Gina Lückenkemper, sprinter with TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen and double medal winner at the recent athletics European Championships in Berlin, picked the Werkself out as the fifth-last ball in the draw held at the football Museum in Dortmund on Sunday evening for an away tie at league rivals Borussia Mönchengladbach. The second round of the cup will be played on 30 and 31 October – with four games at 18.30 CET and four at 20.45 CET on both nights.
That means that Heiko Herrlich's team can wreak revenge for yesterday's opening defeat in the Bundesliga in two months time. Last season, the Werkself knocked the Rhine rivals out of the DFB Cup – that came in the Round of 16 with a 1-0 victory just before Christmas at Borussia Park. "An exciting draw. Of course, we have good memories of the cup game last season. We want to repeat our success at Gladbach. It's a huge challenge," said the Werkself head coach after the draw. Gladbach beat Oberliga side BSC Hastedt 11-1 in the first round of the DFB Cup.
Tickets for the cup away game are planned to go on sale on 11 September.
DFB Cup Round Two draw in full:
Hansa Rostock (Division three) v FC Nürnberg (Bundesliga)
Weiche Flensburg (Regional League) v Werder Bremen (Bundesliga)
Chemie Leipzig (Oberliga) v SC Paderborn (Division two)
SSV Ulm (Regional League) v Fortuna Düsseldorf (Bundesliga)
SV Wehen Wiesbaden (Division three) v Hamburg SV (Division two)
SV Rödinghausen (Regional League) v Bayern Munich(Bundesliga)
Holstein Kiel (Division two) v SC Freiburg (Bundesliga)
Arminia Bielefeld (Division two) v MSV Duisburg (Division two)
FC Heidenheim (Division two) v SV Sandhausen (Division two)
RB Leipzig (Bundesliga) v TSG Hoffenheim (Bundesliga)
1. FC Köln (Division two) v FC Schalke 04 (Bundesliga)
Hannover 96 (Bundesliga) v VfL Wolfsburg (Bundesliga)
Darmstadt 98 (Division two) v Hertha BSC (Bundesliga)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (Bundesliga) v Bayer 04
FC Augsburg (Bundesliga) v Mainz 05 (Bundesliga)
Bor. Dortmund (Bundesliga) v Union Berlin (Division two)
DFB Cup dates 2018/19:
Round of 16: 5/6 February 2019
Quarter-finals: 2/3 April 2019
Semi-finals: 23/24 April 2019
Final: 25 May 2019
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