President Reinhard Grindel and Sebastian Kehl helped with the draw.
64 teams are all competing for the trophy.
There was a great atmosphere inside Dortmund's Museum of Football, where the draw took place.
Cottbus play Stuttgart in a rematch of the 1997 final.
The first round of the 2017/18 DFB-Pokal has been decided. Sebastian Kehl was on hand in Dortmund’s Museum of Football to help with the draw, including a pick which saw hopeful sixth-tier underdogs 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen draw defending champions Borussia Dortmund. Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen were also lucky enough to draw Bundesliga runners-up RB Leipzig, whilst record champions Bayern München will travel to third-tier Chemintzer FC’s stadium. DFB-Pokal finalists Eintracht Frankfurt will begin their renewed title challenge with a game against Regionalliga outfit TuS Erndtebrück.
The draw, as always, produced some interesting storylines to come as DFB President Reinhard Grindel watched on, including a rematch of the 1996/1997 final when Energie Cottbus played against newly-promoted VfB Stuttgart, who won the title with current Germany manager Joachim Löw as manager. Borussia Mönchengladbach travel to Regionalliga side Rot-Weiss Essen in a derby in the West of Germany, whilst Schalke 04 will play their first game of the season under new manager Domenico Tedesco against the Regionalliga’s BFC Dynamo. Hamburger SV travel to third-tier side VfL Osnabrück, and Oberliga outfit Leher SV will have a challenge on their hands when they come up against 1. FC Köln. The draw features four games in which two 2. Bundesliga teams will face off against each other.
The first-round games will be played sometime between the dates of 11th and 14th August, with the exact dates to be confirmed later down the line. The final is scheduled for May 19th 2018, in Berlin’s Olympiastadion.
3. Liga vs. Bundesliga
VfL Osnabrück - Hamburger SV
1. FC Magdeburg - FC Augsburg
Chemnitzer FC - FC Bayern München
FC Hansa Rostock - Hertha BSC
Rot-Weiß Erfurt - 1899 Hoffenheim
Würzburger Kickers - SV Werder Bremen
Karlsruher SC - Bayer Leverkusen
Regionalliga vs. Bundesliga
VfB Germania Halberstadt - SC Freiburg
Bonner SC - Hannover 96
Energie Cottbus - VfB Stuttgart
Lüneburger SK Hansa - FSV Mainz 05
Rot-Weiss Essen - Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Eintracht Norderstedt - VfL Wolfsburg
TuS Erndtebrück - Eintracht Frankfurt
BSV Dynamo - FC Schalke 04
Oberliga vs. Bundesliga
Leher TS - 1. FC Köln
Verbandsliga vs. Bundesliga
Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen - RB Leipzig
1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen - Borussia Dortmund
2. Bundesliga vs. 2. Bundesliga
MSV Duisburg - 1. FC Nürnberg
SSV Jahn Regensburg - SV Darmstadt 98
Arminia Bielefeld - Fortuna Düsseldorf
Holstein Kiel - Eintracht Braunschweig
3. Liga vs. 2. Bundesliga
SC Paderborn 07 - FC St. Pauli
SV Wehen Wiesbaden - Erzgebirge Aue
SpVgg Unterhaching - 1. FC Heidenheim
Regionalliga vs. 2. Bundesliga
1860 München - FC Ingolstadt
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 - SV Sandhausen
1. FC Saarbrücken -1. FC Union Berlin
TuS Koblenz - SG Dynamo Dresden
Oberliga vs. 2. Bundesliga
SV Morlautern - SpVgg Greuther Fürth
FC Nöttingen - VfL Bochum
SV Eichede -1. FC Kaiserslautern