In coordination with its TV partners, the German Football Association (DFB) has scheduled the first round of the DFB Cup at exactly the right time. This also determines which games can be seen on free TV. All of the 63 games of the 2022/2023 season will be broadcast by the pay TV channel Sky transfer. The first round will open on July 29th, and there will be a total of 30 matches until August 1st. Defending champions RB Leipzig and German champions FC Bayern will not play their opening games until the end of August, as they are dueling for the DFL Supercup on July 30th.
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Live broadcasts on free TV begin on July 29th ZDF with the game between third division club 1860 Munich and runner-up Borussia Dortmund. On August 1st there will be a duel between second division promoted 1. FC Magdeburg and Europa League winner Eintracht Frankfurt in the ARD to see. The two “stragglers” will also be available live on free TV. August 30 shows that ZDF Leipzig’s appearance at regional league club FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen. A day later the ARD Bayern’s game at third division team Viktoria Köln.
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The pairings and dates of the first DFB Cup round at a glance:
Friday 29th July
1. FC Kaan-Marienborn – 1. FC Nuremberg
TSG Neustrelitz vs Karlsruher SC
Dynamo Dresden – VfB Stuttgart (every 6 p.m.)
1860 Munich – Borussia Dortmund (8.45 p.m.)
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Saturday July 30th
VfL Bochum – FC Viktoria Berlin
SV Straelen – FC St. Pauli (both 1 p.m.)
SSV Jahn Regensburg – 1. FC Cologne
VfB Lübeck vs. Hansa Rostock
SV 07 Elversberg – Bayer Leverkusen
FC Unity Wernigerode – SC Paderborn
FV Illertissen – 1. FC Heidenheim
SpVgg Bayreuth – Hamburger SV (every 3.30 p.m.)
Kickers Offenbach – Fortuna Dusseldorf
VfL Wolfsburg FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Stuttgarter Kickers – SpVgg Greuther Fürth (every 6 p.m.)
Sunday 31 July
BSV Schwarz-Weiss Rehden – SV Sandhausen
Bremer SV – Schalke 04 (both 1 p.m.)
FV Engers 07 – Arminia Bielefeld
TSV Schott Mainz – Hanover 96
SV Rödinghausen – TSG Hoffenheim
1. FC Kaiserslautern – SC Freiburg
SV Oberachern – Borussia Monchengladbach
TuS Blau-Weiss Lohne – FC Augsburg (every 3.30 p.m.)
Eintracht Braunschweig vs Hertha BSC
Waldhof Mannheim – Holstein Kiel
Erzgebirge Aue – Mainz 05
Montag, 1. August
Chemnitz FC vs Union Berlin
Energie Cottbus – Werder Bremen
FC Ingolstadt – Darmstadt 98 (every 6 p.m.)
1. FC Magdeburg – Eintracht Frankfurt (8.45 p.m.)
Tuesday, August 30th
FC Teutonia 05 Ottensen – RB Leipzig (8.45 p.m.)
Wednesday 31 August
Viktoria Cologne – FC Bayern (8.45 p.m.)
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