With three rounds left until the final in Berlin, 16 of the 64 teams that started in the DFB Cup 2015/16 are left. The third round will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. DFB.de have gathered all the important facts ahead of the fixtures.
Teams involved: Only half of the 18 Bundesliga teams have reached this stage. Five 2. Bundesliga teams join these nine in the third round and Erzgebirge Aue are the only team from the third division to have made it. The last remaining amateur side in the competition is SpVgg Unterhaching.
Schedule: On both Tuesday and Wednesday, four games will kick off at 19:00 CET, and four at 20:30 CET.
Bavarian dominance: Everyone has heard of FC Bayern, but four other sides from Bavaria have also reached the last 16. SpVgg. Unterhaching, 1. FC Nürnberg, FC Augsburg and 1860 München will also be hoping to make it to the quarterfinals.
Prize money: When the third round of the DFB Cup kicks off, alongside the magnitude of the fixtures, an opportunity for lucrative revenue will be a huge point of interest. Especially for the amateur clubs involved, the commercial interest in the competition is a true financial blessing. In the first round, 64 teams enjoyed an intake of €140,000. The 32 teams in the second round enjoyed a further €268,000. DFB are awarding €527,000 to every team that makes it to the last 16 of the competition. The prize money for the quarter finals (€1,041,000) and for the semi-finals (€2,073,000) will exceed the million Euro mark. The exact amounts to be awarded to the two finalists on the 21st May in Berlin’s Olympic stadium have not yet been decided upon.
Fixtures: Three of the eight ties will be all-Bundesliga battles: Bremen travel to Gladbach, Bayern face Darmstadt and Augsburg entertain Dortmund. One second-division side is guaranteed a spot in the next round as TSV 1860 München face VfL Bochum. It’s not going to be easy for Regionalliga side SpVgg. Unterhaching, as they host Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Elsewhere, third-tier side Erzgebirge Aue host 1. FC Heidenheim, 1. FC Nürnberg face Hertha BSC and VfB Stuttgart play Eintracht Braunschweig.
Hertha and the Cup: The DFB Cup Final has taken place in Berlin’s Olympiastadion since but Hertha rarely contest the showpiece fixture. In fact, the first team have never made it to the final – although the reserves reached it in 1993. They remain the only amateur side to have reached the fixture, however, they lost 1-0 to Leverkusen in the final. The seniors have struggled in recent years – they have lost in the second round in six of the last seasons, as well as first round elimination in 2012/13. However, things are looking better this term…
Youngsters: Unterhaching are the lowest ranked team left in the competition and also sent out the youngest starting XI last time out. In the second round the average age of their players was just 22.6-years-old. The tournament average stands at 25.1, with Darmstadt’s Dirk Schuster sending out the oldest side of the tournament (27.6) during their game against Hannover.
Draw: No one knows who will be competing in the quarterfinals yet, but we do know when they will take place. The games will be played on the 9th and 10th February 2016. The draw will take place after the culmination of Wednesday’s games.
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With three rounds left until the final in Berlin, 16 of the 64 teams that started in the DFB Cup 2015/16 are left. The third round will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. DFB.de have gathered all the important facts ahead of the fixtures.
Teams involved: Only half of the 18 Bundesliga teams have reached this stage. Five 2. Bundesliga teams join these nine in the third round and Erzgebirge Aue are the only team from the third division to have made it. The last remaining amateur side in the competition is SpVgg Unterhaching.
Schedule: On both Tuesday and Wednesday, four games will kick off at 19:00 CET, and four at 20:30 CET.
Bavarian dominance: Everyone has heard of FC Bayern, but four other sides from Bavaria have also reached the last 16. SpVgg. Unterhaching, 1. FC Nürnberg, FC Augsburg and 1860 München will also be hoping to make it to the quarterfinals.
Prize money: When the third round of the DFB Cup kicks off, alongside the magnitude of the fixtures, an opportunity for lucrative revenue will be a huge point of interest. Especially for the amateur clubs involved, the commercial interest in the competition is a true financial blessing. In the first round, 64 teams enjoyed an intake of €140,000. The 32 teams in the second round enjoyed a further €268,000. DFB are awarding €527,000 to every team that makes it to the last 16 of the competition. The prize money for the quarter finals (€1,041,000) and for the semi-finals (€2,073,000) will exceed the million Euro mark. The exact amounts to be awarded to the two finalists on the 21st May in Berlin’s Olympic stadium have not yet been decided upon.
Fixtures: Three of the eight ties will be all-Bundesliga battles: Bremen travel to Gladbach, Bayern face Darmstadt and Augsburg entertain Dortmund. One second-division side is guaranteed a spot in the next round as TSV 1860 München face VfL Bochum. It’s not going to be easy for Regionalliga side SpVgg. Unterhaching, as they host Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Elsewhere, third-tier side Erzgebirge Aue host 1. FC Heidenheim, 1. FC Nürnberg face Hertha BSC and VfB Stuttgart play Eintracht Braunschweig.
Hertha and the Cup: The DFB Cup Final has taken place in Berlin’s Olympiastadion since but Hertha rarely contest the showpiece fixture. In fact, the first team have never made it to the final – although the reserves reached it in 1993. They remain the only amateur side to have reached the fixture, however, they lost 1-0 to Leverkusen in the final. The seniors have struggled in recent years – they have lost in the second round in six of the last seasons, as well as first round elimination in 2012/13. However, things are looking better this term…
Youngsters: Unterhaching are the lowest ranked team left in the competition and also sent out the youngest starting XI last time out. In the second round the average age of their players was just 22.6-years-old. The tournament average stands at 25.1, with Darmstadt’s Dirk Schuster sending out the oldest side of the tournament (27.6) during their game against Hannover.
Draw: No one knows who will be competing in the quarterfinals yet, but we do know when they will take place. The games will be played on the 9th and 10th February 2016. The draw will take place after the culmination of Wednesday’s games.
