1. FC Kaiserslautern against RSV Eintracht 1949: DFB Cup premiere in Potsdam!

<ol> <li>FC Kaiserslautern against RSV Eintracht 1949: DFB Cup premiere in Potsdam!</li> </ol>

On June 25, 2025, a breath of fresh air will come to the German football scene, as the first round of the DFB Cup is finally scheduled. The DFB has announced the playing times for the around 30 matches that will take place between August 15 and 18, 2025. Among the exciting games will also be the showdown between 1. FC Kaiserslautern and RSV Eintracht 1949 on Sunday, August 17th at 3:30 p.m. in the Karl Liebknecht Stadium in Potsdam. The Betze is burning reports that this could be a premiere that many fans have been waiting for for a long time.

The tournament starts on Friday, August 15, 2025, with several exciting duels. For example, FC Gütersloh meets 1. FC Union Berlin at 6:00 p.m. DSC Arminia Bielefeld will also face SV Werder Bremen – on the same evening at 8:45 p.m. If you want to experience the first most exciting football moments, you have numerous options right from the start.

The first games of the cup round

Here is the full list of the first round:

• Freitag, 15. August 2025:
• FC Gütersloh – Union Berlin (18:00 Uhr)
• Sonnenhof Großaspach – Bayer Leverkusen (18:00 Uhr)
• 1. FC Saarbrücken – 1. FC Magdeburg (18:00 Uhr)
• Arminia Bielefeld – Werder Bremen (20:45 Uhr)
• Samstag, 16. August 2025:
• BFC Dynamo – VfL Bochum (13:00 Uhr)
• FK Pirmasens – Hamburger SV (13:00 Uhr)
• Eintracht Norderstedt – FC St. Pauli (15:30 Uhr)
• Hansa Rostock – TSG Hoffenheim (15:30 Uhr)
• SV Sandhausen – Rasenballsport Leipzig (15:30 Uhr)
• Bahlinger SC – 1. FC Heidenheim (15:30 Uhr)
• FV Illertissen – 1. FC Nürnberg (15:30 Uhr)
• SV Hemelingen – VfL Wolfsburg (15:30 Uhr)
• VfB Lübeck – Darmstadt 98 (18:00 Uhr)
• Energie Cottbus – Hannover 96 (18:00 Uhr)
• Sportfreunde Lotte – SC Freiburg (18:00 Uhr)
• Sonntag, 17. August 2025:
• FV Engers – Eintracht Frankfurt (13:00 Uhr)
• Viktoria Köln – SC Paderborn (13:00 Uhr)
• Atlas Delmenhorst – Borussia Mönchengladbach (15:30 Uhr)
• Lokomotive Leipzig – Schalke 04 (15:30 Uhr)
• Jahn Regensburg – 1. FC Köln (15:30 Uhr)
• Blau-Weiß Lohne – SpVgg Fürth (15:30 Uhr)
• ZFC Meuselwitz – Karlsruher SC (15:30 Uhr)
• RSV Eintracht 1949 – 1. FC Kaiserslautern (15:30 Uhr)
• FC Homburg – Holstein Kiel (18:00 Uhr)
• Hallescher FC – FC Augsburg (18:00 Uhr)
• SSV Ulm – SV Elversberg (18:00 Uhr)
• Montag, 18. August 2025:
• Preußen Münster – Hertha BSC (18:00 Uhr)
• 1. FC Schweinfurt – Fortuna Düsseldorf (18:00 Uhr)
• Dynamo Dresden – Mainz 05 (18:00 Uhr)
• Rot-Weiss Essen – Borussia Dortmund (20:45 Uhr)

A look at the coming weeks

As the DFB also announced, the first round of two more matchdays will be completed in August. On Tuesday, August 26th, Eintracht Braunschweig will face VfB Stuttgart, and on Wednesday, August 27th, there will be a blast when SV Wehen Wiesbaden meets FC Bayern Munich. Fans who are dying for the DFB Cup can look forward to these two encounters. The official DFB announcement offers all important information in a clear overview.

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