2024/25 DFB Cup overview: Fixtures and results
The dates and times for the first round of the 2024/25 DFB Cup have been confirmed, with holders Bayer Leverkusen visiting fourth tier Carl Zeiss Jena, while Bayern Munich go to newly promoted Bundesliga 2 outfit Ulm.
bundesliga.com details all the fixtures for the 2024/25 road to Berlin, where the final will be played on 24 May 2025...
Red bold text = Bundesliga club
Red normal text = Bundesliga 2 club
Italicised text = third division or lower
First-round draw
Friday, 16 August (6pm CEST)
Würzburger Kickers vs. Hoffenheim
Wehen Wiesbaden vs. Mainz
Hallescher FC vs. St. Pauli
Friday, 16 August (8.45pm CEST)
Ulm vs. Bayern Munich
Saturday, 17 August (1pm CEST)
Schott Mainz vs. Greuther Fürth
Erzgebirge Aue vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
Saturday, 17 August (3.30pm CEST)
Greifswalder FC vs. Union Berlin
Villingen vs. Heidenheim
Rot-Weiss Essen vs. RB Leipzig
Ingolstadt vs. Kaiserslautern
VfR Aalen vs. Schalke
Osnabrück vs. Freiburg
Saturday, 17 August (6pm CEST)
Alemannia Aachen vs. Holstein Kiel
Arminia Bielefeld vs. Hannover
Phönix Lübeck vs. Borussia Dortmund
Sunday, 18 August (1pm CEST)
Viktoria Berlin vs. Augsburg
Saarbrücken vs. Nuremberg
Sunday, 18 August (3.30pm CEST)
Teutonia Ottensen vs. Darmstadt
Jahn Regensburg vs. Bochum
Bremer SV vs. Paderborn
VfV Hildesheim vs. Elversberg
Sandhausen vs. Cologne
Hansa Rostock vs. Hertha Berlin
Sunday, 18 August (6pm CEST)
Dynamo Dresden vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf
Sportfreunde Lotte vs. Karlsruhe
Meppen vs. Hamburg
Monday, 19 August (6pm CEST)
Energie Cottbus vs. Werder Bremen
TuS Koblenz vs. Wolfsburg
Kickers Offenbach vs. Magdeburg
Monday, 19 August (8.45pm CEST)
Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
Tuesday, 27 August (8.45pm CEST)
Preußen Münster vs. VfB Stuttgart
Wednesday, 28 August (6pm CEST)
Carl Zeiss Jena vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Watch: Leverkusen celebrate domestic double in 2024
Further key dates
Second round
Draw on 1 September 2024, ties to be played on 29-30 October 2024
Round of 16
Draw on 3 November 2024, ties to be played on 3-4 December 2024
Quarter-finals
Draw on 8 December 2024, ties to be played on 4-5 and 25-26 February 2025
Semi-finals
Draw on 2 March 2025, ties to be played on 1-2 April 2025
Final
24 May 2025 at Berlin's Olympiastadion
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