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. 

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)