DFB-Pokal draw: the opponents BVB could face | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund will learn the identity of their first opponent in the 2026/27 DFB-Pokal on Saturday evening. The draw for the first round will take place from 6 p.m. at the German Football Museum in Dortmund.

Excitement for the new DFB-Pokal season is building: on Saturday (June 6), the matchups for the first main round of the 2026/27 campaign will be drawn from 6 p.m. The draw will once again be held at the German Football Museum in Dortmund and broadcast live on ARD.

From Borussia Dortmund’s point of view, it is already certain that the Bundesliga club will begin with an away match. The reason lies in the draw procedure: the teams from the so-called amateur pot are drawn first and automatically receive home advantage. As a result, BVB could face one of the many amateur clubs, but also teams from the 2. Bundesliga or 3. Liga.

A total of 64 teams will take part in the first round. The professional pot includes all 18 Bundesliga clubs as well as the 14 highest-placed teams from last season’s 2. Bundesliga. The second pot is made up of the four lower-placed 2. Bundesliga teams, the four best 3. Liga sides, and 24 regional cup winners. Former Bundesliga referee Deniz Aytekin will conduct the draw, symbolically bringing his long career to a close. The event will be hosted by Malte Völz.

The first main round of the DFB-Pokal will be played mainly from August 21 to 24. However, special dates apply to Borussia Dortmund and defending champions FC Bayern Munich. As both clubs will face each other in the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup on August 22, their cup matches will only be played on September 1 or 2.

New Bundesliga schedule on July 2

In addition to the cup draw, BVB fans are already looking ahead to the next important date. On July 2, the German Football League will release the schedule for the 2026/27 Bundesliga season.

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Professional pot: FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, VfB Stuttgart, TSG Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, SC Freiburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Augsburg, 1. FSV Mainz 05, 1. FC Union Berlin, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Cologne, SV Werder Bremen, VfL Wolfsburg, 1. FC Heidenheim, FC St. Pauli, FC Schalke 04, SV Elversberg, SC Paderborn, Hannover 96, SV Darmstadt 98, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Hertha BSC, 1. FC Nuremberg, VfL Bochum, Karlsruher SC, Dynamo Dresden, Holstein Kiel, Arminia Bielefeld, 1. FC Magdeburg.

Amateur pot: Eintracht Braunschweig, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Preußen Münster, VfL Osnabrück, FC Energie Cottbus, Rot-Weiss Essen, MSV Duisburg, Waldhof Mannheim, Würzburger Kickers, 1860 Munich, VSG Altglienicke, VfB Krieschow, SV Hemelingen, Hamburg Eimsbütteler Ballspiel Club, SV Wehen Wiesbaden, Hansa Rostock, Viktoria Cologne, SC St. Tönis, Lüneburger SK Hansa, SSV Jeddeloh 2, Eintracht Trier, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Erzgebirge Aue, Hallescher FC, 1. FC Phönix Lübeck, Bahlinger SC, TSV Schott Mainz, Carl Zeiss Jena, SC Verl, SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, SV Westfalia Rhynern.

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