Tournament details | |
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Country | Germany |
Venue(s) | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
Dates | 3 August 2019 – 4 July 2020 |
Teams | 49 |
Final positions | |
Champions | VfL Wolfsburg (7th title) |
Runner-up | SGS Essen |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 56 |
Goals scored | 197 (3.52 per match) |
Attendance | 15,867 (283 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) |
Sarah Grünheid (8 goals) |
The 2019–20 DFB-Pokal was the 40th season of the annual German football cup competition. 48 teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition began on 3 August 2019 with the first of six rounds and ended on 4 July 2020 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010. [1] The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German women's football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).
The defending champions were Frauen-Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, after they defeated SC Freiburg 1–0 in the previous final. [2] Wolfsburg once again won the cup, defeating SGS Essen after penalties. [3]
The competition was suspended on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, [4] and resumed in June 2020 with matches behind closed doors.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, on 16 March, it was announced that the competition will be suspended until 19 April. [4] On 3 April, the suspension was extended until 30 April. [5] On 20 May, it was announced that the competition would be continued on 2 June. [6] All remaining matches were played behind closed doors. In addition, five substitutions were permitted for the remaining matches, with a sixth allowed in extra time, following a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the impact of fixture congestion. [7] [8]
The following 49 clubs qualified for the competition:
Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2018–19 season |
2. Bundesliga 8 of the 14 clubs of the 2018–19 season [a] |
Regionalliga 8 of the 10 champions and runners-up of the 2018–19 season [b] |
Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups | ||
Baden Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Bremen Hamburg Hesse |
Lower Rhine Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Middle Rhine Rhineland Saarland Saxony |
Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein South Baden Southwest Thuringia Westphalia Württemberg |
Clubs from lower leagues hosted against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals. If both clubs were below the 2. Bundesliga, there was no host club change.
The rounds of the 2019–20 competition were scheduled as follows: [1]
Round | Matches |
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First round | 3–4 August 2019 |
Second round | 7–8 September 2019 |
Round of 16 | 16–17 November 2019 |
Quarter-finals | 21–22 March 2020 |
Semi-finals | 18–19 April 2020 |
Final | 30 May 2020 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
A total of forty-nine matches will take place, starting with the first round on 3 August 2019 and culminating with the final on 4 July 2020 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.
Times up to 26 October 2019 and from 29 March 2020 are CEST ( UTC+2). Times from 27 October 2019 to 28 March 2020 are CET ( UTC+1).
The seventeen matches were drawn on 11 July and took place on 3 and 4 August 2019. [9] The twelve clubs from the 2018–19 Bundesliga season and the three best-placed clubs from the 2018–19 2. Bundesliga received a bye.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–3 | Arminia Bielefeld |
FSV Babelsberg | 1–6 | Walddörfer SV |
1. FFV Erfurt | 0–7 | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
Hegauer FV | 0–1 | FC Ingolstadt |
FC Forstern | 2–0 | 1. FFC Niederkirchen |
TuS Wörrstadt | 1–0 | 1. FC Mönchengladbach |
Hamburger SV | 2–0 | Union Berlin |
RB Leipzig | 4–2 | BV Cloppenburg |
Borussia Bocholt | 3–0 | Viktoria Berlin |
TuS Schwachhausen | 1–5 | SV Berghofen |
HSG Warnemünde | 0–7 | FSV Gütersloh |
Magdeburger FFC | 2–3 | Holstein Kiel |
SV Göttelborn | 1–5 | SG Andernach |
SV Holzbach | 0–4 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–1 | SV Hegnach |
Fortuna Köln | 1–4 | FSV Hessen Wetzlar |
SV 67 Weinberg | 5–0 | Karlsruher SC |
The draw was held on 10 August 2019. [10] The matches will be played on 7 and 8 September 2019.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Holstein Kiel | 1–3 | 1. FC Köln |
SV Berghofen | 0–2 | VfL Wolfsburg |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–5 | Bayern Munich |
SG 99 Andernach | 0–1 | FF USV Jena |
Borussia Bocholt | 0–7 | Turbine Potsdam |
SV 67 Weinberg | 0–1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
1. FC Nürnberg | 2–0 ( a.e.t.) | TuS Wörrstadt |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | Bayer Leverkusen |
Arminia Bielefeld | 0–0 5–3 ( p) |
MSV Duisburg |
SV Meppen | 1–5 | SGS Essen |
Walddörfer SV Hamburg | 1–4 | Werder Bremen |
Hamburger SV | 2–2 4–5 ( p) |
FSV Gütersloh |
FSV Hessen Wetzlar | 0–7 | TSG Hoffenheim |
RB Leipzig | 0–1 | 1. FFC Frankfurt |
FC Ingolstadt | 0–2 | SC Sand |
FC Forstern | 1–6 | SC Freiburg |
The draw was held on 13 September 2019. [11] [12] The matches were played on 16 and 17 November 2019.
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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TSG Hoffenheim | 6–1 | FF USV Jena |
1. FFC Frankfurt | 0–1 | Bayer Leverkusen |
Werder Bremen | 0–2 | SC Sand |
Bayern Munich | 1–3 | VfL Wolfsburg |
SC Freiburg | 2–3 | Turbine Potsdam |
1. FC Nürnberg | 1–2 | Arminia Bielefeld |
1. FC Saarbrücken | 3–4 ( a.e.t.) | FSV Gütersloh |
1. FC Köln | 1–3 | SGS Essen |
The draw was held on 9 February 2020. [13] The matches were played on 2 and 3 June 2020 behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. [4]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Bayer Leverkusen | 3–2 ( a.e.t.) | TSG Hoffenheim |
Arminia Bielefeld | 3–2 | SC Sand |
Turbine Potsdam | 1–3 | SGS Essen |
FSV Gütersloh | 0–3 | VfL Wolfsburg |
The draw was held on 26 May 2020. [14] The matches took place on 10 and 11 June 2020 behind closed doors. [15]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Arminia Bielefeld | 0–5 | VfL Wolfsburg |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1–3 | SGS Essen |
VfL Wolfsburg | 3–3 ( a.e.t.) | SGS Essen |
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Report | |
Penalties | ||
4–2 |
VfL Wolfsburg
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SGS Essen
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Assistant referees:
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Match rules [17]
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