S04 to travel to Bremer SV in DFB-Pokal first round

Schalke’s first competitive game of the 2022/23 season will be against Bremer SV. The fifth-tier side will host the Royal Blues in the first round of the DFB-Pokal after the draw took place on Sunday evening (29/05). The 32 fixtures were drawn by DFB vice president Peter Frymuth and Kevin Großkreutz.

DFB-Pokal

May 29, 2022

The fixture will take place between the 29th July and 1st August. The specific date and time will be announced in the coming weeks.

“We’re looking forward to our first-round game against Bremer SV. Our aim is clear. We want to reach the second round and start the season well. In order to do that against a highly-motivated side, we need to be fully focused and have respect for what’s in front of us. We’ll prepare for the game as best we can,” said sporting director Jochen Schneider on the outcome of the draw.

Bremer SV qualified for the DFB-Pokal by winning the Bremen regional cup and are currently taking part in the play offs as they aim to be promoted to the fourth tier. Last year, they faced FC Bayern in the first round (12-0 loss).

First round draw:

Jahn Regensburg – 1. FC Köln
FV Engers 07 – Arminia Bielefeld
VfB Lübeck – Hansa Rostock
1. FC Kaan-Marienborn – 1. FC Nürnberg
Schott Mainz – Hannover 96
TSG Neustrelitz – Karlsruher SC
Teutonia 05 Ottensen – RB Leipzig
Dynamo Dresden – VfB Stuttgart
Viktoria Berlin – VfL Bochum
Chemnitzer FC – Union Berlin
SV 07 Elversberg – Bayer 04 Leverkusen
BSV Rehden – SV Sandhausen
FC Einheit Wernigerode – SC Paderborn 07
SV Rödinghausen – TSG Hoffenheim
FV Illertissen – 1. FC Heidenheim
Kickers Offenbach – Fortuna Düsselsdorf
Eintracht Braunschweig – Hertha BSC
TSV 1860 München – Borussia Dortmund
1. FC Kaiserslautern – SC Freiburg
SV Oberachern – Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Ingolstadt – SV Darmstadt 98
Waldhof Mannheim – Holstein Kiel
TuS BW Lohne – FC Augsburg
SV Straelen – FC St. Pauli
SpVgg Bayreuth – Hamburger SV
Erzgebirge Aue – 1. FSV Mainz 05
Energie Cottbus – Werder Bremen
Bremer SV – FC Schalke 04
FC Carl Zeiss Jena – VfL Wolfsburg
Stuttgarter Kickers – Greuther Fürth
Viktoria Köln – FC Bayern München
1. FC Magdeburg – Eintracht Frankfurt

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