DFB-Pokal

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Established
1935 (90 years old)

First Recorded Event
2018-05-19

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
16

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Soccer

Location
Germany

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2020-2026]

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Results
03 Dec	Union Ber	2 - 3	Bayern Mu
03 Dec	Hamburg	0 - 0	Holstein
03 Dec	Freiburg	2 - 0	Darmstadt
03 Dec	Bochum	0 - 2	Stuttgart
02 Dec	RB Leipzi	3 - 1	Magdeburg
02 Dec	Hertha	6 - 1	Kaisersla
02 Dec	Borussia	0 - 1	Bayer Lev
02 Dec	Borussia	1 - 2	St Pauli
29 Oct	FC Köln	1 - 4	Bayern Mu
29 Oct	Union Ber	2 - 1	Arminia B

Description

The DFB-Pokal (until 1943 Tschammer-Pokal ) or German Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB), and runs from August until June. The winner qualifies for the DFL-Supercup and the UEFA Europa League unless the winner already qualifies for the UEFA Champions League in the Bundesliga.

The competition was founded in 1935, then called the Tschammer-Pokal. The first titleholder were 1. FC Nürnberg. In 1937, Schalke 04 were the first team to win the double. The Tschammer-Pokal was suspended in 1944 due to World War II and disbanded following the demise of Nazi Germany. In 1952–53, the cup was reinstated as the DFB-Pokal, named after the DFB, and was won by Rot-Weiss Essen.

Bayern Munich have won the most titles with 18 wins, while Eintracht Frankfurt are the incumbent title holders. Fortuna Düsseldorf hold the record for most consecutive tournament game wins (18) between 1978 and 1981, winning the cup in 1979 and 1980.

Seasons

Teams

Arminia Bielefe	Atlas Delmenhor	Bahlinger SC	Bayer Leverkusen
Bayern Munich	Berliner FC Dyn	Blau-Weiß Lohn	Bochum
Borussia Dortmund	Borussia Mönchen	Darmstadt	Dynamo Dresden
Eintracht Braun	Eintracht Frankfu	Eintracht Norde	Elversberg
Energie Cottbus	Engers 07	FC Augsburg	FC Heidenheim
FC Homburg	FC Köln	FC Nürnberg	FC Saarbrücken
FC Schweinfurt	FK Pirmasens	Fortuna Düsseldo	Freiburg
FV Illertissen	Greuther Fürth	Gütersloh	Hallescher
Hamburg	Hannover	Hansa Rostock	Hemelingen
Hertha	Hoffenheim	Holstein Kiel	Jahn Regensburg
Kaiserslautern	Karlsruhe	Lokomotive Leip	Lübeck
Magdeburg	Mainz	Paderborn	Preußen Münst
RB Leipzig	Rot-Weiss Essen	RSV Eintracht	Sandhausen
Schalke 04	Sonnenhof Groß	Sportfreunde Lo	St Pauli
Stuttgart	Ulm	Union Berlin	Viktoria Köln
Wehen Wiesbaden	Werder Bremen	Wolfsburg	ZFC Meuselwitz