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?
Second-round fixtures
Tuesday, 27 October (6pm CET)
Bochum vs. Mainz
Sonnenhof Großaspach vs. Augsburg
Rot-Weiss Essen vs. RB Leipzig
Hamburg vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
Tuesday, 27 October (8.45pm CET)
Cologne vs. Union Berlin
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Karlsruhe
Elversberg vs. Darmstadt
Borussia Dortmund vs. Werder Bremen
Wednesday, 28 October (6pm CET)
Freiburg vs. Wolfsburg
Dynamo Dresen vs. Schalke
Paderborn vs. VfB Stuttgart
Jeddeloh II vs. Hertha Berlin
Wednesday, 28 October (8.45pm CET)
Holstein Kiel vs. Hoffenheim
Hannover vs. Kaiserslautern
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Nuremberg
Bayern Munich vs. Magdeburg
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
