1977–78 DFB-Pokal

1977–78 DFB-Pokal
Country	West Germany
Teams	128
Defending champions	1. FC Köln
Champions	1. FC Köln
Runners-up	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Matches played	138
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 DFB-Pokal was the 35th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 29 July 1977 and ended on 15 April 1978. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final FC Köln defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0,^[1] thus defending their title from the last season.

Mode[]

The tournament consisted of seven single elimination rounds. In case a game ended with a draw 30 minutes of extra time were played. If the score was still level the game was replayed with 30 minutes of extra time in case of another draw. If still no winner could be determined, a penalty shootout decided which team advanced to the next round.

For the first time the final was not to be replayed in case of a draw after 120 minutes. In that case a penalty shootout would decide the winner of the DFB-Pokal.

Matches[]

First round[]


29 July 1977
TSV 1860 München	4 – 2	Arminia Bielefeld
Kickers Offenbach	0 – 4	1. FC Köln
Göttingen 05	0 – 2	FC Schalke 04
	0 – 5	Hamburger SV
Eintracht Braunschweig	10 – 1	Eintracht Nordhorn
VfB Stuttgart	10 – 0
	1 – 6	Hertha BSC
	1 – 6	Eintracht Frankfurt
	1 – 6	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Blumenthaler SV 1919	1 – 5	SV Werder Bremen
	1 – 6	FC St. Pauli
	0 – 8	Borussia Mönchengladbach
FSV Ludwigshafen	0 – 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	1 – 11	MSV Duisburg
VfB Oldenburg	0 – 2	VfL Bochum
	0 – 9	Borussia Dortmund
Rot-Weiß Essen	3 – 2	VfR 1910 Bürstadt
Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2 – 2	SC Herford	(AET)
OSC Bremerhaven	3 – 2	Preußen Münster
KSV Baunatal	2 – 3	Alemannia Aachen
Karlsruher SC	2 – 1	1. FC Nürnberg
SG Union Solingen	2 – 2	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	(AET)
FC 1908 Villingen	0 – 1	SpVgg Bayreuth
Heidenheimer SB	1 – 2	FK Pirmasens
SV Chio Waldhof	12 – 0
SG Wattenscheid 09	1 – 2		(AET)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	5 – 0	FSV Salmrohr
FV Würzburg 04	1 – 0	Jahn Regensburg
	0 – 2	VfL Osnabrück
1. FC Normannia Gmünd	2 – 0	SC Fortuna Köln
Eintracht Trier	3 – 0
Arminia Hannover	0 – 1	FC Augsburg II
	1 – 3	SV Darmstadt 98
FV Hassia Bingen	0 – 1	Stuttgarter Kickers
BV 08 Lüttringhausen	1 – 2	Freiburger FC
Concordia Hamburg	2 – 0	FC Bayern Hof
OSV Hannover	2 – 5	FSV Frankfurt
Westfalia Herne	6 – 1
SpVgg Bad Homburg	1 – 2	FC 08 Homburg
	0 – 6	Bayer Uerdingen
	0 – 2	TuS Schloß Neuhaus
	3 – 0
	0 – 1	Röchling Völklingen	(AET)
VfV Hildesheim	4 – 1
Itzehoer SV 1909	2 – 1
VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 1
SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken	0 – 0	Wacker 04 Berlin	(AET)
	1 – 1		(AET)
	2 – 1^*
1. FSV Mainz 05	7 – 1	FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf
Viktoria Köln	0 – 2	Eintracht Bad Kreuznach
	2 – 1
SpVgg EGC Wirges	2 – 3	DSC Wanne-Eickel
Viktoria 89 Berlin	2 – 3	BSV Schwenningen	(AET)
Bonner SC	5 – 1	Sportfreunde Eisbachtal
SV 1916 Sandhausen	3 – 1
FC Rastatt 04	2 – 1
Lichterfelder SU	2 – 2		(AET)
	3 – 1
TuS 08 Langerwehe	3 – 0	VfB Coburg
FC Augsburg	1 – 0	SpVgg Fürth
Hannover 96	0 – 2	Tennis Borussia Berlin
10 August 1977
1. FC Saarbrücken	1 – 2	FC Bayern Munich
	3 – 2

^* Eggenstein objected formally against the result. A DFB-jury annulled the game and decided to hold a replay after Horner TV had already played their second round match against 1860 Munich. As Eggenstein won the replay the match Munich vs. Horner TV was also annulled and Munich had to play against Eggenstein.

Replays[]


10 August 1977
SC Herford	3 – 0	Wuppertaler SV Borussia
Schwarz-Weiß Essen	2 – 0	SG Union Solingen
Wacker 04 Berlin	1 – 1	SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken	(AET) (won 5–4 on penalties)
	2 – 1
	8 – 0
	3 – 1	Lichterfelder SU

Second round[]


19 August 1977
FC Bayern Munich	3 – 1	Eintracht Trier
1. FC Kaiserslautern	4 – 1	Wacker 04 Berlin
	1 – 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach
20 August 1977
Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 1	Borussia Dortmund
MSV Duisburg	3 – 0	VfB Stuttgart
FC St. Pauli	0 – 3	VfL Bochum
SV Chio Waldhof	1 – 3	Hertha BSC
Eintracht Braunschweig	3 – 1	Stuttgarter Kickers
TuS Schloß Neuhaus	2 – 2	Eintracht Frankfurt	(AET)
1. FC Köln	3 – 1	Eintracht Bad Kreuznach
1. FSV Mainz 05	1 – 4	Hamburger SV
Röchling Völklingen	0 – 4	SV Werder Bremen
Karlsruher SC	4 – 3	FK Pirmasens	(AET)
Bayer Uerdingen	0 – 3	FSV Frankfurt
Tennis Borussia Berlin	1 – 3	Westfalia Herne
VfL Osnabrück	2 – 1	SV Darmstadt 98
FC 08 Homburg	3 – 0	SC Herford
OSC Bremerhaven	0 – 1	FC Augsburg
	1 – 2	Rot-Weiß Essen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3 – 1	FC Rastatt 04
Schwarz-Weiß Essen	2 – 0	Concordia Hamburg
	1 – 4	Freiburger FC
TuS 08 Langerwehe	1 – 0	FV Würzburg 04	(AET)
VfV Hildesheim	3 – 0	Alemannia Aachen
Itzehoer SV 1909	1 – 6	SpVgg Bayreuth
1. FC Normannia Gmünd	1 – 2	FC Augsburg II
	1 – 5	SV 1916 Sandhausen
DSC Wanne-Eickel	3 – 1	VfL Wolfsburg
	1 – 2	Bonner SC
BSV Schwenningen	4 – 0
FC Schalke 04	8 – 1
TSV 1860 München	15 – 0	^*

^* Horner TV's first round match was annulled and replayed. As Horner TV lost the replay against Eggenstein, Eggenstein advanced to the second round and played against Munich.

Replays[]


24 August 1977
Eintracht Frankfurt	4 – 0	TuS Schloß Neuhaus
15 October 1977
TSV 1860 München	7 – 1

Third round[]


14 October 1977
MSV Duisburg	2 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
FC Schalke 04	1 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt
FC 08 Homburg	3 – 1	FC Bayern Munich
Fortuna Düsseldorf	4 – 1	Rot-Weiß Essen
Freiburger FC	2 – 6	VfL Bochum
FSV Frankfurt	0 – 3	1. FC Köln
FC Augsburg II	0 – 4	Hertha BSC
SV 1916 Sandhausen	0 – 4	Eintracht Braunschweig
DSC Wanne-Eickel	0 – 2	SV Werder Bremen
Hamburger SV	6 – 0	VfV Hildesheim
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3 – 0	Bonner SC
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1 – 5	Westfalia Herne
Karlsruher SC	2 – 0	SpVgg Bayreuth
TuS 08 Langerwehe	2 – 0	VfL Osnabrück
Schwarz-Weiß Essen	2 – 1	BSV Schwenningen	(AET)
26 October 1977
TSV 1860 München	3 – 0	FC Augsburg

Round of 16[]


19 November 1977
FC Schalke 04	4 – 2	Hamburger SV
SV Werder Bremen	2 – 1	TSV 1860 München
1. FC Köln	4 – 0	Karlsruher SC
TuS 08 Langerwehe	1 – 3	MSV Duisburg
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3 – 0	VfL Bochum
Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 1	Eintracht Braunschweig
FC 08 Homburg	1 – 1	Hertha BSC	(AET)
Schwarz-Weiß Essen	0 – 0	Westfalia Herne	(AET)

Replays[]


29 November 1977
Hertha BSC	4 – 1	FC 08 Homburg	(AET)
Westfalia Herne	0 – 1	Schwarz-Weiß Essen

Quarter-finals[]


20 December 1977
1. FC Köln	9 – 0	Schwarz-Weiß Essen
MSV Duisburg	1 – 0	Hertha BSC
SV Werder Bremen	2 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
FC Schalke 04	1 – 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	(AET)

Replay[]


29 November 1977
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 0	FC Schalke 04

Semi-finals[]


25 January 1978
1. FC Köln	1 – 0	SV Werder Bremen
Fortuna Düsseldorf	4 – 1	MSV Duisburg

Final[]

15 April 1978

16:00 CET

Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–2	1. FC Köln
	Report	Cullmann 71' Van Gool 90'

Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: (Hanover)

References[]

^ "DFB-Pokal 1977-78" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

External links[]

Official site of the DFB (in German)
Kicker.de (in German)
1977–78 results at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
1977–78 results at Weltfussball.de (in German)

[1] "DFB-Pokal 1977-78" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

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