Lower Saxony Cup

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Lower Saxony Cup
Lower Saxony
Founded1956
RegionLower Saxony, Germany
Qualifier forDFB-Pokal
Current championsSV Meppen (2020–21)
Most successful club(s)VfL Osnabrück
(4 titles)

The Lower Saxony Cup (German: Niedersächsischer Pokal) is an annual football cup competition, held by the Niedersächsischer Fußball-Verband (English: Lower Saxony Football Association) since 1956. For sponsorship reasons, the official name of the competition is Krombacher-Pokal.[1] The Krombacher brewery, sponsor of the competition since 2010, also sponsored, at the time, the cup competitions in Thuringia, Westphalia, Hesse and Rhineland.[2] It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany and a qualifying competition for the German Cup, with the winner and runners-up of the competition being automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season.[3]

The record winners of the competition are with four titles, followed by Kickers Emden, VfL Wolfsburg, and Hannover 96 with three titles each to their name.

Mode[]

The competition is open for all member clubs of the Lower Saxony FA playing in the 3. Liga, Regionalliga Nord and Niedersachsenliga. Additionally, the four regional cup winners in the state are also qualified. Reserve teams are not permitted to compete anymore. Regardless of which club has been drawn first, clubs from a lower league will always have home advantage when playing a club from a higher league. In case of a draw after regular time, no extra time is played and the game instead decided by a penalty shoot out. The two cup finalists automatically qualify for the first round of the German Cup.[4]

Winners[]

The winners of the competition:[1]

Club Wins Years
1 4 1957, 1961, 1964, 1975
VfL Osnabrück 4 2005, 2013, 2015, 2017
Kickers Emden 3 1996, 2000, 2009
VfL Wolfsburg 3 1962, 2002‡, 2003‡
Hannover 96 3 1982‡, 1997, 1998
SV Drochtersen/Assel 3 2016, 2018, 2019
Eintracht Braunschweig 2 2004, 2011
SV Wilhelmshaven 2 2007, 2010
Eintracht Nordhorn 2 1974, 2008
Sportfreunde Ricklingen 2 1992, 1993
2 1987, 1988
VfV Hildesheim 2 1956, 1976
SC Göttingen 05 2 1963, 1967‡
TSV Havelse 2 2012, 2020
SV Meppen 2 1999, 2021
BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden 1 2014
BV Cloppenburg 1 2006
1 2001
1 1995
1 1994
TSV Krähenwinkel/Kaltenweide 1 1991
Club Wins Years
1 1990
1 1989
TSV Stelingen 1 1986
1 1985
1 1984
1 1983
TuS Celle 1 1981
1 1980
1 1978
1 1977
1 1973
1 1972
1 1971
1 1970
1 1969
1 1968
1 1966
Wolfenbütteler SV 1 1965
Olympia Wilhelmshaven 1 1960
1 1959
1 1958
  • ‡ Won by reserve team.
  • 1 Known as Sportfreunde Lebenstedt before 1964.
  • No competition held in 1979.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Krombacher-Pokal Herren des NFV (in German) Lower Saxony football association website. Retrieved 30 June 2011
  2. ^ Krombacher-Brauerei ist neuer Premium-Partner Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Lower Saxony football association website, published: 21 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011
  3. ^ DFB Cup Men – Mode Archived 9 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine DFB website. Retrieved 28 June 2011
  4. ^ Ausschreibung Krombacher Pokal Herren des NFV 2010/11 (in German) Lower Saxony football association website – competition rules. Retrieved 1 July 2011

Sources[]

  • Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, (in German) An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS

External links[]

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