FC Bayern is allowed to play at home
BVB has to go to Leipzig in the quarter-finals of the cup
2/19/2023 5:36 p.m
Eight teams are still represented in the DFB Cup – and the cracker of the quarter-finals is in Saxony. Leipzig welcomes Borussia Dortmund there. The last second division team in the competition gets a home game and FC Bayern will also play in their own stadium.
Defending champions RB Leipzig meet Borussia Dortmund in a top game in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. This leads to another duel between RB coach Marco Rose and his old club. That was the result of the draw in the German Football Museum on ZDF. Record winner Bayern Munich has to compete against the in-form SC Freiburg. The round of the last eight will be held on April 4th and 5th, the exact timing will follow. The three-time national player Jacqueline Meißner from SGS Essen acted as Losfee.
“It’s great that it worked out for our fans with a home game,” said Rose, adding: “Personally, I’m looking forward to meeting old friends, even if you’d rather only meet Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals or final.” The 46-year-old coached BVB from July 2021 to May 2022.
Bundesliga vs Bundesliga
RB Leipzig – Borussia Dortmund
Eintracht Frankfurt – Union Berlin
Bayern Munich – SC Freiburg
2. Bundesliga vs. Bundesliga
1. FC Nuremberg – VfB Stuttgart
In another Bundesliga duel, Europa League winner Eintracht Frankfurt plays against Union Berlin. Union professional Timo Baumgartl said: “We would have liked to have had a home game. But we accept it. A quarter-final is there to be won.”
1. FC Nürnberg, the only remaining second division club in the competition, hosts VfB Stuttgart in a repeat of the 2007 final. At that time, the Franconians, led by coaching legend Hans Meyer, triumphed 3: 2 (2: 2, 1: 1) after extra time and celebrated their fifth cup win – only Bayern and Werder Bremen can show more. “We haven’t had ideal opponents in the quarter-finals for a long time,” commented VfB sporting director Fabian Wohlgemuth. “Nürnberg didn’t fight their way so far in this competition to leave us the field without resistance.”
The two semi-finals will take place on May 2nd and 3rd, and the final will take place on June 3rd, as usual since 1985, in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. Until then, the final venue had often been decided at short notice, but the final in the Westend has now become a fixed point in the football year.