S04 to face FC St. Pauli in the second round of the DFB-Pokal

FC Schalke 04’s second-round opponents in the DFB-Pokal have been confirmed: They will travel to face FC St. Pauli, as confirmed by Sunday evening’s draw (1/10). Former Schalke player Shkodran Mustafi was responsible for drawing the balls at the German Football Museum.

FC St. Pauli are currently top of Bundesliga 2. In the first round of the competition, they defeated Atlas Delmenhorst 5-0, whilst S04 won 3-1 against fellow second-tier side Eintracht Braunschweig. 

Schalke have only ever faced St. Pauli once in the DFB-Pokal. In the second round of the 2000/01 season, Schalke faced St. Pauli away and won 3-1 after extra time. At the end of that season, they defeated Union Berlin in the final to lift the cup. 

The 16 second-round matches will be played on 31st October and 1st November. The exact kick-off times will be announced in the coming days.

An overview of the draw:

Viktoria Köln vs. Eintracht Frankfurt

Arminia Bielefeld vs. Hamburger SV

FC Homburg vs. SpVgg Greuther Fürth

SpVgg Unterhaching vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf

SV Sandhausen vs. Bayer Leverkusen

1. FC Saarbrücken vs. Bayern München

FC St. Pauli vs. FC Schalke 04

1. FC Nürnberg vs. F.C. Hansa Rostock

Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. 1. FC Heidenheim

Holstein Kiel vs. 1. FC Magdeburg

SC Freiburg vs. SC Paderborn 07

VfB Stuttgart vs. 1. FC Union Berlin

Hertha BSC vs. 1. FSV Mainz 05

Borussia Dortmund vs. TSG Hoffenheim

VfL Wolfsburg vs. RB Leipzig

1. FC Kaiserslautern vs. 1. FC Köln

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