DFB Youth Cup: U19 face VfB Stuttgart

The team under head coach Sven Hübscher opened the cup campaign with a 1-0 win at the South West Regional League side TSV Schott Mainz. The only goal of the game was scored by Emrehan Gedikli (72’).

current U19 cup winners

The draw for the last 16 matches included 14 professional teams and two amateur sides. The teams in the amateur pot are from clubs whose first teams are not in the Bundesliga or the second division – this year they are the youth teams from FC Carl Zeiss Jena and SV Wehen Wiesbaden.

As the semi-finals and the final in the 2019/20 season fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic as did the matches from the Round of 16 last term, VfB Stuttgart can continue to be called the current U19 Cup winners – even though their triumph dates back to the summer of 2019..

VfB youth beat Bremen

The VfB U19s beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the first round of the youth cup. The team under head coach Nico Willig are currently third in the South/Southwest Youth Bundesliga with nine points from four games.

Round of 16 ties:

FC Carl Zeiss Jena vs Borussia Dortmund

SV Wehen Wiesbaden vs SC Freiburg

Borussia Mönchengladbach vs RB Leipzig

FC Nürnberg vs Hertha BSC

Hannover 96 vs FC Hansa Rostock

Bayer 04 vs VfB Stuttgart

Fortuna Düsseldorf vs Dynamo Dresden

TSG Hoffenheim vs Bayern Munich