2006 Bavarian Cup
Founded
1998
Nation
State
Kingdom of Bavaria
Qualifying competition for
German Cup
Champions 2006
TSG Thannhausen TSG Thannhausen TSG Thannhausen is a German association football club located in Thannhausen, Bavaria.-Overview:TSG Thannhausen traces its earliest origins as an organization to 1862, first as a gymnastics club and then later as a gymnastics club and fire brigade as required by local bylaw. The club's recognized...

The 2006 Bavarian Cup was the ninth edition of this competition, organised by the Bavarian Football Association

Bavarian Football Association

The Bavarian Football Association , the BFV, is one of 21 regional organisations of the German Football Association, the DFB, and covers the state of Bavaria...

 (BFV), which was started in 1998. It ended with the TSG Thannhausen

TSG Thannhausen

TSG Thannhausen is a German association football club located in Thannhausen, Bavaria.-Overview:TSG Thannhausen traces its earliest origins as an organization to 1862, first as a gymnastics club and then later as a gymnastics club and fire brigade as required by local bylaw. The club's recognized...

 winning the competition. Together with the finalist, SpVgg Bayreuth

SpVgg Bayreuth

SpVgg Bayreuth is a German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 and 1980.- 1921 to 1945 :...

, both clubs were qualified for the DFB Cup 2006-07.

The competition is open to all senior men's football teams playing within the Bavarian football league system

Bavarian football league system

The Bavarian football league system of the Bavarian Football Association ranks within the German football league system. Its highest division, the Fussball-Bayernliga, is currently the 5th tier of German football. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008 it was the 4th tier of the league system...

 and the Bavarian clubs in the Regionalliga Süd

Regionalliga Süd

The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...

 (III).

Rules & History

The seven Bezirke in Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

 each play their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advance to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition advance to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first or second Bundesliga are not permitted to take part in the event, their reserve teams however can. The seven regional cup winners plus the finalist from last seasons winners region are qualified for the first round.

Participating clubs

The following eight clubs qualified for the 2006 Bavarian Cup:

Club	League	Tier	Cup performance
TSG Thannhausen TSG Thannhausen TSG Thannhausen is a German association football club located in Thannhausen, Bavaria.-Overview:TSG Thannhausen traces its earliest origins as an organization to 1862, first as a gymnastics club and then later as a gymnastics club and fire brigade as required by local bylaw. The club's recognized...	Landesliga Bayern-Süd Landesliga Bayern-Süd The Landesliga Bayern-Süd is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....	V	Winner
SpVgg Bayreuth SpVgg Bayreuth SpVgg Bayreuth is a German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Fußball-Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 and 1980.- 1921 to 1945 :...	Regionalliga Süd	III	Final
Jahn Regensburg Jahn Regensburg SSV Jahn Regensburg is a German association football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The team was part of a larger sports club founded in 1889 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th...	Regionalliga Süd Regionalliga Süd The Regionalliga Süd is currently the fourth tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the third tier. It currently is the highest regional league for the southern part of Germany...	III	Semi-Final
FC Ingolstadt 04 FC Ingolstadt 04 FC Ingolstadt 04 is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt.-ESV Ingolstadt:...	Oberliga Bayern Oberliga Bayern The Fußball-Bayernliga, commonly referred to as the Bayernliga, is the highest football league in the state of Bavaria and the Bavarian Football League System. It is one of eleven Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German football league system...	IV	Semi-Final
1. FC Nürnberg II	Oberliga Bayern	IV	First Round
SpVgg Landshut SpVgg Landshut The SpVgg Landshut is a German association football club from the city of Landshut, Bavaria. Both the clubs men and women's football teams have in the past played in the highest state league, the Bayernliga.-History:...	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte Landesliga Bayern-Mitte The Landesliga Bayern-Mitte is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....	V	First Round
SpVgg Weiden SpVgg Weiden SpVgg Weiden is a German association football club from the city of Weiden, Bavaria.Playing in the tier-four Regionalliga Süd in 2010–11, the club had to declare insolvency after being more than Euro 1 million in debt...	Landesliga Bayern-Mitte	V	First Round
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 1.FC Schweinfurt 05 is a German association football club that plays in Schweinfurt, Bavaria.-History:The club was founded on 5 May 1905 and played in the local leagues. The team attempted a merger with Turngemeinde Schweinfurt von 1848 which lasted from 1928 to 1930 before the two groups parted...	Landesliga Bayern-Nord Landesliga Bayern-Nord The Landesliga Bayern-Nord is currently the 6th tier of the German football league system. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga it was the 5th tier of the league system....	V	First Round

Regional finals

Region	Date	Winner	Finalist	Result
Oberbayern Cup	25 April 2006	FC Ingolstadt 04	SC Fürstenfeldbruck SC Fürstenfeldbruck SC Fürstenfeldbruck is a German association football club from Fürstenfeldbruck, Bavaria.-History:The club was established in 1919 as Fußball Club Fürstenfeldbruck...	1-1 / 5-4 after pen.
Niederbayern Cup	25 April 2006	SpVgg Landshut	SV Schalding-Heining SV Schalding-Heining The SV Schalding-Heining is a German association football club from the suburb of Schalding-Heining in the city of Passau, Bavaria. The clubs main achievement is the fact that it was the first winner of the Bavarian Cup in 1998.-History:...	3-0
Schwaben Cup Schwaben Cup The Schwaben Cup was a domestic cup competition in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk of Swabia , played from 1947 to 2009.-Overview:...	10 May 2006	TSG Thannhausen	FC Memmingen FC Memmingen FC Memmingen is a German association football club based in Memmingen, Bavaria.-Overview:The team was formed on 30 May 1907 as the football department of the gymnastics club Memminger Turnvereins 1859 and became independent in the fall of that year...	4-2
Oberpfalz Cup	16 May 2006	Jahn Regensburg	SpVgg Weiden	5-0
Mittelfranken Cup Mittelfranken Cup The Mittelfranken Cup was a domestic cup competition for the Bavarian Bezirk of Middle Franconia , played until 2009.-Modus:...	9 May 2006	1. FC Nürnberg II	SG Quelle Fürth SG Quelle Fürth The SG Quelle Fürth is a German association football club from the city of Fürth, Bavaria.-History:The club was formed as the football section of the athletics club TV 1860 Fürth on 1 June 1973...	3-2
Oberfranken Cup	17 May 2006	SpVgg Bayreuth	VfL Frohnlach VfL Frohnlach VfL Frohnlach is a German association football club from the municipality of Frohnlach in Ebersdorf bei Coburg, Bavaria.-History:The club was established as Sports Club Arminia Frohnlach in 1919 and, after a 1925 merger with Turnverein Frohnlach, became Verein für Leibesübungen 1919 e. V. Frohnlach...	2-0
Unterfranken Cup	17 May 2006	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	TSV Großbardorf	2-2 / 7-6 after pen.

• The SpVgg Weiden, runners-up of the Oberpfalz Cup is the eights team qualified for the Bavarian Cup due to Jahn Regensburg from Oberpfalz having won the Cup in the previous season.

First Round

Date	Home	Away	Result
24 May 2006	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	Jahn Regensburg	0-4
24 May 2006	TSG Thannhausen	SpVgg Weiden	1-1 / 4-3 after pen.
24 May 2006	SpVgg Landshut	FC Ingolstadt 04	2-3
24 May 2006	1. FC Nürnberg II	SpVgg Bayreuth	2-4

Semi Finals

Date	Home	Away	Result
6 June 2006	TSG Thannhausen	FC Ingolstadt 04	1-1 / 6-5 after pen.
31 May 2006	SpVgg Bayreuth	Jahn Regensburg	2-0

Final

Date	Home	Away	Result	Attendance
19 July 2006	TSG Thannhausen	SpVgg Bayreuth	2-1	600

DFB Cup 2006-07

The two clubs, TSG Thannhausen and SpVgg Bayreuth, who qualified through the Bavarian Cup for the DFB Cup 2006-07 both were knocked out in the first round of the national cup competition:

Round	Date	Home	Away	Result	Attendance
First round	9 September 2006	TSG Thannhausen	Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...	0-3	10,500
First round	9 September 2006	SpVgg Bayreuth	Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun...	0-2	2,850

Sources

• Deutschlands Fussball in Zahlen 2005/06 Yearbook of German football, author: DSFS, publisher: Agon Sport Verlag, published: 2006, page: 289–290

External links

• Bavarian FA website