The top German clubs seems to have easy tasks as there are no big clashes in this round and even most of the team will be facing second division sides.

Cup holders Nuremberg will play second-division Carl Zeiss in the second-round ties being played on October 30 and 31.

Here is the draw

Werder Bremen II-St. Pauli

Rot-Weiss

Essen-Kaiserslautern

Wuppertaler-Hertha Berlin

Alemannia Aachen-VfL Bochum

Hansa Rostock-Kickers Offenbach

1860 Munich-Mainz 05

Bayern Munich -Borussia M'gladbach

VfB Stuttgart- Paderborn

Hamburg - Freiburg

Werder Bremen-MSV Duisburg

SC Karlsruhe-VfL Wolfsburg

Borussia Dortmund-Eintracht Frankfurt

Koblenz-Arminia Bielefeld

Hoffenheim-Greuther Fuerth

Schalke 04-Hanover

Carl Zeiss Jena-Nuremberg