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Werder to face Lüneburg in DFB-Pokal first round
FIRST ROUND OF THE CUP DRAWN
06/06/26 | 3 Min
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SV Werder Bremen now know where their first competitive game of the 2026/27 season will take them, with the Green-Whites set to visit Lüneburger SK Hansa in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. The draw was made on Saturday evening.
LSK Hansa finished sixth in the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen in the 2025/26 season. With he club newly founded in 2008, the Green-Whites have never faced them before in a competitive fixture. SVW have only ever played against their predecessor club, Lüneburger SK, beating them comfortably in both Oberliga Nord meetings in the 1951/52 season (10-0, 9-1). Werder’s U23s have more experience against the side now coached by Tarek Gibbah, having faced Lüneburg eight times in the Regionalliga Nord, recording five wins, two draws and one defeat.
As usual, the draw took place at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth oversaw proceedings, with Deniz Aytekin drawing the ties. The first round of the DFB-Pokal will be played from Friday, 21st August 2026, to Monday, 24th August 2026 with exact timings to follow soon.
Reaction to the draw
Clemens Fritz, managing director for sport: “I’m pleased with the draw. It’s a short trip for us and I’m sure we’ll have plenty of Werder fans there at the game. Our aim is obviously to come through the tie and reach the second round.”
Head coach Daniel Thioune: “It’s a special game for me because I have family ties to Lüneburg. We’ll take the match very seriously because I know from my own experience that games like this are always the match of the year for the underdogs. At the same time, our clear aim is obviously to get through to the next round.”
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First-round overview
SC St. Tönis - Eintracht Frankfurt | Erzgebirge Aue - TSG Hoffenheim | Eintracht Braunschweig - 1. FC Union Berlin | Eintracht Trier - RB Leipzig |
HEBC Hamburg - Borussia Dortmund | TSV Schott Mainz - Borussia Mönchengladbach | Fortuna Düsseldorf - SC Freiburg | Rot-Weiss Essen - FC St. Pauli |
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach - Arminia Bielefeld | SSV Jeddeloh II - 1. FC Heidenheim | SV Wehen Wiesbaden - Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Hallescher FC - FC Schalke 04 |
FC Energie Cottbus - FC Augsburg | VfB Krieschow - 1. FSV Mainz 05 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth - VfL Bochum | SV Hemelingen - Hannover 96 |
Preußen Münster - Karlsruher SC | 1. FC Saarbrücken - Hertha BSC | Viktoria Köln - 1. FC Nürnberg | MSV Duisburg - SV Elversberg |
VfL Osnabrück - FC Bayern München | Lüneburger SK Hansa - SV Werder Bremen | SC Verl - Hamburger SV | Hansa Rostock - VfB Stuttgart |
Carl Zeiss Jena - SV Darmstadt 98 | Bahlinger SC - 1. FC Magdeburg | 1860 München - Holstein Kiel | Waldhof Mannheim - 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
SV Westfalia Rhynern - Dynamo Dresden | 1. FC Phönix Lübeck - SC Paderborn | VSG Altglienicke - VfL Wolfsburg | Würzburger Kickers - 1. FC Köln |
Key dates
First round: 21st-24th August 2026 & 1st/2nd September 2026
Second round: 27th/28th October 2026
Round of 16: 1st/2nd December 2026
Quarter-finals: 2nd/3rd February 2027 & 9th/10th February 2027
Semi-finals: 20th/21st April 2027
Final at Berlin’s Olympiastadion: 29th May 2027
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