Thomas Broich as Losfee +++ Berlin representative has not yet been determined due to legal dispute ++ Video of the cheering from Bremen
There was a neutral ball in the amateur pot. This is the starter of the Berlin Football Association (BFV), who actually reported the fourth division club BFC Dynamo as the state cup winner. However, another – not named – Berlin club appealed to the DFB Federal Court on July 1 against the BFV’s designation of the BFC Dynamo.
The 1st round (6th to 9th August):
Eintracht Braunschweig – Hamburger SV
FC Ingolstadt – Erzgebirge Aue
SV Meppen – Hertha BSC
SSV Ulm 1846 – 1. FC Nürnberg
Bremer SV – Bayern Munich
SC Weiche Flensburg – Holstein Kiel
Viktoria Cologne – 1899 Hoffenheim
SV Babelsberg – Greuther Fürth
1. FC Kaiserslautern – Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Lok Leipzig – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
SV Elversberg – Mainz 05
SV Sandhausen – RB Leipzig
Sportfreunde Lotte – Karlsruher SC
SpVgg Bayreuth – Arminia Bielefeld
FC Carl Zeiss Jena – 1. FC Cologne
FC 08 Villingen – FC Schalke 04
Würzburger Kickers – SC Freiburg
SV Waldhof Mannheim – Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Wehen Wiesbaden – Borussia Dortmund
Greifswalder FC – FC Augsburg
FC Hansa Rostock – FC Heidenheim
VfL Osnabrück – Werder Bremen
Eintracht Norderstedt – Hannover 96
FC RW Koblenz – SSV Jahn Regensburg
Türkgücü Munich – 1. FC Union Berlin
Dynamo Dresden – SC Paderborn
VfL Oldenburg – Fortuna Düsseldorf
Wuppertaler SV – VfL Bochum
Berliner FV (neutral lot due to legal process) – VfB Stuttgart
1. FC Magdeburg – FC St. Pauli
Prussia Münster – VfL Wolfsburg
TSV 1860 Munich – SV Darmstadt 98
Who can take part in the DFB Cup?
In addition to the 36 professional teams of the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga of the past season, i.e. the three relegated Würzburg, Braunschweig and Osnabrück, the four best-placed teams in the 3rd division from the previous season are always there. This year these are the newcomers Dynamo Dresden, Hansa Rostock and Ingolstadt as well as 1860 Munich.
In addition to these 40 teams, there are the 21 regional cup winners as well as one team from each of the three regional associations with the largest number of members: Bavaria, North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
The starting field with 64 teams
Bundesliga: 1. FC Cologne, 1. FSV Mainz 05, 1. FC Union Berlin, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Augsburg, FC Bayern, Hertha BSC, RB Leipzig, SC Freiburg, SpVgg Greuther Fürth , TSG Hoffenheim, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg
2. Bundesliga: 1. FC Heidenheim, 1. FC Nuremberg, Erzgebirge Aue, FC St. Pauli, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Holstein Kiel, Karlsruher SC, SC Paderborn, Jahn Regensburg, Schalke 04, SV Darmstadt 98, SV Sandhausen, Werder Bremen, Dynamo Dresden, Hansa Rostock, FC Ingolstadt
3. League: VfL Osnabrück, Eintracht Braunschweig, Würzburger Kickers, 1860 Munich, Viktoria Cologne (as winner of the Middle Rhine Cup), Waldhof Mannheim (winner of the Baden State Cup), SV Meppen (winner of the State Cup Lower Saxony), SV Wehen Wiesbaden (winner of the State Cup Hesse), 1. FC Magdeburg (Winner State Cup Saxony-Anhalt, dispute with Graf Zeppelin 09 Abtsberg settled), 1. FC Kaiserslautern (after the association cup was canceled: decision of the Southwest German Football Association), Türkgücü Munich (winner Bavarian Association Cup)
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Regionalliga: Preußen Münster (as the best Westphalian west regional league), Sportfreunde Lotte (as a finalist in the Westphalia Cup against the already qualified Münster), BFC Dynamo (as the winner of the Berlin State Cup), Wuppertaler SV (winner of the Lower Rhine Cup), SpVgg Elversberg (winner of the Saarland State Cup) , TuS RW Koblenz (Winner Qualification Rhineland), SSV Ulm (Winner State Cup Württemberg), SV Babelsberg (Winner State Cup Brandenburg), Lok Leipzig (Winner State Cup Saxony), SpVgg Bayreuth (Winner League Cup Bavaria), FC Eintracht Norderstedt (Winner State Cup Hamburg) , SC Weiche Flensburg 08 (winner Landespokal Schleswig-Holstein), FC Carl Zeiss Jena (winner Thuringia)
Oberliga: Greifswalder FC (as the highest-ranking club in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as Hansa Rostock is already qualified as a second division climber), VfL Oldenburg (as a loss winner in the Lower Saxony Cup of Amateurs), FC 08 Villingen (State Cup South Baden), Bremer SV (State Cup Bremen)
The dates of the DFB-Pokal season 2021/22:
6./7./8./9. August 2021: 1st Round
26./27. October 2021: 2nd round
18./19. January 2022: Round of 16
1./2. March 2022: quarter-finals
19./20. April 2022: semi-finals
21. Mai 2022: Final in Berlin
Who is broadcasting the DFB Cup games?
Pay TV broadcaster Sky has the rights to broadcast all 63 games live. ARD shows nine games live on free TV – one in each of the first two rounds, two each from the eighth to semi-finals and finally the final. Free TV broadcaster Sport1 has the rights for one game from the first round to the quarter-finals. The broadcasting rights will be reassigned for the seasons 2022/23 to 2025/26.
The past finals:
20/21 Borussia Dortmund – RB Leipzig 4: 1
19/20 FC Bayern Munich – Bayer Leverkusen 4-2
18/19 FC Bayern Munich – RB Leipzig 3-0
17/18 Eintracht Frankfurt – FC Bayern Munich 3-1
16/17 Borussia Dortmund – Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1
15/16 FC Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund 4: 3 nE
14/15 VfL Wolfsburg – Borussia Dortmund 3-1
13/14 FC Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund 2-0 nV
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