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?
First-round results
Friday 21 August
Preußen Münster 1-2 Karlsruhe
Waldhof Mannheim 0-1 Kaiserslautern (aet)
St. Tönis 0-11 Eintracht Frankfurt
Hansa Rostock 0-4 VfB Stuttgart
Saturday 22 August
Energie Cottbus 0-2 Augsburg
Wehen Wiesbaden 0-4 Bayer Leverkusen
Erzgebirge Aue 0-4 Hoffenheim
Viktoria Cologne 1-1 Nuremberg (aet, Nuremberg win 5-4 on pens)
Saarbrücken 1-1 Hertha Berlin (aet, Hertha win 4-2 on pens)
Duisburg 1-3 Elversberg
Lüneburger Hansa 0-3 Werder Bremen
Hemelingen 1-9 Hannover
Sonnenhof Großaspach 2-2 Arminia Bielefeld (aet, Sonnenhof win 3-0 on pens)
1860 Munich 0-2 Holstein Kiel
Eintracht Trier 0-6 RB Leipzig
Sunday 23 August
Jeddeloh 5-2 Heidenheim
Greuther Fürth 1-2 Bochum
Westfalia Rhynern 0-6 Dynamo Dresden
Schott Mainz 0-5 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Eintracht Braunschweig 2-4 Union Berlin
Bahlinger 0-4 Magdeburg
Krieschow 0-9 Mainz
Carl Zeiss Jena 1-2 Darmstadt
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-5 Freiburg
Phönix Lübeck 2-4 Paderborn
Rot-Weiss Essen 2-0 St. Pauli
Altglienicke 3-3 Wolfsburg (aet, Wolfsburg win 6-5 on pens)
Verl 0-3 Hamburg
Würzburger Kickers 1-2 Cologne
Hallescher FC 2-5 Schalke (aet)
Tuesday 1 September
Hamburg-Eimsbütteler 0-5 Borussia Dortmund
Wednesday 2 September
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
