| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | West Germany |
| Teams | 128 |
| Defending champions | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Runner-up | 1. FC Köln |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 133 |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Klaus Allofs Manfred Burgsmüller (9 goals) |
The 1979–80 DFB-Pokal was the 37th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 24 August 1979 and ended on 4 June 1980. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final Fortuna Düsseldorf defeated 1. FC Köln 2–1 to defend their title from the preceding season. [1]
| 5 September 1979 | |||
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 4 – 1 | FC Hanau 93 | |
| SpVgg 1928 Au/Iller | 5 – 0 | VfB Gaggenau |
| 10 October 1979 | |||
| VfL Osnabrück | 3 – 2 | 1. FC Bocholt | |
| 12 October 1979 | |||
| Karlsruher SC | 3 – 0 | FC Augsburg |
| 5 January 1980 | |||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 – 0 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | |
| 12 January 1980 | |||
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 – 3 | VfB Stuttgart | (AET) |
| VfL Bochum | 3 – 3 | 1. FC Köln | (AET) |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3 – 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | (AET) |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 1 – 0 | FC Bayern Munich | |
| Karlsruher SC | 1 – 0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | (AET) |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 2 – 0 | SG Union Solingen | |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2 – 0 | Hamburger SV | |
| SV Göppingen | 1 – 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | |
| Hertha BSC | 0 – 0 | TuS 08 Langerwehe | (AET) |
| TSV 1860 München | 3 – 0 | BV 08 Lüttringhausen | |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 1 | Bonner SC | |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1 – 2 | FC 08 Homburg | |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 7 – 2 | Fortuna Köln | |
| SC Verl | 1 – 7 | Stuttgarter Kickers | |
| VfL Osnabrück | 4 – 0 | TSV Battenberg |
| 29 January 1980 | |||
| TuS 08 Langerwehe | 2 – 1 | Hertha BSC | |
| 30 January 1980 | |||
| 1. FC Köln | 2 – 1 | VfL Bochum |
| 13 February 1980 | |||
| 1. FC Köln | 3 – 1 | SV Darmstadt 98 | |
| 15 February 1980 | |||
| FC Schalke 04 | 2 – 0 | VfL Osnabrück | |
| 16 February 1980 | |||
| Karlsruher SC | 3 – 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3 – 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2 – 1 | Bayer Uerdingen | |
| FC 08 Homburg | 1 – 0 | TSV 1860 München | |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 5 – 2 | TuS 08 Langerwehe | (AET) |
| 17 February 1980 | |||
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 2 – 5 | Kickers Offenbach |
| 6 April 1980 | |||
| Borussia Dortmund | 3 – 1 | VfB Stuttgart | |
| FC 08 Homburg | 1 – 4 | 1. FC Köln | |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 1 | SpVgg Bayreuth | |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2 – 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | (AET) |
| 10 May 1980 | |||
| FC Schalke 04 | 0 – 2 | 1. FC Köln | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3 – 1 | Borussia Dortmund |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2–1 | 1. FC Köln |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Cullmann |
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