2025–26 DFB-Pokal Frauen
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Venue(s) | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
| Dates | 16 August 2025 – 14 May 2026 |
| Teams | 48 |
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included. | |
The 2025–26 DFB-Pokal will be the 44th season of the annual German football cup competition. Several teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition will begin on 16 August 2025 with the first of six rounds and will end on 14 May 2026 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.[1]
Participating clubs
[edit]The following clubs qualified for the competition:
| Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2024–25 season |
2. Bundesliga 11 of the 14 clubs of the 2024–25 season[note 1] |
Regionalliga 4 of 5 champions of the 2024–25 season[note 1] |
| Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups | ||
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Baden Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse |
Lower Rhine Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Middle Rhine Rhineland Saarland Saxony |
Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein South Baden Southwest Thuringia Westphalia Württemberg |
Format
[edit]This year will see a format change, as the 21 regional cup winners, the five promoted teams from the Regionalliga and six teams from the 2. Bundesliga compete in a play-off round. Teams from the Bundesliga and the four-highest 2. Bundesliga teams will enter in the first round. After that, the first round will be played by the remaining 32 teams without restrictions.[2]
Schedule
[edit]The rounds of the 2025–26 competition are scheduled as follows:[1]
| Round | Matches |
|---|---|
| Play-offs | 16–19 August 2025 |
| First round | 27–29 September 2025 |
| Round of 16 | 15–17 November 2025 |
| Quarter-finals | 11–12 March 2026 |
| Semi-finals | 4–6 April 2026 |
| Final | 14 May 2026 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
Matches
[edit]Times up to 26 October 2025 and from 29 March 2026 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 27 October 2025 to 28 March 2026 are CET (UTC+1).
Play-offs
[edit]The draw took place on 26 June 2025, with Renate Lingor drawing the matches. The play-offs are split into a North group and a South group.[3][4] The twelve Bundesliga teams and the four best-placed teams from the 2. Bundesliga had a bye. The matches will take place between 16 and 19 August 2025.
| 16 August 2025 | SV Elversberg | v | Fortuna Köln | Sankt Ingbert |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Waldstadion Betzental |
| 16 August 2025 | FFC Montabaur | v | SC Siegelbach | Montabaur |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Sportplatz Eschelbach |
| 16 August 2025 | SV 67 Weinberg | v | Greuther Fürth | Aurach |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Sportanlage Aurach |
| 16 August 2025 | Karlsruher SC | v | SG Andernach | Bruchsal |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Sportzentrum |
| 16 August 2025 | BSG Chemie Leipzig | v | FC Freiburg-St. Georgen | Leipzig |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark |
| 17 August 2025 | Viktoria Berlin | v | VfL Bochum | Berlin |
| 12:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Lichterfelde |
| 17 August 2025 | 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 | v | VfR Warbeyen | Neubrandenburg |
| 12:00 | Report | Stadium: Jahnstadion |
| 17 August 2025 | TSV Solingen-Aufderhöhe | v | SC Victoria Hamburg | Hilden |
| 13:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Am Bandsbusch |
| 17 August 2025 | FSV Gütersloh | v | 1. FC Magdeburg | Rheda-Wiedenbrück |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Tönnies-Arena |
| 17 August 2025 | FSV Babelsberg 74 | v | ATS Buntentor | Potsdam |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Sportanlage Am Stern |
| 17 August 2025 | VfL Herrenberg | v | Kickers Offenbach | Herrenberg |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Volksbank-Stadion |
| 17 August 2025 | Saalfeld Titans | v | FC Ingolstadt | Saalfeld |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion An den Saalewiesen |
| 17 August 2025 | VfB Stuttgart | v | Mainz 05 | Stuttgart |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Rasenplatz PSV Stuttgart |
| 17 August 2025 | Borussia Pankow | v | Hannover 96 | Berlin |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark |
| 17 August 2025 | Holstein Kiel | v | SV Meppen | Kiel |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Waldwiese |
| 19 August 2025 | Borussia Dortmund | v | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Dortmund |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Rote Erde |
First round
[edit]The matches will take place between 27 and 29 September 2025.
Round of 16
[edit]The matches will take place between 15 and 17 November 2025.
Quarter-finals
[edit]The matches will take place between 11 and 12 March 2026.
Semi-finals
[edit]The matches will take place between 4 and 6 April 2026.
Final
[edit]The match will take place on 14 May 2026.
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rahmenterminkalender der Frauen für Saison 2025/2026 verabschiedet". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Neues Format für DFB-Pokal der Frauen". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Was ändert sich im DFB-Pokal der Frauen ab der Saison 2025/2026?". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Play-offs ausgelost: BVB gegen Gladbach und Stuttgart gegen Mainz". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.