Following last weekend’s play-offs, former Germany international Kerstin Garefrekes, currently assistant coach of the U23 national team, drew the 16 ties at the DFB Campus in Frankfurt am Main. The Berlin side beat Regionalliga West side VfR Warbeyen 3–1 in the play-offs. The draw for the first round proper was conducted using two pots. The 16 winners of the play-off matches placed in Pot 1 are at home. The teams from the Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga, along with the two highest-ranked Bundesliga 2 sides, were placed in Pot 2.
The winners of the first round proper go through to the Round of 16 (31 October to 2 November). Following a break of more than four months, the quarter-finals will be played on 10 and 11 March 2027, followed by the semi-finals on 3 and 4 April. As in previous years, the final will be played at the RheinEnergieSTADION in Cologne on 17 May 2027.
For the Werkself, the new Google Pixel Women’s Bundesliga season kicks off on Sunday, 23 August (16:00 CEST), with an away match against RB Leipzig. The first home fixture follows exactly one week later, on Sunday 30 August (16:00 CEST), at the Ulrich Haberland Stadium against last season’s runners-up, VfL Wolfsburg. Tickets for the match are available HERE.
DFB POKAL ROUND 1 DRAW
VfL Bochum vs Werder Bremen
Blau-Gelb Marburg vs RB Leipzig
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayern Munich
Schalke 04 vs SGS Essen
FC Magdeburg vs Union Berlin
SV Eutingen vs Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Ingolstadt vs Mainz 05
SG 99 Andernach vs SC Freiburg
SC Sand vs VfL Wolfsburg
SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs TSG Hoffenheim
SV Meppen vs Hamburger SV
ATS Buntentor vs FC Nürnberg
Turbine Potsdam vs VfB Stuttgart
Karlsruher SC vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Hertha Berlin vs FC Köln
FC Viktoria Berlin vs Bayer 04
With the European season ticket, fans can follow and support the Werkself on the European stage during the 2026/27 season – and are guaranteed a ticket and a seat for every UEL home match at the BayArena, right up to and including a potential semi-final. In addition, holders of the European season ticket save 20 per cent on each UEL ticket.
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A successful end to pre-season! In their seventh and final friendly of the summer, the Werkself won 2-1 at Newcastle United. After Ibrahim Maza scored inside the first minute, the Magpies equalised shortly before the break. Bayer 04's attacking endeavours in the second half were rewarded in the closing stages through substitute Victor Boniface, making it six wins from seven games in pre-season.
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Bayer 04 Women warmed up for the start of the Bundesliga season with an emphatic 7-0 victory over Belgian top-flight club Standard Liège on Saturday afternoon. Over four periods of 30 minutes, Cornelia Kramer, Lilla Turanyi and Valentina Mädl each netted a brace for the dominant Werkself, after Loreen Bender had opened the scoring. Roberto Pätzold's side kick off their league campaign at RB Leipzig in eight days.
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After the 2-1 defeat at Premier League club Nottingham Forest the night before, it was straight back to work for the Werkself at midday on Thursday with an intensive training session in hot temperatures at the hosts' training ground.
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Werkself TV shows the highlights of the 1-2 loss in the friendly match at Nottingham Forest...
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