"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
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