DFB-Cup: Where will 1899 Hoffenheim be going to?
1899 Hoffenheim against SV Sandhausen: a game that that football fans across the Rhein-Neckar region would look forward to. The teams havn't met eachother for a very long time. The draw, conducted by Simon Rolfes and Kim Kulig, could throw up some very interesting clashes- a game for 1899 against VfR Aalen would also be something to look forward to. Aalen, who are managed by former Hoffenheim U23 boss Rainer Scharinger, qualified for the DFB-Cup with a 4-1 win over FV Illertissen in the final of the WFV-Cup, and rounded off an impressive season with promotion to the 3. Bundesliga. In Scharinger's side there are a few players from Hoffenheim's 2008/09 reserve team, such as Aytac Sulu, Marcel Klefenz, Andreas Schön as well as Daniel and Marcel Brandstetter.
The pots for the draw:
Seeded
Bayern München (cup holders), FC Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, VfB Stuttgart, Hamburger SV, VfL Wolfsburg, 1.FSV Mainz 05, Eintracht Frankfurt, 1899 Hoffenheim, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1.FC Köln, SC Freiburg, Hannover 96, 1.FC Nürnberg, VfL Bochum, Hertha BSC, 1.FC Kaiserslautern, FC St. Pauli, FC Augsburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, SC Paderborn 07, MSV Duisburg, Arminia Bielefeld, TSV München 1860, Energie Cottbus, Karlsruher SC, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, 1.FC Union Berlin, Alemannia Aachen, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
Unseeded
FSV Frankfurt, Hansa Rostock, TuS Koblenz, Rot-Weiss Ahlen, VfL Osnabrück, Erzgebirge Aue, FC Ingolstadt 04, Eintracht Braunschweig, Kickers Offenbach, SV Sandhausen, SSV Jahn Regensburg, Wacker Burghausen, SV Babelsberg, VfR Aalen, Chemnitzer FC, Hallescher FC, FC Oberneuland, VfB Lübeck, ZFC Meuselwitz, SC Pfullendorf, Preußen Münster, SC Verl, SV Elversberg, SV Wilhelmshaven, Eintracht Trier, Torgelower SV Greif, Berliner AK, TuS Heeslingen, SC Victoria Hamburg, Germania Windeck, Schwarz-Weiß Essen, FK Pirmasens