The Bavarian Cup (), was created in 1998 and functions as a qualifying competition to the German Cup. It is one of the 21 regional cups in Germany. It is one of three regional associations who are permitted to send two amateur teams to the DFB Cup, the three associations doing so being the largest.DFB Cup Men – Mode Official DFB website, published: 18 August 2004. Retrieved 5 November 2008.
An earlier incarnation of the Bavarian Cup existed from 1947 to 1954.50 Jahre Bayerischer Fussball Verband, publisher: BFV, published: 1996, page: 104. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
History The seven Bezirke in Bavaria each played their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advanced to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition then advanced to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first or second Bundesliga were not permitted to take part in the event, their reserve teams however could. BFV website. Retrieved 6 November 2011 Since 2008, reserve teams can not qualify for the DFB Cup any more, a right the clubs traded of for the privilege for reserve teams to play in the 3rd Liga.
Until 1998, the Bavarian Cup only existed in as much as it was a qualifying competition to the German Cup. This meant, in the later years two semi-finals were played to determine the two Bavarian amateur teams entering the DFB-Pokal, but, oddly, no final between these two teams was ever played.
Until 2008, no club had won the Bayernliga and the Bavarian Cup in the same season, until SpVgg Weiden did so in 2008–09.
2009 reform The Bavarian Cup was completely overhauled and enlarged from 2009 onwards. Instead of only eight teams, it now consists of 64 clubs, and will exclude reserve teams. The first round will be held in September of each season and the teams will be made up from the following groups: All Bavarian teams in the 3rd Liga and Regionalliga. The 24 regional cup winners (Kreispokal), which will be held in August and September. The clubs in the Bayernliga and the three Landesligas play a qualification round to determine the teams to fill the remaining spots. The reason behind the reform is to have all cup games in Bavaria on uniform dates and to allow the clubs in the Landesligas and above to enter the competition later, while clubs below that level will receive a better chance to win their local Kreispokal competition, and with this the associated prize money.Pokal-Reform beschlossen BFV website – Cup reform. Retrieved 10 July 2009
The competition, made up of the 64 teams, is played in a knock-out format. Two teams will continue to qualify for the German Cup, these being the cup winner and the winner of the game between the second and the third placed team. The later changed after 2012 when the second spot was awarded to the best-placed non-reserve side of the Regionalliga Bayern.Der Bayerische Toto-Pokal BFV website. Retrieved 17 August 2014
Regional cups
The Bavarian Cup, until 2009, was sub-divided into seven local cup competitions, running roughly along the boundaries of the seven Bezirke. The division was as follows:
Oberbayern Cup: covering the region of Upper Bavaria Niederbayern Cup: covering the region of Lower Bavaria Schwaben Cup: covering the region of the Bavarian part of Swabia Oberpfalz Cup: covering the region of Upper Palatinate Mittelfranken Cup: covering the region of Middle Franconia Oberfranken Cup: covering the region of Upper Franconia Unterfranken Cup: covering the region of Lower Franconia
1947 to 1954 competition From 1947 to 1954, a Bavarian Cup competition was held, which was disbanded shortly after the establishment of the DFB Cup. The first two editions were still organised by the Bavarian state sports association, the Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband, thereafter the competition was held by the Bavarian football association Bayerischer Fußball-Verband, which was founded in June 1946. It was only open to amateur sides, meaning clubs below the 2nd Oberliga Süd, except in 1951, when it was open to all Bavarian clubs. The finals were played by the following clubs: Date Location Winner Finalist Result Attendance 1947 Landshut Jahn Regensburg MTV Ingolstadt 2–1 5,000 1948 Nuremberg Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Bamberg 2–1 aet 1949 Regensburg FC Stein VfL Ingolstadt-Ringsee 3–2 1950 Amberg FC Lichtenfels MTV Ingolstadt 1–0 1951 BC Augsburg ASV Cham 4–3 1952 TSV Gersthofen SK Lauf 3–0 1953 SV Saal FC Gerolzhofen 7–1 1954 FC Herzogenaurach TSV Gersthofen 4–2
Regional winners The regional cup winners since 1975 were:
Pre-Bavarian Cup Franconian regions and Upper Palatinate: Season Oberpfalz Mittelfranken Oberfranken Unterfranken 1975 FC Herzogenaurach 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 TSV Röttenbach 1980 TSV Röttenbach 1982 1983 1984 1985 ASV Burglengenfeld 1986 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth 1987 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth 1988 BSC Erlangen 1989 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth 1990 SpVgg Fürth 1991 SpVgg Fürth 1992 1993 1994 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth 1995 1. FC Nuremberg II 1996 SpVgg Weiden SpVgg Fürth FC Bayern Hof 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 1997 SpVgg Weiden SpVgg Greuther Fürth TSV Trebgast DJK Waldberg
Old Bavaria and Swabia: Season Oberbayern Niederbayern Schwaben 1975 TSG Thannhausen 1976 FC Memmingen 1977 FC Augsburg II 1978 SSV Glött 1979 BSK Neugablonz 1980 FC Augsburg 1981 SpVgg Landshut TSV 1861 Nördlingen 1982 FC Vilshofen SV Ober-Germaringen 1983 FC Vilshofen DJK Langenmosen 1984 FC Vilshofen TSV Aindling 1985 FC Kempten 1986 SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg 1987 SpVgg Landshut FC Kempten 1988 SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg 1989 TSV 1861 Nördlingen 1990 TSV Mindelheim 1991 SpVgg Landshut FC Gundelfingen 1992 FC Gundelfingen 1993 FC Augsburg 1994 SC Altenmünster 1995 FC Bayern Munich II SpVgg Landshut TSV Aindling 1996 1. FC Garmisch SV Landau/Isar FC Augsburg 1997 TSV 1860 München II SV Hutthurm TSV Aindling
Bavarian Cup era Season Oberpfalz Mittelfranken Oberfranken Unterfranken 1998 SG P/S Regensburg Jahn Forchheim 1999 SG Quelle Fürth 2000 SC Luhe-Wildenau FSV Erlangen-Bruck FC Bayern Hof TSV Großbardorf 2001 Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Nuremberg II SpVgg Bayreuth Würzburger FV 2002 Jahn Regensburg SpVgg Greuther Fürth II 1. FC Bamberg Alemannia Haibach 2003 Jahn Regensburg ASV Zirndorf VfL Frohnlach TSV Gerbrunn 2004 Jahn Regensburg II SC 04 Schwabach FC Bayern Hof 1. FC Sand 2005 SV Etzenricht SC 04 Schwabach VfL Frohnlach TSV Lengfeld 2006 Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Nuremberg II SpVgg Bayreuth 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 2007 TSV Kareth-Lappersdorf SV Seligenporten SpVgg Selbitz Würzburger FV 2008 1. FC Schwandorf ASV Neumarkt SpVgg Selbitz Alemannia Haibach 2009 SpVgg Weiden SC Eltersdorf VfL Frohnlach 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
Season Oberbayern Niederbayern Schwaben 1998 TSV 1860 München II SV Schalding-Heining BC Aichach 1999 TSV 1860 Rosenheim SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg 2000 FC Ismaning SV Riedelhütte TSV Rain am Lech 2001 FC Bayern Munich II SpVgg Landshut FC Gundelfingen 2002 FC Bayern Munich II SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg 2003 TSV 1860 München II SV Schalding-Heining TSV Aindling 2004 SpVgg Unterhaching II SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg 2005 FC Ingolstadt 04 1. FC Bad Kötzting FC Augsburg 2006 FC Ingolstadt 04 SpVgg Landshut TSG Thannhausen 2007 FC Ingolstadt 04 SV Schalding-Heining TSV 1861 Nördlingen 2008 SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg Landshut 1. FC Sonthofen 2009 SpVgg Unterhaching SV Schalding-Heining TSV Aindling
Notes Denotes teams qualified for the first round of the DFB-Cup. The following teams qualified as regional-cup runners ups for the DFB Cup: Wacker Burghausen in 2009, SpVgg Ansbach in 2008, Jahn Regensburg in 2005 and TSV Aindling in 2004.
Finals of the Bavarian Cup The finals of the Bavarian Cup:
Date Location Winner Finalist Result Attendance 1998 Schalding-Heining SV Schalding-Heining Post/Süd Regensburg 1–1 / 6–4 after pen. 1999 Rosenheim TSV 1860 Rosenheim SpVgg Landshut 2–1 21 July 2000 Rain am Lech FC Ismaning TSV Rain am Lech 4–2 800 20 July 2001 Würzburg Jahn Regensburg Würzburger FV 3–0 760 20 July 2002 Beratzhausen Bayern Munich II Jahn Regensburg 4–1 2,000 18 July 2003 Aindling TSV Aindling TSV Gerbrunn 14–0 550 27 July 2004 Aindling SSV Jahn Regensburg II TSV Aindling 1–1 / 6–5 after pen. 600 22 July 2005 Ingolstadt Jahn Regensburg FC Ingolstadt 04 2–0 900 19 July 2006 Thannhausen TSG Thannhausen SpVgg Bayreuth 2–1 600 20 July 2007 Seligenporten SV Seligenporten Würzburger FV 1–0 600 18 July 2008 Ansbach SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg Ansbach 1–1 / 6–5 after pen. 800 15 September 2009 Weiden SpVgg Weiden Wacker Burghausen 1–0 10 July 2010 Burghausen Jahn Regensburg Wacker Burghausen 4–2 1,036 18 May 2011 Burghausen Jahn Regensburg Wacker Burghausen 2–1 1,500 9 May 2012 Burghausen SpVgg Unterhaching SC Eltersdorf 4–3 2,000 9 May 2013 Rosenheim TSV 1860 Rosenheim Wacker Burghausen 2–2 / 6–5 after pen. 1,800 14 May 2014 Passau Würzburger Kickers SV Schalding-Heining 2–2 / 4–2 after pen. 2,070 20 May 2015 Weiden SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg SV Weiden 2–2 / 6–5 after pen. 2,200 28 May 2016 Unterhaching Würzburger Kickers SpVgg Unterhaching 6–2 3,200 25 May 2017 Burghausen 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 SV Wacker Burghausen 1–0 2,485 21 May 2018 Bayreuth 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 SpVgg Bayreuth 3–1 3,762 25 May 2019 Aschaffenburg Würzburger Kickers Viktoria Aschaffenburg 3–0 6,033 5 September 2020 Munich TSV 1860 Munich Würzburger Kickers 1–1 / 4–1 after pen. 0 27 June 2021 Illertissen Türkgücü München FV Illertissen 0–0 / 8–7 after pen. 0 21 May 2022 Illertissen FV Illertissen TSV Aubstadt 1–1 / 4–3 after pen. 1,620 3 June 2023 Illertissen FV Illertissen FC Ingolstadt 2–2 / 5–3 after pen. 25 May 2024 Würzburg FC Ingolstadt Würzburger Kickers 2–1 4,131 24 May 2025 Illertissen FV Illertissen SpVgg Unterhaching 1–0 2,167 23 May 2026 Würzburg Würzburger Kickers 1860 Munich 1–1 / 4–2 after pen. 11,017 The reason for the heavy defeat of TSV Gerbrunn in 2003 is the fact that the Bavarian Cup final is always played at the beginning of the next season, in July, and the club had since withdrawn its team from the Bayernliga to a lower league, therefore fielding a considerable weaker team.
DFB Cup performance Up until 2011, no team qualified from the Bavarian Cup to the national cup competition had won a game in this competition, with the FC Ingolstadt 04 (2005), Wacker Burghausen (2009) and Jahn Regensburg (2010) the only clubs to achieve a draw after extra time, all three going out on penalties. In the first round of the 2011–12 competition, SpVgg Unterhaching finally ended this drought for the Bavarian clubs, defeating SC Freiburg 3–2 courtesy of a converted 87th-minute penalty. The most common team to be drawn against for Bavarian clubs is Borussia Dortmund, having been the opposition on four occasions:
1998–99 DFB-Pokal Round Date Home Away Result Attendance First roundSV Schalding-Heining – SpVgg Unterhaching Official DFB website. Retrieved 5 November 2008 28 August 1998 SV Schalding-Heining SpVgg Unterhaching 0–1 2,200 First roundSG Post Süd Regensburg – Hertha BSC Berlin Official DFB website. Retrieved 5 November 2008 30 August 1998 SG Post/Süd Regensburg Hertha BSC Berlin 0–2 5,000
1999–2000 DFB-Pokal Round Date Home Away Result Attendance Second roundDFB-Pokal 1999/2000 .:. 2. Runde Weltfussball.de. Retrieved 5 November 2008 8 August 1999 TSV 1860 Rosenheim FC St. Pauli 1–2 4,000 Second round 7 August 1999 SpVgg Landshut Hansa Rostock 0–2 4,500
2000–01 DFB-Pokal Round Date Home Away Result Attendance First roundTSV 1896 Rain am Lech – Schalke 04 Official DFB website. Retrieved 5 November 2008 27 August 2000 TSV Rain am Lech FC Schalke 04 0–7 6,000 First roundFC Ismaning – Borussia Dortmund Official DFB website. Retrieved 5 November 2008 26 August 2000 FC Ismaning Borussia Dortmund 0–4 7,000
2001–02 DFB-Pokal