DFB-Pokal: The German Cup, First Round.

Here are the results of the first round:

1899 Hoffenheim - FC Augsburg 4:2 a.e.t.
SV Sandhausen - Kickers Offenbach 0:4
VfL Osnabrück - Borussia M'gladbach 0:1
SC Verl - TSV 1860 München 0:3
FC St. Pauli - Bayer Leverkusen 1:0
1. FC Magdeburg - Borussia Dortmund 1:4
SpVgg Unterhaching - Hertha BSC 0:3
Eintr. Braunschweig - Werder Bremen 0:1
Rot-Weiss Ahlen - Hannover 96 1:3
Rot-Weiss Essen - Energie Cottbus 6:5 a.p.s.
SV Wilhelmshaven - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:4
Rot-Weiß Hasborn - Hansa Rostock 0:8
SV Wehen Wiesbaden - VfB Stuttgart 1:2
1. FC Gera 03 - FC Carl Zeiss Jena 0:3
Wuppertaler SV Bor. - Erzgebirge Aue 4:3 a.p.s.
FC 08 Villingen - SC Freiburg 1:3
Victoria Hamburg - 1. FC Nürnberg 0:6
Holstein Kiel - Hamburger SV 0:5
W. Bremen II - 1. FC Köln 4:2 a.e.t.
1. FC Union Berlin - Eintracht Frankfurt 1:4
SV Babelsberg 03 - MSV Duisburg 0:4
Bayer Leverkusen II - SC Paderborn 07 0:1
1. FC Normannia Gmünd - Alemannia Aachen 0:3
TSG Neustrelitz - Karlsruher SC 0:2 a.e.t.
TSV Havelse - TuS Koblenz 0:3
Dynamo Dresden - VfL Bochum 0:1
SV Seligenporten - Arminia Bielefeld 0:2
Würzburger FV - VfL Wolfsburg 0:4
Eintracht Trier - FC Schalke 04 0:9
Wormatia Worms - 1. FSV Mainz 05 1:6
SV Darmstadt 98 - Greuther Fürth 1:3
Wacker Burghausen - Bayern München 3:4 a.p.s.

So the main surprises were the defeat of Cologne against the 2nd team of Werder Bremen and Leverkusen's loss at St. Pauli. For 1.FC Cologne that is the usual case in each year of cup play. Although at one point they were leading the competition for playing the most finals (I think they won the cup three times, last time in 1983 against city rivals SC Fortuna Cologne) over the past few years they haven't achieved anything. As for Leverkusen, they were sort of the dark horse for this season in the Bundesliga, assembleing a strong squat of young players and were higly rated to be one of the top five clubs. But they didn't deliver in Hamburg when they lost to 2nd division FC St. Pauli.
But the biggest surprise of all the matches was the last one on the list. Bayern Munich just barely defeating Wacker Burghausen, a third division team, who were relegated from the 2nd division after last season. Bayern spent 70 mio Euro on new players, Wacker spent nothing. Everybody expects Bayern to become the next champions and noone would be surprised if they won the cup as well. But yesterday they struggled. Burghausen even went up 1:0 and they had the chance to close it with their last penalty.

Anyway, few outs, the big name still in the box, let's wait for the second round...