Hamburg out

Hamburg have had a historic run of good fortune in the past two seasons, avoiding relegation twice in end-of-season playoffs. In 2014, the northern Germans survived although they failed to win either leg and only scored a single goal. In 2015, they needed a dubious last-minute refereeing decision. But their luck ran out on Sunday.

Initially divine favor seemed to be on Hamburg's side in their first-round match against fourth-division Jena. After the hosts had gone ahead in the fifteenth minute with a poorly defended Justin gerlach free kick from 35 (!) meters out, Hamburg were gifted an equalizer in minute 48, when Ivica Olic slotted home a ball that had clearly crossed the end line seconds before.

The refereeing blunder didn't deflate Jena. The hosts pressed and gamely retook the lead ten minutes later when Velimir Jovanovic slid into a cross. Hamburg only threatened on set pieces, but they were given enough of them to draw a couple of fine saves from Jena keeper Raphael Koczor in the waning minutes. And in the fourth minute of injury time, literally seconds from the final whistle, Michael Gregoritsch bundled the ball home to send the match to extra time.

Jena were again the more aggressive team and were rewarded in minute 106. Johannes Pieles headed in a long throw-in to put the eastern German ahead yet again. This time there was no late salvation. The game ended 3-2.

"This feels like crap," Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia remarked succinctly. "Jena deserved to win. They put more heart into it."

Jena progressed to the second round of the German Cup, while Hamburg joined Hoffenheim as the second top-flight club to exit the competition early.

Haching eject Ingolstadt, Bayern take it easy

Following them through the "out" door was Ingolstadt, who debut in the Bundesliga in a week's time. When they do, they'll want to forget Sunday's meek 2-1 loss to fellow Bavarians Unterhaching from the fourth division.

Ingolstadt would record 22 shots on goal to Haching's nine, but it was the underdogs taking the lead on the half-hour mark on a goal by Markus Einsiedler. Just after the interval, Einsiedler doubled the hosts' advantage - fortunately, since replays showed he was onside. Moritz Hartmann gave Ingolstadt a lifeline seven minutes from time, but that was all the offense they could muster. Haching lived to fight another day, while Ingolstadt can concentrate full on the Bundesliga.

The only question in Bayern Munich's match against fifth-division Nöttingen was whether a bloodbath would ensue. But the reigning Bundesliga champs were content with a leisurely 3-1 victory on a penalty by Arturo Vidal and first-half goals by Mario Götze and Robert Lewandowski. Nöttingen's Niklas Hecht-Zirpel got a goal he can tell his grandchildren about.

Hanover and Mainz also lived up to their role as first-division favorites. Hanover beat fourth-division Kassel 2-0 on goals by Salif Sané and Kenan Karaman. Mainz defeated third-division Cottbus 3-0, with Fabian Frei, Jairo and Christian Clemens getting on the score sheet.

In other action second-division Heidenheim thumped fourth division Pirmasens, and second-division Paderborn came from behind to defeat fourth-division Lübeck. In a pair of penalty shootouts, second-division Düsseldorf overcame fourth-division Essen, and second-division Kaiserslautern got the better of third-division Rostock.

Dortmund do the job

In Sunday's early action, coach Thomas Tuchel's tenure in charge of Dortmund got off to a successful start as his charges beat third-division Chemnitz 2-0. With Dortmund enjoying over eighty percent of possession in the first half, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put them on the scoreboard with a header minute 25. Henrikh Mkhitaryan provided the chipped assist.

"We were always in control, but we failed to score the second goal to put the game away," new Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel said in his post-match remarks.

It was hardly a vintage performance for the 2011 and 2012 Bundesliga champs, who struggled to create opportunities and allowed the hosts a handful of chances after the break. But Mkhitaryan, showing a new-found nose for goal, salted away the win for Dortmund seven minutes from time.

In other action, second-division Freiburg hammered fifth-division Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 5-0. Nils Petersen scored four goals in that encounter. Simon Terodde of second-division Bochum had a hat trick as his side thrashed fifth-division Salmrohr, also by a score of 5-0. And despite going a man down early, second-division Sandhausen prevailed over fourth-division Bahlingen in a penalty shoot-out.