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DFB-Pokal semi-final draw: Stuttgart host Freiburg, Leverkusen face Bayern

22.02.2026
This is what the four remaining teams will be hoping to lift in May. Foto: Thomas Böcker/DFB

Title holders VfB Stuttgart will host SC Freiburg in the semi-finals of the Men’s DFB-Pokal in a Baden-Württemberg derby. In the second semi-final, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will welcome record cup winners FC Bayern München.

The draw was made on Sunday evening by Germany’s double Olympic luge gold medallist Max Langenhan, with DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth serving as draw director.

The semi-finals are scheduled for 21st and 22nd April 2026. The final at Berlin’s Olympiastadion will take place on 23rd May 2025.

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Author: DFB