Werder Bremen meets Bielefeld again in the DFB Cup hit!

Werder Bremen meets Bielefeld again in the DFB Cup hit!

Braunschweig, Deutschland - Today is an exciting day for football fans, because the draw of the first round of the DFB Cup 2025/26 took place on June 15, 2025 in the German Football Museum in Dortmund. A highlight of the draw: Werder Bremen plays against Arminia Bielefeld. This encounter has a certain explosiveness, after all Bielefeld sent the Bremen in the quarter -finals of the previous year with a 2-1 from the competition. Despite these signs, the Bremen seem willing to reciprocate.

With great anticipation, Eintracht Braunschweig also looks at the lot against the defending champion VfB Stuttgart. Sports Managing Director Benjamin Kessel expressed a positive statement about this meeting, which the audience will certainly captivate. While the Braunschweigers will try to achieve the reverse from the last encounter, VfB Stuttgart has great goals to defend the title and prove its strength.

further encounters and framework conditions

The first main round of the DFB Cup takes place between August 15 and 18, 2025. In this round, a total of 64 clubs, which are divided into two groups: the "amateur pot" with teams from the lower leagues and the "profitopf" with the established Bundesliga clubs. Eintracht Norderstedt, for example, competes against FC St. Pauli, while Hamburger SV meets the top division FK Pirmasens. Hannover 96 will also compete against the third division club Energie Cottbus, and Hansa Rostock has a guest TSG Hoffenheim.

The draw was carried out by Sprinter Owen, together with DFB Vice President Peter Frymuth, who led the draw. Another remarkable match takes place between Borussia Dortmund and Rot-Weiss Essen, which promises a real local derby. FC Bayern Munich will not remain idle and meets the regional league team SV Wehen Wiesbaden.

financial aspects and the last challenges

The premium distribution for the new season is not yet known, but the cup winner can recently look forward to almost 11 million euros, while the clubs can collect over 200,000 euros for surviving the first round. Ticket sales and gang advertising are also significant sources of income, with 10% of the amounts going to the DFB and each club receives 45%.

The cup season will be exciting, with the second main round on October 28 and 29, 2025, the round of 16 on December 2 and 3, 2025 as well as the quarter -final games on 3rd and 4th and February 10th, 2026. The semi -finals are scheduled for April 21 and 22, 2026 and the grand finale will take place on May 23, 2026. The games not only promise sporting tension, but also thrilling emotions.

Further information on the encounters and the clubs provides, among other things, ndr and Sportschau