VfB Stuttgart. As a particularly strong team, Leipzig will be drawn against an amateur team in the first round, which will also enjoy home advantage, which creates additional excitement. Possible opponents from the 2nd Bundesliga include Preußen Münster, Eintracht Braunschweig, Arminia Bielefeld and Dynamo Dresden, while the 3rd league is represented by teams such as SSV Ulm 1846 and Jahn Regensburg. [ran.de].
Details about the DFB Cup
The DFB Cup, also known as the DFB Club Cup, is the most important national football competition for club teams in Germany and is organized by the German Football Association (DFB). In the knockout system, the teams determine the cup winner, with the finals traditionally being played in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. The current title holders, VfB Stuttgart, secured their ninth cup victory last season in 2024/25 after beating Arminia Bielefeld 4-2 in the final. According to Wikipedia, the record winner of the cup is FC Bayern Munich with a total of 20 titles.
In the first round, lower-class teams often play against higher-class opponents and are usually allowed to exercise home advantage. This rule often produces surprises and fans can look forward to exciting duels. Each participant in the first main round receives a minimum of 109,000 euros from the television revenue pool, which represents a welcome financial injection for the clubs.
A total of 23 representatives of the regional associations, such as ZFC Meuselwitz and SV Sandhausen, complement the field of participants and ensure that there are many exciting encounters on the program this season too. Who will survive the first rounds and possibly make it to the final, where the trophy will be awarded? That remains to be seen, but the anticipation is definitely there!