DFB-Pokal

The DFB-Pokal (German: [ˈdeː ʔɛf beː poˈkaːl]) is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. Taking place from August until May, the winner qualifies for the DFL-Supercup and the UEFA Europa League unless the winner already qualifies for the UEFA Champions League in the Bundesliga.

DFB-Pokal
Organising bodyDeutscher Fußball-Bund
Founded1935 (1935)
RegionGermany
Number of teams64
Qualifier forUEFA Europa League
Domestic cup(s)DFL-Supercup
Current championsRB Leipzig (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Bayern Munich (20 titles)
Television broadcasters
Websitewww.dfb.de/en/dfb-pokal/
2023–24 DFB-Pokal

The competition was founded in 1935, then called the Tschammer-Pokal. The first titleholders were 1. FC Nürnberg. In 1937, Schalke 04 were the first team to win the double. The Tschammer-Pokal was suspended in 1944 due to World War II and disbanded following the demise of Nazi Germany. In 1952–53, the cup was reinstated in West Germany as the DFB-Pokal, named after the DFB, and was won by Rot-Weiss Essen. (FDGB-Pokal, the East German equivalent, started in 1949 and operated through the 1991 season, when it merged with the DFB-Pokal).

Bayern Munich have won a record 20 titles. The current holders are RB Leipzig, who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 in the 2023 final to win their second consecutive title. Fortuna Düsseldorf hold the record for most consecutive tournament game wins (18) between 1978 and 1981, winning the cup in 1979 and 1980.

Format

The competition format has varied considerably since the inception of the Tschammer-Pokal in 1935.

Participation

The DFB-Pokal begins with a round of 64 teams. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, along with the top four finishers of the 3. Liga are automatically qualified for the tournament. Of the remaining slots 21 are given to the cup winners of the regional football associations, the Verbandspokale. The three remaining slots are given to the three regional associations with the most men's teams. They may assign the slot as they see fit but usually give it to the runner-up in the association cup.

As every team taking part in the German football league system is entitled to participate in local tournaments which qualify for the association cups, every team can, in principle, compete in the DFB-Pokal.[1] The only exception is that reserve teams (e.g. Bayern Munich II) are ineligible to enter.

Seeding

For the first round, the 64 teams are split into two pots of 32. One pot contains the 18 teams from the previous season of the Bundesliga and the top 14 teams from the previous season of the 2. Bundesliga. The other pot contains the bottom 4 teams from the previous season of the 2. Bundesliga, the top 4 teams from the previous season of the 3. Liga and the 24 amateur teams that qualified through regional football tournaments. Teams from one pot are drawn against teams from the other pot. Since 1982, teams from the pot containing amateur teams have played the game at home.

For the second round, the teams are again divided into two pots according to the same principles. Depending on the results of the first round, the pots might not be equal in terms of number. Teams from one pot are drawn against teams from the other pot until one pot is empty. The remaining teams are then drawn against each other with the team first drawn playing the game at home.

For the remaining rounds, other than the final, the teams are drawn from one pot. Since 1985, the final has been held in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.[1]

Match rules

Extra time will be played if the scores are level after 90 minutes with a penalty shootout following if needed.[1]

History

Historically the number of participants in the main tournament has varied between four from 1956 until 1960 and 128 from 1973 through 1982 resulting in tournaments of two to seven rounds. Since the inception of the Bundesliga in 1963 all clubs from the Bundesliga are automatically qualified for the DFB-Pokal as are all clubs from the 2. Bundesliga since its inception in 1974. Reserve sides for most of the time were allowed to participate in the DFB-Pokal but have been excluded since 2008.

The final has been held at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin every season since 1985. Before 1985, the host of the final was determined on short notice. In the decision, the German Football Association took into consideration that, due to the political situation between West Germany and East Germany, Berlin was not chosen to be a venue for the UEFA Euro 1988.[2][3]

Originally the cup games were held over two 45 minute halves with two 15 minute overtime periods in case of a draw. If the score was still level after 120 minutes the game was replayed with the home field right reversed. In the 1939 Tschammer-Pokal the semi-final between Waldhof Mannheim and Wacker Wien was played to a draw three times before the game was decided by lot. The German Football Association decided to hold a penalty shootout if the replay was another draw after a similar situation arose in the 1970 cup, when the match between Alemannia Aachen and Werder Bremen had to be decided by lot after two draws.

In 1971–72 and 1972–73, the matches were held over two legs. The second leg was extended by two additional 15-minute overtime periods if the aggregate was a draw after both legs. In case the extension brought no decision, a penalty shootout was held.

In 1977, the final 1. FC Köln vs. Hertha BSC had to be replayed, leading to great logistical difficulties. In the aftermath, the DFB opted not to replay cup finals in the future, instead holding a penalty shootout after extra time. Eventually, this change was extended to all cup games in 1991.

International qualification

Since 1960, the winner of the DFB-Pokal qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup. If the cup winner had already qualified for the European Club Champions Cup, the losing finalist moved into the Cup Winners' Cup instead. Following the abolition of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999, the winner of the DFB-Pokal qualified for the UEFA Cup, known as the UEFA Europa League since 2009. If the DFB-Pokal winner or both finalists qualify through the Bundesliga for European cup competitions, the best placed team of the Bundesliga not already qualified for at least the Europa League receives the spot.[4]

Tschammerpokal

The first German cup was held in 1935. It was then called von Tschammer und Osten Pokal, or Tschammerpokal for short, named after Reichssportführer (Sports Chief of the Reich) Hans von Tschammer und Osten. The first final was contested between the two most successful clubs of that era, 1. FC Nürnberg and Schalke 04, with Nürnberg winning 2–0.[5] After the last Tschammerpokal was held in 1943, the cup was not held for almost ten years, being re-introduced by the German Football Association (DFB) in 1952 under its current name, DFB-Pokal. In 1965, the original trophy, Goldfasanen-Pokal, was replaced by the trophy which is still awarded today, because the original reminded DFB president Peco Bauwens of the Nazi era.[6]

Giant killing

Originally, the DFB-Pokal was a competition open to clubs from the top divisions of German football only. This continued after the establishment of the Bundesliga in 1963. Semi-professional and amateur clubs could only enter the competition from 1974 onwards, when it was enlarged. Up until 2008, only the top two divisions of German football, the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, were fully professional but from 2008, with the establishment of the 3. Liga, the third tier also became fully professional.

From the start, the new match ups between Bundesliga and amateurs (most usually third division clubs) became a source of surprises. Hamburger SV's second round loss to VfB Eppingen in 1974 was often titled the "mother of all cup upsets" (German: Die Mutter aller Pokalsensationen),[7][8] the first instance of an amateur side knocking out a Bundesliga club. It took until 1990 for a fourth division side to achieve the same, when SpVgg Fürth took Borussia Dortmund out of the competition. Further milestones were the reserve side of Hertha BSC, Hertha BSC II, reaching the cup final in 1993, a first for a third division club and a reserve team. In 1997 Eintracht Trier proved too strong for both the UEFA Cup and Champions League winners, knocking Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund out of the competition. In 2000, 1. FC Magdeburg became the first fourth division side to eliminate two Bundesliga clubs in one season.[9] Hannover 96, then playing in the 2. Bundesliga, became cup winners after eliminating several Bundesliga teams in the process.[10] Kickers Offenbach won all matches including the semi-final as a 2. Bundesliga team, but were promoted to the Bundesliga a week before they won the cup final.

Surprise results in the cup attract strong media coverage in Germany and, at times, abroad. When TSV Vestenbergsgreuth eliminated Bayern Munich in 1994, who were then coached by the Italian Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported on its front page "Club di dilettanti elimina Trapattoni" ("Amateur club eliminate Trapattoni").[9]

Records

Having won 20 titles, Bayern Munich has been the most successful team in the cup since they won their fourth title in 1969. Fortuna Düsseldorf established a record for consecutive German Cup match victories (18 straight victories between 1978 and 1981, taking the trophy in 1979 and 1980). Werder Bremen had won the most consecutive home games (37) from 1988 to 2019. Bayern Munich has won the most consecutive away games (33) from 2009 to 2020. Schalke 04 holds the record for the biggest win in a DFB-Pokal final, winning 5–0 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1972 and 5–0 against MSV Duisburg in 2011.

Finals

The Trophy

Tschammer-Pokal

Year Winners Runners-up Result Date Venue Attendance
19351. FC NürnbergSchalke 042–008/12/35Düsseldorf55,000
1936VfB LeipzigSchalke 042–103/01/37Berlin70,000
1937Schalke 04Fortuna Düsseldorf2–109/01/38Cologne72,000
1938Rapid WienFSV Frankfurt3–108/01/39Berlin38,000
19391. FC NürnbergWaldhof Mannheim2–028/04/40Berlin60,000
1940Dresdner SC1. FC Nürnberg2–1 (a.e.t.)01/12/40Berlin60,000
1941Dresdner SCSchalke 042–102/11/41Berlin65,000
19421860 MunichSchalke 042–015/11/42Berlin80,000
1943First ViennaLuftwaffen-SV Hamburg3–2 (a.e.t.)31/10/43Stuttgart45,000

DFB-Pokal

Season Winners Runners-up Result Date Venue Attendance
1952–53Rot-Weiss EssenAlemannia Aachen2–101/05/53Düsseldorf40,000
1953–54VfB Stuttgart1. FC Köln1–0 (a.e.t.)17/04/54Ludwigshafen60,000
1954–55Karlsruher SCSchalke 043–221/05/55Braunschweig25,000
1955–56Karlsruher SCHamburger SV3–105/08/56Karlsruhe25,000
1956–57Bayern MunichFortuna Düsseldorf1–029/12/57Augsburg42,000
1957–58VfB StuttgartFortuna Düsseldorf4–3 (a.e.t.)16/10/58Kassel28,000
1958–59Schwarz-Weiss EssenBorussia Neunkirchen5–227/12/59Kassel20,000
1959–60Borussia MönchengladbachKarlsruher SC3–205/10/60Düsseldorf50,000
1960–61Werder Bremen1. FC Kaiserslautern2–013/09/61Gelsenkirchen18,000
1961–621. FC NürnbergFortuna Düsseldorf2–1 (a.e.t.)29/08/62Hannover41,000
1962–63Hamburger SVBorussia Dortmund3–014/08/63Hannover68,000
1963–641860 MunichEintracht Frankfurt2–013/06/64Stuttgart45,000
1964–65Borussia DortmundAlemannia Aachen2–022/05/65Hannover55,000
1965–66Bayern MunichMeidericher SV4–204/06/66Frankfurt am Main62,000
1966–67Bayern MunichHamburger SV4–010/06/67Stuttgart67,000
1967–681. FC KölnVfL Bochum4–109/06/68Ludwigshafen60,000
1968–69Bayern MunichSchalke 042–114/06/69Frankfurt am Main60,000
1969–70Kickers Offenbach1. FC Köln2–129/08/70Hannover50,000
1970–71Bayern Munich1. FC Köln2–1 (a.e.t.)19/06/71Stuttgart71,000
1971–72Schalke 041. FC Kaiserslautern5–001/07/72Hannover61,000
1972–73Borussia Mönchengladbach1. FC Köln2–1 (a.e.t.)23/06/73Düsseldorf69,000
1973–74Eintracht FrankfurtHamburger SV3–1 (a.e.t.)17/08/74Düsseldorf52,000
1974–75Eintracht FrankfurtMSV Duisburg1–021/06/75Hannover43,000
1975–76Hamburger SV1. FC Kaiserslautern2–026/06/76Frankfurt am Main61,000
1976–771. FC KölnHertha BSC1–1 (a.e.t.)
1–0 replay
28/05/77
30/05/77
Hannover54,000
35,000
1977–781. FC KölnFortuna Düsseldorf2–015/04/78Gelsenkirchen70,000
1978–79Fortuna DüsseldorfHertha BSC1–0 (a.e.t.)23/06/79Hannover56,000
1979–80Fortuna Düsseldorf1. FC Köln2–104/06/80Gelsenkirchen56,000
1980–81Eintracht Frankfurt1. FC Kaiserslautern3–102/05/81Stuttgart71,000
1981–82Bayern Munich1. FC Nürnberg4–201/05/82Frankfurt am Main61,000
1982–831. FC KölnFortuna Köln1–011/06/83Cologne61,000
1983–84Bayern MunichBorussia Mönchengladbach1–1 (7–6 p)31/05/84Frankfurt am Main61,000
1984–85Bayer UerdingenBayern Munich2–126/05/85West Berlin70,000
1985–86Bayern MunichVfB Stuttgart5–203/05/86West Berlin76,000
1986–87Hamburger SVStuttgarter Kickers3–120/06/87West Berlin76,000
1987–88Eintracht FrankfurtVfL Bochum1–028/05/88West Berlin76,000
1988–89Borussia DortmundWerder Bremen4–124/06/89West Berlin76,000
1989–901. FC KaiserslauternWerder Bremen3–219/05/90West Berlin76,000
1990–91Werder Bremen1. FC Köln1–1 (4–3 p)22/06/91Berlin73,000
1991–92Hannover 96Borussia Mönchengladbach0–0 (4–3 p)23/05/92Berlin76,000
1992–93Bayer LeverkusenHertha BSC II1–012/06/93Berlin76,000
1993–94Werder BremenRot-Weiss Essen3–114/05/94Berlin76,000
1994–95Borussia MönchengladbachVfL Wolfsburg3–024/06/95Berlin75,700
1995–961. FC KaiserslauternKarlsruher SC1–025/05/96Berlin75,800
1996–97VfB StuttgartEnergie Cottbus2–014/06/97Berlin76,400
1997–98Bayern MunichMSV Duisburg2–116/05/98Berlin75,800
1998–99Werder BremenBayern Munich1–1 (5–4 p)12/06/99Berlin75,841
1999–2000Bayern MunichWerder Bremen3–006/05/00Berlin76,000
2000–01Schalke 04Union Berlin2–026/05/01Berlin73,011
2001–02Schalke 04Bayer Leverkusen4–211/05/02Berlin70,000
2002–03Bayern Munich1. FC Kaiserslautern3–131/05/03Berlin70,490
2003–04Werder BremenAlemannia Aachen3–229/05/04Berlin71,682
2004–05Bayern MunichSchalke 042–128/05/05Berlin74,349
2005–06Bayern MunichEintracht Frankfurt1–029/04/06Berlin74,349
2006–071. FC NürnbergVfB Stuttgart3–2 (a.e.t.)26/05/07Berlin74,220
2007–08Bayern MunichBorussia Dortmund2–1 (a.e.t.)19/04/08Berlin74,244
2008–09Werder BremenBayer Leverkusen1–030/05/09Berlin72,244
2009–10Bayern MunichWerder Bremen4–015/05/10Berlin72,954
2010–11Schalke 04MSV Duisburg5–021/05/11Berlin75,708
2011–12Borussia DortmundBayern Munich5–212/05/12Berlin75,708
2012–13Bayern MunichVfB Stuttgart3–201/06/13Berlin75,420
2013–14Bayern MunichBorussia Dortmund2–0 (a.e.t.)17/05/14Berlin76,197
2014–15VfL WolfsburgBorussia Dortmund3–130/05/15Berlin75,815
2015–16Bayern MunichBorussia Dortmund0–0 (4–3 p)21/05/16Berlin74,322
2016–17Borussia DortmundEintracht Frankfurt2–127/05/17Berlin74,322
2017–18Eintracht FrankfurtBayern Munich3–119/05/18Berlin74,322
2018–19Bayern MunichRB Leipzig3–025/05/19Berlin74,322
2019–20Bayern MunichBayer Leverkusen4–204/07/20Berlin0[lower-alpha 1]
2020–21Borussia DortmundRB Leipzig4–113/05/21Berlin0[lower-alpha 1]
2021–22RB LeipzigSC Freiburg1–1 (4–2 p)21/05/22Berlin74,322
2022–23RB LeipzigEintracht Frankfurt2–003/06/23Berlin74,667

Performance by club

Club
Winners
Runners-up
Winning years
Bayern Munich
20
4
1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020
Werder Bremen
6
4
1961, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009
Schalke 04
5
7
1937, 1972, 2001, 2002, 2011
Borussia Dortmund
5
5
1965, 1989, 2012, 2017, 2021
Eintracht Frankfurt
5
4
1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 2018
1. FC Köln
4
6
1968, 1977, 1978, 1983
1. FC Nürnberg
4
2
1935, 1939, 1962, 2007
VfB Stuttgart
3
3
1954, 1958, 1997
Hamburger SV
3
3
1963, 1976, 1987
Borussia Mönchengladbach
3
2
1960, 1973, 1995
Fortuna Düsseldorf
2
5
1979, 1980
1. FC Kaiserslautern
2
5
1990, 1996
Karlsruher SC
2
2
1955, 1956
RB Leipzig
2
2
2022, 2023
Dresdner SC
2
1940, 1941
1860 Munich
2
1942, 1964
Bayer Leverkusen
1
3
1993
Rot-Weiss Essen
1
1
1953
VfL Wolfsburg
1
1
2015
KFC Uerdingen 05
1
1985
Hannover 96
1
1992
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
1
1936
Kickers Offenbach
1
1970
Rapid Wien
1
1938
Schwarz-Weiss Essen
1
1959
First Vienna
1
1943
MSV Duisburg
4
Alemannia Aachen
3
VfL Bochum
2
Hertha BSC
2
Borussia Neunkirchen
1
Energie Cottbus
1
Fortuna Köln
1
FSV Frankfurt
1
SC Freiburg
1
Hertha BSC II
1
Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg
1
Stuttgarter Kickers
1
Union Berlin
1
Waldhof Mannheim
1

Winning managers

East German Cup (1949–91)

East Germany also had its own national cup: the FDGB Cup, the cup of the Freie Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund, the association of the East German trade unions. It was introduced in 1949 and awarded annually until 1991 after German reunification in 1990 led to the merger of the football leagues of the two Germanys.

Women's German Cup

Since 1981 women's football clubs have competed for the DFB-Pokal Frauen. An East German women's cup was also held from 1987 to 1991.

Media coverage

Germany

ARD and ZDF will broadcast 15 matches per season. All matches are available on Sky Sport.[11]

International

Country Broadcaster Ref
Albania SuperSport [12]
Andorra Movistar Plus+
Australia Optus Sport [13]
Austria Sky Sport
Brazil ESPN [14][15]
Caribbean
Latin America
Puerto Rico
Sub-Saharan Africa
United States
Bosnia and Herzegovina Arena Sport [16]
Croatia
Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
Slovenia
Brunei Astro SuperSport [17]
Malaysia
Belgium Eleven Sports
Bulgaria Diema Sport
Canada DAZN [18]
China CCTV, Migu [16]
Cyprus CytaVision Sports [19]
Czech Republic Nova Sport
Slovakia
Denmark TBD
Estonia Go3 Sport [16]
Finland TBD
France L'Équipe [20]
Hong Kong TBD
Hungary Sport 1
Iceland TBD
Indian Subcontinent Sony Ten [16]
Indonesia Kompas TV [16][21]
Ireland Premier Sports
Israel Charlton
Italy Sky Sport [16]
Japan DAZN
Kazakhstan Qazsport
Kosovo Art Sport
Latvia Go3 Sport [16]
Liechtenstein Sky Sport
Lithuania Go3 Sport [16]
Luxembourg Eleven Sports
Sky Sport
Macau M Plus, Macau Cable TV
Malta TSN
MENA Dubai Sports
Netherlands Ziggo Sport
Norway VG+ [16]
Poland Eleven Sports
Portugal Eleven Sports
San Marino Sky Sport [16]
South Korea Coupang
Spain Movistar Plus+
Sub-Saharan Africa New World TV [16]
Sweden Aftonbladet [16]
Switzerland Sky Sport
Thailand Channel 3
Turkey S Sport
Ukraine MEGOGO
United Kingdom Viaplay Sports
United States ESPN+ and Hulu
Vietnam VTV cab [16]


Notes

  1. The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

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