Germany DFB Cup 2026/2027 - Discussion and Prediction

[Soonandwaite]

Today marks the start of the first matches of the DFB-Pokal 2026/2027. 64 teams are competing for the chance to reach the final in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium in 2027.
But only one team can win the DFB-Pokal.
Who is your pick? Who will be the 2027 German Cup winner? Will it be Bayern Munich again? Or another team? Or could there even be a surprise winner?

Bayern Munich won the most recent DFB Cup final 3-0 against Stuttgart. Goals: Kane, Kane, Kane  

2026/27 DFB-Pokal first round

Friday, 21st August 2026
SC Preußen Münster - Karlsruher SC (18:00 CEST)
SV Waldhof Mannheim - 1. FC Kaiserslautern (18:00 CEST)
SC St. Tönis 1911/20 - Eintracht Frankfurt (18:00 CEST)
F.C. Hansa Rostock - VfB Stuttgart (20:45 CEST)

Saturday, 22nd August 2026
FC Energie Cottbus - FC Augsburg (13:00 CEST)
SV Wehen Wiesbaden - Bayer 04 Leverkusen (13:00 CEST)
FC Erzgebirge Aue - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (15:30 CEST)
FC Viktoria Köln - 1. FC Nürnberg (15:30 CEST)
1. FC Saarbrücken - Hertha BSC (15:30 CEST)
MSV Duisburg - SV Elversberg (15:30 CEST)
Lüneburger SK Hansa - SV Werder Bremen (15:30 CEST)
SV Hemelingen - Hannover 96 (15:30 CEST)
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach - DSC Arminia Bielefeld (18:00 CEST)
TSV 1860 München - Holstein Kiel (18:00 CEST)
SV Eintracht Trier - RB Leipzig (18:00 CEST)

Sunday, 23rd August 2026
SSV Jeddeloh - 1. FC Heidenheim (13:00 CEST)
SpVgg Greuther Fürth - VfL Bochum (13:00 CEST)
SV Westfalia Rhynern - SG Dynamo Dresden (15:30 CEST)
TSV Schott Mainz - Borussia Mönchengladbach (15:30 CEST)
Eintracht Braunschweig - 1. FC Union Berlin (15:30 CEST)
Bahlinger SC - 1. FC Magdeburg (15:30 CEST)
VfB 1921 Krieschow - 1. FSV Mainz 05 (15:30 CEST)
FC Carl Zeiss Jena - SV Darmstadt 98 (15:30 CEST)
Fortuna Düsseldorf - SC Freiburg (18:00 CEST)
1. FC Phönix Lübeck - SC Paderborn (18:00 CEST)
Rot-Weiss Essen - FC St. Pauli (18:00 CEST)

Monday, 24th August 2026
VSG Altglienicke Berlin - VfL Wolfsburg (18:00 CEST)
SC Verl - Hamburger SV (18:00 CEST)
FC Würzburger Kickers - 1. FC Köln (18:00 CEST)
Hallescher FC - FC Schalke 04 (20:45 CEST)

Tuesday, 1st September 2026
HEBC Hamburg - Borussia Dortmund (20:45 CEST)

Wednesday, 2nd September 2026
VfL Osnabrück - FC Bayern München (20:45 CEST)

source: first round 

[Slow death]

The results of today's games surprised me greatly in terms of the number of goals scored by the Bundesliga teams. I expected both Bundesliga teams that played today to win, but I didn't expect them to score so many goals.

SC St. Tönis 0 - 11 Eintracht Frankfurt

I don't know how those SC St. Tönis players are feeling right now. They went onto the field to play and fight for a win or at least a draw. The opponent was strong compared to them, but honestly, conceding 11 goals isn't normal in a serious game. The first goal was in the 4th minute, and 6 minutes later they conceded the second. It might be acceptable; these things happen. But 7 minutes later the guys conceded their third goal, 12 minutes later they conceded their fourth, and that's not the worst part, they conceded their fifth goal in the 36th minute and two minutes later they conceded their sixth. As if that wasn't humiliating enough, 9 minutes later they conceded their seventh goal.

The first half ended with the guys losing 10-0. 

What kind of players were those on the field playing for SC St. Tönis? The fans and the coach must be in a lot of pain, because this game was a huge humiliation for the SC St. Tönis team, who conceded 10 goals in 51 minutes. The result of this game was so shocking that even the newspapers are talking about it.

Eintracht Frankfurt scored 10 goals in the first half to kick off the new season with an 11-0 thrashing of fifth-division side SC St Tönis in the first round of the German Cup on Friday.

source: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/frankfurt-demolish-st-tonis-11-0-stuttgart-beat-rostock-210343243.html