Bayern handed tough trip to Burghausen

Bayern’s route to a possible 14th DFB German Cup triumph begins with a tough-looking trip to Lower Bavaria, nestling between the Czech Republic and Austria to the east of the state. The draw for the first round proper, made on national TV on Saturday night, has paired the competition’s most successful club with SV Wacker Burghausen, relegated from the second division last term.

German Women’s international keeper Silke Rottenberg made the draw and kept watching Bayern fans in a state of suspense, as Munich was the last of the 64 names to emerge from the hat. Third division Burghausen, to be coached by former Schalke and Dortmund star Ingo Anderbrügge next season, benefited from an automatic home tie, in common with all the teams from outside the top two divisions.

The all-Bavarian clash will take place on 4 or 5 August, a full week before Bundesliga matchday 1. Because of next summer’s Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, the DFB Cup final has been brought forward to 19 April 2008, four weeks before the last Bundesliga matchday, at the customary venue of the Berlin Olympic stadium.

DFB German Cup 2007-8 first round draw:

Bundesliga v Lower divisions:
Dynamo Dresden v VfL Bochum
RotvWeiß Hasborn v Dautweiler v Hansa Rostock
SV Seligenporten v Arminia Bielefeld
TSG Neustrelitz v Karlsruher SC
1. FC Magdeburg v Borussia Dortmund
SpVgg Unterhaching v Hertha BSC Berlin
Victoria Hamburg v 1. FC Nürnberg
Würzburger FV v VfL Wolfsburg
Eintracht Braunschweig v Werder Bremen
Holstein Kiel v Hamburger SV
RotvWeiss Ahlen v Hannover 96
RotvWeiss Essen v Energie Cottbus
Eintracht Trier v Schalke 04
Union Berlin v Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Babelsberg v MSV Duisburg
Wacker Burghausen v Bayern Munich

Bundesliga v Bundesliga 2:
SV Wehen v VfB Stuttgart
FC St. Pauli v Bayer Leverkusen

Bundesliga 2 v Bundesliga 2:
VfL Osnabrück v Borussia Mönchengladbach
TSG Hoffenheim v FC Augsburg

Bundesliga 2 v Lower divisions:
1. FC Gera 03 v Carl Zeiss Jena
Bayer Leverkusen II v SC Paderborn
SC Verl v 1860 München
SV Sandhausen v Kickers Offenbach
Normannia Schwäbisch Gmünd v Alemannia Aachen
SV Wilhelmshaven v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Wuppertaler SV v Erzgebirge Aue
Werder Bremen v 1. FC Köln
TSV Havelse v TuS Koblenz
Wormatia Worms v FSV Mainz 05
FC 08 Villingen v SC Freiburg
Darmstadt 98 v Spvgg Greuther Fürth