German Cup: First round kickoff times announced
June 19, 2016
Borussia Dortmund's match at Eintracht Trier will be played on Monday August 22 at 20:45 German time, meaning the match will be live on German public broadcaster ARD.
Apart from the German Super Cup between Bundesliga champions Bayern and runners-up Dortmund on August 14, the first-round Cup games kick off the return of the new German soccer season and will be played between August 19-22 across the country.
Bayern are the current holders of the German Cup, having picked up their 18th title after beating Dortmund in the final in May, and will begin the defence of their title on Friday August 19 at 20:45 when they travel to fourth tier Carl Zeiss Jena.
Bundesliga newcomers RB Leipzig will travel to east German rivals Dynamo Dresden on the Saturday and elsewhere third division team FSV Frankfurt will host former winners Wolfsburg on the Sunday.
The Bundesliga starts a week later.
A full list of the first round fixtures and kick off times:
Friday August 19
Kickoff at 20:45 German time:
FV Ravensburg - FC Augsburg
VfB Lübeck - FC St. Pauli
FC Carl Zeiss Jena - Bayern Munich
Saturday August 20
Kickoff at 15:30:
SV Drochtersen/Assel vs Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Viktoria Köln vs FC Nürnberg
Preussen Berlin vs FC Köln
FC Villingen vs Schalke
SV Babelsberg vs SC Freiburg
Dynamo Dresden vs RB Leipzig
Hallescher FC vs FC Kaiserslautern
Rot-Weiss Essen vs Arminia Bielefeld
Würzburger Kickers - Eintracht Braunschweig
Kickoff at 18:30:
FC Homborg vs VFB Stuttgart
1860 Munich vs Karlsruhe SC
Hansa Rostock vs Fortuna Düsseldorf
Kickoff at 20:45:
Jahn Regensburg vs Hertha Berlin
Sunday, August 21
Kickoff at 15:30:
SpVgg Unterhaching vs Mainz
FC Astoria Walldorf vs VfL Bochum
Eintracht Norderstedt vs Greuther Fürth
Sportfreunde Lotte vs Werder Bremen
Bremen SV vs SV Darmstadt
SC Hauenstein vs Bayer Leverkusen
MSV Duisburg vs Union Berlin
FC Magdeburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Germania Egestorf vs TSG Hoffenheim
Kickoff at 18:30:
Erzgebirge Aue vs FC Ingolstadt
FSV Frankfurt vs VFL Wolfsburg
SG Wattenscheid vs FC Heidenheim
Monday, August 22
Kickoff at 18:30:
FSV Zwickau vs Hamburg SV
SC Paderborn vs SV Sandhausen
Kickers Offenbach vs Hanover
Kickoff at 20:45:
Eintracht Trier - Borussia Dortmund