Drumming for the DFB Cup: draw of the first round today!

Drumming for the DFB Cup: draw of the first round today!

Dortmund, Deutschland - on Sunday, June 15, 2025, the highly expected draw of the 1st round of the DFB Cup will take place in Dortmund at 5:15 p.m. At this special event in the German Football Museum, Owen, the first German under 10 seconds over 100 meters, will act as Losfee. Those responsible for the DFB are also on site, and the drawing manager Peter Frymuth will present the 64 participating clubs from the two soldering pots.
The DFB Cup, held by the German Football Association since 1935, is the second most important title in German club football and ensures exciting duels in the knockout system every year. It is not for nothing that numerous teams hope for the big lot every time, because the competitive landscape offers the opportunity for many clubs to come up in national football. frisn.de reports that the title defender, VfB Stuttgart, has recently been against 4-2 in the final of the previous season Arminia Bielefeld triumphed.

Before we take a closer look at the constellations in the lottery pot, a look at the dates of the first main round makes sense: these games are played between August 15 and 18, 2025. The two big names, Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart, will only intervene later after they have previously argued about the Supercup, which will be held on August 16, 2025. The early games could also be the amateurs who have a chance of a home game against higher -class opponents in the first lottery pot.

teams in the amateur pot and profitopf

In the draw there is a varied starting field. Numerous traditional clubs are represented in the amateur pot that qualified for the DFB Cup through the regional and upper leagues. Here is an overview:

• Prussia Münster
• Eintracht Braunschweig
• SSV Ulm 1846 Football
• Jahn Regensburg
• Arminia Bielefeld
• Dynamo Dresden
• 1. FC Saarbrücken
• FC Energie Cottbus
• 1. FC Schweinfurt
• FC Gütersloh
• Hansa Rostock
• red-white food
• Viktoria Cologne
• SV Wehen Wiesbaden
• SV Sandhausen
• Hallescher FC
• Sportfreunde Lotte
• VfB Lübeck
• BFC Dynamo
• Lok Leipzig
• FC 08 Homburg
• ZFC Meuselwitz
• FV Illertissen
• BW Lohne
• SV Atlas Delmenhorst
• Bahlinger Sc
• Sonnenhof Großaspach
• FK Pirmasens
• RSV Eintracht
• fv Engers
• Eintracht Norderstedt
• SV Hemelingen

On the other side in a profit pot, the 18 Bundesliga clubs and the 14 best teams in the 2nd Bundesliga are. Here is a selection:

• Bayern Munich
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen
• Eintracht Frankfurt
• Borussia Dortmund
• SC Freiburg
• 1. FSV Mainz 05
• rb Leipzig
• Werder Bremen
• VfB Stuttgart
• Borussia Mönchengladbach
• VfL Wolfsburg
• FC Augsburg
• 1. FC Union Berlin
• FC St. Pauli
• TSG Hoffenheim
• 1. FC Heidenheim
• Holstein Kiel
• VfL Bochum
• 1. FC Köln
• Hamburger SV
• SV Elversberg
• SC Paderborn 07
• 1. FC Magdeburg
• Fortuna Düsseldorf
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• Karlsruher SC
• Hannover 96
• 1. FC Nürnberg
• Hertha BSC
• SV Darmstadt 98
• SpVgg Greuther Fürth
• Schalke 04

The DFB Cup has a long tradition and its records are just as impressive. The record winner, FC Bayern Munich, has won the title 20 times, while the most successful active player, Bastian Schweinsteiger, shines with 7 titles. The importance of the trophy is immense for both large and small clubs, since it is occasionally enabled to jump into European competitions and offers amateurs a unique chance of playing against the greats of football. [Sportschau.de] (https://www.sportschau.de/fussball/dfbpokal/dfb-pokal-alles-zur-schlossung-der-1-hauptrunde ,dfb-pokal-616.html) emphasizes that the DFB Cup is particularly important for the financial aspects of the amateur associations.

The anticipation for this draw and the upcoming games is noticeable everywhere. It will be exciting to see which pairings arise and whether one or the other underdog can cause surprises. Let us follow the draw in the livestream and toast the first games in the DFB Cup this season!