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SC Freiburg RB Leipzig
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12
88
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2.1
1.14
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SC Freiburg RB Leipzig
64.93
35.07
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2.1
1.29
3 - 5
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SC Freiburg RB Leipzig
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SC Freiburg RB Leipzig
62%
Away
-2
0 - 2
2.1
1.24
3 - 5

The DFB-Pokal and its controversial history

1. What exactly is the DFB-Pokal?

Originally called Tschammer Pokal, you know, after the infamous Hans von Tschammer und Osten who’s the Reichssportführer a mouthful to pronounce I know. Basically, he’s the guy who orchestrated sport under Hitler, leaving all the atrocities done by the Reich aside. The first cup was held in 1935 and it was between 1. FC Nürnberg and Schalke 04,1.FC Nürnberg was the eventual winner beating Schalke 04 2-0. This carried on until 1943 where they had to stop due to political problems.1952 was when the DFB( Deutsche Fußball-bund) reintroduced the cup and it went on until now.

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2. 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. 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 was fully professional but from 2008, with the establishment of the 3. Liga, the third tier also became fully professional.

3. The format and ruling of the DFB-Pokal

Unlike most other cups, the rules of DFB-Pokal have changed considerably since the Tschammer-Pokal. Now there are 64 teams playing. The teams playing at Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, and the top 3 finishers of the 3. Bundesliga have qualified automatically. The remaining slots are distributed to cup winners and runner-ups of the other regional football tournament.

In the first round, the teams are split into half,2 pots are made up of 32 teams. One contains 18 teams from last years’ Bundesliga and the top 14 teams from 2.Bundesliga.Whilst the other contains the rest including the 4 teams from the 3. Bundesliga. The second round is still following the ruling of the 1st. The final match has been played in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin since 1985.

4. The record holders

The rain of goals with 17 goals in total conceded 

 

Gerd Müller is the most top scorer in the competition, with 78 goals for himself 

5. The winners of the league

Season

Winner

Runner-up

Result

Date

Venue

Attendance

1952–53

Rot-Weiss Essen

Alemannia Aachen

2–1

01/05/53

Düsseldorf

40,000

1953–54

VfB Stuttgart

1. FC Köln

1–0 (a.e.t.)

17/04/54

Ludwigshafen

60,000

1954–55

Karlsruher SC

Schalke 04

3–2

21/05/55

Braunschweig

25,000

1955–56

Karlsruher SC

Hamburger SV

3–1

05/08/56

Karlsruhe

25,000

1956–57

Bayern Munich

Fortuna Düsseldorf

1–0

29/12/57

Augsburg

42,000

1957–58

VfB Stuttgart

Fortuna Düsseldorf

4–3 (a.e.t.)

16/10/58

Kassel

28,000

1958–59

Schwarz-Weiss Essen

Borussia Neunkirchen

5–2

27/12/59

Kassel

20,000

1959–60

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Karlsruher SC

3–2

05/10/60

Düsseldorf

50,000

1960–61

Werder Bremen

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2–0

13/09/61

Gelsenkirchen

18,000

1961–62

1. FC Nürnberg

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2–1 (a.e.t.)

29/08/62

Hannover

41,000

1962–63

Hamburger SV

Borussia Dortmund

3–0

14/08/63

Hannover

68,000

1963–64

1860 Munich

Eintracht Frankfurt

2–0

13/06/64

Stuttgart

45,000

1964–65

Borussia Dortmund

Alemannia Aachen

2–0

22/05/65

Hannover

55,000

1965–66

Bayern Munich

Meidericher SV

4–2

04/06/66

Frankfurt am Main

62,000

1966–67

Bayern Munich

Hamburger SV

4–0

10/06/67

Stuttgart

67,000

1967–68

1. FC Köln

VfL Bochum

4–1

09/06/68

Ludwigshafen

60,000

1968–69

Bayern Munich

Schalke 04

2–1

14/06/69

Frankfurt am Main

60,000

1969–70

Kickers Offenbach

1. FC Köln

2–1

29/08/70

Hannover

50,000

1970–71

Bayern Munich

1. FC Köln

2–1 (a.e.t.)

19/06/71

Stuttgart

71,000

1971–72

Schalke 04

1. FC Kaiserslautern

5–0

01/07/72

Hannover

61,000

1972–73

Borussia Mönchengladbach

1. FC Köln

2–1 (a.e.t.)

23/06/73

Düsseldorf

69,000

1973–74

Eintracht Frankfurt

Hamburger SV

3–1 (a.e.t.)

17/08/74

Düsseldorf

52,000

1974–75

Eintracht Frankfurt

MSV Duisburg

1–0

21/06/75

Hannover

43,000

1975–76

Hamburger SV

1. FC Kaiserslautern

2–0

26/06/76

Frankfurt am Main

61,000

1976–77

1. FC Köln

Hertha BSC

1–1 (a.e.t.)

1–0 replay

28/05/77

30/05/77

Hannover

54,000

35,000

1977–78

1. FC Köln

Fortuna Düsseldorf

2–0

15/04/78

Gelsenkirchen

70,000

1978–79

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Hertha BSC

1–0 (a.e.t.)

23/06/79

Hannover

56,000

1979–80

Fortuna Düsseldorf

1. FC Köln

2–1

04/06/80

Gelsenkirchen

56,000

1980–81

Eintracht Frankfurt

1. FC Kaiserslautern

3–1

02/05/81

Stuttgart

71,000

1981–82

Bayern Munich

1. FC Nürnberg

4–2

01/05/82

Frankfurt am Main

61,000

1982–83

1. FC Köln

Fortuna Köln

1–0

11/06/83

Cologne

61,000

1983–84

Bayern Munich

Borussia Mönchengladbach

1–1 (7–6 p)

31/05/84

Frankfurt am Main

61,000

1984–85

Bayer Uerdingen

Bayern Munich

2–1

26/05/85

West Berlin

70,000

1985–86

Bayern Munich

VfB Stuttgart

5–2

03/05/86

West Berlin

76,000

1986–87

Hamburger SV

Stuttgarter Kickers

3–1

20/06/87

West Berlin

76,000

1987–88

Eintracht Frankfurt

VfL Bochum

1–0

28/05/88

West Berlin

76,000

1988–89

Borussia Dortmund

Werder Bremen

4–1

24/06/89

West Berlin

76,000

1989–90

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Werder Bremen

3–2

19/05/90

West Berlin

76,000

1990–91

Werder Bremen

1. FC Köln

1–1 (4–3 p)

22/06/91

Berlin

73,000

1991–92

Hannover 96

Borussia Mönchengladbach

0–0 (4–3 p)

23/05/92

Berlin

76,000

1992–93

Bayer Leverkusen

Hertha BSC II

1–0

12/06/93

Berlin

76,000

1993–94

Werder Bremen

Rot-Weiss Essen

3–1

14/05/94

Berlin

76,000

1994–95

Borussia Mönchengladbach

VfL Wolfsburg

3–0

24/06/95

Berlin

75,700

1995–96

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Karlsruher SC

1–0

25/05/96

Berlin

75,800

1996–97

VfB Stuttgart

Energie Cottbus

2–0

14/06/97

Berlin

76,400

1997–98

Bayern Munich

MSV Duisburg

2–1

16/05/98

Berlin

75,800

1998–99

Werder Bremen

Bayern Munich

1–1 (5–4 p)

12/06/99

Berlin

75,841

1999–2000

Bayern Munich

Werder Bremen

3–0

06/05/00

Berlin

76,000

2000–01

Schalke 04

Union Berlin

2–0

26/05/01

Berlin

73,011

2001–02

Schalke 04

Bayer Leverkusen

4–2

11/05/02

Berlin

70,000

2002–03

Bayern Munich

1. FC Kaiserslautern

3–1

31/05/03

Berlin

70,490

2003–04

Werder Bremen

Alemannia Aachen

3–2

29/05/04

Berlin

71,682

2004–05

Bayern Munich

Schalke 04

2–1

28/05/05

Berlin

74,349

2005–06

Bayern Munich

Eintracht Frankfurt

1–0

29/04/06

Berlin

74,349

2006–07

1. FC Nürnberg

VfB Stuttgart

3–2 (a.e.t.)

26/05/07

Berlin

74,220

2007–08

Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund

2–1 (a.e.t.)

19/04/08

Berlin

74,244

2008–09

Werder Bremen

Bayer Leverkusen

1–0

30/05/09

Berlin

72,244

2009–10

Bayern Munich

Werder Bremen

4–0

15/05/10

Berlin

72,954

2010–11

Schalke 04

MSV Duisburg

5–0

21/05/11

Berlin

75,708

2011–12

Borussia Dortmund

Bayern Munich

5–2

12/05/12

Berlin

75,708

2012–13

Bayern Munich

VfB Stuttgart

3–2

01/06/13

Berlin

75,420

2013–14

Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund

2–0 (a.e.t.)

17/05/14

Berlin

76,197

2014–15

VfL Wolfsburg

Borussia Dortmund

3–1

30/05/15

Berlin

75,815

2015–16

Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund

0–0 (4–3 p)

21/05/16

Berlin

74,322

2016–17

Borussia Dortmund

Eintracht Frankfurt

2–1

27/05/17

Berlin

74,322

2017–18

Eintracht Frankfurt

Bayern Munich

3–1

19/05/18

Berlin

74,322

2018–19

Bayern Munich

RB Leipzig

3–0

25/05/19

Berlin

74,322

2019–20

Bayern Munich

Bayer Leverkusen

4–2

04/07/20

Berlin

0

2020-21

Borussia Dortmund

RB Leipzig

4-1

13/05/21

Berlin

0

6. Sources

  • Transfermarkt.com
  • dfb.de
  • RBB Online
  • Der Tagesspiegel