DFB Cup 2025/26: St. Pauli ready for the big draw!

DFB Cup 2025/26: St. Pauli ready for the big draw!

A big day in German football is coming up on June 15, 2025: The draw for the first round of the 2025/26 DFB Cup will take place in the German Football Museum in Dortmund. From 5:15 p.m. there will be great excitement when the athlete Owen Ansah plays the lottery ticket and the 64 participating teams are presented on free TV and in the live stream. As ran.de reports, football fans can look forward to many exciting encounters, after all, both First and second division teams as well as the best third division teams take part.

For FC St. Pauli, who won 3-2 after extra time against Halleschen FC last year, it will be important to assert themselves successfully again. However, the team suffered a defeat against RB Leipzig in the second round. The goal for the new season is clear: to get past the first round and maybe even defeat a surprising opponent to prove your skills. As fcstpauli.com informs, this year the best teams from the various leagues as well as the winners of the state cups will qualify.

Participants in the draw

The professional pot includes well-known teams such as FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburger SV. These teams have qualified for the draw based on their performances in recent seasons. The amateur pot, on the other hand, is full of surprise teams who want to take the opportunity to compete against the big names in German football. The full list of participants includes:

• Profi-Topf: FC Bayern München, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund, SC Freiburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05, RB Leipzig, SV Werder Bremen, FC St. Pauli, u.v.m.
• Amateur-Topf: SC Preußen Münster, Eintracht Braunschweig, Dynamo Dresden, FC Saarbrücken, Hansa Rostock, u.v.m.

The first games of the round are scheduled for August 15-18, 2025. But the two title contenders, VfB Stuttgart, who won the DFB Cup last season, and the champions FC Bayern Munich, will not have to take part in the action until August 26th and 27th, 2025 due to their participation in the Supercup fcstpauli.com knows what to report.

When does it continue?

The dates have already been set and fans can look forward to an exciting cup season. The first round games, as already mentioned, will be played from August 15th to 18th, while the second round will take place on October 28th and 29th and the round of 16 on December 2nd and 3rd, 2025. The entire planning already shows that the DFB Cup will once again be a highlight for all football enthusiasts this season.

An exciting cup evening is guaranteed and the fans can look forward to many unforgettable moments. The anticipation in the clubs and among the supporters is growing day by day. The first encounters could produce real football experiences and put the big favorites under pressure.