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German Cup: Second Round Draw

Alex ChafferAugust 14, 2015

In a draw at the Allianz Arena following the Bundesliga season opener, Bayern Munich will face last year's winners Wolfsburg in the second round of the German Cup. It wasn't the only big tie drawn.

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DFL-Supercup 2015 VfL Wolfsburg - FC Bayern München
Image: Reuters/F. Bimmer

Wolfsburg will host Bayern Munich in the second round of the German Cup. Borussia Mönchengladbach will make the short trip across the North-Rhein Westphalia to face Bundesliga rivals Schalke.

After controversy surrounded the first round of the German Cup, in which a referee was hit in the head with a lighter and a team bus was shott, the second round draw provided further drama. Before it began, though, RB Leipzig were confirmed as progressing through the first round, after a possible replay of the abandoned tie against Osnabrück was dismissed by the German football association.

15 Bundesliga teams, 12 second division teams, one third division team, three fourth division teams and one fifth division team were involved in the draw: the matches will be played over the weekdays of October 27 and 28.

As well as throwing defending champions Wolfsburg against Bundesliga winners Bayern Munich and Schalke against Borussia Mönchengladbach, other Bundesliga teams were drawn against each other. Werder Bremen will face Cologne and Darmstadt face Hannover. Borussia Dortmund were handed a home tie against second divison SC Paderborn.

Full draw: Viktoria Cologne vs. Bayer Leverkusen, Erzgebirge Aue vs. Eintracht Frankfurt, SpVgg Unterhacing vs. RB Leipzig, Carl Zeiss Jena vs. Stuttgart, SSV Reutlingen vs. Eintracht Braunschweig, Schalke vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach, SV Sandhausen vs. FC Heidenheim, Borussia Dortmund vs. Paderborn, FSV Frankfurt vs. Hertha BSC, Mainz vs. 1860 Munich, Nuremberg vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf, Darmstadt vs. Hannover, Freiburg vs. Augsburg, Bochum vs. Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen vs. Cologne and Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich.