Further DFB Cup pairings fixed - Oberligist Düren receives Bayern

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Dürens Adis Omerbasic (center) celebrates his winning goal against Alemannia Aachen

19 national cup finals, all of which have an impact on qualifying for the DFB Cup: The final day of the amateurs gave the start of the upcoming cup season much clearer contours. At the first-round draw in July, many pairings were initially determined with the help of placeholders, as the national cups, which were classified as qualifying tournaments, could not be completed in time due to the corona pandemic.

Oberligist FC Düren can look forward to the most attractive opponent: The club that emerged from a merger of FC Düren-Niedergau and SG GFC Düren 99 in 2017 not only celebrated the biggest with a surprising 1-0 in the final of the Middle Rhine Cup over Alemannia Aachen Success of the short club history, the Westphalia also received defending champions FC Bayern Munich on September 11th in the first round of the DFB Cup.

Other Bundesliga clubs also found out about their opponents after the final day of the amateurs: SV Werder Bremen is up against Carl Zeiss Jena. The third division relegated won the final of the Thuringia Cup clearly with 8: 2 against FSV Martinroda. Among the Bremen amateurs, FC Oberneuland was able to prevail on penalties against Blumenthaler SV, the Oberneuland are now playing against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Clear victories in Hamburg and Berlin, curiosity in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Eintracht Norderstedt prevailed 5-1 against TSV Sasel in Hamburg and met Bayer Leverkusen at the start of the cup, VfL Wolfsburg plays against Union Fürstenwalde, who defeated SV Babelsberg 03 2-1 in Brandenburg. VSG Altglienicke beat Viktoria Berlin with a clear 6-0, first round opponent is 1. FC Köln.

Waldhof Mannheim is also in the tournament. The third division from Baden won 4-1 against FC Nöttingen and is now playing against SC Freiburg. Hansa Rostock prevailed 3-0 against Torgelower FC Greif and played against VfB Stuttgart - for the third time in a row the clubs meet in cup round one. MTV Eintracht Celle plays after a 3-2 win over MTV Gifhorn against FC Augsburg.

Mainz, Frankfurt and Schalke are still waiting

With a 2-1 win against FC Eilenburg in the Sachsenpokal, third division relegated Chemnitz is also represented in the DFB-Pokal and has to play against TSG Hoffenheim. Newcomer Arminia Bielefeld plays against Rot-Weiß Essen: The Essenes defeated 1. FC Kleve in the Niederrheinpokal 3-1.

Five starting places are still available, three of them to future opponents of Bundesliga clubs: FSV Mainz 05, Eintracht Frankfurt and Schalke 04 are still without opponents. Two participants from Westphalia will be drawn, two participants from Bavaria will be played in September, and another place will be decided on Sunday in Lower Saxony between TSV Havelse and BSV Rehden.

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