DFB-Pokal Frauen
Founded1981
RegionGermany
Number of teams49
Current championsVfL Wolfsburg
(10th title)
Most successful club(s)VfL Wolfsburg
(10 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2023–24 DFB-Pokal Frauen

The DFB-Pokal Frauen[1] is the main national women's football cup competition in Germany, thus the female counterpart to the DFB-Pokal. It was created in 1980, and since 1991 includes Eastern teams as well. The most recent champions are VfL Wolfsburg (five consecutive titles). FFC Frankfurt has won the most titles with nine. The final has, with the exception of the 1983 final, always been held on the same day prior to the men's final. 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, independently from the men's finale, in order to gain more attention.

Format

Participation

All clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga are allowed to compete in the cup as are the clubs which gained promotion to the 2nd 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 2nd 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, resulting in one match for each team after the 32nd. 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]

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)
Final 2007 in the Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
Year Winner Result Runner Up Venue
1980–81 Bergisch Gladbach 5–0 TuS Wörrstadt Stuttgart (Neckarstadion)
1981–82 Bergisch Gladbach 3–0 VfL 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 5–2 STV Lövenich Berlin (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)

Winners by team

Club Titles Runner-up
VfL Wolfsburg101*
Eintracht Frankfurt95
TSV Siegen55
FSV Frankfurt53
Turbine Potsdam35
FCR Duisburg33
Bergisch Gladbach31
Grün-Weiß Brauweiler31
Bayern Munich13
KBC Duisburg11
SC Sand02
SGS Essen02
SC Freiburg02
FFC Flaesheim-Hillen01
Hamburger SV01
FF USV Jena01
STV Lövenich01
Eintracht Rheine01
1. FC Saarbrücken01
SC Klinge Seckach01
VfL Wildeshausen01
TuS Wörrstadt01

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

References

  1. ↑ "Start: DFB-Pokal Frauen". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Das Endspiel steigt in Köln" (in German). Kicker. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 "Modus" (in German). DFB. 2006. Archived from the original on 20 October 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
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