Tobias Stieler from Hamburg will referee the quarter final of the DFB-Cup between VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.

The 34-year-old lawyer from Hamburg referees for SG Rosenhöhe Offenbach in the Hessian Football Association and made his Bundesliga debut in February 2012 in a match between TSG Hoffenheim and Mainz 05. So far he has made 60 appearances of which two of these were BVB matches this season: the 4-0 victory over Borussia Möchengladbach and the 2-1 victory at VfL Wolfsburg.

Patrick Ittrich and Sascha Thielert will be the assistant referees in the cup game in Stuttgart and Tobias Welz will be the fourth official.