2026–27 DFB-Pokal

Summary

The 2026–27 DFB-Pokal will be the 84th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The competition will begin on 21 August 2026 with the first of six rounds and will end on 29 May 2027 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).