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The cup tie against VfB is Markus Anfang’s second competitive game as Dynamo Dresden head coach. The 48-year-old has also coached Werder Bremen, Darmstadt 98, 1. FC Köln and Holstein Kiel in the past six years.
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VfB have faced Dresden eight times in the Bundesliga and 16 times in all competitions (including in Bundesliga 2 and the UEFA Cup). This is their first ever meeting in the DFB Cup.
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Dresden finished 16th in Bundesliga 2 last season. A 2-0 aggregate defeat to 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the promotion/relegation play-offs sealed their demotion to the third tier.
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Eighteen-year-old Paul Lehmann recently signed his first professional contract with Dynamo, while he was still 17. The defender joined Dresden as a six-year-old before rising through the youth ranks at the club. He is now part of the first-team squad for the first time.
1994
Dresden enjoyed one of their best ever DFB Cup runs in 1994, when they reached the semi-finals of the competition but lost 2-0 to Werder Bremen in the last four after goals from Wynton Rufer and Frank Neubarth.
A Ciro Immobile brace earned Borussia Dortmund a 2-0 victory over Dynamo in the last 16 in 2015. They have reached the second round in each of the past three seasons.
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Just under 3,000 Stuttgart fans will make the trip to the 32,123-capacity Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion on Friday to support Pellegrino Matarazzo’s charges.