1978–79 DFB-Pokal
| Country | West Germany |
|---|---|
| Teams | 128 |
| Defending champions | 1. FC Köln |
| Champions | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Runners-up | Hertha BSC |
| Matches played | 136 |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → | |
The 1978–79 DFB-Pokal was the 36th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 4 August 1978 and ended on 23 June 1979. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final Fortuna Düsseldorf defeated Hertha BSC 1–0 after extra time.[1]
Matches[]
First round[]
| 4 August 1978 | |||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 4 – 0 | ASV 1860 Neumarkt | |
| Freiburger FC | 6 – 1 | SpVgg Neckarelz | |
| 5 August 1978 | |||
| Arminia Bielefeld | 2 – 1 | Hamburger SV | (AET) |
| MSV Duisburg | 4 – 3 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 7 – 2 | Stuttgarter Kickers | |
| FV Würzburg 04 | 0 – 2 | Hertha BSC | (AET) |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 – 2 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia | |
| TSV 1860 München | 0 – 5 | FC Schalke 04 | |
| FC Bayern Munich | 5 – 0 | SSV Glött | |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 – 0 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | |
| VfB Stuttgart | 12 – 0 | Spandauer SV | |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 4 – 1 | DJK Abenberg | |
| SV Werder Bremen | 5 – 0 | ||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 7 – 0 | BFC Preußen Berlin | |
| VfL Bochum | 4 – 0 | ||
| 1 – 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Borussia Dortmund | 14 – 1 | BSV Schwenningen | |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1 – 0 | SpVgg Fürth | (AET) |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 2 – 0 | SG Union Solingen | (AET) |
| Fortuna Köln | 2 – 0 | FC Hanau 93 | |
| SC Freiburg | 3 – 1 | Rot-Weiß Essen | |
| Eintracht Trier | 3 – 1 | ||
| DSC Wanne-Eickel | 2 – 1 | VfR Mannheim | |
| SC Pfullendorf | 0 – 3 | FC 08 Homburg | |
| Preußen Münster | 6 – 0 | ||
| 2 – 4 | FSV Frankfurt | ||
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 5 – 0 | ||
| SC Jülich 1910 | 1 – 10 | Kickers Offenbach | |
| 3 – 5 | Arminia Hannover | ||
| Karlsruher SC | 3 – 1 | Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | |
| FC Augsburg | 4 – 2 | FV Offenburg | |
| 0 – 6 | Borussia Neunkirchen | ||
| Holstein Kiel | 5 – 0 | SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken | |
| 0 – 3 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||
| VfR Wormatia Worms | 4 – 2 | VfB Remscheid | |
| Union Böckingen | 2 – 8 | Bayer Uerdingen | |
| Alemannia Aachen | 4 – 1 | ||
| FC St. Pauli | 3 – 0 | FC Bayern Hof | (AET) |
| KSV Baunatal | 5 – 0 | ||
| ESV Ingolstadt | 4 – 0 | ||
| 4 – 3 | SV 1916 Sandhausen | ||
| SV Südwest Ludwigshafen | 2 – 0 | Concordia Hamburg | |
| SV Memmelsdorf | 1 – 8 | 1. FC Bocholt | |
| SVO Germaringen | 1 – 7 | VfR 1910 Bürstadt | |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 5 – 1 | (AET) | |
| 1 – 3 | |||
| 3 – 1 | VfB Lübeck | ||
| Göttingen 05 | 2 – 0 | ||
| 6 August 1978 | |||
| Rot-Weiss Lüdenscheid | 1 – 4 | 1. FC Köln | |
| 0 – 5 | SpVgg Bayreuth | ||
| 0 – 4 | Westfalia Herne | ||
| 0 – 2 | VfL Osnabrück | ||
| OSC Bremerhaven | 0 – 3 | Hannover 96 | |
| ASV Burglengenfeld | 1 – 4 | Viktoria Köln | |
| SC Herford | 2 – 1 | Kickers Würzburg | |
| OSV Hannover | 5 – 1 | ||
| FC Gütersloh | 4 – 1 | Eintracht Nordhorn | |
| 1 – 2 | SpVgg EGC Wirges | ||
| 2 – 3 | |||
| SV Werder Bremen II | 1 – 1 | TuS Neuendorf | (AET) |
| 0 – 3 | FK Pirmasens | ||
| Victoria Hamburg | 0 – 6 | SSV Ulm 1846 | |
| VfR Heilbronn | 1 – 0 | TuS 08 Langerwehe | |
| Blumenthaler SV 1919 | 1 – 2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II | (AET) |
Replay[]
| 13 September 1978 | |||
| TuS Neuendorf | 5 – 2 | SV Werder Bremen II |
Second round[]
| 22 September 1978 | |||
| MSV Duisburg | 3 – 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | |
| VfL Bochum | 4 – 2 | DSC Wanne-Eickel | (AET) |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2 – 3 | Bayer Uerdingen | |
| 23 September 1978 | |||
| FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 2 | VfB Stuttgart | |
| SV Werder Bremen | 2 – 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| FC Bayern Munich | 4 – 5 | VfL Osnabrück | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 – 1 | Arminia Hannover | |
| Eintracht Trier | 0 – 1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 2 – 1 | Preußen Münster | |
| FC Augsburg | 1 – 3 | 1. FC Nürnberg | |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | 0 – 0 | Borussia Dortmund | (AET) |
| VfR Wormatia Worms | 1 – 1 | Hertha BSC | (AET) |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 1 – 0 | ||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3 – 0 | VfR Heilbronn | |
| Hannover 96 | 1 – 3 | Alemannia Aachen | |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 3 – 3 | VfR 1910 Bürstadt | (AET) |
| SV Südwest Ludwigshafen | 4 – 2 | Viktoria Köln | |
| SSV Ulm 1846 | 4 – 2 | FSV Frankfurt | |
| Kickers Offenbach | 3 – 0 | ESV Ingolstadt | |
| SC Herford | 0 – 3 | Holstein Kiel | |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 7 – 0 | ||
| KSV Baunatal | 3 – 0 | Göttingen 05 | |
| FC St. Pauli | 1 – 2 | TuS Neuendorf | |
| 24 September 1978 | |||
| Freiburger FC | 2 – 2 | 1. FC Bocholt | (AET) |
| Westfalia Herne | 2 – 3 | 1. FC Köln | |
| FC 08 Homburg | 4 – 2 | FK Pirmasens | |
| SC Freiburg | 2 – 0 | ||
| OSV Hannover | 0 – 3 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 6 – 0 | ||
| 1 – 7 | Fortuna Köln | ||
| FC Gütersloh | 1 – 1 | Karlsruher SC | (AET) |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 3 – 2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II |
Replays[]
| 3 October 1978 | |||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2 – 0 | Borussia Neunkirchen | |
| VfR 1910 Bürstadt | 3 – 4 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | (PSO) |
| Karlsruher SC | 3 – 0 | FC Gütersloh | |
| 1. FC Bocholt | 3 – 2 | Freiburger FC | (AET) |
| 7 November 1978 | |||
| Hertha BSC | 2 – 0 | VfR Wormatia Worms |
Third round[]
| 29 November 1978 | |||
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 0 – 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg | |
| 1 December 1978 | |||
| 1. FC Köln | 3 – 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | (AET) |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 – 1 | Alemannia Aachen | |
| 2 December 1978 | |||
| Hertha BSC | 2 – 0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |
| FC 08 Homburg | 0 – 0 | VfL Bochum | (AET) |
| MSV Duisburg | 2 – 1 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | |
| Borussia Dortmund | 6 – 1 | Kickers Offenbach | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 – 1 | KSV Baunatal | |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 2 – 1 | FC Schalke 04 | |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 1 – 5 | SSV Ulm 1846 | |
| SV Südwest Ludwigshafen | 2 – 1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |
| Holstein Kiel | 5 – 2 | Karlsruher SC | |
| VfL Osnabrück | 2 – 1 | Fortuna Köln | |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1 – 0 | SpVgg Bayreuth | |
| TuS Neuendorf | 3 – 1 | 1. FC Bocholt | (AET) |
| 3 December 1978 | |||
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1 – 1 | SC Freiburg | (AET) |
Replays[]
| 26 December 1978 | |||
| SC Freiburg | 2 – 3 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | (PSO) |
| 6 January 1979 | |||
| VfL Bochum | 1 – 0 | FC 08 Homburg |
Round of 16[]
| 27 April 1979 | |||
| MSV Duisburg | 0 – 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | |
| Hertha BSC | 2 – 0 | 1. FC Köln | (AET) |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1 – 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| SV Südwest Ludwigshafen | 1 – 1 | SSV Ulm 1846 | (AET) |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 7 – 1 | Holstein Kiel | |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 4 – 2 | VfL Bochum | |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1 – 0 | VfL Osnabrück | |
| TuS Neuendorf | 1 – 4 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
Replay[]
| 8 May 1979 | |||
| SSV Ulm 1846 | 0 – 1 | SV Südwest Ludwigshafen |
Quarter-finals[]
| 26 May 1979 | |||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2 – 0 | SV Südwest Ludwigshafen | |
| Hertha BSC | 6 – 0 | Bayer Uerdingen | |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 – 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 – 1 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
Semi-finals[]
| 6 June 1979 | |||
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4 – 1 | 1. FC Nürnberg | (AET) |
| Hertha BSC | 2 – 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
Final[]
| Hertha BSC | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Seel  116' |
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: (Altendiez)
References[]
- ^ "DFB-Pokal 1978-79" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
External links[]
- Official site of the DFB (in German)
- Kicker.de (in German)
Categories:
- DFB-Pokal seasons
- 1978–79 in German football cups