DFB-Pokal: S04 to face Lok Leipzig on Sunday afternoon

The German Football Association (DFB) confirmed the dates and timings for all 32 first-round matches in the DFB-Pokal on Wednesday (25/6). FC Schalke 04 will face 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig on Sunday, 17th August at 15:30 CEST.

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A graphic showing the DFB-Pokal and the logos of both FC Schalke 04 and their upcoming first-round opponents, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.

It will mark the first competitive meeting between the Royal Blues and Lok Leipzig. Schalke faced predecessor club VfB Leipzig four times across the cup (W1, L1) and the Bundesliga (W1, D1), most recently winning 1-0 away from home in the second round of the 1995/96 DFB-Pokal.

Overview of all first-round matches:

Friday, 15th August, 18 CEST
FC Gütersloh – 1. FC Union Berlin
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1. FC Saarbrücken – 1. FC Magdeburg

Friday, 15th August, 20:45 CEST
DSC Arminia Bielefeld – SV Werder Bremen

Saturday, 16th August, 13:00 CEST
BFC Dynamo – VfL Bochum
FK Pirmasens – Hamburger SV

Saturday, 16th August, 15:30 CEST
FC Eintracht Norderstedt – FC St. Pauli
FC Hansa Rostock – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
SV Sandhausen – RB Leipzig
Bahlinger SC – 1. FC Heidenheim
FV Illertissen – 1. FC Nürnberg
SV Hemelingen – VfL Wolfsburg

Saturday, 16th August, 18:00 CEST
VfB Lübeck – SV Darmstadt 98
FC Energie Cottbus – Hannover 96
Sportfreunde Lotte – SC Freiburg

Sunday, 17th August, 13:00 CEST
FV Engers 07 – Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Viktoria Köln – SC Paderborn 07

Sunday, 17th August, 15:30 CEST
SV Atlas Delmenhorst – Borussia Mönchengladbach
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig – FC Schalke 04
SSV Jahn Regensburg – 1. FC Köln
TuS BW Lohne – SpVgg Greuther Fürth
ZFC Meuselwitz – Karlsruher SC
RSV Eintracht 1949 – 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Sunday, 17th August, 18:00 CEST
FC 08 Homburg – Holstein Kiel
Hallescher FC – FC Augsburg
SSV Ulm – SV Elversberg

Monday, 18th August, 18:00 CEST
SC Preußen Münster – Hertha BSC
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 – Fortuna Düsseldorf
SG Dynamo Dresden – 1. FSV Mainz 05

Monday, 18th August, 20:45 CEST
Rot-Weiss Essen – Borussia Dortmund

Tuesday, 26th August, 20:45 CEST
Eintracht Braunschweig – VfB Stuttgart

Wednesday, 27th August, 20:45 CEST
SV Wehen Wiesbaden – FC Bayern München

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