The 2002–03 DFB-Pokal was the 60th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 28 August 2002 and ended on 31 May 2003. In the final, Bayern Munich defeated 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–1, thereby claiming their 11th title.^[1]

Matches

Times up to 26 October 2002 and from 30 March 2003 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 27 October 2002 to 29 March 2003 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

Tennis Borussia Berlin v FC St. Pauli

28 August 2002	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1–2	FC St. Pauli	Berlin
	Radtke 66'	Report (in German)	Patschinski 4' Yang 64'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Stefan Weber (Eisenach)

VfB Lübeck v MSV Duisburg

30 August 2002	VfB Lübeck	2–3 (a.e.t.)	MSV Duisburg	Lübeck
	Kruppke 60' Bärwolf 87'	Report (in German)	Voss 7' Zeyer 54' (pen.) Bönig 117'	Stadium: Lohmühle Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Thomas Frank (Hannover)

Eintracht Braunschweig v SSV Reutlingen

30 August 2002	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	SSV Reutlingen	Braunschweig
	Mazingu-Dinzey 60'	Report (in German)	Würll 40', 69'	Stadium: Stadion an der Hamburger Straße Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

1. FC Saarbrücken v SV Waldhof Mannheim

30 August 2002	1. FC Saarbrücken	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Saarbrücken
	Hallé 5'	Report (in German)	Zinnow 38'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Markus Weber (Bergkamen)
	Penalties
	Nsaliwa Rosen Örtülü Marasa Oelkuch		Kowalik Hoersen Kern Maximov Licht

SpVgg Unterhaching v Mainz 05

30 August 2002	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Mainz 05	Munich
	Zimmermann 43'	Report (in German)	Babatz 86'	Stadium: Generali Sportpark Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Dominik Marks (Berlin)
	Penalties
	Copado Lust Zimmermann Straube		Voronin Weiland Babatz Schwarz

1. FC Schweinfurt 05 v 1. FC Union Berlin

30 August 2002	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	1–2 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Union Berlin	Schweinfurt
	Popović 84'	Report (in German)	Fiél 55' Koilov 101'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

1899 Hoffenheim v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

30 August 2002	1899 Hoffenheim	4–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Sinsheim
	Koné 12' Teinert 51' Ollhoff 55' Thee 89'	Report (in German)	Xie 17'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

Eintracht Trier v 1. FC Nürnberg

30 August 2002	Eintracht Trier	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Trier
		Report (in German)	Popović 19' Ćirić 51'	Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Kammerer (Karlsruhe)

Wacker Burghausen v Energie Cottbus

31 August 2002	Wacker Burghausen	0–2	Energie Cottbus	Burghausen
		Report (in German)	Kałużny 33' Miriuță 38'	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

SC Paderborn v VfB Stuttgart

31 August 2002	SC Paderborn	1–4	VfB Stuttgart	Paderborn
	Gerov 68'	Report (in German)	Kurányi 51', 90' Amanatidis 75' Hleb 90'	Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Otte (Damme)

Erzgebirge Aue v VfL Bochum

31 August 2002	Erzgebirge Aue	1–3	VfL Bochum	Aue
	Broum 3'	Report (in German)	Buckley 24' Freier 43' Hashemian 60'	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Werder Bremen (A) v Bayern Munich

31 August 2002	Werder Bremen (A)	0–3	Bayern Munich	Bremen
		Report (in German)	Giovane Élber 51' Pizarro 64' Ballack 65'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 16,400 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

EFC Stahl v Werder Bremen

31 August 2002	EFC Stahl	0–1	Werder Bremen	Eisenhüttenstadt
		Report (in German)	Charisteas 10'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Concordia Ihrhove v Borussia Dortmund

31 August 2002	Concordia Ihrhove	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Ihrhove
		Report (in German)	Heinrich 57' Koller 82' Addo 83'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kai Voss (Großhansdorf)

FC Schönberg v Hamburger SV

31 August 2002	FC Schönberg	0–6	Hamburger SV	Schönberg
		Report (in German)	Wicky 6', 56' Romeo 47', 89' Albertz 74' Christensen 80'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

VfR Aalen v Hannover 96

31 August 2002	VfR Aalen	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Hannover 96	Aalen
	Hering 7', 45'	Report (in German)	Linke 9' N'Kufo 83' Gorges 98'	Stadium: Städtisches Waldstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)

Kickers Offenbach v Karlsruher SC

31 August 2002	Kickers Offenbach	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Karlsruher SC	Offenbach
	Falk 35' (pen.) Kagiouzis 100', 120' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Labbadia 2'	Stadium: Bieberer Berg Stadion Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Jahn Regensburg v LR Ahlen

31 August 2002	Jahn Regensburg	1–2	LR Ahlen	Regensburg
	Zani 7'	Report (in German)	Schmidt 54' (o.g.) Feinbier 78'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Wolfgang Walz (Öhringen)

VfL Wolfsburg (A) v 1. FC Köln

31 August 2002	VfL Wolfsburg (A)	1–3	1. FC Köln	Wolfsburg
	Kolm 32'	Report (in German)	Kurth 36' Sinkala 53' Kioyo 78'	Attendance: 2,850 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

Bahlinger SC v Alemannia Aachen

31 August 2002	Bahlinger SC	1–0	Alemannia Aachen	Bahlingen
	Sieah 13'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Raquet (Weilerbach)

Hallescher FC v SC Freiburg

31 August 2002	Hallescher FC	1–3	SC Freiburg	Halle
	Lesch 15'	Report (in German)	Männer 2' Tskitishvili 16' Ramdane 44'	Stadium: Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

Bayern Munich (A) v Schalke 04

31 August 2002	Bayern Munich (A)	1–2	Schalke 04	Munich
	Hasenhüttl 66'	Report (in German)	Sand 14' Mpenza 63'	Stadium: Stadion an der Grünwalder Strasse Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Holstein Kiel v Hertha BSC

1 September 2002	Holstein Kiel	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Hertha BSC	Kiel
	Rose 44'	Report (in German)	Preetz 53'	Stadium: Holsteinstadion Attendance: 9,300 Referee: Matthias Anklam (Buchholz in der Nordheide)
	Penalties
	Guščinas Trulsen Rose		Pinto Schmidt Hartmann

Rot-Weiss Erfurt v Eintracht Frankfurt

1 September 2002	Rot-Weiss Erfurt	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Erfurt
	Džihić 52' Okić 85'	Report (in German)	Guié-Mien 17' Jones 68' Skela 118'	Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 8,210 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Sportfreunde Siegen v Rot-Weiss Oberhausen

1 September 2002	Sportfreunde Siegen	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	Siegen
		Report (in German)	Radulović 107'	Attendance: 4,798 Referee: Mike Pickel (Mendig)

1. FC Saarbrücken (A) v Arminia Bielefeld

1 September 2002	1. FC Saarbrücken (A)	0–5	Arminia Bielefeld	Saarbrücken
		Report (in German)	Bogdanović 22' Wichniarek 43' Hansén 57' Reinhardt 63' Diabang 80'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: André Stachowiak (Duisburg)

Alemannia Aachen (A) v 1860 München

1 September 2002	Alemannia Aachen (A)	0–7	1860 München	Aachen
		Report (in German)	Max 25', 61', 67', 78' Costa 54' Lauth 66' Wiesinger 89'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Detlef Scheppe (Wenden)

FSV Salmrohr v VfL Wolfsburg

1 September 2002	FSV Salmrohr	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Salmtal
		Report (in German)	Klimowicz 60' Karhan 81'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Georg Schalk (Augsburg)

USC Paloma v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

1 September 2002	USC Paloma	0–5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Hamburg
		Report (in German)	Lokvenc 19', 36' Klose 54', 85' Basler 62'	Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

Mainz 05 (A) v Hansa Rostock

1 September 2002	Mainz 05 (A)	0–2	Hansa Rostock	Mainz
		Report (in German)	Kientz 26' Salou 64'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Peter Lange (Filderstadt)

SV Babelsberg 03 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

1 September 2002	SV Babelsberg 03	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Potsdam
		Report (in German)	Hausweiler 33'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

Rot-Weiss Essen v Bayer Leverkusen

1 September 2002	Rot-Weiss Essen	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Essen
		Report (in German)	Lúcio 24'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Second round

1860 München v VfL Wolfsburg

5 November 2002	1860 München	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
	Max 17' Costa 20'	Report (in German)	Munteanu 21' Klimowicz 50'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
	Penalties
	Häßler Borimirov Meyer T. Hoffmann Šuker Lauth Costa Cerny Schroth Votava Jentzsch		Marić Karhan Ponte Klimowicz Petrov Schnoor Biliškov Rau Sarpei Rytter Reitmaier

Hansa Rostock v Eintracht Frankfurt

5 November 2002	Hansa Rostock	1–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rostock
	Meggle 90'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Detlef Scheppe (Wenden)

Hamburger SV v MSV Duisburg

5 November 2002	Hamburger SV	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Hamburg
	Maltritz 52' Christensen 73'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

SC Freiburg v Borussia Dortmund

5 November 2002	SC Freiburg	3–0	Borussia Dortmund	Freiburg
	Coulibaly 8' Männer 42' Zeyer 54'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

Rot-Weiss Oberhausen v Arminia Bielefeld

5 November 2002	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Oberhausen
	Radulović 23'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Thomas Frank (Hannover)

1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Köln

5 November 2002	1899 Hoffenheim	1–5	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
	Eller 78'	Report (in German)	Kioyo 28' Kreuz 35' Happe 43' Scherz 59' Sinkala 66'	Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

SpVgg Unterhaching v 1. FC Union Berlin

5 November 2002	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–0	1. FC Union Berlin	Munich
	Leitl 70'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Generali Sportpark Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

Bahlinger SC v SV Waldhof Mannheim

6 November 2002	Bahlinger SC	1–2	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Bahlingen
	Blank 33'	Report (in German)	Ifejiagwa 23' Zinnow 88'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

Bayern Munich v Hannover 96

6 November 2002	Bayern Munich	2–1	Hannover 96	Munich
	Salihamidžić 56' (pen.) Santa Cruz 59'	Report (in German)	N'Kufo 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Holstein Kiel v VfL Bochum

6 November 2002	Holstein Kiel	1–2	VfL Bochum	Kiel
	Guščinas 32'	Report (in German)	Wosz 29' Freier 53'	Stadium: Holsteinstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

Energie Cottbus v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

6 November 2002	Energie Cottbus	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Cottbus
		Report (in German)	Timm 83'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart

6 November 2002	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Leverkusen
	Sebescen 46' Bierofka 62', 82'	Report (in German)		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

FC St. Pauli v Werder Bremen

6 November 2002	FC St. Pauli	0–3	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
		Report (in German)	Magnin 16' Aílton 47' Daun 49'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Kickers Offenbach v 1. FC Nürnberg

6 November 2002	Kickers Offenbach	2–3 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Nürnberg	Offenbach
	Müller 5' Petry 12'	Report (in German)	Ćirić 47', 87', 110'	Stadium: Bieberer Berg Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Keßler (Wogau)

LR Ahlen v SSV Reutlingen

6 November 2002	LR Ahlen	3–1	SSV Reutlingen	Ahlen
	Feinbier 37', 69' Chiquinho 74'	Report (in German)	Malchow 76'	Stadium: Wersestadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mike Pickel (Mendig)

Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

6 November 2002	Schalke 04	5–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Gelsenkirchen
	Asamoah 22' Sand 30', 33', 55' Mpenza 50'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 60,600 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

Round of 16

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

3 December 2002	Hamburger SV	0–1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
		Report (in German)	Freier 35'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 35,100 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

1860 München v Rot-Weiss Oberhausen

3 December 2002	1860 München	2–1	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	Munich
	Šuker 63' Häßler 85' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Radulović 25'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

Bayer Leverkusen v SV Waldhof Mannheim

3 December 2002	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Leverkusen
	França 63' Schneider 75' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Plassnegger 50'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)

SpVgg Unterhaching v Hansa Rostock

3 December 2002	SpVgg Unterhaching	3–2	Hansa Rostock	Munich
	Strehmel 54' Vaccaro 57', 70'	Report (in German)	Arvidsson 15', 63'	Stadium: Generali Sportpark Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SC Freiburg

4 December 2002	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–0	SC Freiburg	Kaiserslautern
	Ramzy 64' Lincoln 67'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 16,900 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Köln

4 December 2002	1. FC Nürnberg	0–2	1. FC Köln	Nuremberg
		Report (in German)	Scherz 48', 77'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 16,300 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

LR Ahlen v Werder Bremen

4 December 2002	LR Ahlen	1–2	Werder Bremen	Ahlen
	Arnold 48'	Report (in German)	Charisteas 16' Klasnić 89'	Stadium: Wersestadion Attendance: 9,700 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

Bayern Munich v Schalke 04

4 December 2002	Bayern Munich	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Schalke 04	Munich
		Report (in German)		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
	Penalties
	Ballack Jeremies Hargreaves N. Kovač Santa Cruz		Sand Möller Vermant Hajto Wilmots

Quarter-finals

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Köln

4 February 2003	Bayern Munich	8–0	1. FC Köln	Munich
	Giovane Élber 7', 33', 70' Hargreaves 20' Schweinsteiger 31', 51' Zé Roberto 56' Sagnol 88'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

5 February 2003	VfL Bochum	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
	Fahrenhorst 8' Reis 33' Christiansen 105'	Report (in German)	Lokvenc 22', 27' (102)	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 22,200 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
	Penalties
	Schindzielorz Reis Colding Guðjónsson Christiansen		Koch Klose Lokvenc Grammozis Bjelica

SpVgg Unterhaching v Bayer Leverkusen

5 February 2003	SpVgg Unterhaching	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
	Vaccaro 46' Šukalo 63'	Report (in German)	França 18' Ramelow 49'	Stadium: Generali Sportpark Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
	Penalties
	Grassow Copado Vaccaro Strehmel Omodiagbe		Schneider Neuville Berbatov Bierofka Butt

1860 München v Werder Bremen

5 February 2003	1860 München	1 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Werder Bremen	Munich
	Lauth 80'	Report (in German)	Klasnić 85', 105' Charisteas 94', 120'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

Semi-finals

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Werder Bremen

4 March 2003	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–0	Werder Bremen	Kaiserslautern
	Lincoln 8' Klose 52' Timm 80'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen

5 March 2003	Bayern Munich	3–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
	Ballack 30' Giovane Élber 57', 58'	Report (in German)	Ramelow 52'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Final

Main article: 2003 DFB-Pokal Final

31 May 2003 (2003-05-31)

19:30 CEST

Bayern Munich	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Ballack 3', 10' (pen.) Pizarro 50'	Report	Klose 80'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 70,490

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

References

External links

• Official site of the DFB (in German)
• Kicker.de (in German)