Two-time defending champions RB Leipzig take on Wehen Wiesbaden, while Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund start their 2023/24 DFB Cup campaigns at Preußen Münster and Schott Mainz respectively. - © 2017 Getty Images

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2023/24 DFB Cup overview: first-round results and fixtures

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Borussia Dortmund beat fourth-tier Schott Mainz in the DFB Cup first round, while RB Leipzig begin their quest for a third straight DFB Cup title in 2023/24 away at Bundesliga 2 newcomers Wehen Wiesbaden.

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Red bold text = Bundesliga club
Red normal text = Bundesliga 2 club
Italicised text = third division or lower

First-round fixtures and results (all times in CEST)

Friday 11 August

Saarbrücken 2-1 Karlsruhe
Bersenbrück 0-7 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Sandhausen 3-3 Hannover (Sandhausen win 4-2 on pens)
Eintracht Braunschweig 3-1 Schalke

Saturday 12 August

Balingen 0-4 VfB Stuttgart
Carl Zeiss Jena 0-5 Hertha Berlin
Schott Mainz 1-6 Borussia Dortmund
Atlas Delmenhorst 0-5 St. Pauli
Viktoria Cologne 3-2 Werder Bremen
Gütersloh 0-2 Holstein Kiel
Teutonia Ottensen 0-8 Bayer Leverkusen
Oberneuland 1-9 Nuremberg
Elversberg 0-1 Mainz
Arminia Bielefeld 2-2 Bochum (Bielefeld win 4-1 on penalties)
Hallescher FC 0-1 Greuther Fürth

Sunday 13 August

Rostocker FC 0-8 Heidenheim
Rot-Weiss Essen 3-4 Hamburg (AET)
Oberachern 0-2 Freiburg
Rot-Weiß Koblenz 0-5 Kaiserslautern
Lokomotive Leipzig 0-7 Eintracht Frankfurt
Illertissen 1-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Makkabi Berlin 0-6 Wolfsburg
Unterhaching 2-0 Augsburg
FSV Frankfurt 1-1 Hansa Rostock (Rostock win 3-0 on pens.)
Astoria Walldorf 0-4 Union Berlin
Energie Cottbus 0-7 Paderborn