Everyone has the same goal: Berlin. The final of the DFB Cup will be held at the Olympiastadion in Germany’s capital on 30th May 2015. 16 of the 64 teams that entered the first round are still in the hat and Tuesday and Wednesday this week will see that number whittled down to eight. DFB.de has put together some key stats for the last 16.
Participants: Half of the Bundesliga’s 18 teams are still involved at the last-16 stage. Four teams from the second-division join those nine from the top flight. Arminia Bielefeld and Dynamo Dresden are carrying the torch for the third tier, while there is even one Regionalliga side still in the mix in the form of Kickers Offenbach.
90’+: Only six of the remaining 16 teams have made it to this stage without being forced into extra time. As many as seven sides have had to hold their nerve in a penalty shootout, while three clubs have managed to secure their progress before the 120 minutes were up. RB Leipzig certainly like to keep things exciting: The second-division outfit only made it through after extra time against both SC Paderborn (2-1) and Erzgebirge Aue (3-1).
Prize money: All of the sides left in the competition have already received €935,000 via to the DFB’s centralised marketing approach. Reaching the next round would be very lucrative too. A place in the quarterfinals is worth a further €1.041m, while a semi-final berth brings €2.073m with it, not to mention the money from gate receipts along the way. The prize money for the finalists has not yet been confirmed.
Title treble: FC Bayern could break their next record under the leadership of Pep Guardiola. So far, they have failed at each of their attempts to win the DFB Cup for the third time in a row. After their triumphs in 2014 (2-0 a.e.t. vs. Borussia Dortmund) and 2013 (3-2 vs. VfB Stuttgart), the Munich club could now make it a treble of DFB Cups for the first time.
Seven clubs have managed to defend their title before: Dresdner SC (1940, 1941), Karlsruher SC (1955, 1956), Bayern München (1966, 1967 and 2005, 2006), Eintracht Frankfurt (1974, 1975), 1. FC Köln (1977, 1978), Fortuna Düsseldorf (1979, 1980) and Schalke 04 (2001, 2002).
Winners: Of the clubs in the last 16, eight have won the DFB Cup before. The undisputed record winners are FC Bayern München, who have triumphed on 17 occasions, followed by SV Werder Bremen (6 titles). The other former champions remaining in the competition are 1. FC Köln (4), Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach (3 each), 1. FC Kaiserslautern (2), Bayer Leverkusen and Kickers Offenbach (1 each).
Match-ups: Although there are nine Bundesliga sides in the last 16, there is only one direct meeting between top-flight teams, with SC Freiburg hosting 1. FC Köln. Meanwhile, Borussia Mönchengladbach face yet another club from Hesse: After beating Eintracht Frankfurt in the previous round, Lucien Favre’s side now travel to Offenbach to take on the Regionalliga Südwest leaders. Kickers beat FC Ingolstadt and Karlsruher SC in the first and second round respectively. There is a Baden-Württemberg duel in Aalen, as VfR host TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Everyone has the same goal: Berlin. The final of the DFB Cup will be held at the Olympiastadion in Germany’s capital on 30th May 2015. 16 of the 64 teams that entered the first round are still in the hat and Tuesday and Wednesday this week will see that number whittled down to eight. DFB.de has put together some key stats for the last 16.
Participants: Half of the Bundesliga’s 18 teams are still involved at the last-16 stage. Four teams from the second-division join those nine from the top flight. Arminia Bielefeld and Dynamo Dresden are carrying the torch for the third tier, while there is even one Regionalliga side still in the mix in the form of Kickers Offenbach.
90’+: Only six of the remaining 16 teams have made it to this stage without being forced into extra time. As many as seven sides have had to hold their nerve in a penalty shootout, while three clubs have managed to secure their progress before the 120 minutes were up. RB Leipzig certainly like to keep things exciting: The second-division outfit only made it through after extra time against both SC Paderborn (2-1) and Erzgebirge Aue (3-1).
Prize money: All of the sides left in the competition have already received €935,000 via to the DFB’s centralised marketing approach. Reaching the next round would be very lucrative too. A place in the quarterfinals is worth a further €1.041m, while a semi-final berth brings €2.073m with it, not to mention the money from gate receipts along the way. The prize money for the finalists has not yet been confirmed.
Title treble: FC Bayern could break their next record under the leadership of Pep Guardiola. So far, they have failed at each of their attempts to win the DFB Cup for the third time in a row. After their triumphs in 2014 (2-0 a.e.t. vs. Borussia Dortmund) and 2013 (3-2 vs. VfB Stuttgart), the Munich club could now make it a treble of DFB Cups for the first time.
Seven clubs have managed to defend their title before: Dresdner SC (1940, 1941), Karlsruher SC (1955, 1956), Bayern München (1966, 1967 and 2005, 2006), Eintracht Frankfurt (1974, 1975), 1. FC Köln (1977, 1978), Fortuna Düsseldorf (1979, 1980) and Schalke 04 (2001, 2002).
Winners: Of the clubs in the last 16, eight have won the DFB Cup before. The undisputed record winners are FC Bayern München, who have triumphed on 17 occasions, followed by SV Werder Bremen (6 titles). The other former champions remaining in the competition are 1. FC Köln (4), Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach (3 each), 1. FC Kaiserslautern (2), Bayer Leverkusen and Kickers Offenbach (1 each).
Match-ups: Although there are nine Bundesliga sides in the last 16, there is only one direct meeting between top-flight teams, with SC Freiburg hosting 1. FC Köln. Meanwhile, Borussia Mönchengladbach face yet another club from Hesse: After beating Eintracht Frankfurt in the previous round, Lucien Favre’s side now travel to Offenbach to take on the Regionalliga Südwest leaders. Kickers beat FC Ingolstadt and Karlsruher SC in the first and second round respectively. There is a Baden-Württemberg duel in Aalen, as VfR host TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
Televised matches: The DFB Cup last-16 ties will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday, kicking off at either 19:00 or 20:30 CET. As usual, all of the matches will be shown on Sky Germany. ARD, a free-to-air TV channel in Germany, will broadcast Dortmund vs. Dresden on Tuesday (20:30 CET), as well as the meeting between Kickers Offenbach and Gladbach on Wednesday (20:30 CET). The quarterfinal draw will also be live on ARD on Sunday, 8th March.
Müllered: Gerd (78 goals) and Dieter Müller (48) are the two top scorers in DFB Cup history. A look at Thomas Müller’s record suggests that he won’t be too far behind his namesakes in a few years’ time, having already bagged 19 goals and set up a further 14 in 28 cup matches. The FC Bayern forward has therefore been involved in a DFB Cup goal every 69 minutes on average. It’s hardly a surprise then that Müller is the most valuable player left in the competition. Online portal transfermarkt.de currently places his market value at €55m. By comparison, Offenbach’s most valuable player Martin Röser is worth €175,000.
