Broadcast on free TV and stream, TV dates

In contrast to other major tournaments, there is, as always, no group phase in the DFB Cup 24/25. Both the main rounds and the finals follow the knockout system. So each of the teams only has one chance to prove themselves. But where can you watch the 2024/25 DFB Cup games live on TV and stream? All information about the broadcast and the TV dates for this season can be found here.

The DFB Cup 24/25 on free TV and stream

The broadcast of the DFB Cup 2024/25 will be shared Sky, ARD and ZDF. All 63 games from the first round to the final in Berlin will be played at Sky shown live on TV. However, you have to take out a paid subscription to do this. The Sky Sports subscription currently costs 25 euros per month for new customers. The package not only includes the broadcast of the DFB Cup, games from the Premier League and the DFB Women’s Cup are also included. In addition, transmits Sky With the sports subscription you also get tennis, athletics, golf and the NHL.

However, if you don’t want to take out a paid subscription, you can also watch the DFB Cup on free TV. From the 2022/23 season to the 2025/26 season, the public broadcasters have secured the broadcast rights for 15 games per season. ARD and ZDF share the broadcast of the individual games. The agreement also includes extensive post-exploitation rights. So you can also expect match reports.

DFB Cup 24/25 on free TV: broadcast and TV dates at a glance

All 63 games can be played at Sky can be followed live on TV and stream. It is not yet completely clear which 15 games will be broadcast on free TV. The only thing that is certain is that there will be four games in the first round as well as both semi-finals and the final ARD/ZDF be shown. According to the current 2024/25 schedule, the semi-finals are scheduled for April 1st and 2nd, 2025. The final in the Berlin Olympic Stadium is scheduled to take place on May 24, 2025. As soon as there is more detailed information about the live broadcasts on free TV, it will be added here:

• 1st round: SSV Ulm 1846 – Bayern Munich, August 16, 2024, 8:45 p.m. (ZDF)
• 1st round: Eintracht Braunschweig – Eintracht Frankfurt, August 19, 2024, 8:45 p.m. (ARD)
• 1st round: Preußen Münster – VfB Stuttgart, August 27, 2024, (ARD)
• 1st round: Carl Zeiss Jena – Bayer Leverkusen, August 28, 2024, 6 p.m. (ZDF)
• 2nd round: VfL Wolfsburg – Borussia Dortmund, October 29, 2024, 8:45 p.m. (ARD)
• 2nd round: 1. FSV Mainz 05 – Bayern Munich, October 30, 2024, 8:45 p.m. (ZDF)
• Round of 16: Bayern Munich – Bayer Leverkusen, December 3, 2024, 8:45 p.m. (ARD)
• Round of 16: 1. FC Köln – Hertha BSC, December 4, 2024, 6 p.m. (ZDF)
• Round of 16: RB Leipzig – Eintracht Frankfurt, December 4, 2024, 8:45 p.m. (ARD)
• Semifinals: April 1, 2025time is still open (ARD/ZDF)
• Semifinals: April 2, 2025time is still open (ARD/ZDF)
• Finals: 24. May 2025time is still open (ARD/ZDF)

Teams in the DFB Cup 2024/25

In principle, every team in Germany can qualify for the tournament – theoretically even a district league team. The DFB Cup 24/25 schedule will be drawn after each round until the semi-finals. The teams from the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga are automatically seeded for the competition. The first four teams from the 3rd Bundesliga are also there. A further 24 teams then have the opportunity to qualify through DFB cup competitions. Here you will find an overview of all teams in the 2024/25 DFB Cup that competed in the first round:

Teams from the 1st Bundesliga:

• Bayer Leverkusen
• Bayern Munich
• VfB Stuttgart
• Borussia Dortmund
• RB Leipzig
• Eintracht Frankfurt
• FC Augsburg
• TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
• SC Freiburg
• SV Werder Bremen
• FC Heidenheim
• Borussia Mönchengladbach
• 1. FC Union Berlin
• VfL Wolfsburg
• VfL Bochum
• 1. FSV Mainz 05
• 1. FC Cologne
• SV Darmstadt 98

Teams from the 2nd Bundesliga:

• FC St. Pauli
• Holstein Kiel
• Hamburger SV
• Fortuna Düsseldorf
• Hannover 96
• SC Paderborn
• Karlsruhe SC
• SpVgg Greuther Fürth
• Hertha BSC
• 1. FC Nuremberg
• SV Elversberg
• 1. FC Magdeburg
• Contractions Wiesbaden
• Schalke 04
• 1. FC Kaiserslautern
• Hansa Rostock
• Eintracht Braunschweig
• VfL Osnabruck

The teams from the 3rd Bundesliga:

• SSV Ulm 1846 football
• Prussia Münster
• Jahn Regensburg
• Dynamo Dresden

The teams from the regional league:

The teams from the upper league:

The national cup winners:

• 1. FC Saarbrücken (Saarland)
• SV Sandhausen (Baden)
• Hallescher FC (Saxony-Anhalt)
• FC Erzgebirge Aue (vice-cup winner Saxony)
• Rot-Weiss Essen (Lower Rhine)
• FC Ingolstadt 04 (Bayern)
• Arminia Bielefeld (Westphalia)
• Offenbacher Kickers (Hesse)
• FC Energie Cottbus (Brandenburg)
• FC Carl Zeiss Jena (Thuringia)
• Viktoria Berlin (Berlin)
• Alemannia Aachen (Middle Rhine)
• TSV Schott Mainz (Southwest)
• Teutonia Ottensen (Hamburg)
• Bremen SV (Bremen)
• Greifswalder FC (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
• 1. FC Phönix Lübeck (Schleswig-Holstein)
• TuS Koblenz (Rhineland)
• SV Meppen (Lower Saxony I)
• VfV 06 Hildesheim (Niedersachsen II)
• FC 08 Villingen (South Baden)
• VfR Aalen (Württemberg)

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