2017/18 DFB Cup Rd.1: HSV away to VfL Osnabrück

The draw for the first round of the 2017/18 DFB Cup was made live on German TV on Sunday evening (11.06). In all 64 teams are in the competition. HSV were drawn away to third division Niedersachsen-based VfL Osnabrück who have former HSV man Ahmet Arslan in their ranks. VfL finished sixth in their division in the season just ended: "It is a tough first round draw for us, but as a Bundesliga team we are the pre-match favourites”, said HSV sport boss Jens Todt following the draw. Last season HSV made it to the quarter finals of the competition. Round one games for the 2017/18 competition will be played between August 11 – 14.

2017/18 DFB Cup Rd.1:

1860 München - FC Ingolstadt
VfB Germania Halberstadt - SC Freiburg
MSV Duisburg - 1. FC Nürnberg
VfL Osnabrück - Hamburger SV
Bonner SC - Hannover 96
1. FC Magdeburg - FC Augsburg
Chemnitzer FC - FC Bayern
Hansa Rostock - Hertha BSC
Energie Cottbus - VfB Stuttgart
Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen - RB Leipzig
Rot-Weiß Erfurt - 1899 Hoffenheim
SC Paderborn - FC St. Pauli
Lüneburger SK Hansa - Mainz 05
Leher TS - 1. FC Köln
Rot-Weiß Essen - Borussia Mönchengladbach
Würzburger Kickers - SV Werder Bremen
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 - SV Sandhausen
SV Morlautern - Greuther Fürth
1. FC Saarbrücken - Union Berlin
FC Nöttingen - VfL Bochum
Jahn Regensburg - Darmstadt 98
SV Wehen Wiesbaden - Erzgebirge Aue
Arminia Bielefeld - Fortuna Düsseldorf
FC Eintracht Norderstedt - VfL Wolfsburg
SpVgg Unterhaching - 1. FC Heidenheim
TuS Erndtebrück - Eintracht Frankfurt
TuS Koblenz - Dynamo Dresden
1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen - Borussia Dortmund
Karlsruher SC - Bayer Leverkusen
SV Eichede - 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Holstein Kiel - Eintracht Braunschweig
BFC Dynamo Berlin - Schalke 04