German Cup: First Round full of surprises

The first round of the German Cup (DFB Pokal) has been played over the weekend with one match to be played tonight between 2.Bundesliga pacesetters Eintracht Branschweig and record champions FC Bayern München.

It has not been a good weekend for the top Bundesliga clubs. Already four clubs are out after losing against lower division rivals, while some had to struggle to move on. It started Friday night when ambitious fourth Division side RB Leipzig beat 2009 Bundesliga champions VfL Wolfsburg 3-2. Then on Saturday third Division 1.FC Heidenheim won 2-1 against SV Werder Bremen, who have been a number of times to the cup final in recent years; while Bayer 04 Leverkusen lost 3-4 in extra-time against 2.Bundesliga side Dynamo Dresden after having been 3-0 up. On Sunday then third Division SpVgg Unterhaching won 3-2 against SC Freiburg.

Meanwhile on Sunday 1899 Hoffenheim needed extra-time to win 3-1 against sixth Division Germania Windeck, while FSV Mainz 05 just about beat fifth Division SVN Zweibrücken 2-1 in extra-time with a regular goal and penalty not given for the minnows. Earlier on Saturday FC Augsburg needed a late minute goal in extra-time to win 2-1 against third Division RW Oberhausen.

Defending champions FC Schalke 04 scored the biggest win of the opening round, a 11-1 win against seventh Division C Teningen; while Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund, who have had problems in the cup in recent years, won 3-0 against third Division SV Sandhausen.


DFB POKAL - Round 1 Results

RW Essen 4-3 Union Berlin (on penalties)
RB Leipzig 3-2 VfL Wolfsburg
1.FC Saarbrücken 1-3 Erzgebirge Aue (in extra-time)
Jahn Regensburg 1-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Wehen Wiesbaden 1-2 VfB Stuttgart
VfL Osnabrück 2-3 TSV 1860 München (in extra-time)
BFC Dynamo Berlin 0-3 1.FC Kaiserslautern
Hallescher FC 0-2 Eintracht Frankfurt
1.FC Heidenheim 2-1 SV Werder Bremen
Dynamo Dresden 4-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (in extra-time)
Eintracht Trier 2-1 FC St. Pauli
Arminia Bielefeld 1-5 1.FC Nürnberg
RW Ahlen 0-10 SC Paderborn 07
SV Babelsberg 03 0-2 MSV Duisburg
VfB Oldenburg 1-2 Hamburger SV
Holstein Kiel 3-0 FC Energie Cottbus
SV Sandhausen 0-3 Borussia Dortmund
Kickers Emden 1-5 FSV Frankfurt (in extra-time)
Hansa Rostock 3-5 VfL Bochum (on penalties)
RW Oberhausen 1-2 FC Augsburg (in extra-time)
FC Oberneuland 1-4 FC Ingolstadt
SpVgg Unterhaching 3-2 SC Freiburg
Karlsruher SC 3-1 Alemannia Aachen
Eimsbüttler TV 0-10 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Anker Wismar 0-6 Hannover 96
ZFC Meuselwitz 0-4 Hertha BSC Berlin
Germania Windeck 1-3 1899 Hoffenheim (in extra-time)
FC Teningen 1-11 FC Schalke 04
Hessen Kassel 0-3 Fortuna Düsseldorf
SVN Zweibrücken 1-2 FSV Mainz 05 (in extra-time)
SC Wiedenbrück 2000 0-3 1.FC Köln
Eintracht Branschweig - FC Bayern München (on Monday evening)