RBL to face SV Sandhausen in DFB-Pokal first round

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·15 Juni 2025

RBL to face SV Sandhausen in DFB-Pokal first round

RB Leipzig have been drawn against SV Sandhausen in the first round of the 2025/26 DFB-Pokal. All Bundesliga sides are handed away ties at this stage of the competition. The contest is set to take place between 15th and 18th August 2025 at the Hardtwaldstadion in Sandhausen.

The fourth-tier club were previously our first-round opponents back in the 2021/22 season, as the Red Bulls emerged 4-0 victors before going onto win the whole thing, clinching a first cup win in the final against SC Freiburg.

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Exact dates

The DFB will announce the exact time and date of our cup fixture in due course, which you will be able to find out here.

Managing director sport, Marcel Schäfer

"In SV Sandhausen, we will be facing an ambitious fourth-division team that will certainly not make our DFB-Pokal first-round task easy. Nevertheless, we possess the clear target to go and win the game and progress to the second round. We came very close to making the trip to Berlin again last season and that remains one of our absolute top priorities for the coming campaign."

Key info on SV Sandhausen

SV Sandhausen begin the 2025/26 season in Germany's fourth division. After the club spent 11 consecutive years in Bundesliga 2, from 2012 to 2023, SVS recently suffered back-to-back relegations.

Our cup opponents will make start the upcoming campaign under new head coach Olaf Janßen (most recently with Viktoria Köln for four years). SV Sandhausen play their home games at the Hardwaldtstadion, which seats around 15,000 fans.

Possible first-round opponents

2. Bundesliga:Preußen Münster, Eintracht Braunschweig, Arminia Bielefeld, Dynamo Dresden
3. Liga:SSV Ulm 1846, Jahn Regensburg, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Energie Cottbus
Regional cup winners and lower-league qualifiersZFC Meuselwitz, SV Sandhausen, FV Illertissen, BFC Dynamo, RSV Eintracht 1949, SV Hemelingen, Eintracht Norderstedt, SV Wehen Wiesbaden, Hansa Rostock, Viktoria Köln, Rot-Weiss Essen, Blau-Weiß Lohne, SV Atlas Delmenhorst, FV Engers 07, FC 08 Homburg, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, Hallescher FC, VfB Lübeck, Bahlinger SC, FK Pirmasens, Sportfreunde Lotte, FC Gütersloh, SG Sonnenhof Großaspach

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