The German domestic season returns in full this weekend, with 64 teams in action in the DFB-Pokal. Playing the first round of the Cup before the Bundesliga begins is a way of breaking in the top teams gently: the way the competition is seeded guarantees that all sides from Germany’s highest division are drawn against amateur opponents. That also ensures the prospect of amusing giant-killings, but they don’t come around too often.
DFB-Pokal first round: Schedule, fixtures and results
The German domestic season gets underway with the 1st round of the DFB-Pokal this weekend.
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Chief among those eager to avoid an embarrassing slip-up in the first round is defending champions Wolfsburg, who kick off on Saturday against the excellently named Stuttgarter Kickers. Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich have the easiest draw of the giants as they take on fifth tier side Nöttingen on Sunday, after Borussia Dortmund have gone head-to-head with third-tier opponents Chemnitzer FC. A full run-down of all the games can be found below, and you can find TV and live stream listings at Live Soccer TV.
Full schedule
All times ET.
Friday, August 7
BFC Dynamo 0-2 FSV Frankfurt
Erndtebrück 0-5 Darmstadt 98
Elversberg 1-3 Augsburg AET
Saturday, August 8
Viktoria Köln 2-1 Union Berlin
Meppen 0-4 Köln
Hallescher FC 0-1 Eintracht Braunschweig
Stuttgarter Kickers 1-4 Wolfsburg
Sportfreunde Lotte 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen
MSV Duisburg 0-5 Schalke 04
Würzburger Kickers 0-2 Werder Bremen
Erzgebirge Aue 1-0 Greuther Fürth
Bremer SV 0-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
1860 München 2-0 Hoffenheim
Reutlingen 3-1 Karlsruher SC
Holstein Kiel 1-2 Stuttgart
Sunday, August 9
Carl Zeiss Jena 3-2 Hamburger SV AET
Bahlinger SC 0-0 (3-5 penalties) Sandhausen
Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 0-5 Freiburg
Chemnitzer FC 0-2 Borussia Dortmund
Salmrohr 0-5 Bochum
Lübeck 1-2 Paderborn
Rot-Weiss Essen 0-0 (1-3 penalties) Fortuna Düsseldorf
Pirmasens 1-4 Heidenheim
Unterhaching 2-1 Ingolstadt
Nöttingen 1-3 Bayern Munich
Hansa Rostock 0-0 (4-5 penalties) Kaiserslautern
Hessen Kassel 0-2 Hannover 96
Monday, August 10
Arminia Bielefeld vs. Hertha BSC - 12:30 p.m.
Osnabrück vs. RB Leipzig - 12:30 p.m.
Aalen vs. Nürnberg - 12:30 p.m.
St. Pauli vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach - 2:30 p.m.
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