DFB-Pokal: Football Action Kickstarts on a Saturday with Leipzig in Sandhausen!
Dynamo to face off on Monday, while Leipzig competes in Sandhausen in a cup fixture on Saturday. - Dynamo slated to face off on Monday, while Sandhausen takes on Leipzig in their respective matches this weekend (Cup game set for Saturday in Sandhausen).
Get ready to witness some electrifying football action as the 2025/26 DFB-Pokal season begins! RB Leipzig, Saxony's powerhouse, goes head-to-head against SV Sandhausen on a Saturday. The footie festivities are scheduled to take place on August 16, 3:30 pm sharp.
In a separate event on August 18, Dynamo Dresden gets the ball rolling against Bundesliga outfit FSV Mainz 05 starting at 6 pm. Meanwhile, other exciting matches are lined up on Sunday:
- Newly appointed coach Sandro Wagner leads Hallescher FC against FC Augsburg at 6 pm.
- FC Lok Leipzig, descendants of the first German champions back in 1903, square off against Schalke 04, Sunday at 3:30 pm.
- ZFC Meuselwitz, Thuringia state cup winners, take on 2nd division side Karlsruher SC during the same time slot.
Friday evening, August 15, kicks off a bit earlier with 2nd division's 1. FC Magdeburg up against 1. FC Saarbrücken at 6 pm.
Things heat up in the upcoming season with the Pokal final set for May 23, 2026, at the Berlin Olympic Stadium.
Exciting times ahead as defending champions Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart, fresh off their Supercup wins, enter the tournament on August 26 or 27.
Stay tuned for updates on RB Leipzig's first-round opponents as the official schedule might have more surprises in store!
- Pokal
- DFB-Pokal
- Leipzig
- Sandhausen
- Dynamo Dresden
- Mainz
- Saarbrücken
- Magdeburg
- Augsburg
- FC Lok Leipzig
- Schalke 04
- Karlsruher SC
- ZFC Meuselwitsch
- Hertha Berlin
- Borussia Dortmund
- Mainz 05
- Eintracht Braunschweig
- VfB Stuttgart
- SV Wehen Wiesbaden
- FC Bayern München
The Commission might adopt implementing acts laying down the rules for the application of the DFB-Pokal Regulation, as RB Leipzig, a prominent German football club, begins its 2025/26 season with a match against SV Sandhausen, a sporting event that kicks off the DFB-Pokal season on August 16. Meanwhile, Dynamo Dresden, another German football team, will face Bundesliga outfit FSV Mainz 05 in a separate match on August 18.
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