The second round of the DFB Cup wrote all sorts of unusual tales and DFB.de looks back at the events of the second round in all 16 stadiums.
DFB.de focuses on the most special moments in this week’s cup action, most of which arose as a result of penalties. It is not every day that you see 51 penalties taken across 16 games and in almost half of the stadiums, namely seven, there was at least one effort from the spot. However this was of course largely down to the many penalty shootouts that occurred, with five matches failing to separate the teams after extra time. The last time that number of DFB Cup second round matches went to penalties was in the 2004/2005 season.
Borussia Dortmund vs. 1.FC Union Berlin
The most bizarre penalty shootout took place in Dortmund, where 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Union Berlin let their nerves get the better of them. Felix Kroos, Stephan Fürstner and Philipp Hosiner all failed to hit the back of the net from the spot and subsequently helped hand Borussia Dortmund a 3-0 victory on penalties after the match had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes.
The last team to convert none of their penalties in a shootout was FC Bayern München in the 2015 DFB Cup semi-final, once again against Dortmund. Union head coach Jens Keller explained his side’s lack of practice going into the game, saying that “I have to apologies to the team, this defeat was down to me. We forgot to practice penalties in training.” The statistics did not give Union much of a chance anyway though as BVB have not lost in ten home matches when a DFB Cup game has gone to extra time.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. FC Ingolstadt
Equally as strange was the penalty shootout in Frankfurt between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Ingolstadt. First there was a spectacular Panenka from Frankfurt’s Omar Mascarell, then fans in the Commerzbank-Arena witnessed two incredible misses from the home side, with both Romain Bregerie and Moritz Hartmann blasting their penalties over the bar to confirm FCI’s elimination from the competition.
As a result, Eintracht are the first team in 13 years to make it through the first two rounds of the cup both via a penalty shootout. The last team to do that were Alemannia Aachen Rot-Weiß Erfurt, beating 1860 München. This could be a good omen as Alemannia went on to make it all the way to the final that year, losing to Werder Bremen. Also rather unusual was the attendance at the Frankfurter Commerzbank-Arena. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 51,500 but due to a penalty imposed on the club by DFB, just 6,127 fans witnessed the match against Ingolstadt. The sanction followed some misconduct from Frankfurt’s fans in their first-round match away at 1. FC Magdeburg.
The second round of the DFB Cup wrote all sorts of unusual tales and DFB.de looks back at the events of the second round in all 16 stadiums.
DFB.de focuses on the most special moments in this week’s cup action, most of which arose as a result of penalties. It is not every day that you see 51 penalties taken across 16 games and in almost half of the stadiums, namely seven, there was at least one effort from the spot. However this was of course largely down to the many penalty shootouts that occurred, with five matches failing to separate the teams after extra time. The last time that number of DFB Cup second round matches went to penalties was in the 2004/2005 season.
Borussia Dortmund vs. 1.FC Union Berlin
The most bizarre penalty shootout took place in Dortmund, where 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Union Berlin let their nerves get the better of them. Felix Kroos, Stephan Fürstner and Philipp Hosiner all failed to hit the back of the net from the spot and subsequently helped hand Borussia Dortmund a 3-0 victory on penalties after the match had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes.
The last team to convert none of their penalties in a shootout was FC Bayern München in the 2015 DFB Cup semi-final, once again against Dortmund. Union head coach Jens Keller explained his side’s lack of practice going into the game, saying that “I have to apologies to the team, this defeat was down to me. We forgot to practice penalties in training.” The statistics did not give Union much of a chance anyway though as BVB have not lost in ten home matches when a DFB Cup game has gone to extra time.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. FC Ingolstadt
Equally as strange was the penalty shootout in Frankfurt between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Ingolstadt. First there was a spectacular Panenka from Frankfurt’s Omar Mascarell, then fans in the Commerzbank-Arena witnessed two incredible misses from the home side, with both Romain Bregerie and Moritz Hartmann blasting their penalties over the bar to confirm FCI’s elimination from the competition.
As a result, Eintracht are the first team in 13 years to make it through the first two rounds of the cup both via a penalty shootout. The last team to do that were Alemannia Aachen Rot-Weiß Erfurt, beating 1860 München. This could be a good omen as Alemannia went on to make it all the way to the final that year, losing to Werder Bremen. Also rather unusual was the attendance at the Frankfurter Commerzbank-Arena. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 51,500 but due to a penalty imposed on the club by DFB, just 6,127 fans witnessed the match against Ingolstadt. The sanction followed some misconduct from Frankfurt’s fans in their first-round match away at 1. FC Magdeburg.
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Sportfreunde Lotte vs. Bayer Leverkusen
It was an unexpected defeat for Champions League participants Bayer Leverkusen. The Werkself lost 4-3 on penalties to Drittliga club Sportfreunde Lotte, after both sides drew 2-2 after extra-time, in what was one of the ties of the second round. Roger Schmidt’s Leverkusen side led twice on the night, with their second goal coming with a one-man advantage, after Lotte’s Tim Wendel was given a second yellow card in the 78th minute. Despite this advantage, Schmidt’s side couldn’t manage the win however, eventually losing on penalties.
The statistics ahead of the penalty shootout were against Bayer, however. Of their last four penalty shootouts in the cup, Leverkusen had lost three, with that record now standing at four shootout exits from five. A small consolation for Bayer is their run of now having scored at least twice in their last ten DFB Cup away ties, which is a new club record.
Both Lotte and Frankfurt had substitutes sent off, with both players leaving the field exactly 24 minutes after coming on. Lotte’s Tim Wendel didn’t see it until the end of the 90 minutes, while Frankfurt’s Marco Fabian was also sent off just before the game had finished. However the red cards had no impact on the end result for both sides, with the two teams progressing through to the last-16.
Hallescher FC vs. Hamburger SV
For one substitute, however, the DFB Cup second round was a lot more satisfying. Gian-Luca Waldschmidt scored just 18 seconds after being substituted, in HSV’s 4-0 win over Hallescher FC. It was the quickest goal by a substitute in the Cup this season. It wasn’t the fastest substitute goal, however, as Anthony Modeste struck after just 12 seconds in October 2014, when he was a second-half substitute in 1899 Hoffenheim’s 5-1 win over FSV Frankfurt.
HSV levelled their club record of scoring in their last 18 DFB Cup away games. The previous occasions in which they have achieved this feat, came in 1935 and 1967. However, HSV haven’t managed to keep a cup clean sheet, since their last-16 win over FC Bayern München in the 2005/06 season, nearly eleven years ago.
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1. FC Heidenheim vs. VfL Wolfsburg
Mario Gomez grabbed the only goal of the game in this one, meaning in 30 DFB Cup games, the German has now been involved in 30 goals (30 goals, 4 assists). With this strike, he drew level with Claudio Pizarro as the currently active player who’s been involved in the most goals in this competition.
Two very opposite streaks were ended in heidenheim, as VfL won for the first time in seven games (3 draws, 4 losses) and Heidenheim lost for the first time in just as many matches (4 wins, 3 draws).
FC Bayern München vs. FC Augsburg
FC Bayern conceded their first goal in the DFB Cup after 547 minutes, as the Bavarian team ran out 3-1 winners against FC Augsburg. Dong-Won Ji was the player who fired past Manuel Neuer, the last player to do this is the cup before him was World Champion André Schürrle, as his side coincidently also lost 3-1 on that day in October 2015.
Ja-Cheol Koo and Thomas Müller also missed spot kicks in this encounter – you have to go back to 2007 for the last time two penalties were missed in a DFB Cup match. Manuel Neuer was again one of the heroes in this one, as the last time it happened was in a first-round clash between Eintracht Trier and his former side, FC Schalke 04.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. FSV Mainz 05
Just like last season, Martin Schmidt’s FSV Mainz 05 have been knocked out of the DFB Cup in the second round by a team from the second division. This time, Greuther Fürth eliminated the Zerofivers (2-1), while last season they lost to TSV 1860 Munich by the same score line. As a Bundesliga team, Mainz have been knocked out on five of the six occasions that they’ve played a side from the 2. Liga – the only time they triumphed was in the 2012/13 season, as they beat Erzgebirge Aue 2-0 in the second round.
1. FC Köln vs. 1899 Hoffenheim
1899 Hoffenheim lost 2-1 after extra time away from home to 1. FC Köln, despite taking the lead early in the game. Hoffenheim haven’t given up an advantage and lost a DFB Cup match for 23 games, the last time it happened was in the second round of the 2008/09 season, as they were defeated 3-1 by SC Freiburg.
This game was, however, against their bogey team. TSG have only won one of their last eleven competitive matches against Köln (five draws, five defeats), as the last time they over game last week’s opponents was in a second-round cup tie in 2011 (2-1).
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FC St. Pauli vs. Hertha BSC
Mitchell Weiser has been involved in five of Hertha BSC’s last six goals in the DFB Cup (3 goals, 2 assists). He scored the first goal in the 2-0 win over 2.Bundesliga team FC St. Pauli and provided the assist for Valentin Stocker to score the second.
St. Pauli were knocked out of the competition before reaching final 16 for the eleventh time in a row. However in the 2005/06 season, they made it all the way to the semi-final where they lost to FC Bayern München.
SC Freiburg vs. SV Sandhausen
SC Freiburg lost 4-3 on penalties to 2.Bundesliga team SV Sandhausen in the second round of the DFB Cup. In the 2011/12 season, SC Freiburg were knocked out by a lower league team when they lost 3-2 to third division side SpVgg Unterhaching. The last time they lost at home in the DFB Cup was the 1-0 defeat to Tennis Borussia Berlin in December 1993.
Freiburg striker Nils Petersen missed his penalty against SV Sandhausen. He also missed a penalty in the final of the Olympic Games against Brazil in Rio. These are the only two penalties he has missed during his career in German football.
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. VfB Stuttgart
Borussia Mönchengladbach Captain Lars Stindl scored in their 2-0 DFB Cup win against VfB Stuttgart. He has scored in all of his four DFB Cup appearances for Borussia, a new club record. Arie van Lent was the last Borussia Mönchengladbach to score in four DFB Cup fixtures in a row. Stindl has actually scored in his last five DFB Cup appearances, but one of those was for Hannover 96.
Würzburger Kickers vs. TSV 1860 München
TSV 1860 München manager Kosta Runjaic had nothing to do with picking who would step up to take a penalty. “I was on the toilet whilst the players were deliberating over who would take a penalty. After drinking about eight litres of water, I just had to go,” he chuckled. His players knew that their team had won on penalties for the fourth time in a row in the DFB Cup. The last time they lost on penalties was in the second round of the DFB Cup in the 2004/05 season against Eintracht Trier. They have won eight of ten penalty shootouts in the cup in total.
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