1967–68 DFB-Pokal

1967–68 DFB-Pokal
Country	West Germany
Teams	32
Champions	1. FC Köln
Runners-up	VfL Bochum
Matches played	33
Goals scored	113 (3.42 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Hannes Löhr (5)
	← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The 1967–68 DFB-Pokal was the 25th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 27 January 1968 and ended on 9 June 1968. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final the 1. FC Köln defeated the VfL Bochum 4–1.^[1]

Matches[]

First round[]

27 January 1968	Borussia Neunkirchen	2–3	Eintracht Braunschweig
	27' 76'	report (in German)	18', 25' Dulz 79'	Attendance: 5.000 Referee: (Bad Godesberg)

27 January 1968	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg
		report (in German)	Strehl 3' Starek 8'	Attendance: 15.000 Referee: (Hannover)

27 January 1968	SV Röchling Völklingen	4–2	SV Werder Bremen
	9', 71' 27', 59'	report (in German)	Görts 38' Rupp 66'	Attendance: 4.500 Referee: (Wachenbuchen)

27 January 1968	Hertha BSC	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Hamburger SV	Olympiastadion, Berlin
	Sangulin 93'	report (in German)		Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)

27 January 1968	VfL Bochum	3–2	Karlsruher SC	Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum
	28' 44' 70'	report (in German)	Herrmann 18' (pen.) Müller 63'	Attendance: 8.000 Referee: (Buchholz)

27 January 1968	SC Preußen Münster	2–1	Alemannia Aachen
	60' (pen.) 80'	report (in German)	76'	Attendance: 8.000 Referee: (Bremen)

27 January 1968	FC 08 Homburg	1–4	1. FC Köln
	83' (pen.)	report (in German)	Pott 17', 84' Thielen 38' Rumor 40'	Attendance: 11.000 Referee: (Hessisch Lichtenau)

27 January 1968	Arminia Bielefeld	0–1	FC Schalke 04
		report (in German)	Neuser 51'	Attendance: 22.000 Referee: (Mannheim)

27 January 1968	FC Bayern Hof	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
		report (in German)	Laumen 84'	Attendance: 12.000 Referee: (Oggersheim)

27 January 1968	VfB Stuttgart	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Köppel 75'	report (in German)		Attendance: 4.600 Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

27 January 1968	MSV Duisburg	4–1	Hannover 96
	Kostedde 34', 67' Bella 38' van Haaren 51'	report (in German)	Rodekamp 87'	Attendance: 5.000 Referee: (Holzgerlingen)

27 January 1968	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt
	37'	report (in German)	Friedrich 50' Bechtold 98'	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi ()

27 January 1968	VfB Lübeck	0–1	TSV 1860 München
		report (in German)	Küppers 36'	Attendance: 17.000 Referee: (Münster)

27 January 1968	SSV Jahn Regensburg	1–4 (a.e.t.)	FC Bayern Munich
	53'	report (in German)	Müller 64', 109' 108' (o.g.) Roth 115'	Attendance: 25.000 Referee: (Ansbach)

27 January 1968	VfB Oldenburg	2–3	Borussia Dortmund
	39', 44'	report (in German)	Libuda 67' Held 76' Paul 87' (pen.)	Attendance: 17.000 Referee: (Berlin)

7 February 1968	SSV Reutlingen 05	7–1	Itzehoer SV
	11' 29', 79' 31' Braner 36' 78' 83'	report (in German)	12'	Attendance: 3.000 Referee: (Mainz)

Round of 16[]

24 February 1968	FC Bayern Munich	3–1	MSV Duisburg
	Ohlhauser 18' Roth 41' Müller 60' (pen.)	report (in German)	53'	Attendance: 12.000 Referee: (Rheinbrohl)

24 February 1968	VfL Bochum	2–1	VfB Stuttgart	Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum
	Balte 42' (pen.), 65'	report (in German)	Handschuh 29'	Attendance: 20.000 Referee: (Berlin)

24 February 1968	SSV Reutlingen 05	1–3	Borussia Dortmund
	37'	report (in German)	Neuberger 35' Held 58' Emmerich 66'	Attendance: 18.000 Referee: (Ruppertsberg)

24 February 1968	FC Schalke 04	2–3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
	Słomiany 20' 73'	report (in German)	Gerwien 6' Saborowski 54' Maas 77'	Attendance: 6.000 Referee: (Munich)

24 February 1968	1. FC Nürnberg	4–0	SC Preußen Münster
	Müller 18' Volkert 35' Strehl 58', 69'	report (in German)		Attendance: 5.500 Referee: (Hildesheim)

24 February 1968	Hertha BSC	2–1	SV Röchling Völklingen	Olympiastadion, Berlin
	42' 53'	report (in German)	37'	Attendance: 23.000 Referee: (Hamburg)

24 February 1968	TSV 1860 München	2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Rebele 21' Zeiser 60'	report (in German)	Laumen 4', 46' Wimmer 66' Dietrich 84'	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: (Hamburg)

24 February 1968	1. FC Köln	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Overath 83'	report (in German)	Schämer 51'	Attendance: 15.000 Referee: (Mainz)

Replay[]

19 March 1968	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1	1. FC Köln
		report (in German)	86'	Attendance: 23.000 Referee: (Ludwigshafen)

Quarter-finals[]

11 April 1968

FC Bayern Munich	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg
Ohlhauser 20' Müller 32'	report (in German)	Brungs 2'

Attendance: 40.000

Referee: (Gelsenkirchen)

11 April 1968

Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Hertha BSC
Wosab 30' 75'	report (in German)	14'

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund

Attendance: 23.000

Referee: (Hamburg)

11 April 1968

Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln
Ulsaß 92'	report (in German)	Löhr 110'

Attendance: 23.000

Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi ()

11 April 1968

VfL Bochum	2–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Balte 11' 35'	report (in German)

Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum

Attendance: 32.000

Referee: (Ludwigshafen)

Replay[]

23 April 1968

1. FC Köln	2–1	Eintracht Braunschweig
Overath 2' Löhr 24'	report (in German)	Ulsaß 53'

Attendance: 40.000

Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (Stuttgart)

Semi-finals[]

3 May 1968

1. FC Köln	3–0	Borussia Dortmund
Thielen 11' Löhr 24', 58'	report (in German)

Attendance: 53.000

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

15 May 1968

VfL Bochum	2–1	FC Bayern Munich
Jansen 5' Balte 56'	report (in German)	Ohlhauser 90'

Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum

Attendance: 40.000

Referee: (Hamburg)

Final[]

9 June 1968

16:00 CET

1. FC Köln	4–1	VfL Bochum
Jablonski 22' (o.g.) Rühl 38', 57' Löhr 70'	Report	37'

Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: (Augsburg)

References[]

^ "DFB-Pokal 1967–68" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

External links[]

Official site of the DFB (in German)
Kicker.de (in German)
1968 results at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
1968 results at Weltfussball.de (in German)

[1] "DFB-Pokal 1967–68" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 2 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

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