1971–72 DFB-Pokal

1971–72 DFB-Pokal

Country	Germany
Teams	32
Champions	Schalke 04
Runners-up	Kaiserslautern
Matches played	61
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The DFB-Pokal 1971–72 was the 29th season of the competition. It began on 4 December 1971 and ended on 1 July 1972. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final Schalke 04 defeated Kaiserslautern 5–0, the largest margin by which a DFB-Pokal final was ever decided.

Mode

The tournament consisted of five rounds. In each round other than the final the games were held over two legs, with the team winning on aggregate advancing to the next round. In case the score was level after two legs, the second game was extended by 30 minutes. If still no winner could be determined a penalty shootout decided which team advanced to the next round.

The final was held over one leg with 30 minutes of extra time in case the game was a draw after regular time. If still no team won after extra time a penalty shootout decided the winner of the cup.

1st round

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
December 4, 1971	FC St. Pauli	1 – 1	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
December 14, 1971	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	2 – 1	FC St. Pauli
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen won 3 – 2 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0 – 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
December 14, 1971	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4 – 2	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7 – 2 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	SV Alsenborn	0 – 0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
December 15, 1971	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 0	SV Alsenborn
Fortuna Düsseldorf won 3 – 0 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	Tasmania 1900 Berlin	2 – 2	VfL Bochum
December 15, 1971	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Tasmania 1900 Berlin
VfL Bochum won 4 – 2 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	VfR Heilbronn	1 – 1	VfB Stuttgart
December 15, 1971	VfB Stuttgart	4 – 0	VfR Heilbronn
VfB Stuttgart won 5 – 1 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	Kickers Offenbach	1 – 1	Borussia Dortmund
December 15, 1971	Borussia Dortmund	0 – 3	Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach won 4 – 1 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	FC Schalke 04	3 – 1	Hertha BSC
December 15, 1971	Hertha BSC	0 – 2*	FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04 won 5 – 1 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	Holstein Kiel	5 – 4	Hannover 96
December 15, 1971	Hannover 96	7 – 1	Holstein Kiel
Hannover 96 won 11 – 6 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	Freiburger FC	1 – 2	Hamburger SV
December 15, 1971	Hamburger SV	2 – 2	Freiburger FC
Hamburger SV won 4 – 3 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	Essener FV 1912	1 – 9	1. FC Köln
December 15, 1971	1. FC Köln	5 – 0	Essener FV 1912
1. FC Köln won 14 – 1 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
December 15, 1971	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3 – 2 (AET)	Wuppertaler SV Borussia
1. FC Kaiserslautern won 5 – 3 on penalites
December 4, 1971	Fortuna Köln	2 – 1	FC Bayern Munich
December 15, 1971	FC Bayern Munich	6 – 0	Fortuna Köln
FC Bayern Munich won 7 – 2 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 1	MSV Duisburg
December 15, 1971	MSV Duisburg	3 – 1	Arminia Bielefeld
MSV Duisburg won 4 – 2 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	SpVgg Bad Pyrmont	1 – 4	SV Werder Bremen
December 15, 1971	SV Werder Bremen	6 – 0	SpVgg Bad Pyrmont
SV Werder Bremen won 10 – 1 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	Borussia Neunkirchen	2 – 4	Eintracht Braunschweig
December 15, 1971	Eintracht Braunschweig	0 – 0	Borussia Neunkirchen
Eintracht Braunschweig won 4 – 2 on aggregate
December 4, 1971	FC Schweinfurt 05	1 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt
December 15, 1971	Eintracht Frankfurt	6 – 1	FC Schweinfurt 05
Eintracht Frankfurt won 6 – 2 on aggregate

2nd Round

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
February 12, 1972	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4 – 2	Eintracht Frankfurt
February 22, 1972	Eintracht Frankfurt	3 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6 – 5 on aggregate
February 14, 1972	Hannover 96	0 – 0	VfL Bochum
February 22, 1972	VfL Bochum	2 – 4	Hannover 96
Hannover 96 won 4 – 2 on aggregate
February 14, 1972	SV Werder Bremen	4 – 2	Hamburger SV
February 22, 1972	Hamburger SV	1 – 0	SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen won 4 – 3 on aggregate
February 14, 1972	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 1	FC Schalke 04
February 22, 1972	FC Schalke 04	2 – 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf
FC Schalke 04 won 3 – 2 on aggregate
February 14, 1972	VfB Stuttgart	4 – 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern
February 22, 1972	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3 – 1	VfB Stuttgart
1. FC Kaiserslautern won 6 – 5 on aggregate
February 14, 1972	MSV Duisburg	2 – 2	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
February 22, 1972	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1 – 0	MSV Duisburg
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen won 3 – 2 on aggregate
February 14, 1972	Kickers Offenbach	3 – 1	1. FC Köln
February 22, 1972	1. FC Köln	4 – 0	Kickers Offenbach
1. FC Köln won 5 – 3 on aggregate
February 14, 1972	Eintracht Braunschweig	0 – 0	FC Bayern Munich
February 22, 1972	FC Bayern Munich	3 – 1 (AET)	Eintracht Braunschweig
FC Bayern Munich won 3 – 1 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
April 1, 1972	FC Bayern Munich	3 – 0	1. FC Köln
April 12, 1972	1. FC Köln	5 – 1	FC Bayern Munich
1. FC Köln won 5 – 4 on aggregate
April 1, 1972	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 2	FC Schalke 04
April 5, 1972	FC Schalke 04	1 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Schalke 04 won 3 – 2 on aggregate
April 1, 1972	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	3 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
April 5, 1972	1. FC Kaiserslautern	5 – 0 (AET)	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
1. FC Kaiserslautern won 6 – 3 on aggregate
April 1, 1972	Hannover 96	0 – 2	SV Werder Bremen
April 5, 1972	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 1	Hannover 96
SV Werder Bremen won 4 – 1 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
May 30, 1972	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 1	SV Werder Bremen
June 10, 1972	SV Werder Bremen	1 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern won 4 – 2 on aggregate
May 30, 1972	1. FC Köln	4 – 1	FC Schalke 04
June 10, 1972	FC Schalke 04	5 – 2	1. FC Köln
FC Schalke 04 won 6 – 5 on penalites

Final

FC Schalke 04 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

July 1, 1972 16:00 (CET)

FC Schalke 04	5 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Kremers  13'  82' Scheer  32' Lütkebohmert  57' Fischer  66'

Niedersachsenstadion (Hannover) Attendance: 61,000 Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

FC SCHALKE 04: GK 1 Norbert Nigbur DF Hartmut Huhse DF Klaus Fichtel DF Rolf Rüssmann DF Helmut Kremers MF Herbert Lütkebohmert MF Klaus Scheer MF Heinz van Haaren FW Reinhard Libuda FW Klaus Fischer FW Erwin Kremers Manager: Ivica Horvat

1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN: GK 1 Josef Elting DF Günther Reinders DF Ernst Diehl DF Dietmar Schwager DF Fritz Fuchs MF Jürgen Friedrich MF Hermann Bitz MF Idriz Hosic  55' FW Josef Pirrung FW Wolfgang Seel FW Klaus Ackermann Substitutes: FW Karl-Heinz Vogt  55' Manager: Dietrich Weise

External links

• Official site of the DFB (German)
• Kicker.de (German)
• 1972 results at Fussballdaten.de (German)
• 1972 results at Weltfussball.de (German)

See also

• 1. Bundesliga 1971–72