"We are looking forward to the game against the third division side and long-standing second-tier club. Our clear aim is to go through to the Round of 16. We definitely want to do that," said Simon Rolfes, Bayer 04 sporting managing director, in response to the draw.
The second round ties in the DFB Pokal will be played on Tuesday 31 October and Wednesday 1 November. Fixture dates and confirmation of ticket sales will be reported here at bayer04.de.
The Round of 16 will be played on 5/6 December. The quarter-finals are planned for 30/31 January 2024 and 6/7 February 2024. The semi-finals will be held on 2/3 April and the final in Berlin will be played on 25 May 2024.
The second round draw in full:
Viktoria Köln vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Arminia Bielefeld vs Hamburg SV
FC Homburg 08 vs SpVgg Greuther Fürth
SpVgg Unterhaching vs Fortuna Düsseldorf
SV Sandhausen vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen
FC Saarbrücken vs Bayern Munich
FC St. Pauli vs FC Schalke 04
FC Nürnberg vs Hansa Rostock
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs FC Heidenheim
Holstein Kiel vs FC Magdeburg
SC Freiburg vs SC Paderborn 07
VfB Stuttgart vs Union Berlin
Hertha Berlin vs FSV Mainz 05
Borussia Dortmund vs TSG Hoffenheim
VfL Wolfsburg vs RB Leipzig
FC Kaiserslautern vs FC Köln
Werkself-TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04 Women's 0-1 loss at Bayern Munich in the round of 16 of the women's DFB-Pokal 2026/27
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“As far as mentality and determination are concerned, we have nothing to reproach ourselves for,” Robert Andrich said up after the first home defeat for the Werkself this term. In terms of their play, too, the Black and Reds put in a respectable performance for long stretches of this intense and physical match, outperforming VfB Stuttgart in most areas. It was only in terms of efficiency in front of goal that the Swabians had the edge over the Werkself. Head coach Carles Martínez wants to learn from this so that, in future, they can “win this sort of match too”. The Werkself review.
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Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career working as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personal Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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Having previously recorded six consecutive home wins across all competitions, Bayer 04 suffered their first home defeat of 2026/27 as they went down 4-2 to VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Matchday 8. The visitors capitalised on their first two chances to score, with Ermedin Demirovic and Jamie Leweling finding the net in the first half. Although Patrik Schick got a goal back in the first half, Bilal El Khannouss and Demirovic again added further goals for Stuttgart. Bayer 04 didn’t give up, but Ibrahim Maza’s goal proved little more than a consolation.
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Fans at the BayArena got to enjoy a spectacle on Wednesday as the Werkself came from behind to beat Nürnberg 5-2 in the DFB Pokal. Now with the sixth home game of the season, can Bayer 04 maintain their perfect record in Leverkusen as VfB Stuttgart come to town in the Bundesliga on Saturday (15:30 CET)? The visitors have had issues domestically this term, sitting in 15th place, although they have had much better results in the UEFA Champions League. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the Matchday 8 encounter…
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