1956 FDGB-Pokal

The 1956 FDGB-Pokal started with 148 teams. It was the sixth time that the East German national cup in association football was contested. Due to the switch to a calendar year season the final took place at the end of the year.

Two qualifying rounds were played before the first round. All rounds were played as knock-out matches with extra time following a draw after 90 minutes. If extra time yielded no winner, the teams faced each other again in a replay.^{[citation needed]}

120 quarter-finalist of the DDR-Bezirkspokal competitions were joined by 21 members of the third-tier 2nd DDR-Liga that had been created in 1955. After the second qualifying round, the remaining 36 teams were joined by the 28 teams from the top-tier DDR-Oberliga and the second-tier DDR-Liga.
By the third round proper none of the Bezirkspokal or 2nd DDR-Liga sides remained. In addition Oberliga sides Rotation Babelsberg, Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, SC Rotation Leipzig and Motor Zwickau had been eliminated. Three DDR-Liga teams entered the quarter-finals – Chemie Wolfen, Chemie Halle-Leuna and BSG Chemie Zeitz – but only Halle went through to the semi-finals after a 4–3 extra time win over Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg. In the semi-final the underdogs from Halle held Oberliga side Turbine Erfurt to a 1-all draw after extra time – and won the replay 5-0 to reach the final in Magdeburg. Their opponents were ZASK Vorwärts Berlin who had eliminated holders and Oberliga champions Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.^{[citation needed]}

First qualifying round[]

Home team		Away team	Result
BSG Aufbau Wolgast	–	BSG Turbine Neubrandenburg	2–1 a.e.t.
Vorwärts KVP Prenzlau	–	BSG Einheit Greifswald	0–1
BSG Empor Anklam	–	BSG Motor Stralsund	5–1
BSG Einheit Grimmen	–	BSG Motor Torgelow	4–2 a.e.t.
BSG Traktor Quastenberg/Burg Stargard	–	Lokomotive Stralsund	2–0
BSG Traktor Franzburg	–	BSG Traktor Siedenbollentin	3–2
BSG Empor Friedland	–	BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde	0–6
BSG Traktor Franzburg	–	BSG Motor Rostock	1–3
BSG Aufbau Boizenburg	–	BSG Motor Wismar	1–4
BSG Einheit Rostock	–	BSG Fortschritt Neustadt-Glewe	2–1
BSG Einheit Schwerin	–	BSG Aufbau Rostock	5–0
BSG Traktor Domsühl	–	BSG Einheit Wismar	1–9
BSG Motor Rathenow	–	SG Dynamo Schwerin	1–6
BSG Traktor Putlitz	–	BSG Motor Schwerin	1–3
BSG Einheit Osterburg	–	BSG Empor Grabow	5–3
BSG Traktor Diesdorf/Altmark	–	BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge	0–7
BSG Motor Wittenberge	–	BSG Motor Süd Brandenburg	3–4
BSG Einheit Wolmirstedt	–	BSG Empor Wittenberge	8–0
BSG Motor Mögelin	–	SG Lichtenberg 47 Berlin	4–1
BSG Traktor Haldensleben	–	BSG Stahl Thale	1–3
BSG Chemie Piesteritz	–	BSG Einheit Burg	2–5
BSG Aktivist Sondershausen	–	SG Dynamo Eisleben	0–2
BSG Stahl Hettstedt	–	BSG Empor Halberstadt	3–0
BSG Motor Schönebeck	–	BSG Chemie Greppin	2–3
BSG Einheit Zerbst	–	BSG Chemie Bitterfeld	0–7
SG Treuenbrietzen	–	BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide	0–1
BSG Motor Oderberg	–	SG Berolina Stralau	4–2
BSG Aufbau Finowfurt	–	SG Hohenschönhausen Berlin	2–5
SG Union Fürstenwalde	–	SC Motor Berlin	2–3
SG Wacker Lichtenberg	–	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	X-0[a]
BSG Motor Legebruch	–	BSG Motor Oberspree	2–1
SG Fortuna Pankow	–	BSG Empor Zossen	2–3
BSG Motor Friedrichshagen	–	BSG Aufbau Rüdersdorf	1–6
SG Lok Bau Union Buchholz	–		3–2
BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder	–	SV Vorwärts Cottbus	5–4
BSG Fortschritt Cottbus	–	SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder	2–3
BSG Aktivist Finkenheerd	–	BSG Lokomotive Cottbus	1–4
BSG Chemie Friedrichshain	–	BSG Einheit Frankfurt/Oder	X-0 [b]
BSG Chemie Weißwasser	–	BSG Motor Bautzen	2–3
BSG Aktivist Laubusch	–	BSG Stahl Freital	3–1
BSG Neumark-Halle	–	SC DHfK Leipzig	0–2
BSG Traktor Taucha	–	BSG Motor Ammendorf	2–3
BSG Turbine Halle	–	BSG Rotation Südwest Leipzig	0–1
BSG Motor West Leipzig	–	BSG Empor Halle	1–3
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	–	SG Zwenkau	5–1
BSG Stahl Brandis	–	BSG Stahl Riesa	0–2
BSG Einheit Hoyerswerda	–	SG Dynamo Dresden	2–5
BSG Motor Lommatzsch	–	BSG Motor Lauchhammer-Ost	1–4
BSG Chemie Coswig	–	BSG Chemie Schwarzheide	1–2
BSG Einheit Langensalza	–	BSG Aktivist Tiefenort	2–0
BSG Motor Schmalkalden	–	BSG Motor Eisenach	8–2
BSG Motor Suhl	–	BSG Nord Erfurt	2–1
BSG Motor Gotha	–	BSG Motor Veilsdorf	1–2
BSG Fortschritt Geschwenda	–	BSG Lokomotive Weimar	0–6
BSG Motor Rudisleben	–	BSG Chemie Lauscha	3–2
BSG Fortschritt Pößneck	–	BSG Motor Sonneberg	1–3
BSG Empor Jena	–	BSG Motor Steinach	2–1
BSG Empor Erfurt	–	BSG Chemie Jena	2–3
BSG Chemie Kahla	–	BSG Motor Oberlind	0–2
BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla	–	BSG Einheit Mitte Erfurt	2–1
BSG Chemie Apolda	–	BSG Traktor Frießnitz	6–0
BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz	–	BSG Stahl Silbitz	3–2
BSG Wismut Plauen	–	BSG Fortschritt Hartha	2–1
BSG Aufbau Theuma	–	BSG Chemie Elsterberg	0–9
BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau	–	BSG Aufbau Meißen	5–1
BSG Motor Döbeln	–	BSG Motor Zschopau	4–2
BSG Stahl Gröditz	–	BSG Stahl Lugau	2–0
BSG Empor Tabak Dresden	–	BSG Motor West Karl-Marx-Stadt	4–0
BSG Aktivist Borna	–	BSG Chemie Leuna	1–1 a.e.t.

^a Wacker walkover; Stahl withdrew^[1]
b Chemie walkover; Einheit withdrew^[1]

BSG Wismut Auerbach, BSG Wismut Schneeberg, BSG Stahl Lippendorf were given byes to the second qualifying round.^[1]

Replay[]

Home team		Away team	Result
BSG Chemie Leuna	–	BSG Aktivist Borna	4–2

Second qualifying round[]

Home team		Away team	Result
BSG Motor Süd Leipzig	–	BSG Motor Legebruch	6–1
BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde	–	BSG Empor Anklam	10–3
BSG Lokomotive Weimar	–	BSG Empor Halle	4–0
BSG Rotation Südwest Leipzig	–	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	1–4
SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder	–	SG Lok Bau Union Buchholz	3–2
BSG Aufbau Rüdersdorf	–	SG Wacker Lichtenberg Berlin	4–2
BSG Lokomotive Cottbus	–	BSG Stahl Gröditz	2–3
BSG Chemie Friedrichshain	–	BSG Empor Tabak Dresden	2–6
BSG Motor Lauchhammer-Ost	–	BSG Motor Döbeln	2–4
BSG Chemie Schwarzheide	–	BSG Motor Bautzen	2–3
BSG Motor Wismar	–	BSG Einheit Schwerin	4–2
SG Dynamo Schwerin	–	BSG Einheit Rostock	2–1 a.e.t.
BSG Motor Schwerin	–	BSG Einheit Osterburg	1–6
BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge	–	BSG Einheit Wolmirstedt	5–2
BSG Wismut Plauen	–	BSG Motor Suhl	4–0
BSG Empor Zossen	–	BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide	1–2
BSG Motor Rostock	–	BSG Traktor Quastenberg/Burg Stargard	4–1
BSG Einheit Wismar	–	BSG Traktor Franzberg	6–0
BSG Motor Oberlind	–	BSG Motor Rudisleben	5–2
BSG Motor Sonneberg	–	BSG Wismut Schneeberg	0–1
BSG Motor Veilsdorf	–	BSG Wismut Auerbach	2–3
SG Dynamo Dresden	–	BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau	0–1
SC Stahl Riesa	–	BSG Aktivist Laubusch	3–2 a.e.t.
SC DHfK Leipzig	–	BSG Stahl Hettstedt	9–2
BSG Einheit Greifswald	–	BSG Aufbau Wolgast	6–1
BSG Motor Ammendorf	–	BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla	1–3
BSG Chemie Jena	–	BSG Motor Schmalkalden	4–2
SG Hohenschönhausen	–	BSG Motor Oderberg	5–0
SC Motor Berlin	–	BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder	0–2
BSG Einheit Burg	–	BSG Motor Mögelin	11–1
BSG Einheit Grimmen	–	BSG Chemie Bitterfeld	1–5
BSG Stahl Thale	–	BSG Einheit Langensalza	4–1
SG Dynamo Eisleben	–	BSG Stahl Lippendorf	3–2
BSG Chemie Grippen	–	BSG Chemie Apolda	4–0
BSG Chemie Leuna	–	BSG Empor Jena	6–1
BSG Chemie Elsterberg	–	BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz	0–0 a.e.t.

Replay[]

Home team		Away team	Result
BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz	–	BSG Chemie Elsterberg	2–1

First round[]

Home team		Away team	Result
BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder	–	BSG Aufbau Großräschen	4–3
BSG Motor Rostock	–	BSG Lokomotive Stendal	1–4
SG Dynamo Schwerin	–	ZASK Vorwärts Berlin	1–7
BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde	–	BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen	0–3
BSG Einheit Greifswald	–	SC Empor Rostock	0–0 a.e.t.
BSG Einheit Osterburg	–	BSG Motor Dessau	2–3
BSG Einheit Wismar	–	BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide	5–1
BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge	–	BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg	2–4
BSG Motor Brandenburg-Süd	–	SC Rotation Leipzig	2–5
BSG Einheit Burg	–	SC Chemie Halle-Leuna	2–4
BSG Chemie Bitterfeld	–	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	2–3
BSG Stahl Thale	–	SC Turbine Erfurt	1–3
SG Dynamo Eisleben	–	BSG Motor Zwickau	0–3
BSG Chemie Greppin	–	BSG Motor Nordhausen-West	6–1
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	–	SC Einheit Dresden	0–5
SG Hohenschönhausen Berlin	–	SC Wissenschaft Halle	X-0 c
BSG Aufbau Rüdersdorf	–	SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg	1–10
SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder	–	BSG Rotation Babelsberg	0–3
BSG Chemie Jena	–	BSG Wismut Auerbach	4–2
SC DHfK Leipzig	–	Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau	3–1 a.e.t.
BSG Stahl Gröditz	–	BSG Chemie Glauchau	2–0
BSG Empor Tabak Dresden	–	BSG Empor Wurzen-West	5–0
BSG Motor Bautzen	–	SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt	3–0
BSG Motor Döhlen	–	BSG Chemie Zeitz	0–2
BSG Stahl Riesa	–	BSG Fortschritt Meerane	2–6
BSG Chemie Leuna	–	SC Fortschritt Weißenfels	0–1
BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla	–	BSG Wismut Schneeberg	1–1 a.e.t.
BSG Lokomotive Weimar	–	SC Lokomotive Leipzig	0–1
BSG Wismut Plauen	–	SC Motor Jena	3–4 a.e.t.
BSG Motor Oberlind	–	BSG Wismut Gera	3–2
BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz	–	BSG Motor Altenburg	1–5
BSG Motor Wismar	–	SC Dynamo Berlin	1–3 a.e.t.

^c Berlin walkover; Halle withdrew^[1]

Replays[]

Home team		Away team	Result
SC Empor Rostock	–	BSG Einheit Greifswald	3–1
BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla	–	BSG Wismut Schneeberg	?–? [d]

^d Result unknown, Schneeberg advanced^[1]

Second round[]

(played on 18 November 1956)

Home team		Away team	Result
BSG Wismut Schneeberg	–	SC Empor Rostock	0–6
BSG Motor Dessau	–	BSG Motor Oberlind	4–2
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna	–	BSG Einheit Wismar	8–0
SC Fortschritt Weißenfels	–	BSG Chemie Greppin	2–0
BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg	–	BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder	8–0
BSG Lokomotive Stendal	–	SG Hohenschönhausen Berlin	1–0
BSG Chemie Zeitz	–	BSG Stahl Gröditz	6–3
SC Einheit Dresden	–	BSG Chemie Jena	6–2
ZASK Vorwärts Berlin	–	BSG Empor Tabak Dresden	7–0
BSG Motor Altenburg	–	BSG Motor Bautzen	4–1
SC Rotation Leipzig	–	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	3–3 a.e.t.
SC Dynamo Berlin	–	BSG Fortschritt Meerane	6–2
BSG Rotation Babelsberg	–	SC Turbine Erfurt	1–2 a.e.t.
BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen	–	SC DHfK Leipzig	3–1 a.e.t.
SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg	–	SC Motor Jena	3–2 a.e.t.
SC Lokomotive Leipzig	–	BSG Motor Zwickau	3–0

Replay[]

Home team		Away team	Result
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	–	SC Rotation Leipzig	2–0

Third round[]

(played on 25 November 1956)

Home team		Away team	Result
SC Empor Rostock	–	SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg	0–1
BSG Motor Dessau	–	BSG Chemie Zeitz	2–3
BSG Motor Altenburg	–	ZASK Vorwärts Berlin	0–3
BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg	–	SC Chemie Halle-Leuna	1–2
BSG Lokomotive Stendal	–	SC Einheit Dresden	1–3
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	–	SC Dynamo Berlin	8–0
SC Turbine Erfurt	–	SC Fortschritt Weißenfels	3–1 a.e.t.
SC Lokomotive Leipzig	–	BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen	1–2

Quarter-finals[]

(played on 2 December 1956)

Home team		Away team	Result
BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen	–	ZASK Vorwärts Berlin	1–2 a.e.t.
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna	–	SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg	4–3 a.e.t.
BSG Chemie Zeitz	–	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	1–2
SC Turbine Erfurt	–	SC Einheit Dresden	6–3

Semi-finals[]

(played on 9 December 1956)

Home team		Away team	Result
ZASK Vorwärts Berlin	–	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt	2–0
SC Turbine Erfurt	–	SC Chemie Halle-Leuna	1–1 a.e.t.

Replay[]

(played on 12 December 1956)

Home team		Away team	Result
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna	–	SC Turbine Erfurt	5–0

Final[]

HALLE-LEUNA: GK Günter Melchior DF Hans-Joachim Oelze DF Klaus Hoffmann DF Robert Heyer MF Willi Streit MF FW Alfred Jaukus FW Werner Lehrmann FW Joachim Lehmann FW Walter Schmidt FW Klaus Büchner  84' Substitutes: FW Rolf Hoffmann  84' Manager:

BERLIN: GK Karl-Heinz Spickenagel DF Peter Kalinke DF DF MF Hans Küchler MF Werner Unger FW Horst Assmy FW FW Gerhard Reichelt  59' FW Lothar Meyer FW Günther Wirth Substitutes: FW Siegfried Wachtel  59' Manager: János Gyarmati

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