Wolfsburg routs 5th-tier team Hemelingen 9-0 in German Cup
- - Wolfsburg routs 5th-tier team Hemelingen 9-0 in German Cup
August 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
1 / 2Germany Soccer CupWolfsburg's players celebrate the opening goal during the German soccer cup first round match between SV Hemelingen and VfL Wolfsburg in Bremen, Germany, Saturday, Aug 16, 2025. (Carmen Jaspersen/dpa via AP)
BERLIN (AP) — Wolfsburg routed fifth-tier SV Hemelingen 9-0 in the first round of the German Cup on Saturday, when other Bundesliga teams also enjoyed big wins over lower-league opposition.
Two-time champion Leipzig twice came from behind to beat fourth-tier SV Sandhausen 4-2 with new signings Ezechiel Banzuzi and Yan Diomande both scoring.
Heidenheim won 5-0 at 10-man fourth-tier Bahlinger SC and Hoffenheim won 4-0 at third-division Hansa Rostock.
Hamburger SV, which clinched its return to the Bundesliga last season, survived a scare at fifth-tier Pirmasens, equalizing late to send the match to extra time, where Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer headed the winner for 2-1.
Königsdörffer was only playing for Hamburg because a proposed early August move to Nice broke down after his medical check with the French team.
Bochum also needed a late goal to level before prevailing 3-1 at nine-man Dynamo Berlin.
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