DFB-Pokal Frauen

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DFB-Pokal Frauen
DFB Pokal Women Logo.svg
Founded1981
RegionGermany
Number of teams49
Current champions VfL Wolfsburg
(11th title)
Most successful club(s)VfL Wolfsburg
(11 titles)
Website Official website
Soccerball current event.svg 2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen

The DFB-Pokal Frauen [1] is the main national women's football cup competition in Germany, held annually by the German Football Association in knockout format. It was created in 1980, and since 1991 includes Eastern teams as well. The most recent champions are VfL Wolfsburg (ten consecutive titles), they also won the most titles with eleven. Since 1985 the final has thus been held in Berlin. Only in 1983, it was held in the city of Frankfurt. This routine changed in 2010 when the finale was the DFB gave the final to the city of Cologne. [2] It ever stayed in the city and was held at the RheinEnergieStadion. The final usually takes place on a weekend or holiday in early May.

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Format

Participation

All clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga are allowed to compete in the cup as are the clubs which gained promotion to the second Bundesliga. Also the winners of the regional cup competitions compete in the cup. As an exception to these rules, clubs' second teams are not allowed to participate in the DFB-Pokal. When a second team wins its regional cup, that team's regional association may send another team to the DFB-Pokal only if the cup winning second team has not also achieved promotion to the 2. Bundesliga. [3]

Seeding

Of the qualified teams, not all have to compete in the first round. Exactly 32 teams have to compete in the second round of the tournament, so in the first round the number of matches is determined by the number of excess teams. The teams that do not have to compete in the first round are the best finishers from the previous Bundesliga season, the number again determined by the number of entrants to the tournament.

The pairings for round one, two, and three are not entirely random as there is a commission allocating the clubs to two or four groups as they see fit. These groups correspond with the regional provenance of the clubs. In the third round the commission can decide not to allocate the contestants to any groups. Within those groups the clubs are again separated, this time depending on the league they play in. For the draw, clubs from the Bundesligas are put in one pot and the rest in a second pot. Non-Bundesliga clubs automatically have home advantage against clubs from the Bundesligas. [3] From 2025–26 on, 32 teams will compete in a play-off round, while there is no regional split-up (21 winners of the regional cups, five promoted teams from the Regionalliga and six teams from the 2. Bundesliga), to determine the 16 teams in the first round. There, the Bundesliga and the four best-placed teams from the 2. Bundesliga will join. [4]


Match rules

All games are held over two 45-minute halves with the winner advancing to the next round. In case of a draw, the game gets an extended by two 15-minute halves. If the score is still level after 120 minutes the winner is decided by penalty shootout. In the final no extra time is added in case of a draw after 90 minutes, instead the penalty shootout follows immediately. [3]

Winners

Before the reunification of Germany the cup competition included teams from West Germany only.

Final 2007 in the Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Pokalfinale 2007 Frauen4.JPG
Final 2007 in the Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
Final 2007 in the Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Pokalfinale 2007 Frauen2.JPG
Final 2007 in the Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
YearWinnerResultRunner UpVenue
1980–81 Bergisch Gladbach 5–0 TuS Wörrstadt Stuttgart (Neckarstadion)
1981–82 Bergisch Gladbach 3–0VfL Wildeshausen Frankfurt am Main (Waldstadion)
1982–83 KBC Duisburg 3–0 FSV Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main (Stadion am Bornheimer Hang)
1983–84 Bergisch Gladbach 2–0 VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg Frankfurt am Main (Waldstadion)
1984–85 FSV Frankfurt 1–1 ( a.e.t. )(4–3 p) KBC Duisburg Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1985–86 Siegen 2–0 Bergisch Gladbach Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1986–87 Siegen 5–2STV LövenichBerlin (Olympic Stadium)
1987–88 Siegen 4–0 Bayern Munich Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1988–89 Siegen 5–1 FSV Frankfurt Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1989–90 FSV Frankfurt 1–0 Bayern Munich Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1990–91 Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 1–0 Siegen Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1991–92 FSV Frankfurt 1–0 Siegen Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1992–93 Siegen 1–1 ( a.e.t. )(6–5 p) Grün-Weiß Brauweiler Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1993–94 Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 2–1 Siegen Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1994–95 FSV Frankfurt 3–1 Siegen Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1995–96 FSV Frankfurt 2–1 Klinge Seckach Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1996–97 Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 3–1 Eintracht Rheine Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1997–98 Duisburg 6–2 FSV Frankfurt Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1998–99 FFC Frankfurt 1–0 Duisburg Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
1999–2000 FFC Frankfurt 2–1 Sportfreunde Siegen Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2000–01 FFC Frankfurt 2–1 Flaesheim-Hillen Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2001–02 FFC Frankfurt 5–0 Hamburg Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2002–03 FFC Frankfurt 1–0 Duisburg Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2003–04 Turbine Potsdam 3–0 FFC Frankfurt Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2004–05 Turbine Potsdam 3–0 FFC Frankfurt Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2005–06 Turbine Potsdam 2–0 FFC Frankfurt Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2006–07 FFC Frankfurt 1–1 (4–1 p) Duisburg Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2007–08 FFC Frankfurt 5–1 Saarbrücken Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2008–09 Duisburg 7–0 Turbine Potsdam Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
2009–10 Duisburg 1–0 FF USV Jena Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2010–11 FFC Frankfurt 2–0 Turbine Potsdam Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2011–12 Bayern Munich 2–0 FFC Frankfurt Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2012–13 VfL Wolfsburg 3–2 Turbine Potsdam Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2013–14 1. FFC Frankfurt 3–0 SGS Essen Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg 3–0 Turbine Potsdam Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2015–16 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 SC Sand Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2016–17 VfL Wolfsburg 2–1 SC Sand Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2017–18 VfL Wolfsburg 0–0 ( a.e.t. )(3–2 p) Bayern Munich Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2018–19 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 SC Freiburg Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2019–20 VfL Wolfsburg 3–3 ( a.e.t. )(4–2 p) SGS Essen Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2020–21 VfL Wolfsburg 1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2021–22 VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 Turbine Potsdam Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2022–23 VfL Wolfsburg 4–1 SC Freiburg Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
2023–24 VfL Wolfsburg 2–0 Bayern Munich Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)

Winners by team

ClubTitlesRunner-up
VfL Wolfsburg 111*
Eintracht Frankfurt 95
TSV Siegen 55
FSV Frankfurt 53
Turbine Potsdam 35
FCR Duisburg 33
Bergisch Gladbach 31
Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 31
Bayern Munich 14
KBC Duisburg 11
SC Sand 02
SGS Essen 02
SC Freiburg 02
FFC Flaesheim-Hillen 01
Hamburger SV 01
FF USV Jena 01
STV Lövenich01
Eintracht Rheine 01
1. FC Saarbrücken 01
SC Klinge Seckach 01
VfL Wildeshausen01
TuS Wörrstadt 01

(*) Note: Runner-up of VfL Wolfsburg as VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg

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