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DFB Cup: Who will be 1. FC Köln's first opponent? Pure excitement!
The draw for the first round of the DFB Cup will take place on June 15, 2025 at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. 64 teams are fighting for the title.
DFB Cup: Who will be 1. FC Köln's first opponent? Pure excitement!
Next Sunday, June 15, 2025, an exciting event is coming up for 1. FC Köln: the draw for the first round of the DFB Cup. This will take place at 5:15 p.m. in the German Football Museum in Dortmund. The drawing will be broadcast live on ZDF and in the ZDF media library. If you can't watch it live, you have the opportunity to follow the Express with a live ticker.
The anticipation for the draw is great. The lottery ticket will be Owen Ansah, known as the first German to run the 100 meters under ten seconds. The head of the draw is DFB Vice President Peter Frymuth. The two will decide who 1. FC Köln will play against in the first main round. There are a total of 64 clubs, which are divided into two lottery pots. The first pot includes the teams that took 15th to 18th place in the 2nd Bundesliga last season, as well as the best teams in the 3rd league and representatives of the regional associations. The second pot contains the 18 Bundesliga teams and the best 14 second division teams.
The general conditions in the DFB Cup
The DFB Cup, which was founded in 1935 and is considered the second highest title in German club football, is played in a knockout system. The first round will take place between August 15 and 18, 2025. What is special this year is that amateur clubs, such as Preußen Münster or Viktoria Köln, enjoy home advantage when they meet higher-class opponents. Last season, 1. FC Köln earned an impressive 3.14 million euros in the DFB Cup, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals after a thrilling extra time against Bayer Leverkusen.
The defending champion is VfB Stuttgart, who won the final 4-2 against Arminia Bielefeld in May 2025. It will also be exciting for the two cup newcomers Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart, who will only enter the competition later, namely on August 26th or 27th, 2025.
Important dates and prices
The DFB Cup not only has sporting importance, but also financial implications, especially for the amateur clubs that are often supported by this competition. The DFB Cup winner receives a starting place in the Europa League. If the cup winner has already qualified for the Champions League via the Bundesliga, another Bundesliga team will move up.
The dates for the further rounds have also been set. The second main round takes place on October 28th or 29th, the round of 16 on December 2nd or 3rd. The quarter-finals will follow on February 3rd or 4th and 10th or 11th, 2026. The semi-finals will take place on April 21st or 22nd, 2026, before the grand final begins on May 23rd, 2026 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
What will the draw bring? Which opponent will be waiting for 1. FC Köln? Anticipation is building and fans are excited to see which teams will face each other in the first round. With this in mind, all that remains to say is: Completely free and without fear – let’s go to the DFB Cup! Further information about the draw and the competition can also be found on Sportschau and Wikipedia.