Live Thread: DFB Pokal 2025/26 First Round Draw | Germany

The first round of the Pokal comprises 64 teams: the top 40 clubs from the top three divisions, the 21 winners of the regional cups, and one additional team from the three largest conferences Bavaria, North-Rhine Westphalia, and Lower Saxony each.

Matchups will be updated as the draw progresses. The bottom 32 ranked clubs all have home privilege. The number in (brackets) refers to the division/tier of German football the club plays in. The draw is televised on ZDF in Germany.

Bundesliga: Bayern München, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund, Freiburg, Mainz, RB Leipzig, Werder Bremen, Stuttgart, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg, Augsburg, Union Berlin, St. Pauli, Hoffenheim, Heidenheim, Holstein Kiel, Bochum

2. Bundesliga: Köln, Hamburger SV, Elversberg, Paderborn, Magdeburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Kaiserslautern, Karlsruhe, Hannover, Nürnberg, Hertha BSC (👑), Darmstadt, Greuther Fürth, Schalke,

Professional seed above/Amateur seed below

Preußen Münster, Eintracht Braunschweig, Ulm, Jahn Regensburg

3. Liga: Arminia Bielefeld, Dynamo Dresden, Saarbrücken, Energie Cottbus, Hansa Rostock, RW Essen, Viktoria Köln, Wehen Wiesbaden, Sandhausen

Regionalliga: Lokomotive Leipzig, Halle, Schweinfurt, Lübeck, BFC Dynamo, Gütersloh, Homburg, Sportfreunde Lotte, Bahlinger SC, FV Illertissen, ZFC Meuselwitz, Eintracht Norderstedt, Blau-Weiß Lohne

Oberliga: Sonnenhof Großaspach, Atlas Delmenhorst, FK Pirmasens, FV Engers, RSV Eintracht, SV Hemelingen

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