After four Bundesliga sides were eliminated record cup winners FC Bayern München beat Eintracht Braunschweig 3-0 (2-0) to reach the second round of the DFB Cup 2011/2012. Mario Gomez and Bastian Schweinsteiger at penalties and Thomas Müller scored on Monday.
SC Freiburg was the fourth Bundesliga side eliminated in the First Round on Sunday. The team from the south-west fell 2-3 (1-1) to Third-League tier SpVgg Unterhaching.
On Saturday Bayer Leverkusen and six-times winners Werder Bremen also stumbled at the first hurdle.
In their first competitive game under new coach Robin Dutt, Leverkusen, who were Bundesliga runners-up last season, were sent packing at second division newcomers Dynamo Dresden in remarkable circumstances, throwing away a 3-0 lead to go down 4-3.
Goals from Eren Derdiyok, Sidney Sam and Andre Schurrle had Leverkusen seemingly on easy street, but the home side came back to force extra-time, before Alexander Schnetzler's winner sent the 26,000 home fans wild with delight.
Meanwhile, Bremen threw away a one-goal advantage to lose 2-1 at third-tier outfit Heidenheim. Champions Dortmund win easily 3-0 (1-0) at Sandhausen.
On Friday 2009 German Champions VfL Wolfsburg fell 2-3 (2-3) to RB leipzig thanks to three goals by Daniel Frahn, while Rot-Weiss Essen beat Second-Bundesliga team 1. FC Union Berlin after penalties.
Cup holders Schalke 04 had no problems at all meanwhile beating seventh-league-team FC Teningen 11-1 (6-1), while 15-time-winner FC Bayern München close the first 32 matches on Monday (8.30 pm) at newly promoted Second Bundesliga team Eintracht Braunschweig.
The matches on Friday (8.30 pm):
Rot-Weiss Essen - 1. FC Union Berlin 6-5 (2-2, 1-0) a.p.
RB Leipzig - VfL Wolfsburg 3-2 (3-2)
1. FC Saarbrücken - FC Erzgebirge Aue 1-3 (1-1, 0-1) a.e.t.
Jahn Regensburg - Bor. Mönchengladbach 1-3 (1-2)
SV Wehen Wiesbaden - VfB Stuttgart 1-2 (1-1)
VfL Osnabrück - 1860 München 2-3 (2-2, 2-1) a.e.t.
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm):
BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0-3 (0-2)
Hallescher FC - Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 (0-0)
1. FC Heidenheim - Werder Bremen 2-1 (0-1)
Dynamo Dresden - Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 a.e.t (3-3, 0-2)
Eintracht Trier - FC St. Pauli 2-1 (1-0)
Arminia Bielefeld - 1. FC Nürnberg 1-5 (1-3)
Rot Weiss Ahlen - SC Paderborn 0-10 (0-4)
SV Babelsberg 03 - MSV Duisburg 0-2 (0-2)
VfB Oldenburg - Hamburger SV 1-2 (1-1)
The matches on Saturday (7.30 pm):
Holstein Kiel - Energie Cottbus 3-0 (2-0)
SV Sandhausen - Borussia Dortmund 0-3 (0-1)
Kickers Emden - FSV Frankfurt 1-5 (1-1, 1-1) a.e.t.
Hansa Rostock - VfL Bochum 5-7 (2-2, 1-0) a.p.
RW Oberhausen - FC Augsburg 1-2 (1-1, 1-1) a.e.t.
The matches on Sunday (2.30 pm):
FC Oberneuland - FC Ingolstadt 1-4 (1-2)
SpVgg Unterhaching - SC Freiburg 3-2 (1-1)
Karlsruher SC - Alemannia Aachen 3-1 (1-1)
Eimsbütteler TV - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0-10 (0-3)
Anker Wismar - Hannover 96 0-6 (0-4)
The matches on Sunday (4.00 pm):
ZFC Meuselwitz - Hertha BSC Berlin 0-4 (0-2)
Germania Windeck - 1899 Hoffenheim 1-3 (1-1, 1-0) a.e.t.
The matches on Sunday (5.30 pm):
FC Teningen - Schalke 04 1-11 (1-6)
KSV Hessen Kassel - Fortuna Düsseldorf 0-3 (0-1)
SVN Zweibrücken - FSV Mainz 05 1-2 (0-0) a.e.t.
SC Wiedenbrück 2000 - 1. FC Köln 0-3 (0-2)
The match on Monday (8.30 pm):
Eintr. Braunschweig - Bayern München 0-3 (0-2)
