Werder to face Energie Cottbus

The DFB-Pokal trophy at the wohninvest WESERSTADION.

The draw at the German Football Museum in Dortmund was carried out by DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth along with former Werder striker Nils Petersen. SV Werder could have faced 32 possible opponents, including four teams each from the second and third tiers, the winners of each regional Landespokal, and three more teams from the three regional associations with the most sides.

 

Reaction to the draw

Head coach Ole Werner: “It’ll be a great Pokal atmosphere in a difficult stadium to visit, just like at was when we played there two years ago. Promotion will give them both energy and a sense of euphoria. We have to be prepared for that. As the Bundesliga side though, the onus is on us to beat Cottbus and get into the second round.”

Head of professional football Clemens Fritz: “The draw brings back memories of our game against them two years ago. We managed to get through that time, but we could tell that it certainly wasn’t a foregone conclusion. The game will be a challenging one for us – we have to be prepared for another feisty cup tie – but we’re aiming to live up to our status as favourites and progress.”

Marco Friedl: “We’re playing Cottbus once again after only a short space of time. We all know how difficult we found it last time out. There’s no question that we’re the favourites, but we need a great performance and we need to show what we can do on the pitch. If we can manage that, I’m confident we’ll win the game.”

 

The first round in full

Carl Zeiss Jena – Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Preußen Münster – VfB Stuttgart

Alemannia Aachen – Holstein Kiel 

Viktoria Berlin – FC Augsburg

Teutonia Ottensen – SV Darmstadt 98

Schott Mainz – Greuther Fürth

Greifswalder FC – 1. FC Union Berlin

VfL Osnabrück – SC Freiburg

Hallescher FC – FC St. Pauli

Hansa Rostock – Hertha BSC

VfR Aalen – FC Schalke 04

Offenbacher Kickers – 1. FC Magdeburg

SSV Ulm – FC Bayern München

SV Sandhausen – 1. FC Köln 

FC Ingolstadt – 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Wehen Wiesbaden – 1. FSV Mainz 05

Rot-Weiß Essen – RB Leipzig

TuS Koblenz – VfL Wolfsburg

Energie Cottbus – Werder Bremen

1. FC Saarbrücken – 1. FC Nürnberg

FC 08 Villingen – 1. FC Heidenheim

VfV Hildesheim – SV Elversberg 

1. FC Phönix Lübeck – Borussia Dortmund

Würzburger Kickers – TSG Hoffenheim

SV Meppen – Hamburger SV

Bremer SV – SC Paderborn

Sportfreunde Lotte – Karlsruher SC

Erzgebirge Aue – Borussia Mönchengladbach

Eintracht Braunschweig – Eintracht Frankfurt

SSV Jahn Regensburg – VfL Bochum

Arminia Bielefeld – Hannover 96

Dynamo Dresden – Fortuna Düsseldorf

Key dates

First round: 16th – 19th August 2024 (27th/28th August for Supercup participants)

Second round: 29th/30th October 2024

Third round: 3rd/4th December 2024

Quarter-finals: 4th/5th February and 25th/26th February 2025

Semi-finals: 1st/2nd April 2025

Final, Berlin Olympiastadion: 24th May 2025

Reaction to the draw

Head coach Ole Werner: “It’ll be a great Pokal atmosphere in a difficult stadium to visit, just like at was when we played there two years ago. Promotion will give them both energy and a sense of euphoria. We have to be prepared for that. As the Bundesliga side though, the onus is on us to beat Cottbus and get into the second round.”

Head of professional football Clemens Fritz: “The draw brings back memories of our game against them two years ago. We managed to get through that time, but we could tell that it certainly wasn’t a foregone conclusion. The game will be a challenging one for us – we have to be prepared for another feisty cup tie – but we’re aiming to live up to our status as favourites and progress.”

Marco Friedl: “We’re playing Cottbus once again after only a short space of time. We all know how difficult we found it last time out. There’s no question that we’re the favourites, but we need a great performance and we need to show what we can do on the pitch. If we can manage that, I’m confident we’ll win the game.”

 

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