{"id":1163174,"date":"2026-02-22T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1163174"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:37:52","slug":"breaking-bayern-munich-draws-bayer-leverkusen-for-dfb-pokal-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/breaking-bayern-munich-draws-bayer-leverkusen-for-dfb-pokal-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Bayern Munich draws Bayer Leverkusen for DFB-Pokal semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tDORTMUND, GERMANY &#8211; DECEMBER 02: The DFB Cup winners Trophy is displayed prior to the DFB Cup round of 16 match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Signal Iduna Park on December 02, 2025 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Pau Barrena\/Getty Images) | Getty Images\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">It is official: Bayern Munich will face-off with Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB-Pokal semifinals. In the other game, VfB Stuttgart and SC Freiburg will meet. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The foursome of teams should have a pretty exciting round of matches. For Bayern Munich, it will be a challenge from a Bayer Leverkusen side that has given the Bavarians trouble in recent seasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">However, back on October 31st, Bayern Munich outlasted Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Bundesliga behind goals from Nicolas Jackson and Serge Gnabry. There was also an own goal from Bayer Leverkusen\u2019s Lo\u00efc Bad\u00e9 as well in what was a very ho-hum performance from both squads. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Can the two teams bring the fireworks under the bright lights of the DFB-Pokal stage? We will find out in just about two months. The games are set to take place on April 22nd and 23rd:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>Unser Gegner f\u00fcr das \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc01-\ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25-\ud835\udc07\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e ist Bayer 04 Leverkusen! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udc4a<\/p>\n<p>Was sagt ihr zum Los? \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JwfTWOt4U\">pic.twitter.com\/3JwfTWOt4U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen (@FCBayern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBayern\/status\/2025607268083912706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Our opponent in the \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc05\ud835\udc01-\ud835\udc0f\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25 \ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc22-\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25 is Bayer 04 Leverkusen! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udc4a<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">What do you guys think of the draw? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p><em>If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on <a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/bavarian-podcast-works1\">Acast<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5kHW7eDJSF2sGA1O6gKxvB\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/bavarian-podcast-works\/id1460036325\">Apple<\/a>, or any leading podcast distributor\u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-none\">Join the conversation!<\/h4>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/auth\/login?itm_medium=sidebar&amp;itm_source=bavarianfootballworks&amp;returnPath=%2Fauth%2Fsso%3FreturnTo%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.bavarianfootballworks.com%252F\">Sign up for a user account<\/a>\u00a0and get:<\/p>\n<p>New, improved notifications system!Fewer adsCreate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bavarianfootballworks.com\/feed\">community posts<\/a>Comment on articles, community postsRec comments, community posts<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/breaking-bayern-munich-draws-bayer-163752636.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/breaking-bayern-munich-draws-bayer-163752636.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DORTMUND, GERMANY &#8211; DECEMBER 02: The DFB Cup winners Trophy is displayed prior to the DFB Cup round of 16 match between Borussia Dortmund and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1163175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1163174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1163174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1163175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1163174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1163174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}