Cup derby: Women away to FC Köln in second round
The Bayer 04 Women meet second division FC Köln in the second round of the DFB Cup. That was the outcome of the draw held at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt am Main on Thursday afternoon.
The Rhineland rivals were relegated from the FLYERALARM last season –Heike Ullrich, deputy general secretary of the DFB, picked out the two clubs and gave them another derby to look forward to in the cup. The two clubs meet for the first time in the DFB Cup.
A total of 32 teams are involved in the second round of the DFB Cup. The twelve teams from the FLYERALARM Women’s Bundesliga are in this round – the Werkself Women received a bye in the first round.
The second round is – as with the first – split into north and south regional groups. The allocation of the teams to these groups was decided by the DFB Committee for Women’s and Girl’s Football according to geographical location. Bayer 04 are in the North Group.
The second round will be played on 31 October and 1 November.
Second round draw:
North Group:
Borussia Bocholt MSV Duisburg
Magdeburger FC v Turbine Potsdam
FC Köln v Bayer 04 Leverkusen
VfL Bochum v VfL Wolfsburg
FSV Gütersloh 2009 v SGS Essen
SV Henstedt-Ulzburg v SV Meppen
Fortuna Köln v SV Werder Bremen
TV Jahn Delmenhorst v Walddörfer SV Hamburg
RB Leipzig v SV Berghofen
South Group:
SC Opel Rüsselsheim v SC Freiburg
FC Carl Zeiss Jena v FC Bayern München
SV Göttelborn v SC Sand
FC Ingolstadt v TSG Hoffenheim
Karlsruher SC v Eintracht Frankfurt
SV 67 Weinberg v FFV Erfurt
SG 99 Andernach v FC Saarbrücken
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