in 2005, german football was once again overshadowed by the discovery of a match-fixing scandal involving second division referee robert hoyzer, who confessed to fixing and betting on matches in the 2. bundesliga, the dfb-pokal (german cup), and the regionalliga (iii). the games included a dfb-pokal first-round match between regional side paderborn and bundesliga heavyweights hamburg on 21 august 2004. hamburg lost (2–4) through penalties and a red-card charged to the side and was eliminated from the lucrative competition.