Date confirmed: this is how BVB start in the DFB-Pokal | OneFootball

Before the new season gets underway, Borussia Dortmund first have the Franz Beckenbauer Super Cup on the schedule. It is now also clear when and where BVB will be in action in the first round of the DFB-Pokal.

Borussia Dortmund now know the exact date for their DFB-Pokal opener. The German Football Association has now confirmed the precise schedule for the first main round. According to it, BVB will face Hamburg-Eimsbütteler Ballspiel-Club (HEBC) on September 1 at 8:45 p.m. The match will be played at Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion.

For the Oberliga side, the match against the Champions League participants is by far the biggest game in the club’s history. Since HEBC’s own stadium does not meet the DFB’s requirements and only holds around 2,500 spectators, the tie has been moved to Hamburger SV’s arena.

There is a special reason why Dortmund will only enter the competition at the beginning of September. BVB will already play the Franz Beckenbauer Super Cup against FC Bayern Munich on August 22. That is why both clubs’ first-round matches were postponed to a later date. While Dortmund will be in action in Hamburg on September 1, Bayern will play VfL Osnabrück a day later.

BVB cup tie in Hamburg live on free TV

The Volksparkstadion is familiar ground for the Black and Yellows. BVB already played there in the first round of the 2024 DFB-Pokal. On that occasion, the team won 4-1 against 1. FC Phönix Lübeck. More than 50,000 spectators set a record attendance for a first-round match in the competition at the time, including around 40,000 Dortmund fans.

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The match between HEBC and Borussia Dortmund will be broadcast live on free TV by RTL as well as on the pay-TV channel Sky. This makes the tie one of the selected first-round matches that will also be available to watch free-to-air.

On paper, the Hamburg Oberliga side should be a straightforward task for Borussia. Even so, the special atmosphere in a sold-out Volksparkstadion is likely to give the cup evening a special feel.

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