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As usual, the first main round of the 2020/21 DFB Cup was drawn before the start of the new Bundesliga season. We have all the information about the most important national soccer competition for you!
Which clubs take part in the 1st round?
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the game had to be suspended since March 2020, so that not all clubs have been determined that will take part in the first main round. Many participants from the state associations qualified on August 22, 2020 on the final day of the amateurs, but not all participants have been determined yet. The DFB–Cup– The draw for the first main round was therefore carried out with placeholders for the participants from the regional associations.
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Attendees:
- 36 teams from the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga
- The four first-placed teams from the 3rd league (since FC Bayern II came first, the fifth-placed team moves up): Würzburger Kickers, Eintracht Braunschweig, FC Ingolstadt, MSV Duisburg
- 21 national cup winners
- Three representatives from the three largest regional associations (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia)
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What are the pairings of the first round in the DFB Cup?
Friday, September 11th, 8.45pm
- FSV Mainz 05 – TSV Havelse (home rights exchanged) 5:1
- Eintracht Braunschweig – Hertha BSC 5:4
Saturday, September 12th, 3:30 p.m .:
- 1. FC Nuremberg – RB Leipzig 0:3
- 1. FC Cologne – VSG Altglienicke (home rights exchanged) 6:0
- VfL Bochum – FV Engers (Domestic rights exchanged) 3:0
- Union Fürstenwalde – VfL Wolfsburg 1:4
- Borussia Monchengladbach – FC Oberneuland (home rights exchanged) 8:0
- RSV Meinerzhagen – SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1: 6 after extra time
- SV Todesfelde – VfL Osnabrück 0: 1
- TSV 1860 Munich – Eintracht Frankfurt 1: 2
- FC Augsburg – MTV Eintracht Celle (home rights exchanged) 7:0
Saturday, September 12th, 6.30 p.m .:
- SSV Ulm – Erzgebirge Aue 2:0
- FC Ingolstadt – Fortuna Düsseldorf 0: 1
- Karlsruher SC – 1. FC Union Berlin 0-1 after extra time
Saturday, September 12th, 8.45pm:
- Carl Zeiss Jena – Werder Bremen 0-2
Sunday, September 13th, 3:30 p.m .:
- TSV Steinbach Haiger – SV Sandhausen
- Chemnitzer FC – TSG Hoffenheim
- FC Rielasingen-Arlen – Holstein Kiel
- Hansa Rostock – VfB Stuttgart
- SV Elversberg – FC St. Pauli
- Bayer Leverkusen – Eintracht Norderstedt (home rights exchanged)
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Jahn Regensburg
- FC Schweinfurt 05 – Schalke 04 (game canceled)
- SC Wiedenbrück – SC Paderborn
Sunday, September 13th, 6.30 p.m .:
- 1. FC Magdeburg – Darmstadt 98
- Waldhof Mannheim – SC Freiburg
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden – 1. FC Heidenheim
Monday, September 14th, 6.30 p.m .:
- Dynamo Dresden – Hamburger SV
- Rot-Weiss Essen – Arminia Bielefeld
- Würzburger Kickers – Hannover 96
Monday, September 14th, 8.45pm:
- MSV Duisburg – Borussia Dortmund
Thursday, October 15th, 8.45pm:
- Bayern Munich – 1. FC Düren (home rights exchanged)
Date: When does the first round of the DFB-Pokal take place?
The first main round will be held from September 11th to 14th, 2020. Thus, the cup matches will ring in the new season of German professional football, as the Bundesliga will not start playing again until the following weekend.
The only exception is the clash between FC Bayern Munich and 1. FC Düren. At the request of the Champions League winner, the game will be played on October 15 at 8.45 p.m.
Dates: When do the other rounds take place?
- 22./23. December 2020: 2nd main round
- 2nd / 3rd February 2021: Round of 16
- 2nd / 3rd March 2021: quarter-finals
- 1./2. May 2021: semi-finals
- 13. May 2021: Finals
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On TV and stream: where can the DFB-Pokal be seen?
The final will be broadcast live on free-to-air television as well as on pay-TV. The first and also Sky report in detail about the games. Parallel to the broadcast on TV, the ARD in the media library and also Sky via SkyGo and Sky Ticket additionally a live stream.
Who is playing for victory in the DFB Cup?
A total of 64 teams will be competing in the DFB Cup in the 2020/2021 season. The record cup winner is FC Bayern Munich, who also won the final against Bayer 04 Leverkusen last season.
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Is the video evidence used in the DFB Cup?
Yes, but not in all games. The referees have been able to call in the video assistant in disputed situations since the 19/20 season from the round of 16. In the two previous seasons, this was only allowed from the quarter-finals. The games of the 1st and 2nd round had to do without video evidence so far.
Who is the record winner of the DFB Cup?
With 20 cup wins in 24 finals, FC Bayern Munich is the record winner of the DFB Cup. Behind Bayern are Werder Bremen with six wins in ten finals in second place, followed by Schalke 04 and Eintracht Frankfurt with five wins each (with twelve and eight finals respectively).
All DFB Cup winners at a glance
- 2019/2020 Bayern Munich – Bayer Leverkusen 4-2
- 2018/2019 Bayern Munich – RB Leipzig 3-0
- 2017/2018 Eintracht Frankfurt – FC Bayern Munich 3: 1
- 2016/2017 Borussia Dortmund – Eintracht Frankfurt 2: 1
- 2015/2016 Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund 0-0 after extra time, 4-3 after penalties
- 2014/2015 VfL Wolfsburg – Borussia Dortmund 3: 1
- 2013/2014 Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund 2-0 after extra time
- 2012/2013 Bayern Munich – VfB Stuttgart 3-2
- 2011/2012 Borussia Dortmund – Bayern Munich 5: 2
- 2010/2011 FC Schalke 04 – MSV Duisburg 5: 0
- 2009/2010 Bayern Munich – Werder Bremen 4-0
- 2008/2009 Werder Bremen – Bayer Leverkusen 1-0
- 2007/2008 Bayern Munich – Borussia Dortmund 2-1 after extra time
- 2006/2007 1. FC Nürnberg – VfB Stuttgart 3-2 after extra time
- 2005/2006 Bayern Munich – Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0
- 2004/2005 Bayern Munich – Schalke 04 2-1
- 2003/2004 Werder Bremen – Alemannia Aachen 3-2
- 2002/2003 Bayern Munich – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3-1
- 2001/2002 FC Schalke 04 – Bayer Leverkusen 4-2
- 2000/2001 FC Schalke 04 – 1. FC Union Berlin 2:0
- 1999/2000 Bayern Munich – SV Werder Bremen 3-0
- 1998/1999 Werder Bremen – FC Bayern Munich 1-1 after extra time, 6-5 after penalties
- 1997/1998 Bayern Munich – MSV Duisburg 2-1
- 1996/1997 VfB Stuttgart – FC Energie Cottbus 2-0
- 1995/1996 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Karlsruher SC 1-0
- 1994/1995 Borussia Mönchengladbach – VfL Wolfsburg 3-0
- 1993/1994 SV Werder Bremen – Rot-Weiss Essen 3-1
- 1992/1993 Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Hertha BSC Berlin Amateurs 1-0
- 1991/1992 Hannoverscher SV 96 – Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-0 after extra time, 4-3 after penalties
- 1990/1991 SV Werder Bremen – 1. FC Köln 1-1 after extra time, 4-3 after penalties
- 1989/1990 1. FC Kaiserslautern – Werder Bremen 3-2
- 1988/1989 Borussia Dortmund – Werder Bremen 4-1
- 1987/1988 Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 1-0
- 1986/1987 Hambuger SV – Stuttgarter Kickers 3-1
- 1985/1986 FC Bayern Munich – VfB Stuttgart 5-2
- 1984/1985 Bayer 05 Uerdingen – FC Bayern Munich 2-1
- 1983/1984 Bayern Munich – Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-1 after extra time, 7-6 on penalties
- 1982/1983 1. FC Cologne – Fortuna Cologne 1-0
- 1981/1982 FC Bayern Munich – 1. FC Nürnberg 4-2
- 1980/1981 Eintracht Frankfurt – 1.FC Kaiserslautern 3-1
- 1979/1980 Fortuna Düsseldorf – 1.FC Cologne 2-1
- 1978/1979 Fortuna Düsseldorf – Hertha BSC Berlin 1-0 after extra time
- 1977/1978 1. FC Cologne – Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-0
- 1976/1977 1. FC Köln – Hertha BSC Berlin 1-1 after extra time. Replay 30 May 1977, 1-0
- 1975/1976 Hamburger SV – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2-0
- 1974/1975 Eintracht Frankfurt – MSV Duisburg 1-0
- 1973/1974 Eintracht Frankfurt – Hamburger SV 3-1 after extra time
- 1972/1973 Borussia Mönchengladbach – 1. FC Köln 2-1 after extra time
- 1971/1972 FC Schalke 04 – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 5-0
- 1970/1971 FC Bayern Munich – 1. FC Cologne 2-1 after extra time
- 1969/1970 Kickers Offenbach – 1.FC Cologne 2-1
- 1968/1969 FC Bayern Munich – FC Schalke 04 2-1
- 1967/1968 1. FC Cologne – VfL Bochum 4-1
- 1966/1967 FC Bayern Munich – Hamburger SV 4-0
- 1965/1966 FC Bayern Munich – MSV Duisburg 4-2
- 1964/1965 Borussia Dortmund – Alemannia Aachen 2-0
- 1963/1964 TSV 1860 Munich – Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0
- 1962/1963 Hamburger SV – BV 09 Borussia Dortmund 3-0
- 1961/1962 1. FC Nürnberg – Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1 after extra time
- 1960/1961 SV Werder Bremen – 1.FC Kaiserslautern 2-0
- 1959/1960 Borussia Mönchengladbach – Karlsruher SC 3-2
- 1958/1959 Black and White Essen – Borussia Neunkirchen 5: 2
- 1957/1958 VfB Stuttgart – Fortuna Düsseldorf 4: 3 after extra time
- 1956/1957 FC Bayern Munich – Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-0
- 1955/1956 Karlsruher SC – Hamburger SV 3-1
- 1954/1955 Karlsruher SC – FC Schalke 04 3-2
- 1953/1954 VfB Stuttgart – 1. FC Cologne 1-0 after extra time
- 1952/1953 Rot-Weiss Essen – Alemannia Aachen 2: 1
- 1942/1943 Vienna Vienna – LSV Hamburg 3-2 after extra time
- 1941/1942 TSV 1860 Munich – FC Schalke 04 2-0
- 1940/1941 Dresdner SC – FC Schalke 04 2-1
- 1939/1940 Dresdner SC – 1. FC Nürnberg 2-1 after extra time
- 1938/1939 1. FC Nuremberg – SV Waldhof Mannheim 2-0
- 1937/1938 Rapid Wien – FSV Frankfurt 3:1
- 1936/1937 FC Schalke 04 – Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1
- 1935/1936 VfB Leipzig – FC Schalke 04 2-1
- 1934/1935 1. FC Nürnberg – FC Schalke 04 2-0
