2. Bundesliga
DFB Cup quarter-final dates
The top two teams in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig, are all set for a mouthwatering DFB Cup last eight meeting after the draw for the 2025/26 quarter-finals.
Elsewhere in the quarter-finals, St. Pauli will have the opportunity to break from top-flight travails when they visit an ambitious Bayer Leverkusen side who were crowned Pokal champions as recently as 2024.
The second-tier promotion hopefuls Hertha Berlin, meanwhile, host Freiburg in the capital while another Bundesliga 2 side, Holstein Kiel, welcome the defending champions VfB Stuttgart to the Holstein-Stadion. All ties will be played in February 2026.
Quarter-final fixtures
Tuesday, 3 February (8.45pm CET)
Bayer Leverkusen vs. St. Pauli
Wednesday, 4 February (8.45pm CET)
Holstein Kiel vs. VfB Stuttgart
Tuesday, 10 February (8.45pm CET)
Hertha Berlin vs. Freiburg
Wednesday, 11 February (8.45pm CET)
Bayern Munich vs. RB Leipzig
Last-16 results
Union Berlin 2-3 Bayern Munich
Freiburg 2-0 Darmstadt
Bochum 0-2 VfB Stuttgart
RB Leipzig 3-1 Magdeburg
Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen
Hertha Berlin 6-1 Kaiserslautern
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-2 St. Pauli
Hamburg 2-4 Holstein Kiel (aet)
Second-round results
Illertissen 0-3 Magdeburg
Paderborn 2-4 Bayer Leverkusen (aet)
Greuther Fürth 0-1 Kaiserslautern
Mainz 0-2 VfB Stuttgart
Cologne 1-4 Bayern Munich
Union Berlin 2-1 Arminia Bielefeld (aet)
Darmstadt 4-0 Schalke
Fortuna Düsseldorf 1-3 Freiburg
Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Borussia Dortmund (a.e.t - Dortmund win 4-2 on pens)
Hertha Berlin 3-0 Elversberg
Heidenheim 0-1 Hamburg
Wolfsburg 0-1 Holstein Kiel
Energie Cottbus 1-4 RB Leipzig
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-1 Karlsruhe
Augsburg 0-1 Bochum
St. Pauli 2-2 Hoffenheim (a.e.t - St. Pauli win 8-7 on penalties)
First-round results
Wehen Wiesbaden 2-3 Bayern Munich
Eintracht Braunschweig 4-4 VfB Stuttgart (a.e.t - Stuttgart win 8-7 on penalties)
Rot-Weiss Essen 0-1 Borussia Dortmund
Dynamo Dresden 0-1 Mainz
Preußen Münster 0-0 Hertha Berlin - (Hertha win 5-3 on penalties)
Schweinfurt 2-4 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Arminia Bielefeld 1-0 Werder Bremen
Gütersloh 0-5 Union Berlin
Sonnenhof Großaspach 0-4 Bayer Leverkusen
Saarbrücken 1-3 Magdeburg
BFC Dynamo 1-3 Bochum (a.e.t.)
Pirmasens 1-2 Hamburg (a.e.t.)
Hemelingen 0-9 Wolfsburg
Bahlinger SC 0-5 Heidenheim
Sandhausen 2-4 RB Leipzig
Hansa Rostock 0-4 Hoffenheim
Eintracht Norderstedt 0-0 St. Pauli - (Pauli win 3-2 on penalties)
Illertissen 3-3 Nuremberg - (Illertissen win 6-5 on penalties)
Lübeck 1-2 Darmstadt
Energie Cottbus 1-0 Hannover
Sportfreunde Lotte 0-2 Freiburg
Engers 0-5 Eintracht Frankfurt
Viktoria Cologne 1-3 Paderborn
Atlas Delmenhorst 2-3 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Lokomotive Leipzig 0-1 Schalke (a.e.t.)
Jahn Regensburg 1-2 Cologne
Blau-Weiß Lohne 0-2 Greuther Fürth
Meuselwitz 0-5 Karlsruhe
RSV Eintracht 0-7 Kaiserslautern
Homburg 0-2 Holstein Kiel
Hallescher FC 0-2 Augsburg
Ulm 0-1 Elversberg
2025/26 key dates
Quarter-finals
Fixtures played on 3/4 and 10/11 February 2026
Semi-finals
Draw on 15 February 2026, fixtures played on 21/22 April 2026
Final
23 May 2026 at Berlin's Olympiastadion