DFB Cup draw
Cup cracker for BVB-FC Bayern in the classic
Updated on August 31, 2025 – 7:44 p.m.Reading time: 3 min.
The draw of the 2nd round of the DFB Cup results in exciting duels. The German record champion has to travel to a hit game – and a very heavy opponent is waiting for Borussia Dortmund.
A classic is waiting for FC Bayern in the 2nd round of the DFB Cup: The team of coach Vincent Kompany has to fight the next round at the 1st FC Köln. This was the result of the excited draw in the German Football Museum in Dortmund on Sunday evening.
Borussia Dortmund is in the cracker of the 2nd round: BVB was made by Losfee Dr. Felix Brych Eintracht Frankfurt drawn in an away game. Defending champion VfB Stuttgart meanwhile has to run 05 near Mainz.
The games at a glance:
- FV Illertissen – 1. FC Magdeburg
- Energy Cottbus – RB Leipzig
- Union Berlin – Arminia Bielefeld
- 1. FC Heidenheim – Hamburger SV
- Borussia Mönchengladbach – Karlsruher SC
- Hertha BSC – SV Elversberg
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth – 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- Eintracht Frankfurt – Borussia Dortmund
- Darmstadt 98 – Schalke 04
- FC Augsburg – VfL Bochum
- Fortuna Düsseldorf – SC Freiburg
- SC Paderborn – Bayer Leverkusen
- Mainz 05 – VfB Stuttgart
- VfL Wolfsburg – Holstein Kiel
- 1. FC Köln – FC Bayern Munich
- FC St. Pauli – TSG Hoffenheim
The games take place on October 28th and 29th.
The draw to read in the ticker.
7:28 p.m.: This ends the draw of the 2nd DFB Cup round.
7:28 p.m.: FC St. Pauli meets TSG Hoffenheim.
7:27 p.m.: The 1. FC Köln meets FC Bayern Munich.
7:26 p.m.: VfL Wolfsburg receives Holstein Kiel.
7:24 p.m.: FSV Mainz 05 meets defending champion VfB Stuttgart.
7:24 p.m.: SC Paderborn meets Bayer Leverkusen.
7:24 p.m.: Fortuna Düsseldorf meets SC Freiburg.
7:23 p.m.: FC Augsburg meets VfL Bochum.
7:22 p.m.: Darmstadt 98 meets FC Schalke 04.
7:22 p.m.: Eintracht Frankfurt meets Borussia Dortmund.
7:21 p.m.: SpVgg Greuther Fürth meets 1. FC Kaiserlautern.
7.20 p.m.: Hertha BSC meets SV Elversberg.
7.20 p.m.: Borussia Mönchengladbach meets the Karlsruher SC.
7:19 p.m.: The 1. FC Heidenheim meets Hamburger SV
7:18 p.m.: The 1. FC Union Berlin meets Arminia Bielefeld
7:16 p.m.: Energy Cottbus meets RB Leipzig.
7:13 p.m.: The amateur club meets 1. FC Magdeburg.
7:13 p.m.: It is directly the FV Illertissen.
7:12 p.m.: The draw begins, Brych pulls the first.
7:11 p.m.: And there is also Dr. Jörg presented English, under great and justified applause. Does the DFB chief Justice have to intervene this time?
7:07 p.m.: There are also excerpts from a documentary about Brych’s last season in professional football.
7:05 p.m.: Brych as Losfee and DFB Vice President Peter Frymuth as master of ceremonies enter the stage.
7:04 p.m.: Schlüter speaks to sports director Karl-Heinz Bachthalter from FV Illertissen-the club had sensationally thrown 1st FC Nürnberg out of the cup in the 1st round. “We still can’t believe it,” he says. He does not have an opponent.
7 p.m.: The show begins. Moderator Schlüter welcomes the audience in the studio and at the screens.
Before the start: Incidentally, the long-time Bundesliga referee Dr. Felix Brych, who ended his career in summer.
Before the start: The draw will be moderated by ARD newcomer Alexander Schlüter, and DFB chief judiciary Dr. Jörg English, who has been watching the draw for many years.