2011–12 DFB-Pokal
Encyclopedia
The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal
is the sixty-ninth season of the annual German
football cup competition. It commenced on 29 July 2011 with the first of six rounds and will conclude on 12 May 2012 with the final at the Olympic Stadium
in Berlin
.
The winners will qualify for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League
. Schalke 04
are the reigning holders, having won their fifth DFB-Pokal title in the previous season
.
1 The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
2 Bavarian Cup runners-up Wacker Burghausen
had to compete in a play-off against SpVgg Unterhaching
, the winners of the match between the losing semifinalists, for the second Bavarian spot; this play-off was won by Unterhaching.
3 Since SV Wehen Wiesbaden will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Hessen Kassel
will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.
4 Since Hansa Rostock will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Anker Wismar
will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.
5 Since Eintracht Braunschweig
will enter the competition via their league placement, VfB Oldenburg
and TSV Ottersberg as losing semi-finalists played a single match to determine the second Lower Saxony participiant. This match was won by Oldenburg.
The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3rd Liga/amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3rd Liga/amateur team will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.
As in the 2010–11 competition
, Hallescher FC
will have to move their first-round match against Eintracht Frankfurt
to another ground because re-building of their own Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion has not yet been completed. After several attempts of moving the tie to other locations, including Paul-Greifzu-Stadion
at nearby Dessau-Roßlau
and Frankenstadion
at Nuremberg
, were unsuccessful because of security concerns, the match will eventually be played at cross-town Stadion am Bildungszentrum, the current home ground of the club. Anker Wismar
will also have to move their tie against Hannover 96
from their own Paul-Bürger-Stadion because of security requirements. The match will be played at Lohmühle
, Lübeck
. Other matches have been moved for capacity reasons, including FC Teningen
–FC Schalke 04
(to be played at Badenova-Stadion
in nearby Freiburg
), SC Wiedenbrück 2000
–1. FC Köln
(to be played at Heidewaldstadion, Gütersloh
), SVN Zweibrücken–1. FSV Mainz 05
(to be played at Waldstadion
, Homburg
) and Germania Windeck–1899 Hoffenheim (Sportpark Höhenberg, Cologne
). Headlines made Hamburg Cup winner Eimsbütteler TV
, who lost almost its complete first and second teams because of disagreements over how to split the money earned from reaching the first round. ETV was forced to field a side predominantly made up of players from its under-19 side.
All times CEST
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
is the sixty-ninth season of the annual German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
football cup competition. It commenced on 29 July 2011 with the first of six rounds and will conclude on 12 May 2012 with the final at the Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
The winners will qualify for the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League
2012–13 UEFA Europa League
The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League will be the fourth season of the competition since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup. The final will be played at the Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, the Netherlands....
. Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
are the reigning holders, having won their fifth DFB-Pokal title in the previous season
2010–11 DFB-Pokal
The 2010–11 DFB-Pokal was the sixty-eighth season of the annual German football cup competition. It commenced on the weekend around 14 August 2010 with the matches of Round 1 and concluded on 21 May 2011 with the final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin...
.
Participating clubs
The following 64 teams competed in Round 1: (Teams in bold are still active in the competition) 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga The 2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga was the 48th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 with the traditional season opening match involving the defending champions and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011. The winter... all clubs |
2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga The 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga was the 37th season of the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's second tier of its football league system. The season started on the weekend of 21 August 2010 and ended with the last games on 15 May 2011... all clubs |
2010–11 3rd Liga 2010–11 3rd Liga The 2010–11 3rd Liga was the third season of the 3rd Liga, Germany's third tier of its football league system. The season commenced on the weekend of 23 July 2010 and ended with the last games on 14 May 2011... best four teams |
Winners of 21 regional cup competitions1 |
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The following year, the club was renamed to Wismarer FC 1905... 4 (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup is an annual football cup competition, held by the since 1991. For sponsorship reasons, the official name of the competition is Krombacher-Pokal... ) Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia.- Early years :The club was formed as SV Vogelheim on 1 February 1907 out of the merger of two smaller clubs: SC Preussen and Deutsche Eiche. In 1910, Vogelheim came to an arrangement with Turnerbund... (Lower Rhine) Kickers Emden BSV Kickers Emden is a German association football club, located in Emden, Lower Saxony.-History:The club first began playing in 1928 as a section of the gymnastics club Emder Turnverein, which was founded in 1861... 1, 5 (Lower Saxony Lower Saxony Cup The Lower Saxony Cup is an annual football cup competition, held by the since 1956. 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1 The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
2 Bavarian Cup runners-up Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen
SV Wacker Burghausen is a German association football club based in Burghausen, Bavaria and is part of one of the nation's largest sports clubs with some 6,000 members participating in two dozen different sports.-History:...
had to compete in a play-off against SpVgg Unterhaching
SpVgg Unterhaching
Spielvereinigung Unterhaching is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich....
, the winners of the match between the losing semifinalists, for the second Bavarian spot; this play-off was won by Unterhaching.
3 Since SV Wehen Wiesbaden will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Hessen Kassel
KSV Hessen Kassel
KSV Hessen Kassel is a German association football club based in Kassel, Hesse. The club was founded as FC Union 93 Kassel in 1893 and just two years later joined FC Hassia 93 Cassel to form Casseler FV 95...
will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.
4 Since Hansa Rostock will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Anker Wismar
FC Anker Wismar
FC Anker Wismar is a German association football club based in Wismar, Germany, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord.- History :The club's origins date back to 1904 when FC Elite Wismar were established. The following year, the club was renamed to Wismarer FC 1905...
will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.
5 Since Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig is a German association football club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and won the national title in 1967.-History:...
will enter the competition via their league placement, VfB Oldenburg
VfB Oldenburg
VfB Oldenburg is a German association football club based in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony. As of the 2011/12 season they play in the Oberliga Niedersachsenliga, which is at the 5th level of football in Germany.-History:...
and TSV Ottersberg as losing semi-finalists played a single match to determine the second Lower Saxony participiant. This match was won by Oldenburg.
Schedule
The rounds of the 2011–12 competition are scheduled as follows:- Round 1: 29 July–1 August 2011 (Draw: 11 June 2011)
- Round 2: 25–26 October 2011 (Draw: 6 August 2011)
- Round 3: 20–21 December 2011
- Quarterfinal: 7–8 February 2012
- Semifinal: 20–21 March 2012
- Final: 12 May 2012 at Olympic StadiumOlympic Stadium (Berlin)The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
, BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
Draw
The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following: For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots. The first pot contains all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3rd Liga and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot will be drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot will be set as the home team in the process.The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3rd Liga/amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3rd Liga/amateur team will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.
Round 1
The draw was made on 11 June 2011.As in the 2010–11 competition
2010–11 DFB-Pokal
The 2010–11 DFB-Pokal was the sixty-eighth season of the annual German football cup competition. It commenced on the weekend around 14 August 2010 with the matches of Round 1 and concluded on 21 May 2011 with the final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin...
, Hallescher FC
Hallescher FC
Hallescher FC is a German association football club based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club's roots are in the 1946 formation of SG Glaucha in Soviet-occupied East Germany around the core of Hallescher Fußball-Club Wacker which was founded in 1900...
will have to move their first-round match against Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
to another ground because re-building of their own Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion has not yet been completed. After several attempts of moving the tie to other locations, including Paul-Greifzu-Stadion
Paul Greifzu Stadium
The Paul Greifzu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dessau-Roßlau. It is one of the most modern stadia in Saxony-Anhalt.- Overview :Eight peace doves heralded the opening of the Paul Greifzu Stadium in Dessau in October 1952. It was named after German motorsport racer and constructor Paul...
at nearby Dessau-Roßlau
Dessau-Roßlau
' is an independent city and urban district in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Mulde. The town was formed by merger of the independent city of Dessau with the town of Roßlau in the course of the Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt on 1 July 2007...
and Frankenstadion
Frankenstadion
The Frankenstadion is a stadium in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, which was opened in 1928. It is located next to the Zeppelinfeld. It also neighbors the new Nuremberg Arena....
at Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
, were unsuccessful because of security concerns, the match will eventually be played at cross-town Stadion am Bildungszentrum, the current home ground of the club. Anker Wismar
FC Anker Wismar
FC Anker Wismar is a German association football club based in Wismar, Germany, currently playing in the NOFV-Oberliga Nord.- History :The club's origins date back to 1904 when FC Elite Wismar were established. The following year, the club was renamed to Wismarer FC 1905...
will also have to move their tie against Hannover 96
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...
from their own Paul-Bürger-Stadion because of security requirements. The match will be played at Lohmühle
Lohmühle Stadion
PokerStars.de – Stadion an der Lohmühle is a multi-use stadium in Lübeck, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of VfB Lübeck. The stadium is able to hold 17,849 people....
, Lübeck
Lübeck
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
. Other matches have been moved for capacity reasons, including FC Teningen
FC Teningen
FC Teningen is a German association football club from Teningen, Baden.-History:The association was founded in 1929 named TuS Teningen and from 1946 to 1949 SpV Teningen. 2000, the team captured the division title and was promoted to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg...
–FC Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
(to be played at Badenova-Stadion
Dreisamstadion
Dreisamstadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Sport-Club Freiburg. The stadium holds 24,000 spectators and was built in 1953...
in nearby Freiburg
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
), SC Wiedenbrück 2000
SC Wiedenbrück 2000
SC Wiedenbrück is a German association football club from the city of Rheda-Wiedenbrück, North Rhine-Westphalia. The footballers are part of a sports club of some 1,150 members that also includes departments for dance, gymnastics, and table tennis.-History:...
–1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
(to be played at Heidewaldstadion, Gütersloh
Gütersloh
Gütersloh is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 96,320 people.- Geography :...
), SVN Zweibrücken–1. FSV Mainz 05
1. FSV Mainz 05
1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05, or simply Mainz, is a 1905 founded German association football club based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the football section the 1. FSV Mainz 05 has a handball and table tennis department...
(to be played at Waldstadion
Waldstadion Homburg
The Waldstadion Homburg is the home stadium of Oberliga Südwest club FC 08 Homburg. It has a spectator capacity of 21,813. In the three seasons — 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1989–90 — that Homburg were in the Bundesliga the average attendance was less than 8,000 per game....
, Homburg
Homburg, Saarland
Homburg is a town in Saarland, Germany, the administrative seat of the Saarpfalz district. With a population of c. 44,000 inhabitants, is the third city in its federal state. The medical department of the University of Saarland is situated here. The city is also home to the Karlsberg beer brewery...
) and Germania Windeck–1899 Hoffenheim (Sportpark Höhenberg, Cologne
Cologne
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). Headlines made Hamburg Cup winner Eimsbütteler TV
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, who lost almost its complete first and second teams because of disagreements over how to split the money earned from reaching the first round. ETV was forced to field a side predominantly made up of players from its under-19 side.
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