DFB-Pokal 2019-20

The 2019–20 DFB-Pokal will be the 77th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams will participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The competition will begin on 9 August 2019 with the first of six rounds and will end on 23 May 2020 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985. The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).

The defending champions are Bundesliga side Bayern Munich, after they defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 in the previous final.

The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification for the group stage of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Europa League. If they have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League through position in the Bundesliga, then the spot will go to the team in sixth, and the league's second qualifying round spot will go to the team in seventh. The winner also will host the 2020 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and will face the champion of the 2019–20 Bundesliga.

Schedule


All draws will generally be held at the German Football Museum in Dortmund, on a Sunday evening at 18:00 after each round (unless noted otherwise). The draws will be televised on ARD's Sportschau, broadcast on Das Erste. From the quarter-finals onwards, the draw for the DFB-Pokal Frauen will also generally take place at the same time.

The rounds of the 2019–20 competition are scheduled as follows:

Matches
A total of sixty-three matches will take place, starting with the first round on 9 August 2019 and culminating with the final on 23 May 2020 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Times up to 26 October 2019 and from 29 March 2020 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 27 October 2019 to 28 March 2020 are CET (UTC+1).

First round
The draw for the first round will be held on 15 June 2019. The thirty-two matches will take place from 9 to 12 August 2019.