Just a week after the cup final, the new season is already casting its shadow: the match-ups for the first round proper of the 2022/23 DFB-Pokal will be drawn on Sunday 29 May.

Former BVB star Kevin Großkreutz and DFB president Bernd Neuendorf will make the draw at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. ARD will broadcast the draw live on German TV from 19:15 CET.

The first round matches will take place between 29 July and 1 August 2022. 

Further dates for the diary:

2nd round: 18/19 October 2022

Round of 16: 31 January / 1 February and 7/8 February 2023

Quarter-finals: 4/5 April 2023
Semi-finals: 2/3 May 2023
Final: 3 June 23