Round of 16 in the DFB Cup: Union Berlin meets Carl Zeiss Jena!

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On November 15, 2025, 16 teams, including VfL Wolfsburg, will fight for a place in the quarter-finals in the women's DFB Cup.

Am 15.11.2025 kämpfen im DFB-Pokal der Frauen 16 Teams, darunter der VfL Wolfsburg, um den Einzug ins Viertelfinale.
On November 15, 2025, 16 teams, including VfL Wolfsburg, will fight for a place in the quarter-finals in the women's DFB Cup.

Round of 16 in the DFB Cup: Union Berlin meets Carl Zeiss Jena!

The round of 16 in the women's DFB Cup is coming up in Cologne and beyond! Sixteen teams are fighting today for the coveted place in the quarter-finals. The tournament opens with an exciting duel: 1. FC Union Berlin welcomes FC Carl Zeiss Jena at 2 p.m. This encounter can be followed in the live stream on rbb. The fans are also looking forward to the second game of the day with great anticipation, where VfL Wolfsburg will face SC Freiburg at 4:30 p.m. This match will be broadcast live on Sky. But that's just the beginning! We have a lot of games ahead of us, as the cup fever will continue on Sunday.

Several exciting games will follow on Sunday, November 17th. TSG Hoffenheim will face Eintracht Frankfurt at 2 p.m. (live on Eintracht-TV+), while at the same time Bayern Munich will face FC Ingolstadt (broadcast on FC Bayern TV Plus). At 3 p.m. you can look forward to the clash between Hamburger SV and Bayer 04 Leverkusen, which will be shown on the Werkself YouTube channel, the Bayer app and Werkself TV. Sunday's game crowns RB Leipzig against Werder Bremen at 4 p.m., which can also be followed on both clubs' YouTube channels.

DFB Cup on the rise

But it's not just the games themselves that are worth a look! The DFB also has some news in store for the coming years. From the 2026/2027 season, the DFB Cup will be increased to 14 teams. This means a breath of fresh air in the existing competition. In addition, qualification for the play-offs will in future be determined by 21 cup winners from the regional associations, 8 second division teams and 3 promoted teams from the regional league. An exciting development for all football enthusiasts!

In the future, the marketing of the quarter and semi-final games will be controlled centrally by the DFB. This is intended to help increase sales and profit distribution. Stationary partners such as Volkswagen, TARGOBANK and FLYERALARM have already been found to support the games.

The media libraries are an integral part of the current broadcasts. Sky will broadcast one game per round live until the round of 16; From the quarter-finals onwards, all games will be shown live. Where possible, ARD and ZDF also show one game per round on free TV. The attention in the media is increasing and the excitement remains until the last minute!

If you would like to find out more about the DFB Women's Cup, you can find further information on Kicker. We can look forward to these developments. The DFB Cup not only offers exciting games, but also a glimpse into the future of women's football, which is increasingly coming to the fore. So, sit back and enjoy the games!