Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen face VfB Stuttgart in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. This was the result of the draw in the German Football Museum.
Cup terror 1. FC Saarbrücken, who had already eliminated record winners Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt, will face Borussia Mönchengladbach as the only third division team remaining in the competition. Hertha BSC and 1. FC Kaiserslautern as well as FC St. Pauli and Fortuna Düsseldorf also meet. U17 world champion coach Christian Wück was the draw manager, and the tickets were drawn by his assistant Jens Nowotny.
Only three Bundesliga teams in the quarter-finals
The quarter-final games will take place on the 30th/31st. January and on the 6th/7th Held in February. The semi-finals are for the 2nd/3rd. April, the final will take place on May 25th in Berlin. For the first time in 20 years, only three Bundesliga teams made it to the quarter-finals of the competition. In addition to Bayern, defending champions RB Leipzig also said goodbye early.
Leverkusen and Stuttgart also faced each other in the Bundesliga on Sunday. VfB fought to a 1-1 draw against the still unbeaten Rhinelanders.
In the quarter-finals of the Women’s Cup there will be a top game with the game between TSG Hoffenheim and defending champions VfL Wolfsburg. The following other games were drawn: winner from Kickers Offenbach/FC Bayern Munich – Carl Zeiss Jena, Bayer Leverkusen – SGS Essen, winner from Eintracht Frankfurt/SC Freiburg – MSV Duisburg
