The junior DFB Cup is back. The first round was drawn on Thursday. The highlight is the Rhenish derby between 1. FC Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Due to the 2020/21 season end due to the pandemic, the DFB Junior Cup was canceled last year. Now the competition is back. Walter Fricke, chairman of the DFB youth committee, and Hanno Balitsch, assistant coach of the U19 juniors, drew lots for the first round games last Thursday afternoon in Frankfurt.
The A-Juniors of the FC Schalke 04 must therefore run at FC Carl Zeiss Jena, Borussia Dortmund guest at FC Viktoria Berlin. The highlight of round one is the Rhenish derby between 1.FC Cologne and Borussia Mönchengladbach. The reigning cup winner VfB Stuttgart travels to SV Werder Bremen, Fortuna Düsseldorf is challenged at SV Elversberg and TSV Schott Mainz receives Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
The first round of the DFB-Pokal Juniors at a glance:
FC Carl Zeiss Jena – FC Schalke 04
SV Elversberg – Fortuna Düsseldorf
TuS Koblenz – FC Bayern Munich
FC Oberneuland – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
1. FC Magdeburg – RB Leipzig
SV Wehen Wiesbaden – 1. FC Union Berlin
TSV Schott Mainz – Bayer Leverkusen
Viktoria Berlin – Borussia Dortmund
FC Energie Cottbus – SC Freiburg
Hannover 96 – FC St. Pauli
1. FC Cologne – Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hertha BSC – Holstein Kiel
1. FSV Mainz 05 – 1. FC Nuremberg
VfL Wolfsburg – Dynamo Dresden
1. FC Heidenheim – FC Hansa Rostock
SV Werder Bremen – VfB Stuttgart
The field of participants corresponds to the teams that qualified for the first round in the previous season. The games will take place on the weekend of 28/29. August 2021.
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