Hoffenheim were on the receiving end of a huge shock in the first round of the DFB-Pokal as Berliner AK ran out 4-0 winners.
Hoffenheim stunned by fourth division club in first round
Hoffenheim were on the receiving end of a huge shock in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on Saturday as Berliner AK ran out 4-0 winners.
The victory - the biggest ever in this competition by a fourth-tier side against top-flight opposition - was as good as sealed by the interval as the hosts quickly moved into a 3-0 lead.
Metin Cakmak opened the scoring after two minutes before AK doubled their advantage after half an hour when Justin Gerlach slotted home.
Kevin Kruschke made it 3-0 to leave Markus Babbel's visitors reeling.
Cakmak's second of the match completed an amazing rout as Hoffenheim failed to find any response after the break.
There were no such problems for reigning Bundesliga champions and current DFB-Pokal holders
Borussia Dortmund, who were comfortable 3-0 winners over
Oberneuland.
Marco Reus opened the scoring after 10 minutes, while Jakub Blaszczykowski added the second and Ivan Perisic wrapped up the scoring in the second half.
Borussia Monchengladbach were 2-0 winners over
Alemannia Aachen, Juan Arango and Havard Nordveit with the goals, while strikes by Simon Rolfes, Karim Bellarabi, Stefan Kiessling and Junior Fernandes lifted
Bayer Leverkusen to a 4-0 win over
Carl Zeiss Jena.
Stuttgart were also 4-0 winners, against
Falkensee-Finkenkrug, thanks to goals by Vedad Ibisevic, Martin Harnik (two) and Tunay Torun.
Freiburg were made to work harder before booking their place in round two with a 2-1 win at
Viktoria Hamburg.
Max Kruse opened the scoring for Freiburg only for Jakob Sachs to level a minute later, but the Bundesliga side got the job done after the break with Sebastian Freis hitting a late winner.
Elsewhere in Saturday's early kick-offs,
Duisburg were 1-0 winners over
Hallescher,
St Pauli defeated
Offenburg 3-0 and
Cologne were 2-1 winners at
Unterhaching.