| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | West Germany |
| Teams | 64 |
| Defending champions | Bayern Munich |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Hamburger SV |
| Runner-up | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 70 |
The 1986–87 DFB-Pokal was the 44th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 27 August 1986 and ended on 20 June 1987. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds. In the final Hamburger SV defeated Stuttgarter Kickers 3–1. [1]
| 10 September 1986 | |||
| FC Gütersloh | 5 – 4 | VfL Hamm | (PSO) |
| KSV Hessen Kassel | 4 – 4 | Bremer SV | (PSO) |
| 23 September 1986 | |||
| Alemannia Aachen | 7 – 6 | SV Werder Bremen | (PSO) |
| Karlsruher SC | 4 – 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | (AET) |
| 24 October 1986 | |||
| FC Augsburg | 1 – 2 | Hamburger SV | |
| MSV Duisburg | 1 – 1 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | (AET) |
| Fortuna Köln | 1 – 1 | SC Freiburg | |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 0 – 2 | Karlsruher SC | |
| Alemannia Aachen | 4 – 0 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 3 – 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg | |
| FC 08 Homburg | 1 – 3 | FC Bayern Munich | |
| FC Gütersloh | 0 – 5 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 – 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | (AET) |
| 1. FC Köln | 3 – 1 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | |
| Bremer SV | 0 – 3 | FC St. Pauli | |
| Blau-Weiß Friedrichstadt | 1 – 2 | SV Darmstadt 98 | |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | 2 – 3 | Stuttgarter Kickers | |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 0 – 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | (AET) |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 – 1 | Borussia Dortmund | |
| BVL 08 Remscheid | 3 – 3 | Hanover 96 | (AET) |
| 11 November 1986 | |||
| SC Freiburg | 1 – 2 | Fortuna Köln | |
| 12 November 1986 | |||
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | 2 – 1 | MSV Duisburg | |
| Hannover 96 | 2 – 1 | BVL 08 Remscheid |
| 18 November 1986 | |||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3 – 0 | FC Bayern Munich | |
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | 1 – 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 2 – 0 | Hannover 96 | |
| Hamburger SV | 6 – 0 | FC St. Pauli | |
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 1 – 2 | Karlsruher SC | |
| Fortuna Köln | 0 – 2 | SV Darmstadt 98 | (AET) |
| Alemannia Aachen | 0 – 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | (AET) |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 3 – 1 | 1. FC Köln |
| 7 March 1987 | |||
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 0 – 1 | Hamburger SV | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1 – 0 | Karlsruher SC | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9 – 2 | Bayer Uerdingen | |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 3 – 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 31 March 1987 | |||
| Hamburger SV | 1 – 0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 3 – 0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Hamburger SV | 3–1 | Stuttgarter Kickers |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kurtenbach |
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