"Wehen Wiesbaden are a seasoned professional club from the third division, who will give their all and perform with passion in front their home crowd," said Simon Rolfes, Managing Director Sport at Bayer 04. "Our aim is clear: we want to make the first round a success and lay the foundations for a long Pokal run."
A total of 64 clubs were once again in the draw for the DFB Pokal first round divided into two pots. Pot one contained the teams that finished in 15th to 18th place in Bundesliga 2 last term, as well as the four top teams in the third division in 2025/26 and 24 representatives of the regional associations. All of them are at home. The second pot contained the 18 Bundesliga teams and the 14 best-placed Bundesliga 2 teams from last season.
The DFB Pokal first round tie will be the first competitive match for Bayer 04 in the 2026/27 season and therefore also the first match under new head coach Carles Martínez. Bayer 04 will provide futher information via the club media channels as soon as the specific match date and details of ticket sales for this DFB Pokal tie have been finalised.
The second round is scheduled for 27/28 October and the Round of 16 for 1/2 December. The quarter-finals will be played on 2/3 and 9/10 February 2027 and the semi-finals on 20/21 April 2027. The final is on 29 May 2027 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
DFB Pokal first round ties:
SC St. Tönis 1911/20 vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Erzgebirge Aue vs. TSG Hoffenheim
Eintracht Braunschweig vs. Union Berlin
SV Eintracht Trier 05 vs. RB Leipzig
HEBC Hamburg vs. Borussia Dortmund
TSV Schott Mainz vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. SC Freiburg
Rot-Weiss Essen vs. FC St. Pauli
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach vs. Arminia Bielefeld
SSV Jeddeloh II vs. FC Heidenheim
SV Wehen Wiesbaden vs. Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Hallescher FC vs. Schalke 04
Energie Cottbus vs. FC Augsburg
VfB 1921 Krieschow vs. Mainz 05
SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. VfL Bochum
SV Hemelingen vs. Hannover 96
SC Preußen Münster vs. Karlsruher SC
FC Saarbrücken vs. Hertha Berlin
FC Viktoria Köln vs. FC Nürnberg
MSV Duisburg vs. SV 07 Elversberg
VfL Osnabrück vs. Bayern Munich
Lüneburger SK Hansa vs. Werder Bremen
SC Verl vs. Hamburger SV
Hansa Rostock vs. VfB Stuttgart
Carl Zeiss Jena vs. SV Darmstadt 98
Bahlinger SC vs. FC Magdeburg
1860 Munich vs. Holstein Kiel
SV Waldhof Mannheim vs. FC Kaiserslautern
SV Westfalia Rhynern vs. Dynamo Dresden
FC Phönix Lübeck vs. SC Paderborn 07
VSG Altglienicke Berlin vs. VfL Wolfsburg
Würzburger Kickers vs. FC Köln
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Bayer 04 has secured a new premium partner in DXC Technology, a leading provider of enterprise technology and innovation. The club has agreed a partnership with DXC running until 30 June 2028. At the heart of the partnership is DXC’s role as an AI integration partner. The company is integrating Bayer 04’s previously separate digital systems into a unified fan journey that begins long before matchday and extends well beyond the stadium visit. As a partner of the women’s team and main sponsor of #B04eSports, DXC will be supporting two promising sections of the club during this period. DXC will also gain significant visibility as the sleeve partner of the women’s team in the DFB Pokal.
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“Welcome home” was the message from a visually emotional fan in the direction of Moussa Diaby after Wednesday’s open training session. The French winger had just appeared on the BayArena training ground for the first time in three years following his return to Bayer 04. And before he took time for selfies and autographs, Diaby spoke to the media. Fellow new arrival Guéla Doué was also in action but not with the team for now.
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