1979 DFB-Pokal Final

1979 DFB-Pokal Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1978–79 DFB-Pokal
	After extra time
Date	23 June 1979
Venue	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Referee	(Altendiez)
Attendance	56,000
	← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1978–79 DFB-Pokal, the 36th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 23 June 1979 at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover.^[2] Fortuna Düsseldorf won the match 1–0 against Hertha BSC after extra time, to claim their 1st cup title.

Route to the final[]

The DFB-Pokal began with 128 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of six rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.^[3]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Hertha BSC		Round	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Opponent	Result	1978–79 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
FV 04 Würzburg (A)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Round 1	Stuttgarter Kickers (H)	7–2
Wormatia Worms (A) Wormatia Worms (H)	1–1 (a.e.t.) 2–0 (replay)	Round 2	VfR Heilbronn (H)	3–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)	2–0	Round 3	Alemannia Aachen (H)	2–1
1. FC Köln (H)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Round of 16	MSV Duisburg (A)	1–0
Bayer Uerdingen (H)	6–0	Quarter-finals	Bayer Leverkusen (H)	2–1
Eintracht Frankfurt (H)	2–1	Semi-finals	1. FC Nürnberg (H)	4–1 (a.e.t.)

Match[]

Details[]

23 June 1979

16:00 CET

Hertha BSC	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Fortuna Düsseldorf
	Report	Seel 116'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: (Altendiez)

Hertha BSC

Fortuna Düsseldorf


GK	1	Norbert Nigbur
RB		Michael Sziedat
CB		Uwe Kliemann (c)
CB		Hans Weiner
LB		Ole Rasmussen
RM		Holger Brück
CM		Wolfgang Sidka
CM		Dieter Nüssing
LM		Erich Beer
CF		Jürgen Milewski	72'
CF			91'
Substitutes:
FW		Henrik Agerbeck	72'
FW			91'
Manager:
Kuno Klötzer


GK	1	Jörg Daniel
RB	2	Josef Weikl
CB	3	Gerd Zewe (c)
CB	6	Reinhold Fanz
LB	5	Heiner Baltes
RM	4	Egon Köhnen
CM	7
CM	9	Rudolf Bommer
LM	8	Thomas Allofs	72'
CF	10	Klaus Allofs
CF	11	Wolfgang Seel
Substitutes:
MF		Ralf Dusend	72'
Manager:
Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Maximum of two substitutions.

References[]

^ "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

External links[]

Match report at kicker.de (in German)
Match report at WorldFootball.net
Match report at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[2] "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[3] "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

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