Managing director for sport Simon Rolfes gave his reaction: "A great draw! To get to play a Rhineland derby in the quarter-finals of the DFB Pokal is something special. It's going to be a great night of football for our fans at the BayArena. A place in the semi-finals is the clear target."
The quarter-finals will be played on 4/5 and 25/26 February 2025. Bayer 04 will publish details of the exact timings as soon as they're confirmed on the club's channels.
The semi-finals are then scheduled for 1/2 April 2025, with the final at Berlin's Olympiastadion taking place on 24 May 2025.
THE QUARTER-FINAL DRAW IN FULL:
RB Leipzig vs. VfL Wolfsburg
DSC Arminia Bielefeld vs. SV Werder Bremen
VfB Stuttgart vs. FC Augsburg
Bayer 04 vs. 1. FC Köln
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