2026/27 DFB Cup overview: Fixtures, results and draws
Bayern Munich lifted the DFB Cup for the 21st time last season. Who can challenge them for Germany's domestic cup competition in 2026/27?
The draw for the first round of the 2026/27 DFB Cup takes place in the evening of Saturday, 6 June.
Who is in the 2026/27 DFB Cup?
Bundesliga: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, VfB Stuttgart, Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen, Freiburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Augsburg, Mainz, Union Berlin, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburg, Cologne, Werder Bremen, Schalke, Elversberg, Paderborn
Bundesliga 2: Wolfsburg, Heidenheim, St. Pauli, Hannover, Darmstadt, Kaiserslautern, Hertha Berlin, Nuremberg, Bochum, Karlsruhe, Dynamo Dresden, Holstein Kiel, Arminia Bielefeld, Magdeburg, Eintracht Braunschweig, Greuther Fürth, Osnabrück, Energie Cottbus
3. Liga: Fortuna Düsseldorf, Preußen Münster, Rot-Weiss Essen, Duisburg, Waldhof Mannheim, Würzburger Kickers, Wehen Wiesbaden, Hansa Rostock, Viktoria Cologne, Saarbrücken, Verl, Sonnenhof Großaspach
Regionalliga: 1860 Munich, Altglienicke, Jeddeloh, Eintracht Trier, Erzgebirge Aue, Hallescher FC, Phönix Lübeck, Carl Zeiss Jena, Westfalia Rhynern
Oberliga: Krieschow, Hemelingen, Hamburg-Eimsbütteler, St. Tönis, Lüneburger Hansa, Bahlinger, Schott Mainz
2026/27 key dates
First round: 21-24 August & 1/2 September 2026
Second round: 27/28 October 2026
Round of 16: 1/2 December 2026
Quarter-finals: 2/3 & 9/10 February 2027
Semi-finals: 20/21 April 2027
Final: 29 May 2027 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin
