DFB-Pokal
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| DFB-Pokal | |
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| Current season or competition: DFB Cup 2007-08 |
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| Sport | Football |
| Founded | 1934 |
| No. of teams | 64 |
| Country(ies) |  Germany |
| Most recent champion(s) |
FC Bayern Munich |
The DFB-Pokal (Deutscher Fußball-Bund-Pokal or German Football-Federation Cup) is an elimination football tournament held annually. It is the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga championship.
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[edit] Format
Each club participating in the German football league system is entitled to enter the tournament. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga, along with the four clubs demoted from 2nd Bundesliga to Regionalliga (III), are seeded directly into the first round.
The clubs of the semi-professional Regionalliga and all amateur leagues (level IV and lower) enter the tournament through 21 qualification cups staged by each regional football association. All cup winners and the runners-up of the three largest associations enter the following year's German Cup competition.
Rounds played before the finals are single game knock out matches. Since 1985 the final has been held each year at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
Any game tied after 90 minutes of play is decided in two 15 minute periods of extra time, followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary.
[edit] The draw
The draw for the first round divides the 64 participating teams into two pots of 32 with the 18 Bundesliga sides and the best 14 sides from 2nd Bundesliga in the away pot and all other teams in the home pot.
The 32 teams that advance out of the first round are split into two pots for the second round. All the remaining clubs from the Regionalliga and lower divisions are put in the home pot and all other teams in the away pot. Once the home pot is emptied, all further fixtures are drawn from the away pot.
The matches for the Round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals are drawn from one pot with teams from the Regionalliga and lower divisions having home field advantage when matched against teams from the Bundesliga or 2nd Bundesliga regardless of the order in which teams are drawn from the pot.
[edit] History
The first German Cup final was contested in the 1934-35 season between the great rivals of that era, the 1. FC Nuremberg and Schalke 04, with Nuremberg winning 2:0. At the time it was known as the von Tschammer und Osten Pokal, or short Tschammerpokal, named after Reichssportführer (Sports Chief of the Reich) Hans von Tschammer und Osten. After a ten year interruption due to World War II, the West German Football Association re-introduced the competition in 1952 under its current name DFB-Pokal. The most recent winners, in the 2007-08 season, were Bayern Munich with a 2-1 win after extra time against Borussia Dortmund. Bayern won the League and Cup double for the third time in four years.
[edit] Past German Cup finals
| Year | Winner | Finalist | Result | Date | Venue | Att. |
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| 2008 | FC Bayern Munich | Borussia Dortmund | 2-1 ET | 19/04/08 | Berlin | 74,244 |
| 2007 | 1. FC Nuremberg | VfB Stuttgart | 3-2 ET | 26/05/07 | Berlin | 74,220 |
| 2006 | FC Bayern Munich | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1-0 | 29/04/06 | Berlin | 74,349 |
| 2005 | FC Bayern Munich | FC Schalke 04 | 2-1 | 28/05/05 | Berlin | 74,349 |
| 2004 | SV Werder Bremen | Alemannia Aachen | 3-2 | 29/05/04 | Berlin | 71,682 |
| 2003 | FC Bayern Munich | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3-1 | 31/05/03 | Berlin | 70,490 |
| 2002 | FC Schalke 04 | Bayer Leverkusen | 4-2 | 11/05/02 | Berlin | 70,000 |
| 2001 | FC Schalke 04 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 2-0 | 26/05/01 | Berlin | 73,011 |
| 2000 | FC Bayern Munich | SV Werder Bremen | 3-0 | 06/05/00 | Berlin | 76,000 |
| 1999 | SV Werder Bremen | FC Bayern Munich | 1-1 5-4 P | 12/06/99 | Berlin | 75,841 |
| 1998 | FC Bayern Munich | MSV Duisburg | 2-1 | 16/05/98 | Berlin | 75,800 |
| 1997 | VfB Stuttgart | Energie Cottbus | 2-0 | 14/06/97 | Berlin | 76,400 |
| 1996 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Karlsruher SC | 1-0 | 25/05/96 | Berlin | 75,800 |
| 1995 | B. Mönchengladbach | VfL Wolfsburg | 3-0 | 24/06/95 | Berlin | 75,700 |
| 1994 | SV Werder Bremen | Rot-Weiss Essen | 3-1 | 14/05/94 | Berlin | 76,000 |
| 1993 | Bayer Leverkusen | Hertha BSC (A) | 1-0 | 12/06/93 | Berlin | 76,000 |
| 1992 | Hannover 96 | B. Mönchengladbach | 0-0 4-3 P | 23/05/92 | Berlin | 76,000 |
| 1991 | SV Werder Bremen | 1. FC Köln | 1-1 4-3 P | 22/06/91 | Berlin | 73,000 |
| 1990 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | SV Werder Bremen | 3-2 | 19/05/90 | Berlin | 76,000 |
| 1989 | Borussia Dortmund | SV Werder Bremen | 4-1 | 24/06/89 | Berlin | 76,000 |
| 1988 | Eintracht Frankfurt | VfL Bochum | 1-0 | 28/05/88 | Berlin | 76,000 |
| 1987 | Hamburg SV | Stuttgarter Kickers | 3-1 | 20/06/87 | Berlin | 76,000 |
| 1986 | FC Bayern Munich | VfB Stuttgart | 5-2 | 03/05/86 | Berlin | 76,000 |
| 1985 | Bayer Uerdingen | FC Bayern Munich | 2-1 | 26/05/85 | Berlin | 70,000 |
| 1984 | FC Bayern Munich | B. Mönchengladbach | 1-1 7-6 P | 31/05/84 | Frankfurt | 61,000 |
| 1983 | 1. FC Köln | Fortuna Köln | 1-0 | 11/06/83 | Köln | 61,000 |
| 1982 | FC Bayern Munich | 1. FC Nuremberg | 4-2 | 01/05/82 | Frankfurt | 61,000 |
| 1981 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3-1 | 02/05/81 | Stuttgart | 71,000 |
| 1980 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1. FC Köln | 2-1 | 04/06/80 | Gelsenkirchen | 56,000 |
| 1979 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Hertha BSC | 1-0 ET | 23/06/79 | Hannover | 56,000 |
| 1978 | 1. FC Köln | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2-0 | 15/04/78 | Gelsenkirchen | 70,000 |
| 1977 | 1. FC Köln | Hertha BSC | 1-0 RM | 30/05/77 | Hannover | 35,000 |
| 1976 | Hamburg SV | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2-0 | 26/06/76 | Frankfurt | 61,000 |
| 1975 | Eintracht Frankfurt | MSV Duisburg | 1-0 | 21/06/75 | Hannover | 43,000 |
| 1974 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Hamburger SV | 3-1 ET | 17/08/74 | Düsseldorf | 52,000 |
| 1973 | B. Mönchengladbach | 1. FC Köln | 2-1 ET | 23/06/73 | Düsseldorf | 69,000 |
| 1972 | FC Schalke 04 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 5-0 | 01/07/72 | Hannover | 61,000 |
| 1971 | FC Bayern Munich | 1. FC Köln | 2-1 ET | 19/06/71 | Stuttgart | 71,000 |
| 1970 | Kickers Offenbach | 1. FC Köln | 2-1 | 29/08/70 | Hannover | 50,000 |
| 1969 | FC Bayern Munich | FC Schalke 04 | 2-1 | 14/06/69 | Frankfurt | 60,000 |
| 1968 | 1. FC Köln | VfL Bochum | 4-1 | 09/06/68 | Ludwigshafen | 60,000 |
| 1967 | FC Bayern Munich | Hamburg SV | 4-0 | 10/06/67 | Stuttgart | 67,000 |
| 1966 | FC Bayern Munich | Meidericher SV | 4-2 | 04/06/66 | Frankfurt | 62,000 |
| 1965 | Borussia Dortmund | Alemannia Aachen | 2-0 | 22/05/65 | Hannover | 55,000 |
| 1964 | TSV 1860 Munich | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2-0 | 13/06/64 | Stuttgart | 45,000 |
| 1963 | Hamburg SV | Borussia Dortmund | 3-0 | 14/08/63 | Hannover | 68,000 |
| 1962 | 1. FC Nuremberg | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2-1 ET | 29/08/62 | Hannover | 41,000 |
| 1961 | SV Werder Bremen | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2-0 | 13/09/61 | Gelsenkirchen | 18,000 |
| 1960 | B. Mönchengladbach | Karlsruher SC | 3-2 | 05/10/60 | Düsseldorf | 50,000 |
| 1959 | Schwarz-Weiss Essen | Borussia Neunkirchen | 5-2 | 27/12/59 | Kassel | 20,000 |
| 1958 | VfB Stuttgart | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4-3 ET | 16/10/58 | Kassel | 28,000 |
| 1957 | FC Bayern Munich | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1-0 | 29/12/57 | Augsburg | 42,000 |
| 1956 | Karlsruher SC | Hamburger SV | 3-1 | 05/08/56 | Karlsruhe | 25,000 |
| 1955 | Karlsruher SC | FC Schalke 04 | 3-2 | 21/05/55 | Braunschweig | 25,000 |
| 1954 | VfB Stuttgart | 1. FC Köln | 1-0 ET | 17/04/54 | Ludwigshafen | 60,000 |
| 1953 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Alemannia Aachen | 2-1 | 01/05/53 | Düsseldorf | 40,000 |
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The von Tschammer und Osten Pokal - Trophy for the Winner until 1943 |
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| 1943 | First Vienna FC | Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg | 3-2 ET | 31/10/43 | Stuttgart | 45,000 |
| 1942 | TSV 1860 Munich | FC Schalke 04 | 2-0 | 15/10/42 | Berlin | 80,000 |
| 1941 | Dresdner SC | FC Schalke 04 | 2-1 | 02/10/41 | Berlin | 65,000 |
| 1940 | Dresdner SC | 1. FC Nuremberg | 2-1 ET | 01/12/40 | Berlin | 60,000 |
| 1939 | 1. FC Nuremberg | SV Waldhof Mannheim | 2-0 | 08/04/40 | Berlin | 60,000 |
| 1938 | Rapid Wien | FSV Frankfurt | 3-1 | 08/01/39 | Berlin | 38,000 |
| 1937 | FC Schalke 04 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2-1 | 09/01/38 | Köln | 72,000 |
| 1936 | VfB Leipzig | FC Schalke 04 | 2-1 | 03/01/37 | Berlin | 70,000 |
| 1935 | 1. FC Nuremberg | FC Schalke 04 | 2-0 | 08/12/35 | Düsseldorf | 55,000 |
[edit] Performance by club
| Club | Wins | Runners-up | Winning Years |
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| FC Bayern Munich | 14 | 2 | 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 |
| SV Werder Bremen | 5 | 3 | 1961, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 4 | 7 | 1937, 1972, 2001, 2002 |
| 1. FC Nurnberg | 4 | 2 | 1935, 1939, 1963, 2007 |
| 1. FC Köln | 4 | 6 | 1968, 1977, 1978, 1983 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | 2 | 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988 |
| Hamburg SV | 3 | 3 | 1963, 1976, 1987 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 | 2 | 1960, 1973, 1995 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3 | 1 | 1954, 1958, 1997 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 | 5 | 1979, 1980 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2 | 5 | 1990, 1996 |
| Karlsruher SC | 2 | 2 | 1955, 1956 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 2 | 1965, 1989 |
| Dresdner SC | 2 | - | 1940, 1941 |
| 1860 Munich | 2 | - | 1942, 1964 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1 | 1 | 1993 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 1 | 1 | 1953 |
| Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 1 | - | 1985 |
| Hannover 96 | 1 | - | 1992 |
| VfB Leipzig | 1 | - | 1936 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1 | - | 1970 |
| Rapid Wien | 1 | - | 1938 |
| Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 1 | - | 1959 |
| First Vienna FC | 1 | - | 1943 |
| Alemannia Aachen | - | 3 | - |
| MSV Duisburg | - | 3 | - |
| VfL Bochum | - | 2 | - |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | - | 2 | - |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | - | 1 | - |
| Energie Cottbus | - | 1 | - |
| SC Fortuna Köln | - | 1 | - |
| FSV Frankfurt | - | 1 | - |
| Hertha BSC Berlin (Amateur team) | - | 1 | - |
| Luftwaffen-SV Hamburg | - | 1 | - |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | - | 1 | - |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | - | 1 | - |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | - | 1 | - |
| VfL Wolfsburg | - | 1 | - |
[edit] East German Cup (1949-1991)
East Germany also had its own national cup: the FDGB Pokal, 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.
[edit] Women's German Cup
Since 1981 women's football clubs have competed for the Women's German Cup (Frauen-DFB-Pokal).
[edit] Media coverage
In Australia the German Cup is currently available on Setanta Sports.
[edit] External links
- (German) DFB Pokal German Cup page from DFB
- (English) DFB Pokal German Cup page from DFB
- (German) News about DFB Pokal
