2015–16 DFB-Pokal
The 2015–16 DFB-Pokal was the 73rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 7 August 2015 with the first of six rounds and ended on 21 May 2016 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985.[1] The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).
| Country | Germany |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 August 2015 – 21 May 2016 |
| Championship venue | Olympiastadion, Berlin |
| Teams | 64 |
| Champions | Bayern Munich (18th title) |
| Runners-up | Borussia Dortmund |
| Europa League | Mainz 05[note 1] |
| Championship match score | Bayern 0 (4)–0 (3) Dortmund |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 189 (3 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,312,984 (20,841 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Henrikh Mkhitaryan (5 goals) |
← 2014–15 2016–17 →
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included. | |
The defending champions were Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, after they beat Borussia Dortmund 3–1 in the previous final on 30 May 2015.[2] They were knocked out of the competition in the second round by record title-holders Bayern Munich, losing 1–3.[3]
The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification to the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stages. However, as Bayern Munich already qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, Mainz 05, the sixth placed team in the 2015–16 Bundesliga took this Europa League place, and Mainz's Europa League third qualifying round spot went to Hertha BSC. As Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal, completing a double, Borussia Dortmund, the runners-up of the Bundesliga will host the 2016 DFL-Supercup.
Bayern Munich won the final against Borussia Dortmund 4–3 on penalties, as the match finished 0–0 after extra time, to win their eighteenth title.[4]
Participating clubs
The following 64 teams qualified for the competition:[5]
| Bundesliga the 18 teams of the 2014–15 season |
2. Bundesliga the 18 teams of the 2014–15 season |
3. Liga the top 4 teams of the 2014–15 season |
| Representatives of the regional associations 24 representatives of 21 regional associations of the DFB, qualified (in general) through the 2014–15 Verbandspokal[note 2] | ||
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Map
| Berlin teams | Bremen teams | Cologne teams | Frankfurt teams | Hamburg teams | Munich teams | Stuttgart teams |
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| BFC Dynamo Hertha BSC Union Berlin |
Bremer SV Werder Bremen |
1. FC Köln Viktoria Köln |
Eintracht Frankfurt FSV Frankfurt |
HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst Hamburger SV FC St. Pauli |
Bayern Munich 1860 Munich |
VfB Stuttgart Stuttgarter Kickers |
Format
Participation
The DFB-Pokal began with a round of 64 teams. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, along with the top 4 finishers of the 3. Liga were automatically qualified for the tournament. Of the remaining slots, 21 were given to the cup winners of the regional football associations, the Verbandspokal. The 3 remaining slots were given to the three regional associations with the most men's teams, which at the rime were Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia. The runner-up of the cup for Lower Saxony was given the slot. The best amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern and Oberliga Westfalen were given the slot for Bavaria and Westphalia, respectively. As every team was entitled to participate in local tournaments which qualified for the association cups, every team could in principle compete in the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams were not permitted to enter. No two teams of the same association or corporation could participate in the DFB-Pokal.[6]
Draw
The draws for the different rounds were conducted as following:[6]
For the first round, the participating teams were split into two pots of 32 teams each. The first pot contained all teams which had qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3. Liga, and the bottom four teams of the 2. Bundesliga. Every team from this pot was drawn to a team from the second pot, which contained all remaining professional teams (all the teams of the Bundesliga and the remaining fourteen 2. Bundesliga teams). The teams from the first pot were set as the home team in the process.
The two-pot scenario also applied for the second round, with the remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) in the first pot and the remaining Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams in the other pot. Once again, the 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) served as hosts. This time the pots did not have to be of equal size though, depending on the results of the first round. Theoretically, it was even possible that there could be only one pot, if all of the teams from one of the pots from the first round beat all the others in the second pot. Once one pot was empty, the remaining pairings were drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts.
For the remaining rounds other than the final, the draw was conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) were the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team served as hosts.
Match rules
Teams met in one game per round. A match took place for 90 minutes, with two halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time were played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score was still level after this, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss decided who took the first penalty.[6]
Cards
If a player received five yellow cards, even throughout multiple seasons, he was then banned from the next cup match. If a player received a second yellow card, they were banned from the next cup match. If a player received a red card, they were banned a minimum of one match, but more could be added by the German Football Association.[6]
Champion qualification
The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification for the group stage of next year's edition of the UEFA Europa League. As winners Bayern Munich had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League by winning the Bundesliga, the spot went to the team in sixth, Mainz 05, and the league's second qualifying round spot went to the team in seventh, Hertha BSC. As Bayern won both the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal, completing a double, the runner-up of the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, hosted the 2016 DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season.
Schedule
The rounds of the 2015–16 competition were scheduled as follows:[1]
| Round | Draw date and time | Matches |
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| First round | 10 June 2015, 23:00 CEST | 7–10 August 2015 |
| Second round | 14 August 2015, 22:50 CEST | 27–28 October 2015 |
| Round of 16 | 1 November 2015, 20:00 CET | 15–16 December 2015 |
| Quarter-finals | 16 December 2015, 23:15 CET | 9–10 February 2016 |
| Semi-finals | 10 February 2016, 23:00 CET | 19–20 April 2016 |
| Final | 21 May 2016 at Olympiastadion, Berlin |
Matches
A total of sixty-three matches took place, starting with the first round on 7 August 2015 and culminating with the final on 21 May 2016 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
First round
The draw for the first round was held on 10 June 2015.[7] Former national team player Karlheinz Förster led the draw, with tennis player Andrea Petkovic drawing from the pots.[8]
The thirty-two matches took place from 7 to 10 August 2015.[9]
As usual, a small number of lower-division teams had to play their home matches at different locations than their usual home grounds. This includes TuS Erndtebrück, who had to play in the Leimbachstadion in Siegen, Bremer SV, who had to switch to the Sportpark am Vinnenweg in Bremen, and FC Nöttingen, who had to play in the Wildparkstadion in Karlsruhe.
| 7 August 2015 | TuS Erndtebrück | 0–5 | Darmstadt 98 | Siegen[note 7] |
| 19:00 | Report | Sailer  Stroh-Engel Heller Rausch |
Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 7,857 Referee: Florian Heft (Neuenkirchen) |
| 7 August 2015 | BFC Dynamo | 0–2 | FSV Frankfurt | Berlin |
| 19:00 | Report | Kapllani Dedić |
Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Attendance: 6,198 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Freiburg im Breisgau) |
| 7 August 2015 | SV Elversberg | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | FC Augsburg | Spiesen-Elversberg |
| 20:00 | Maek |
Report | Bobadilla Mölders Werner |
Stadium: Ursapharm-Arena an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 5,434 Referee: Sören Storks (Velen) |
| 8 August 2015 | Viktoria Köln | 2–1 | Union Berlin | Cologne |
| 15:30 | Wunderlich Reimerink |
Report | Quaner |
Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 4,540 Referee: Timo Gerach (Landau) |
| 8 August 2015 | SV Meppen | 0–4 | 1. FC Köln | Meppen |
| 15:30 | Report | Modeste Zoller |
Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 13,815 Referee: Christian Dietz (Munich) |
| 8 August 2015 | Hallescher FC | 0–1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Halle (Saale) |
| 15:30 | Report | Zuck |
Stadium: ERDGAS Sportpark Attendance: 9,549 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach an der Pegnitz) |
| 8 August 2015 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 1–4 | VfL Wolfsburg | Stuttgart |
| 15:30 | Badiane |
Report | Kruse Dost De Bruyne Bendtner |
Stadium: GAZİ-Stadion auf der Waldau Attendance: 9,760 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel) |
| 8 August 2015 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 0–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Lotte |
| 15:30 | Report | Kießling Çalhanoğlu Bender |
Stadium: Sportpark am Lotter Kreuz Attendance: 5,450 Referee: Martin Thomsen (Kleve) |
| 8 August 2015 | MSV Duisburg | 0–5 | Schalke 04 | Duisburg |
| 15:30 | Report | Huntelaar Nastasić Geis Di Santo Goretzka |
Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding) |
| 8 August 2015 | Würzburger Kickers | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | Werder Bremen | Würzburg |
| 15:30 | Report | Ujah Bartels |
Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 9,706 Referee: René Rohde (Rostock) |
| 8 August 2015 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1–0 | Greuther Fürth | Aue |
| 15:30 | Skarlatidis |
Report | Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Robert Schröder (Hanover) |
| 8 August 2015 | Bremer SV | 0–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bremen[note 8] |
| 15:30 | Report | Castaignos Aigner Waldschmidt |
Stadium: Sportpark am Vinnenweg Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Thorsten Schriever (Dorum) |
| 8 August 2015 | 1860 Munich | 2–0 | TSG Hoffenheim | Munich |
| 18:00 | Claasen Mulić |
Report | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 17,800 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover) |
| 8 August 2015 | SSV Reutlingen | 3–1 | Karlsruher SC | Reutlingen |
| 20:30 | Ricciardi |
Report | Kempe |
Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche Attendance: 8,166 Referee: Robert Kempter (Stockach) |
| 8 August 2015 | Holstein Kiel | 1–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Kiel |
| 20:30 | Czichos |
Report | Didavi Ginczek |
Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 9,916 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken) |
| 9 August 2015 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Hamburger SV | Jena |
| 14:30 | Gerlach Jovanović Pieles |
Report | Olić Gregoritsch |
Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 13,800 Referee: Frank Willenborg (Osnabrück) |
| 9 August 2015 | Bahlinger SC | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) | SV Sandhausen | Bahlingen |
| 14:30 | Report | Stadium: Kaiserstuhlstadion Attendance: 3,890 Referee: Florian Badstübner (Windsbach) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
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| 9 August 2015 | HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | 0–5 | SC Freiburg | Hamburg |
| 14:30 | Report | Petersen Schuster |
Stadium: Wilhelm-Rupprecht-Platz Attendance: 4,607 Referee: Steffen Mix (Abtswind) |
| 9 August 2015 | FSV Salmrohr | 0–5 | VfL Bochum | Salmtal |
| 14:30 | Report | Terodde Terrazzino |
Stadium: Salmtalstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Patrick Schult (Hamburg) |
| 9 August 2015 | Chemnitzer FC | 0–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Chemnitz |
| 14:30 | Report | Aubameyang Mkhitaryan |
Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich) |
| 9 August 2015 | VfB Lübeck | 1–2 | SC Paderborn | Lübeck |
| 16:00 | Richter |
Report | Knechtel Sağlık |
Stadium: Stadion an der Lohmühle Attendance: 7,558 Referee: Arne Aarnink (Nordhorn) |
| 9 August 2015 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p) | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Essen |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Essen Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin) | ||
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| Baier Weber Cekić Fritz |
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| 9 August 2015 | FK Pirmasens | 1–4 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Pirmasens |
| 16:00 | Schmieden |
Report | Halloran Morabit Leipertz |
Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe Attendance: 2,320 Referee: Thorben Siewer (Drolshagen) |
| 9 August 2015 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 2–1 | FC Ingolstadt | Unterhaching |
| 16:00 | Einsiedler |
Report | Hartmann |
Stadium: Alpenbauer Sportpark Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg) |
| 9 August 2015 | FC Nöttingen | 1–3 | Bayern Munich | Karlsruhe[note 9] |
| 16:00 | Hecht-Zirpel |
Report | Vidal Götze Lewandowski |
Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 29,484 Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz) |
| 9 August 2015 | Hansa Rostock | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Rostock |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| Jänicke Ahlschwede Ziemer Bickel Ikeng |
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| 9 August 2015 | Hessen Kassel | 0–2 | Hannover 96 | Kassel |
| 18:30 | Report | Sané Karaman |
Stadium: Auestadion Attendance: 18,482 Referee: Patrick Alt (Heusweiler) |
| 9 August 2015 | Energie Cottbus | 0–3 | Mainz 05 | Cottbus |
| 20:30 | Report | Frei Jairo Clemens |
Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen im Allgäu) |
| 10 August 2015 | Arminia Bielefeld | 0–2 | Hertha BSC | Bielefeld |
| 18:30 | Report | Kalou Darida |
Stadium: SchücoArena Attendance: 21,484 Referee: Benjamin Brand (Bamberg) |
| 10 August 2015 | VfL Osnabrück | 0–2 Awarded[note 10] | RB Leipzig | Osnabrück |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: osnatel-ARENA Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart) |
| 10 August 2015 | VfR Aalen | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–2 p) | 1. FC Nürnberg | Aalen |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: SCHOLZ ARENA Attendance: 9,172 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Langenhagen) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| Drexler Schwabl Klauß Kienle Menig |
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| 10 August 2015 | FC St. Pauli | 1–4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Hamburg |
| 20:30 | Rzatkowski |
Report | Stindl Traoré Hazard |
Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 28,175 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf) |
Second round
The draw for the second round was held on 14 August 2015. Then DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach led the draw, with skier Felix Neureuther drawing from the pots.[12]
The sixteen matches took place on 27 and 28 October 2015.[13] The lowest ranked team left in the competition was SSV Reutlingen from the fifth tier of German football.
| 27 October 2015 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Aue |
| 19:00 | Wegner |
Report | Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 10,175 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen im Allgäu) |
| 27 October 2015 | FSV Frankfurt | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Hertha BSC | Frankfurt |
| 19:00 | Golley |
Report | Kalou |
Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion Attendance: 8,177 Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg) |
| 27 October 2015 | Mainz 05 | 1–2 | 1860 Munich | Mainz |
| 19:00 | Schindler |
Report | Mugoša Okotie |
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 17,017 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover) |
| 27 October 2015 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 5–1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Nuremberg |
| 19:00 | Burgstaller Behrens Füllkrug Leibold Blum |
Report | Demirbay |
Stadium: Grundig Stadion Attendance: 19,235 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb) |
| 27 October 2015 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 3–0 | RB Leipzig | Unterhaching |
| 20:30 | Einsiedler Rosenzweig Steinherr |
Report | Stadium: Alpenbauer Sportpark Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz) |
| 27 October 2015 | Darmstadt 98 | 2–1 | Hannover 96 | Darmstadt |
| 20:30 | Sulu Wagner |
Report | Sobiech |
Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,900 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin) |
| 27 October 2015 | VfL Bochum | 1–0 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Bochum |
| 20:30 | Löwe |
Report | Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,514 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach) |
| 27 October 2015 | VfL Wolfsburg | 1–3 | Bayern Munich | Wolfsburg |
| 20:30 | Schürrle |
Report | Douglas Costa Müller |
Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg am Neckar) |
| 28 October 2015 | Viktoria Köln | 0–6 | Bayer Leverkusen | Cologne |
| 19:00 | Report | Brandt Bellarabi Hernández Kießling Yurchenko |
Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 6,177 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach an der Pegnitz) |
| 28 October 2015 | SV Sandhausen | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p) | 1. FC Heidenheim | Sandhausen |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 2,693 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| Bouhaddouz Paqarada Roßbach Stolz Linsmayer |
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| 28 October 2015 | Borussia Dortmund | 7–1 | SC Paderborn | Dortmund |
| 19:00 | Ramos Castro Kagawa Gündoğan Piszczek Mkhitaryan |
Report | Lakić |
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 74,605 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich) |
| 28 October 2015 | SC Freiburg | 0–3 | FC Augsburg | Freiburg im Breisgau |
| 19:00 | Report | Ji Esswein Caiuby |
Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 19,600 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle) |
| 28 October 2015 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–2 | VfB Stuttgart | Jena |
| 20:30 | Report | Harnik Maxim |
Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf) |
| 28 October 2015 | SSV Reutlingen | 0–4 | Eintracht Braunschweig | Reutlingen |
| 20:30 | Report | Holtmann Berggreen Ademi |
Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche Attendance: 7,524 Referee: René Rohde (Rostock) |
| 28 October 2015 | Schalke 04 | 0–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Gelsenkirchen |
| 20:30 | Report | Stindl Hazard |
Stadium: Veltins-Arena Attendance: 60,655 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg) |
| 28 October 2015 | Werder Bremen | 1–0 | 1. FC Köln | Bremen |
| 20:30 | Ujah |
Report | Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 40,856 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich) |
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 November 2015. DFB general secretary Helmut Sandrock led the draw, with musician Vanessa Mai drawing from the pot.[14]
The eight matches took place on 15 and 16 December 2015.[15] The lowest ranked team left in the competition was SpVgg Unterhaching from the fourth tier of German football.
| 15 December 2015 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 1–3 | Bayer Leverkusen | Unterhaching |
| 19:15[note 11] | Bauer |
Report | Hernández Kießling Bellarabi |
Stadium: Alpenbauer Sportpark Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim) |
| 15 December 2015 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–4 | Werder Bremen | Mönchengladbach |
| 19:15[note 11] | Stindl Hrgota |
Report | Sternberg Vestergaard Pizarro Ujah |
Stadium: Stadion im Borussia-Park Attendance: 53,106 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach) |
| 15 December 2015 | Erzgebirge Aue | 0–2 | 1. FC Heidenheim | Aue |
| 20:30 | Report | Feick Schnatterer |
Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 8,250 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken) |
| 15 December 2015 | Bayern Munich | 1–0 | Darmstadt 98 | Munich |
| 20:30 | Alonso |
Report | Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 72,500 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin) |
| 16 December 2015 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 0–2 | Hertha BSC | Nuremberg |
| 19:00 | Report | Darida Brooks |
Stadium: Grundig Stadion Attendance: 35,204 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg) |
| 16 December 2015 | VfB Stuttgart | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Eintracht Braunschweig | Stuttgart |
| 19:00 | Niedermeier Werner Šunjić |
Report | Baffo Ademi |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 21,950 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich) |
| 16 December 2015 | FC Augsburg | 0–2 | Borussia Dortmund | Augsburg |
| 20:30 | Report | Aubameyang Mkhitaryan |
Stadium: WWK ARENA Attendance: 30,101 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin) |
| 16 December 2015 | 1860 Munich | 0–2 | VfL Bochum | Munich |
| 20:30 | Report | Haberer Hoogland |
Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 19,800 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb) |
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 16 December 2015. DFB general secretary Helmut Sandrock led the draw, with handballer Carsten Lichtlein drawing from the pot.[16][17]
The four matches took place on 9 and 10 February 2016.[1] The lowest ranked teams left in the competition were VfL Bochum and 1. FC Heidenheim from the second tier of German football.
| 9 February 2016 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1–3 | Werder Bremen | Leverkusen |
| 19:00 | Hernández |
Report | S. García Pizarro Grillitsch |
Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 24,104 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding) |
| 9 February 2016 | VfB Stuttgart | 1–3 | Borussia Dortmund | Stuttgart |
| 20:30 | Rupp |
Report | Reus Aubameyang Mkhitaryan |
Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 46,500 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg) |
| 10 February 2016 | 1. FC Heidenheim | 2–3 | Hertha BSC | Heidenheim an der Brenz |
| 19:00 | Feick Schnatterer |
Report | Ibišević Haraguchi |
Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 11,900 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach) |
| 10 February 2016 | VfL Bochum | 0–3 | Bayern Munich | Bochum |
| 20:30 | Report | Lewandowski Thiago |
Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock) |
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 10 February 2016. DFB vice-president Peter Frymuth led the draw, with handballer Andreas Wolff drawing from the pot.[18]
The two matches took place on 19 and 20 April 2016.[1] All remaining teams left in the competition were from the first tier of German football.
| Bayern Munich | 2–0 | Werder Bremen |
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| Müller |
Report |
| Hertha BSC | 0–3 | Borussia Dortmund |
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| Report | Castro Reus Mkhitaryan |
Final
The final took place on 21 May 2016 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[1]
Bracket
The following is the bracket which the DFB-Pokal resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.
Top goalscorers
The following are the top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary.[19] Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.
Broadcasting rights
In Germany, all matches and the "conference" were broadcast live on pay TV via Sky Sport.[9] Selected matches from the first round to the quarter-finals were broadcast on free TV by Das Erste from ARD. Both semi-final matches and the final were broadcast by both Sky Sport and Das Erste.
The following matches were broadcast live on free German television channel Das Erste:
| Round | Matches | Ref. |
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| First round | FC St. Pauli v Borussia Mönchengladbach | [9] |
| Second round | VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich | [20] |
| Schalke 04 v Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Round of 16 | Bayern Munich v Darmstadt 98 | [21] |
| FC Augsburg v Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Quarter-finals | VfB Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund | [22] |
| VfL Bochum v Bayern Munich | ||
| Semi-finals | Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen | [23] |
| Hertha BSC v Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Final | Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund | [24] |
Prize fund
Each participating team received a reward from the TV money and from the central promotional marketing (TV, stadium, and sleeve advertising) by the DFB. It was distributed as about €50 million to the 64 participants of the competition from 2015 to 2016. For wearing the sleeve advertising each participant received, according to the implementing provisions of the DFB-Pokal, €10,000 per game and round.[25][26][27][28]
| Achieved round | Premium per team | Summed bonuses |
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| First round | €140,000 | |
| Second round | €268,000 | €408,000 |
| Round of 16 | €527,000 | €935,000 |
| Quarter-finals | €1,041,000 | €1,976,000 |
| Semi-finals | €2,073,000 | €4,049,000 |
| Final | €2,500,000 | €6,549,000 |
| Champion | €1,000,000 | €7,549,000 |
Notes
- Since both finalists of the DFB-Pokal qualified for the Champions League based on their league position, the Europa League group stage spot awarded to the DFB-Pokal winner was passed to the sixth-placed team in the Bundesliga, Mainz 05.
- The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
- In addition to the Bavarian Cup winners, the best amateur team of the 2014–15 Regionalliga Bayern also qualified.
- Both finalists of the Lower Saxony Cup qualified.
- VfB Lübeck qualified for the DFB-Pokal regardless of the outcome of the final of the Schleswig-Holstein Cup, as Holstein Kiel, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through its 3. Liga place.
- In addition to the Westphalian Cup winners, the best amateur team of the 2014–15 Oberliga Westfalen also qualified.
- The match was moved to the Leimbachstadion in Siegen for additional seating.
- The match was moved to the Sportpark am Vinnenweg in Bremen for additional seating.
- The match was moved to the Wildparkstadion in Karlsruhe for additional seating.
- The match was stopped in the 71st minute, with VfL Osnabrück leading 1–0, after the referee was hit by a lighter, and the match was abandoned soon thereafter.[10] The sports court of the DFB, in accordance with section 18, paragraph 4 of the Laws and Rules of Procedure of the DFB, awarded a 0–2 win to RB Leipzig.[11]
- The match was delayed 15 minutes.
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External links
- Official website (in German)
- DFB-Pokal on kicker.de (in German)