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2023–24 DFB-Pokal
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Venue(s)Olympiastadion, Berlin
Dates11 August 2023 – 25 May 2024
Teams64
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored293 (4.97 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Amine Adli
Filip Bilbija
Marcel Hartel
Fabian Reese
(4 goals each)

All statistics correct as of 6 February 2024.
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

The 2023–24 DFB-Pokal is the 81st season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The competition began on 11 August 2023 with the first of six rounds and will end on 25 May 2024 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985.[1] The DFB-Pokal 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).

The two-time defending champions were Bundesliga side RB Leipzig, after they had defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2–0 in the previous final,[2] but they were eliminated in the second round by VfL Wolfsburg.

The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification for the group stage of the 2024–25 edition of the UEFA Europa League. If they have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League through position in the Bundesliga, then the spot will go to the team in sixth, and the league's UEFA Conference League play-off round spot will go to the team in seventh. The winners will also host the 2024 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and will face the champions of the 2023–24 Bundesliga.

Participating clubs

The following teams qualified for the competition:

Bundesliga
the 18 clubs of the 2022–23 season
2. Bundesliga
the 18 clubs of the 2022–23 season
3. Liga
the top 4 clubs of the 2022–23 season
Representatives of the regional associations
24 representatives of 21 regional associations of the DFB, qualified (in general) through the 2022–23 Verbandspokal[note 2]

Baden

Bavaria[note 3]

Berlin

Brandenburg

Bremen

Hamburg

Hesse

Lower Rhine

Lower Saxony[note 4]

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Middle Rhine

Rhineland

Saarland

Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein

South Baden

Southwest

Thuringia

Westphalia[note 7]

Württemberg

Format

Participation

The DFB-Pokal began with a round of 64 teams. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, along with the top 4 finishers of the 3. Liga automatically qualified for the tournament. Of the remaining slots, 21 were given to the cup winners of the regional football associations, the Verbandspokal. The three remaining slots were given to the three regional associations with the most men's teams, which were Bavaria, Lower Saxony and Westphalia. The best-placed amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern was given the spot for Bavaria. For Lower Saxony, the Lower Saxony Cup was split into two paths: one for 3. Liga and Regionalliga Nord teams, and the other for amateur teams. The winners of each path qualified. For Westphalia, the spot was rotated each season between the best-placed Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West and the best-placed amateur team of the Oberliga Westfalen. For the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal, this spot was awarded to a team from the Regionalliga. As every team was entitled to participate in local tournaments which qualified for the association cups, every team could in principle compete in the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams and combined football sections were not permitted to enter, along with no two teams of the same association or corporation.[6]

Draw

The draws for the different rounds are conducted as follows:[6]

For the first round, the participating teams were split into two pots of 32 teams each. The first pot contained all teams which qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3. Liga, and the bottom four teams of the 2. Bundesliga. Every team from this pot was drawn to a team from the second pot, which contained all remaining professional teams (all the teams of the Bundesliga and the remaining fourteen 2. Bundesliga teams). The teams from the first pot were set as the home team in the process.

The two-pot scenario was also applied for the second round, with the remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) in the first pot and the remaining Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams in the other pot. Once again, the 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) served as hosts. This time the pots did not have to be of equal size though, depending on the results of the first round. Theoretically, it was even possible that there could be only one pot, if all of the teams from one of the pots from the first round beat all the others in the second pot. Once one pot was empty, the remaining pairings were drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts.

For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.

Match rules

Teams meet in one game per round. Matches take place for 90 minutes, with two halves of 45 minutes each. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes each. If the score is still level after this, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss will decide who takes the first penalty.[6][7] A maximum of nine players can be listed on the substitute bench, while a maximum of five substitutions are allowed. However, each team is only given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.[8] From the round of 16 onward, a video assistant referee will be appointed for all DFB-Pokal matches. Though technically possible, VAR was not used for home matches of Bundesliga clubs prior to the round of 16 in order to provide a uniform approach to all matches.[9]

Suspensions

If a player receives five yellow cards in the competition, he will then be suspended from the next cup match. Similarly, receiving a second yellow card suspends a player from the next cup match. If a player receives a direct red card, they will be suspended a minimum of one match, but the German Football Association reserves the right to increase the suspension.[6]

International qualification

The winners of the DFB-Pokal earn automatic qualification for the league stage of next year's edition of the UEFA Europa League. If they have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League through position in the Bundesliga, then the spot will go to the team in sixth place, and the league's UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round spot will go to the team in seventh place. The winners will also host the DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and will face the champions of the previous year's Bundesliga, unless the same team wins the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal, completing a double. In that case, the runners-up of the Bundesliga will take the spot and host instead.

Schedule

The Olympiastadion in Berlin will host the final.

All draws will generally be held on a Sunday evening after each round (unless noted otherwise).[10]

The rounds of the 2023–24 competition are scheduled as follows:[1]

Round Draw date Matches
First round 18 June 2023[11] 11–14 August & 26–27 September 2023
Second round 1 October 2023 31 October – 1 November 2023
Round of 16 5 November 2023 5–6 December 2023
Quarter-finals 10 December 2023 30–31 January & 6–7 February 2024
Semi-finals 11 February 2024 2–3 April 2024
Final 25 May 2024 at Olympiastadion, Berlin

Matches

A total of sixty-three matches will take place, starting with the first round on 11 August 2023 and culminating with the final on 25 May 2024 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Times up to 28 October 2023 and from 31 March 2024 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 29 October 2023 to 30 March 2024 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 18 June 2023, with Sarah Vogel drawing the matches.[10][12][13] Thirty of the thirty-two matches took place from 11 to 14 August 2023. The remaining two matches, involving the participants of the 2023 DFL-Supercup (played on 12 August), took place from 26 to 27 September 2023.[1]

11 August 2023 (2023-08-11) SV Sandhausen 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
Hannover 96Sandhausen
18:00
Report Stadium: GP Stadion am Hardtwald
Attendance: 4,605
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
Penalties
11 August 2023 (2023-08-11) 1. FC Saarbrücken 2–1Karlsruher SCSaarbrücken
18:00
Report Stindl 65' Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 14,284
Referee: Arne Aarnink
11 August 2023 (2023-08-11) TuS Bersenbrück0–7 Borussia Mönchengladbach Osnabrück[note 8]
18:00 Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 16,098
Referee: Alexander Sather
11 August 2023 (2023-08-11) Eintracht Braunschweig1–3 Schalke 04 Braunschweig
20:45 Ujah 12' Report
Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion
Attendance: 21,800
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) TSG Balingen0–4 VfB Stuttgart Reutlingen[note 9]
13:00 Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche
Attendance: 13,400
Referee: Robert Kampka
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) Carl Zeiss Jena0–5 Hertha BSC Jena
13:00 Report
Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Florian Heft
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) Atlas Delmenhorst0–5 FC St. Pauli Delmenhorst
15:30 Report
Stadium: Städtisches Stadion an der Düsternortstraße
Attendance: 4,999
Referee: Patrick Schwengers
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) FC Oberneuland1–9 1. FC Nürnberg Bremen
15:30 Lambers 89' Report
Stadium: Marko Mock Arena
Attendance: 2,187
Referee: Lukas Benen
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) Schott Mainz1–6 Borussia Dortmund Mainz[note 10]
15:30
Report
Stadium: Mewa Arena
Attendance: 30,312
Referee: Benjamin Brand
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) Viktoria Köln 3–2Werder BremenCologne
15:30
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg
Attendance: 8,343
Referee: Frank Willenborg
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) Teutonia Ottensen0–8 Bayer Leverkusen Hamburg[note 11]
15:30 Report
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 11,035
Referee: Tom Bauer
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) FC Gütersloh0–2 Holstein Kiel Gütersloh
15:30 Report
Stadium: Heidewaldstadion
Attendance: 5,259
Referee: Patrick Kessel
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) Hallescher FC0–1 Greuther Fürth Halle
18:00 Report
Stadium: Leuna Chemie Stadion
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Florian Exner
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) SV Elversberg0–1 Mainz 05 Spiesen-Elversberg
18:00 Report
Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Martin Petersen
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) Arminia Bielefeld 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)
VfL BochumBielefeld
18:00 Report
Stadium: Schüco-Arena
Attendance: 21,452
Referee: Sven Jablonski
Penalties
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) Rostocker FC0–8 1. FC Heidenheim Rostock[note 12]
13:00 Report
Stadium: Ostseestadion
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Nicolas Winter
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) Rot-Weiss Essen3–4 (a.e.t.) Hamburger SV Essen
13:00
Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Hafenstraße
Attendance: 18,600
Referee: Felix Zwayer
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) FV Illertissen1–3 Fortuna Düsseldorf Illertissen
15:30 Report
Stadium: Vöhlinstadion
Attendance: 3,719
Referee: Lars Erbst
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) Makkabi Berlin0–6 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
15:30 Report
Stadium: Mommsenstadion
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Riem Hussein
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) Rot-Weiß Koblenz0–5 1. FC Kaiserslautern Koblenz
15:30 Report
Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth
Attendance: 10,176
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) SpVgg Unterhaching 2–0FC AugsburgUnterhaching
15:30
Report Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Timo Gerach
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) Lokomotive Leipzig0–7 Eintracht Frankfurt Leipzig
15:30 Report
Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion
Attendance: 11,100
Referee: Michael Bacher
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) SV Oberachern0–2 SC Freiburg Freiburg[note 13]
15:30 Report
Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Richard Hempel
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) Energie Cottbus0–7 SC Paderborn Cottbus
18:00 Report
Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft
Attendance: 12,469
Referee: Robert Schröder
13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) Astoria Walldorf0–4 Union Berlin Walldorf
18:00 Report
Stadium: Dietmar-Hopp-Sportpark
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger
14 August 2023 (2023-08-14) FC 08 Homburg 3–0Darmstadt 98Homburg
18:00
Report Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Daniel Schlager
14 August 2023 (2023-08-14) Jahn Regensburg1–2 1. FC Magdeburg Regensburg
18:00
Report
Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Patrick Alt
14 August 2023 (2023-08-14) VfB Lübeck1–4 TSG Hoffenheim Lübeck
18:00 Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Florian Lechner
14 August 2023 (2023-08-14) VfL Osnabrück1–3 (a.e.t.) 1. FC Köln Osnabrück
20:45 Report
Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke
Attendance: 15,741
Referee: Florian Badstübner
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) Preußen Münster0–4 Bayern Munich Münster
20:45 Report
Stadium: Preußenstadion
Attendance: 12,794
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
27 September 2023 (2023-09-27) Wehen Wiesbaden2–3 RB Leipzig Wiesbaden
20:45
Report
Stadium: BRITA-Arena
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Robert Hartmann

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 1 October 2023, with Shkodran Mustafi drawing the matches.[10][20][21] The sixteen matches took place on 31 October and 1 November 2023.[1]

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) FC 08 Homburg 2–1Greuther FürthHomburg
18:00
Report
Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Florian Lechner
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) FC St. Pauli 2–1 (a.e.t.)Schalke 04Hamburg
18:00
Report Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion
Attendance: 29,546
Referee: Bastian Dankert
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) VfB Stuttgart 1–0Union BerlinStuttgart
18:00
Report Stadium: MHPArena
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: Sascha Stegemann
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) VfL Wolfsburg 1–0RB LeipzigWolfsburg
18:00
Report Stadium: Volkswagen Arena
Attendance: 16,031
Referee: Florian Badstübner
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) SpVgg Unterhaching3–6 (a.e.t.) Fortuna Düsseldorf Unterhaching
20:45
Report
Stadium: Sportpark Unterhaching
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alexander Sather
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–11. FC HeidenheimMönchengladbach
20:45
Report
Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 41,660
Referee: Timo Gerach
31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–21. FC KölnKaiserslautern
20:45
Report
Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 49,327
Referee: Sven Jablonski
1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) SV Sandhausen2–5 Bayer Leverkusen Sandhausen
18:00
Report
Stadium: GP Stadion am Hardtwald
Attendance: 10,022
Referee: Richard Hempel
1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) Holstein Kiel3–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
1. FC Magdeburg Kiel
18:00
Report Stadium: Holstein-Stadion
Attendance: 11,112
Referee: Tom Bauer
Penalties
1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) SC Freiburg1–3 SC Paderborn Freiburg
18:00 Report
Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Christian Dingert
1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) Borussia Dortmund 1–0TSG HoffenheimDortmund
18:00
Report Stadium: Signal Iduna Park
Attendance: 81,365
Referee: Harm Osmers
1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) Viktoria Köln0–2 Eintracht Frankfurt Cologne
20:45 Report
Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg
Attendance: 8,343
Referee: Max Burda
1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) 1. FC Saarbrücken 2–1Bayern MunichSaarbrücken
20:45
Report
Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 16,003
Referee: Frank Willenborg
1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) 1. FC Nürnberg 3–2 (a.e.t.)Hansa RostockNuremberg
20:45
Report
Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion
Attendance: 28,489
Referee: Arne Aarnink
1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) Hertha BSC 3–0Mainz 05Berlin
20:45
Report Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 29,621
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 5 November 2023, with Denise Schindler drawing the matches.[10][22][23] The eight matches took place on 5 and 6 December 2023.[1]

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2–01. FC NürnbergKaiserslautern
18:00
Report Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Attendance: 48,349
Referee: Patrick Ittrich
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 1. FC Magdeburg1–2 Fortuna Düsseldorf Magdeburg
18:00
Report
Stadium: MDCC-Arena
Attendance: 20,090
Referee: Robert Hartmann
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–0 (a.e.t.)VfL WolfsburgMönchengladbach
20:45 Koné 120' Report Stadium: Borussia-Park
Attendance: 39,827
Referee: Bastian Dankert
5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) FC 08 Homburg1–4 FC St. Pauli Homburg
20:45 Mendler 28' Report
Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg
Attendance: 12,232
Referee: Martin Petersen
6 December 2023 (2023-12-06) 1. FC Saarbrücken 2–0Eintracht FrankfurtSaarbrücken
18:00
Report Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion
Attendance: 15,905
Referee: Daniel Siebert
6 December 2023 (2023-12-06) Bayer Leverkusen 3–1SC PaderbornLeverkusen
18:00
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 29,249
Referee: Tobias Stieler
6 December 2023 (2023-12-06) VfB Stuttgart 2–0Borussia DortmundStuttgart
20:45
Report Stadium: MHPArena
Attendance: 54,500
Referee: Benjamin Brand

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 10 December 2023, with Jens Nowotny drawing the matches.[10][24][25] The four matches will take place from 30 to 31 January, 6 February and 12 March 2024.[1]

31 January 2024 (2024-01-31) Hertha BSC1–3 1. FC Kaiserslautern Berlin
20:45
Report
Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 74,245
Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
6 February 2024 (2024-02-06) Bayer Leverkusen 3–2VfB StuttgartLeverkusen
20:45
Report
Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 30,210
Referee: Daniel Schlager

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 11 February 2024, with Béla Réthy drewing the matches.[10][27][28] The two matches will take place on 2 and 3 April 2024.[1]

Final

The final will take place on 25 May 2024 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[1]

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Top goalscorers

The following are the top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

As of 6 February 2024
Rank Player Team Goals[29]
1 Morocco Amine Adli Bayer Leverkusen 4
Germany Filip Bilbija SC Paderborn
Germany Marcel Hartel FC St. Pauli
Germany Fabian Reese Hertha BSC
5 Czech Republic Adam Hložek Bayer Leverkusen 3
The Gambia Bakery Jatta Hamburger SV
Iceland Ísak Jóhannesson Fortuna Düsseldorf
Bosnia and Herzegovina Haris Tabaković Hertha BSC
Germany Richmond Tachie 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Turkey Can Uzun 1. FC Nürnberg

Notes

  1. ^ 1. FC Saarbrücken qualified as the fifth-placed team of the 3. Liga as the runners-up SC Freiburg II were ineligible to participate.
  2. ^ The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia) were allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
  3. ^ In addition to the Bavarian Cup winners, the best-placed amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern also qualified.
  4. ^ The Lower Saxony Cup was split into two paths: one for 3. Liga and Regionalliga Nord teams, and the other for amateur teams. The winners of each path qualified.
  5. ^ Atlas Delmenhorst qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Lower Saxony Cup, as VfL Osnabrück, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their 3. Liga position.
  6. ^ Since both finalists of the Saarland Cup, 1. FC Saarbrücken and SV Elversberg, qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their 3. Liga positions, a play-off match was held on 30 May 2023 between the other two semi-finalists, SV Auersmacher and FC 08 Homburg;[3] the match ended in a 4–1 win for Homburg.[4]
  7. ^ In addition to the Westphalian Cup winners, the best-placed Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West also qualified.[5]
  8. ^ The TuS Bersenbrück v Borussia Mönchengladbach match took place at the Stadion an der Bremer Brücke instead of TuS Bersenbrück's home stadium, the Hasestadion in Bersenbrück.[14]
  9. ^ The TSG Balingen v VfB Stuttgart match took place at the Stadion an der Kreuzeiche instead of TSG Balingen's home stadium, the Bizerba-Arena in Balingen.[15]
  10. ^ The Schott Mainz v Borussia Dortmund match took place at the Mewa Arena instead of Schott Mainz's home stadium, the Otto-Schott-Sportzentrum in Mainz.[16]
  11. ^ The Teutonia Ottensen v Bayer Leverkusen match took place at the Millerntor-Stadion instead of Teutonia Ottensen's home stadium, the Stadion Hoheluft in Ottensen.[17]
  12. ^ The Rostocker FC v 1. FC Heidenheim match took place at the Ostseestadion instead of Rostocker FC's home stadium, the Sportpark am Damerower Weg in Rostock.[18]
  13. ^ The SV Oberachern v SC Freiburg match took place at the Dreisamstadion instead of SV Oberachern's home stadium, the Sportplatz am Waldsee in Oberachern.[19]
  14. ^ The match, originally scheduled for 7 February 2024, was postponed after heavy rains.[26]

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