DFB-Pokal second round fixtures released
The draw for the second round of the 2024/25 DFB-Pokal took place on Sunday. There will be four match-ups between two top division sides on the next round of fixtures, scheduled to take place on October 29th and 30th.
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The draw for the second round of the 2024/25 DFB-Pokal took place on Sunday. Four fixtures (highlighted in bold below) will feature two top division sides. Interestingly, defending cup champions Bayer 04 Leverkusen have draw SV Elversberg; the very same club that eliminated Gerardo Seoane's Werkself in the opening round of the 2022/23 competition.
The full draw - with hosting clubs listed on the left - follows below. League tiers of the participants are parenthesized. Exact dates and kickoff times will determined at a later time. Eight of the 16 fixtures will take place on Tuesday, October 29th while the remaining eight fixtures kickoff on the following day.
- Arminia Bielefeld (3) - 1. FC Union Berlin (1)
- Dynamo Dresden (3) - SV Darmstadt 98 (2)
- Kickers Offenbach (4) - Karlsruher SC (2)
- SC Freiburg (1) - Hamburger SV (2)
- Hertha BSC (2) - FC Heidenheim (1)
- Mainz 05 (1) - Bayern München (1)
- VfB Stuttgart (1) - 1. FC Kaiserslautern (2)
- Eintracht Frankfurt (1) - Gladbach (1)
- FC Augsburg (1) - FC Schalke 04 (2)
- Hoffenheim (1) - 1. FC Nürnberg (2)
- Paderborn 07 (2) - Werder Bremen (1)
- Jahn Regensburg (2) - Greuther Fürth (2)
- Leverkusen (1) - SV Elversberg (2)
- Wolfsburg (1) - Dortmund (1)
- RB Leipzig (1) - FC St. Pauli (1)
- 1. FC Köln (2) - Holstein Kiel (1)
