32 matches – these are the fixtures for the first round

RWE has won the Lower Rhine Cup three times in a row. On Wednesday, the draw for the first round of the 2025/26 season took place.

On Wednesday evening, the first round of the Niederrheinpokal was drawn. 32 matches – these are the fixtures for the first round

RWE has won the Niederrheinpokal three times in a row. On Wednesday, the first round for the 2025/26 season was drawn.

On Wednesday evening, the first round of the Niederrheinpokal was drawn. Three competitions were drawn at the Wedau Sports School, with Rot-Weiss Essen the defending champions in the men’s competition. RWE won the final against MSV, and on Wednesday, MSV was immediately drawn. Meiderich will face Landesliga side Victoria Mennrath. Defending champions RWE must travel to Bezirksliga side SV Solingen.

The first round matches at a glance

SF Niederwenigern – Viktoria Goch

1. FC Grevenbroich-Süd – ASV Einigkeit Süchteln

Heisinger SV – SV Uedesheim

Mülheimer FC – SC Velbert

TV Kalkum-Wittlaer – Cronenberger SC

STV Hünxe – TSV Weeze

SC Oberhausen – SV Scherpenberg

SV Lürrip – Rheinland Hamborn

ESC Rellinghausen – TuRU Düsseldorf

FSV Vohwinkel – TSV Solingen

SpVgg Steele – VfL Jüchen-Garzweiler

Fortuna Bottrop – 1. FC Monheim

SV Budberg – Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

SV Solingen – Rot-Weiss Essen

SuS 09 Dinslaken – SC St. Tönis

FC Sterkrade – Ratingen 04/19

TSV Krefeld-Bockum – Wuppertaler SV

VfB Speldorf – SV Biemenhorst

SSV Bergisch Born – KFC Uerdingen

TVD Velbert – VfB Homberg

Krefeld-Fischeln – SF Baumberg

VfL Repelen – FC Büderich

Duisburger FV – SV Sonsbeck

Union Nettetal – TSV Meerbusch

PSV Wesel-Lackhausen – ETB SW Essen

Sparta Bilk – VfB 03 Hilden

DJK/SF Katernberg – 1. FC Bocholt

SuS Schaag – 1. FC Kleve

SSV Grefrath – SpVg Schonnebeck

SG Unterrath – SSVg Velbert

DJK Twisteden – BW Dingden

Victoria Mennrath – MSV Duisburg

These are the previous winners of the Lower Rhine Cup:

2025: Rot-Weiss Essen

2024: Rot-Weiss Essen

2023: Rot-Weiss Essen

2022: SV Straelen

2021: Wuppertaler SV

2020: Rot-Weiss Essen

2019: KFC Uerdingen

2018: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

2017: MSV Duisburg

2016: Rot-Weiss Essen

2015: Rot-Weiss Essen

2014: MSV Duisburg

2013: Sportfreunde Baumberg

2012: Rot-Weiss Essen

2011: Rot-Weiss Essen

2010: ETB Schwarz-Weiß Essen

2009: VfB Speldorf

2008: Rot-Weiss Essen

2007: Wuppertaler SV

2006: SSVg Velbert

2005: Wuppertaler SV

2004: Rot-Weiss Essen

2003: SSVg Velbert

2002: Rot-Weiss Essen

2001: KFC Uerdingen

2000: Wuppertaler SV

1999: Wuppertaler SV

1998: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

1997: Borussia Mönchengladbach Amateure

1996: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen

1995: Rot-Weiss Essen

1994: FC Remscheid

1993: no final played

1992: no final played

1991: FC Remscheid

1990: no final played

1989: MSV Duisburg

1988: no final played

1987: ETB Schwarz-Weiß Essen

1986: Viktoria Goch

1985: Wuppertaler SV

1984: no final played

1983: 1. FC Bocholt

No final was played between 1974 and 1982

errheinpokal drawn. Three competitions were drawn at the Wedau Sports School, with Rot-Weiss Essen the defending champions in the men’s competition. RWE won the final against MSV, and on Wednesday, MSV was drawn immediately. Meiderich will face Landesliga side Victoria Mennrath. Defending champions RWE must travel to Bezirksliga side SV Solingen.