THE BLOG BY CPD FOOTBALL | The World of Indian football and beyond by Chris Punnakkattu Daniel

Fourth division side SV Rödinghausen to host giants FC Bayern in DFB-Pokal Round 2

DFB-Pokal (German Cup) Round 2 draw at the Deutsches Fußballmuseum in Dortmund: Jessy Wellmer, Peter Frymuth and Gina Lückenkemper. (© CPD Football)
DFB-Pokal draw with Jessy Wellmer, DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth and German track and field starlet Gina Lückenkemper. Photo courtesy: CPD Football
Germany's track and field starlet Gina Lückenkemper and Chris Punnakkattu Daniel (CPD Football) at the Deutsches Fußballmuseum in Dortmund. (© CPD Football)

Germany’s track and field starlet Gina Lückenkemper and Chris Punnakkattu Daniel (CPD Football) at the Deutsches Fußballmuseum in Dortmund. (© CPD Football)

The draw for the second round of the DFB-Pokal (German Cup ) 2018/19 was held tonight with the draw carried out by DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth and German track and field starlet Gina Lückenkemper at the Deutsche Fußballmuseum (German Football Museum) in Dortmund.

Record champions FC Bayern Munich have to travel to the west to Regionalliga (4th division) side SV Rödinghausen, while there are numerous Bundesliga match-ups and local derbies.

The matches would be played on Tuesday/Wednesday, October 30/31 across the country with the smaller clubs looking to welcome their more established opponents.

DFB-Pokal – Round 2

Hansa Rostock – 1. FC Nürnberg
SC Weiche Flensburg – Werder Bremen
BSG Chemie Leipzig – SC Paderborn 08
SSV Ulm 1846 – Fortuna Düsseldorf

SV Wehen Wiesbaden – Hamburger SV
SV Rödinghausen – FC Bayern München
Holstein Kiel – SC Freiburg
Arminia Bielefeld – MSV Duisburg

1. FC Heidenheim – SV Sandhausen
RB Leipzig – 1899 Hoffenheim
1. FC Köln – FC Schalke 04
Hannover 96 – VfL Wolfsburg

Darmstadt 98 – Hertha BSC
Borussia Mönchengladbach – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
FC Augsburg – FSV Mainz 05
Borussia Dortmund – Union Berlin