1968–69 DFB-Pokal

1968–69 DFB-Pokal
Country	West Germany
Teams	32
Defending champions	FC Köln
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runners-up	Schalke 04
Matches played	35
	← 1967–68 1969–70 →

The 1968–69 DFB-Pokal was the 26th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 4 January 1969 and ended on 14 June 1969. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final Bayern Munich defeated Schalke 04 2–1, thereby winning their third title within four years and the fourth overall, making them the team with the most cup wins. It was also Bayern's first double.^[1]

Matches[]

First round[]


4 January 1969
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5 – 2	Hertha BSC
22 January 1969
VfR Wormatia Worms	2 – 3	Preußen Münster
	1 – 2
Rot-Weiß Essen	1 – 2	SV Werder Bremen
SV Alsenborn	2 – 1	MSV Duisburg
Eintracht Trier	1 – 3	1. FC Nürnberg
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	2 – 3	FC Schalke 04	(AET)
VfL Wolfsburg	1 – 2	Hamburger SV
Jahn Regensburg	0 – 1	Alemannia Aachen
Freiburger FC	0 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Arminia Hannover	4 – 0	FC Schweinfurt 05
VfB Stuttgart	1 – 0	1. FC Köln
Eintracht Braunschweig	1 – 0	TSV 1860 München
FC Bayern Munich	0 – 0	Kickers Offenbach	(AET)
Eintracht Frankfurt	6 – 2	Borussia Dortmund
Wacker 04 Berlin	1 – 4	Hannover 96

Replay[]


19 March 1969
Kickers Offenbach	0 – 1	FC Bayern Munich

Round of 16[]


15 February 1969
Hamburger SV	2 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	(AET)
Alemannia Aachen	2 – 0	Preußen Münster
FC Bayern Munich	1 – 0	Arminia Hannover
FC Schalke 04	3 – 1	SV Alsenborn
1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Werder Bremen	5 – 0	Eintracht Braunschweig
Hannover 96	2 – 2	VfB Stuttgart	(AET)
2 April 1969
	0 – 0	1. FC Nürnberg	(AET)

Replays[]


5 March 1969
VfB Stuttgart	0 – 1	Hannover 96
12 April 1969
1. FC Nürnberg	7 – 0

Quarter-finals[]


5 April 1969
Hamburger SV	0 – 2	FC Bayern Munich
FC Schalke 04	2 – 0	Alemannia Aachen
1. FC Kaiserslautern	3 – 0	SV Werder Bremen
23 April 1969
1. FC Nürnberg	1 – 0	Hannover 96

Semi-finals[]


3 May 1969
FC Bayern Munich	2 – 0	1. FC Nürnberg
1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 1	FC Schalke 04	(AET)

Replay[]


13 May 1969
FC Schalke 04	3 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern

Final[]

14 June 1969

16:00 CET

Bayern Munich	2–1	Schalke 04
Müller 12', 35'	Report	Pohlschmidt 20'

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 64,000

Referee: (Ludwigshafen)

References[]

^ "DFB-Pokal 1968-69" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.

External links[]

Official site of the DFB (in German)
Kicker.de (in German)
1969 results at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
1969 results at Weltfussball.de (in German)

[1] "DFB-Pokal 1968-69" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.

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