
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.
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


It was a perfect start for Bayer 04: in Carles Martínez's first competitive match as Leverkusen head coach, Patrik Schick broke SV Wehen Wiesbaden's resistance shortly before half-time. The Black-and-Reds pulled clear in the second half, winning by a final score of 4-0. There was also good news on the personnel front. The Werkself Review of the 2026/27 DFB Pokal first-round clash.
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After the 4-0 win at SV Wehen Wiesbaden in the first round of the DFB Pokal, goalscorers Lucas Vázquez and Nathan Tella spoke to Werkself-TV...
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04's 4-0 win at Wehen Wiesbaden in the first round of the DFB-Pokal 2026/27...
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Bayer 04 have comfortably reached the DFB Pokal second round thanks to a 4–0 victory away to Liga 3 side SV Wehen Wiesbaden. Patrik Schick put the Werkself ahead in the first 45 in the first competitive match under head coach Carles Martínez with debuts for new signings Miguel Gutiérrez, Afonso Moreira and Facundo Medina. After the break, Lucas Vázquez (47'), Nathan Tella (69') and Christian Kofane (79') also found the back of the net.
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