Dates and times confirmed for first round fixtures of 2026-27 DFB-Pokal
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The Deutscher Fußball-Bund (German Football Association) has officially confirmed the dates and times of all 32 games to take place in the first round of the DFB Pokal for the 2026-27 season.
Of the fixtures, 30 will be played between Friday 21 and Monday 24 August, 2026. The remaining two fixtures involving Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund will take place on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 September, 2026.
The reason being is that the reigning DFB Pokal and Bundesliga champions Bayern and runners up Dortmund must contest the Franz Beckenbauer Super Cup at 20:30 CET on 22 August 2026.
Here are the full fixture details below:
Friday 21 August:
FC St. Tonis vs. Eintracht Frankfurt (18:00)
Waldhof Mannheim vs. 1.FC Kaiserslautern (18:00)
Preußen Münster vs. SC Karlsruhe (18:00)
Hansa Rostock vs. VfB Stuttgart (20:45)
Saturday 22 August:
SV Wehen Wiesbaden vs. Bayer Leverkusen (13:00)
Energie Cottbus vs. FC Augsburg (13:00)
Erzgebirge Aue vs. TSG Hoffenheim (15:30)
Lüneburger SK Hansa vs. Werder Bremen (15:30)
MSV Duisburg vs. SV Elversberg (15:30)
Viktoria Köln vs. 1.FC Nürnberg (15:30)
1.FC Saarbrücken vs. Hertha BSC (15:30)
SV Hemelingen vs. Hannover 96 (15:30)
SG Sonnenhof Grossaspach vs. DSC Armenia Bielefeld (18:00)
Eintracht Trier vs. RB Leipzig (18:00)
TSV 1860 München vs. Holstein Kiel (18:00)
Sunday 23 August:
SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. VfL Bochum (13:00)
SSV Jeddeloh II vs. 1.FC Heidenheim (13:00)
VfB Krieschow vs. 1.FSV Mainz 05 (15:30)
TSV Schott Mainz vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach (15:30)
SV Westfalia Rhynern vs. Dynamo Dresden (15:30)
FC Carl Zeiss Jena vs. SV Darmstadt 98 (15:30)
Bahlinger SC vs. 1.FC Magdeburg (15:30)
Eintracht Braunschweig vs. 1.FC Union Berlin (15:30)
Rot-Weiss Essen vs. FC St. Pauli (18:00)
Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. SC Freiburg (18:00)
1.FC Phönix Lübeck vs. SC Paderborn 07 (18:00)
Monday 24 August:
Würzburg Kickers vs. 1.FC Köln (18:00)
VSG Altglienicke vs. VfL Wolfsburg (18:00)
SC Verl vs. Hamburger SV (18:00)
Hallescher FC vs. FC Schalke 04 (18:00)
Tuesday 1 & Wednesday 2 September:
HEBC Hamburg vs. Borussia Dortmund (20:45)
VfL Osnabrück vs. Bayern Munich (20:45)
