EURO 2016 is still underway, but the first round of the DFB Cup has been drawn. The new cup campaign gets going on the weekend of 19th to 22nd August. DFB.de takes a look at the history, records and curiosities of the DFB Cup.
Search for the 74th winner: The history of the cup began in 1935, as the competition sprang to life as the Tschammer Cup. Therefore, this season, the DFB Cup will be held for the 75th time. 25 different teams have won the cup. Essen, Munich and Vienna are the only cities home to two cup winners.
Home at the Olympic Stadium: Since 1985, the Olympic Stadium in Berlin has been the venue for the final. In the first final held there, Bayern Munich lost 2-1 against Bayer 05 Uerdingen on 3rd May 1985. The next final in Berlin will take place on 27th May 2017.
Record champions: FC Bayern have accumulated the most cup wins. The Munich team have won the competition a total of 18 times – most recently on 21st May 2016 in the final against Borussia Dortmund. In second place lie Werder Bremen with six titles, ahead of Schalke 04 with five. Bayern have also taken part in more finals than any other team (21). The Bavarians have been able to defend their title three times to date – no other team has managed this more than once. FC Bayern have also contested the most matches (240), claimed the most victories (180) and scored the most goals (683).
Worst record: Hamburger SV have endured the most cup defeats (63). However, Schalke 04 have conceded the most goals (307). The greatest defeat for any Bundesliga side against an amateur team was Eintracht Frankfurt’s 6-1 loss against then third-league outfit VfB Stuttgart II in the 2000/2001 season.
Record champion Schweinsteiger: Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger has lifted the DFB Cup high towards the heavens above Berlin more times than any other player. Wearing the shirt of his previous club Bayern Munich, he won the coveted title seven times in total. He is followed by Oliver Kahn, Claudio Pizarro and Philipp Lahm, with six cup victories each.
Managerial success: The record for most titles won by a manager is held by Karl-Heinz Feldkamp, Hennes Weisweiler, Udo Lattek, Otto Rehhagel, Ottmar Hitzfeld and Thomas Schaaf. They all won three times. The last name on the list won the cup with Werder Bremen not just as manager, but also as a player. This feat has also been achieved by Ludwig Janda (1860 Munich and Karlsruhe), Aki Schmidt (Dortmund and Offenbach), and Jupp Heynckes (Gladbach and Bayern).
DFB Cup good luck charms: Three players have managed to win the DFB Cup with three different clubs. They were: Klaus Allofs (Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bremen), Thomas Kroth (Cologne, HSV, Dortmund), and Thorsten Legat (Bremen, Stuttgart, Schalke). The only person to win the competition three years in a row was Kurt Sommerlatt, who won the competition in 1955 and 1956 with Karlsruher SC and in 1957 with FC Bayern.
EURO 2016 is still underway, but the first round of the DFB Cup has been drawn. The new cup campaign gets going on the weekend of 19th to 22nd August. DFB.de takes a look at the history, records and curiosities of the DFB Cup.
Search for the 74th winner: The history of the cup began in 1935, as the competition sprang to life as the Tschammer Cup. Therefore, this season, the DFB Cup will be held for the 75th time. 25 different teams have won the cup. Essen, Munich and Vienna are the only cities home to two cup winners.
Home at the Olympic Stadium: Since 1985, the Olympic Stadium in Berlin has been the venue for the final. In the first final held there, Bayern Munich lost 2-1 against Bayer 05 Uerdingen on 3rd May 1985. The next final in Berlin will take place on 27th May 2017.
Record champions: FC Bayern have accumulated the most cup wins. The Munich team have won the competition a total of 18 times – most recently on 21st May 2016 in the final against Borussia Dortmund. In second place lie Werder Bremen with six titles, ahead of Schalke 04 with five. Bayern have also taken part in more finals than any other team (21). The Bavarians have been able to defend their title three times to date – no other team has managed this more than once. FC Bayern have also contested the most matches (240), claimed the most victories (180) and scored the most goals (683).
Worst record: Hamburger SV have endured the most cup defeats (63). However, Schalke 04 have conceded the most goals (307). The greatest defeat for any Bundesliga side against an amateur team was Eintracht Frankfurt’s 6-1 loss against then third-league outfit VfB Stuttgart II in the 2000/2001 season.
Record champion Schweinsteiger: Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger has lifted the DFB Cup high towards the heavens above Berlin more times than any other player. Wearing the shirt of his previous club Bayern Munich, he won the coveted title seven times in total. He is followed by Oliver Kahn, Claudio Pizarro and Philipp Lahm, with six cup victories each.
Managerial success: The record for most titles won by a manager is held by Karl-Heinz Feldkamp, Hennes Weisweiler, Udo Lattek, Otto Rehhagel, Ottmar Hitzfeld and Thomas Schaaf. They all won three times. The last name on the list won the cup with Werder Bremen not just as manager, but also as a player. This feat has also been achieved by Ludwig Janda (1860 Munich and Karlsruhe), Aki Schmidt (Dortmund and Offenbach), and Jupp Heynckes (Gladbach and Bayern).
DFB Cup good luck charms: Three players have managed to win the DFB Cup with three different clubs. They were: Klaus Allofs (Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bremen), Thomas Kroth (Cologne, HSV, Dortmund), and Thorsten Legat (Bremen, Stuttgart, Schalke). The only person to win the competition three years in a row was Kurt Sommerlatt, who won the competition in 1955 and 1956 with Karlsruher SC and in 1957 with FC Bayern.
Top goalscorers: Gerd Müller is the record goalscorer in the DFB Cup, with a total of 78 goals for Bayern Munich. The most goals in one season came from Ernst Willimowski (1860 Munich, 1942/1943) and Dieter Müller (FC Köln, 1976/1977) (both 14). The most goals in one match (7) were scored by Dieter Hoeneß on 5th August 1978 in a 12-0 victory with VfB Stuttgart against Spandauer SV, Ernst Willimowski on 30th August 1942 in a 15-1 victory for 1860 Munich against SS Straßburg, and Helmut Schön on 28th August 1938 in a 13-0 victory with Dresdner SC against Preußen Greppin. Carsten Jancker scored the most goals in a single half in August 2001 during a 15-0 win for his team 1. FC Kaiserslautern against FC Schönberg. He bagged six times.
Penalty shootouts: Borussia Mönchengladbach have contested the most penalty shootouts in the DFB Cup (15). However, they have only won five of these, and with ten defeats they also lead in that regard. FC Bayern have won the most penalty shootouts (10 of 14). The longest ever penalty shootout took place in the first round of the 1995/1996 competition between VfB Stuttgart and then third-division outfit, SV Sandhausen. The first twelve spot kicks were converted by both teams. Only when Hendrik Herzog missed his second, and Stuttgart’s 13th penalty, the Swabians lost 13-12.
64 participants: In the 2016/2017 season, 64 teams will take part in the DFB Cup. These include the 36 first and second league sides of last season, and the four best-placed teams of the 2015/16 third league. They will be joined by 24 clubs from the 21 DFB state associations, who have mainly qualified through individual state cup competitions.
Two sixth-division outfits in the mix: The lowest-ranked clubs taking part this year are the sixth division’s FC 08 Villingen and BFC Preussen. In last year’s competition, no club below the fifth league took part. Villingen are the current State Cup champions in Southern Baden, while Preussen won the Berlin State Cup.
Five debutants: Five teams will this year take part in the DFB Cup for the first time. Alongside SV Drochtersen/Assel, 1. FC Germania Egestorf/Langreder and Eintracht Norderstedt, who all compete in the Northern Regionalliga, FV Ravensburg from the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg and SC Hauenstein from the South West State Association will also be involved.
Potential upset in round one: Since 2000, Bundesliga clubs now compete against low-ranked teams in the first round. In the 288 encounters since then, 48 Bundesliga sides have been dumped out of the competition early. The most upsets came in the 2012/2013 season, with six Bundesliga sides eliminated in the first round.
