DFB-Pokal: S04 set for Monday night trip to Halle

The DFB confirmed the kick-off times for all 32 DFB-Pokal first-round ties on Wednesday (24/6). FC Schalke 04 will visit Hallescher FC on Monday, 24th August, with kick-off at 20:45 CEST.

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Halle's ground.

This will be the first competitive meeting between Halle and the Royal Blues. The Regionalliga Nordost side finished fourth last season and qualified for the competition by winning the Saxony-Anhalt regional cup. Halle beat Germania Halberstadt 4-0 in the final.

All the fixtures at a glance:

Friday, 21st August, 18:00 CEST
SC St. Tönis – Eintracht Frankfurt
SC Preußen Münster – Karlsruher SC
SV Waldhof Mannheim – 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Friday, 21st August, 20:45 CEST
FC Hansa Rostock – VfB Stuttgart

Saturday, 22nd August, 13:00 CEST
SV Wehen Wiesbaden – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
FC Energie Cottbus – FC Augsburg

Saturday, 22nd August, 15:30 CEST
FC Erzgebirge Aue – TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
SV Hemelingen – Hannover 96
1. FC Saarbrücken – Hertha BSC
FC Viktoria Köln – 1. FC Nürnberg
MSV Duisburg – SV Elversberg
Lüneburger SK Hansa – SV Werder Bremen

Saturday, 22nd August, 18:00 CEST
SV Eintracht Trier – RB Leipzig
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach – DSC Arminia Bielefeld
TSV 1860 München – Holstein Kiel

Sunday, 23rd August, 13:00 CEST
SSV Jeddeloh – 1. FC Heidenheim
SpVgg Greuther Fürth – VfL Bochum

Sunday, 23rd August, 15:30 CEST
Eintracht Braunschweig – 1. FC Union Berlin
TSV Schott Mainz – Borussia Mönchengladbach
VfB 1921 Krieschow – 1. FSV Mainz 05
FC Carl Zeiss Jena – SV Darmstadt 98
Bahlinger SC – 1. FC Magdeburg
SV Westfalia Rhynern – SG Dynamo Dresden

Sunday, 23rd August, 18:00 CEST
Fortuna Düsseldorf – SC Freiburg
Rot-Weiss Essen – FC St. Pauli
1. FC Phönix Lübeck – SC Paderborn

Monday, 24th August, 18:00 CEST
SC Verl – Hamburger SV
VSG Altglienicke Berlin – VfL Wolfsburg
FC Würzburger Kickers – 1. FC Köln

Monday, 24th August, 20:45 CEST
Hallescher FC – FC Schalke 04

Tuesday, 1st September, 20:45 CEST
HEBC Hamburg – Borussia Dortmund

Wednesday, 2nd September, 20:45 CEST
VfL Osnabrück – FC Bayern München

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