2018–19 DFB-Pokal Frauen

2018–19 DFB-Pokal Frauen

Country	Germany
Dates	11 August 2018 – 1 May 2019
Championship venue	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Teams	50
Champions	VfL Wolfsburg (6th title)
Runners-up	SC Freiburg
Matches played	49
Goals scored	242 (4.94 per match)
Attendance	36,860 (752 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Seven players (5 goals)
← 2017–18 2019–20 → Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

The 2018–19 DFB-Pokal was the 39th season of the annual German football cup competition. Fifty teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition began on 11 August 2018 with the first of six rounds and ended on 1 May 2019 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.^[1] The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German women's football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).

The defending champions were Frauen-Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, after they defeated Bayern Munich 3–2 on penalties in the previous final.^[2]

They successfully defended their title after a 1–0 victory over SC Freiburg.^[3]

Participating clubs[]

The following 50 clubs qualified for the competition:

Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2017–18 season	2. Bundesliga 16 of the 24 clubs of the 2017–18 season[a]	Regionalliga 1 of 2 promoted teams of the [b]
Werder Bremen MSV Duisburg SGS Essen 1. FFC Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim USV Jena 1. FC Köln Bayern Munich Turbine Potsdam SC Sand VfL Wolfsburg	SG Andernach Arminia Bielefeld BV Cloppenburg FSV Gütersloh SV Henstedt-Ulzburg Herforder SV Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Mönchengladbach Schott Mainz SV Meppen 1. FFC Niederkirchen 1. FC Saarbrücken VfL Sindelfingen
Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups
Baden Karlsruher SC Bayern Berlin Viktoria Berlin Brandenburg FSV Babelsberg Bremen Hamburg Bramfelder SV Hessen	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 1. FC Neubrandenburg Mittelrhein Niederrhein Borussia Bocholt Niedersachsen Hannover 96 Rheinland Saarland Sachsen	Sachsen-Anhalt Magdeburger FFC Schleswig-Holstein Holstein Kiel Südbaden Südwest TuS Wörrstadt Thüringen 1. FFV Erfurt Westfalen Württemberg

Format[]

Clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals. Should both clubs play below the 2. Bundesliga, there will be no host club change anymore.

Schedule[]

The rounds of the 2018–19 competition are scheduled as follows:^[1]

Round	Matches
First round	11–12 August 2018
Second round	8–9 September 2018
Round of 16	17–18 November 2018
Quarter-finals	13 March 2019
Semi-finals	31 March 2019
Final	1 May 2019 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Matches[]

A total of forty-nine matches took place, starting with the first round on 11 August 2018 and culminating with the final on 1 May 2019 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.

Times up to 27 October 2018 and from 31 March 2019 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 28 October 2018 to 30 March 2019 are CET (UTC+1).

First round[]

The eighteen matches were drawn on 12 July and took place on 12 August 2018.^[4][5] The twelve clubs from the 2017–18 Bundesliga season and the two clubs promoted from the 2017–18 2. Bundesliga received a bye.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Herforder SV	1–0	Viktoria Berlin
SV Henstedt-Ulzburg	6–0
Borussia Bocholt	0–2	SV Meppen
	1–4	FSV Gütersloh
	1–3	BV Cloppenburg
1. FC Neubrandenburg	1–0	FSV Babelsberg
Holstein Kiel	0–4
	9–0	Bramfelder SV
Hannover 96	4–2
Magdeburger FFC	2–5	Arminia Bielefeld
SG Andernach	2–4 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Saarbrücken
VfL Sindelfingen	2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–5 (p)
TuS Wörrstadt	1–2
Schott Mainz	1–3
1. FFC Niederkirchen	5–1
Karlsruher SC	1–3
	0–6
1. FFV Erfurt	0–2

Second round[]

The sixteen matches were drawn on 18 August and took place on 8 and 9 September 2018.^[6][7]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hannover 96	0–11	VfL Wolfsburg
	0–4	Bayer Leverkusen
	0–12	SC Freiburg
SV Henstedt-Ulzburg	0–14	SGS Essen
	0–1	1. FFC Frankfurt
1. FFC Niederkirchen	1–3
1. FC Neubrandenburg	0–13	MSV Duisburg
	0–5	1. FC Saarbrücken
BV Cloppenburg	3–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	1–4	Werder Bremen
SV Meppen	0–6	Turbine Potsdam
Arminia Bielefeld	1–0	FSV Gütersloh
	1–3	Herforder SV
USV Jena	0–3	Bayern Munich
	1–2 (a.e.t.)	SC Sand
1. FC Köln	0–5	1899 Hoffenheim

Third round[]

The sixteen matches were drawn on 10 September and took place on 17 and 18 November 2018.^[8]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
MSV Duisburg	1–3	Turbine Potsdam
Bayern Munich	3–0	Werder Bremen
SC Sand	1–2 (a.e.t.)	1899 Hoffenheim
1. FC Saarbrücken	2–3	1. FFC Frankfurt
Arminia Bielefeld	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen
SGS Essen	0–4	SC Freiburg
	0–9	VfL Wolfsburg
Herforder SV	0–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach

Quarterfinals[]

The draw was made on 10 February 2019.^[9][10] The matches took place on 12 and 13 March 2019.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bayer Leverkusen	1–7	1899 Hoffenheim
1. FFC Frankfurt	1–3	Bayern Munich
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–6	SC Freiburg
VfL Wolfsburg	4–0	Turbine Potsdam

Semifinals[]

The draw was made on 14 March 2019.^[11][12] The matches took place on 31 March 2019.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1899 Hoffenheim	0–2	SC Freiburg
Bayern Munich	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg

Final[]

The final took place on 1 May 2019.

Wolfsburg

Freiburg

GK 1 Almuth Schult RB 9 Anna Blässe CB 4 Nilla Fischer (c) CB 28 Lena Goeßling LB 8 Babett Peter CM 7 Sara Björk Gunnarsdóttir CM 11 Alexandra Popp RW 26 Caroline Graham Hansen LW 3 Zsanett Jakabfi  72' FW 22 Pernille Harder FW 17 Ewa Pajor  90+1' Substitutes: GK 27 Mary Earps DF 16 Noëlle Maritz MF 5 Cláudia Neto MF 23 Sara Doorsoun MF 30 Ella Masar  90+1' FW 19 Kristine Minde FW 20 Pia-Sophie Wolter  72' Manager: Stephan Lerch

GK 32 RB 7 Giulia Gwinn CB 25 Virginia Kirchberger CB 23 Desiree van Lunteren LB 20 CM 9 Janina Minge CM 27 (c)  63' RW 24 Anja Hegenauer  73' LW 13 Sandra Starke FW 10 Sharon Beck FW 21 Klara Bühl Substitutes: GK 1 Merle Frohms DF 2 MF 6 Hikaru Naomoto MF 8  63' MF 15 FW 18 FW 22 Lena Lotzen  73' Manager:

Assistant referees: Marina Wozniak Sylvia Peters Fourth official: Mirka Derlin

Match rules[13] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

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