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?
Bold text = Bundesliga club
Red text = Bundesliga 2 club
Italics = 3. Liga or lower
First-round fixtures
Friday, 21 August
6pm CEST kick-offs unless stated
Preußen Münster vs. Karlsruhe
Waldhof Mannheim vs. Kaiserslautern
St. Tönis vs. Eintracht Frankfurt (8.45pm CEST)
Hansa Rostock vs. VfB Stuttgart (8.45pm CEST)
Saturday, 22 August
3.30pm CEST kick-offs unless stated
Energie Cottbus vs. Augsburg (1pm CEST)
Wehen Wiesbaden vs. Bayer Leverkusen (1pm CEST)
Erzgebirge Aue vs. Hoffenheim
Viktoria Cologne vs. Nuremberg
Saarbrücken vs. Hertha Berlin
Duisburg vs. Elversberg
Lüneburger Hansa vs. Werder Bremen
Hemelingen vs. Hannover
Sonnenhof Großaspach vs. Arminia Bielefeld (6pm CEST)
1860 Munich vs. Holstein Kiel (6pm CEST)
Eintracht Trier vs. RB Leipzig (6pm CEST)
Sunday, 23 August
3.30pm CEST kick-offs unless stated
Jeddeloh vs. Heidenheim (1pm CEST)
Greuther Fürth vs. Bochum (1pm CEST)
Westfalia Rhynern vs. Dynamo Dresden
Schott Mainz vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Union Berlin
Bahlinger vs. Magdeburg
Krieschow vs. Mainz
Carl Zeiss Jena vs. Darmstadt
Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. Freiburg (6pm CEST)
Phönix Lübeck vs. Paderborn (6pm CEST)
Rot-Weiss Essen vs. St. Pauli (6pm CEST)
Monday, 24 August
6pm CEST kick-offs unless stated
Altglienicke vs. Wolfsburg
Verl vs. Hamburg
Würzburger Kickers vs. Cologne (8.45pm CEST)
Hallescher FC vs. Schalke (8.45pm CEST)
Tuesday, 1 September
Hamburg-Eimsbütteler vs. Borussia Dortmund (8.45pm CEST)
Wednesday, 2 September
Osnabrück vs. Bayern Munich (8.45pm CEST)
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
