The Hesse Cup (German: Hessenpokal) is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup.

History The Cup was established in 1945, after the end of the Second World War, in the state of Hessen, which then was part of the US occupation zone in Germany.

The Hessen Cup is played annually.

From 1974 onwards, the winner of the Hessen Cup qualified for the first round of the German Cup.

Modus Professional clubs are not permitted to enter the competition, meaning, no teams from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga can compete.

In 2008–09, the best 15 teams of the regional cups in Hesse qualified for the first round of the Hesse Cup. All clubs from Hesse playing in the Regionalliga and below take part in these competitions. Additionally, Kickers Offenbach and SV Wehen Wiesbaden are the two clubs from Hesse in the 3. Liga, so they qualify directly for the Hesse Cup.

The final is played at a neutral location but the two finalists can agree to play the game at one of the two clubs home ground.

Cup finals Held annually at the end of season, these are the cup finals since 1945:Hesse Cup finals publisher: DSFS, accessed: 9 December 2011

Season Location Winner Finalist Result Attendance 1945–46 Eintracht Frankfurt Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 3–2 1946–47 Eintracht Wetzlar FC Hassia Dieburg 3–01 1947–48 Olympia Lampertheim KSV Hessen Kassel 3–2 1948–49 Kickers Offenbach Eintracht Frankfurt 4–1 1949–50 FC Hanau 93 Kickers Offenbach 4–0 1950–51 SpVgg Bad Homburg SV Jügesheim 5–0 1951–52 FC 04 Oberursel SG Gelnhausen 3–1 aet 1952–53 SV 07 Nauheim SpVgg Neu-Isenburg 2–12 1953–54 not held 1954–55 CSC 03 Kassel FC Union Niederrad 2–1 1955–56 not held 1956–57 Eintracht Wetzlar SV Kilianstädten 1–03 1957–58 Viktoria Urberach VfL Marburg 1–0 1958–59 Germania Okriftel Germania Marburg 4–2 1959–60 SG Kelkheim Hermannia Kassel 2–1 1960–61 KSV Hessen Kassel II FC Arheilgen 3–2 1961–62 FVgg. Kastel 06 FV 09 Breidenbach 3–14 1962–63 Hünfelder SV Eintracht Stadtallendorf 2–1 1963–64 VfB Gießen FC Homberg 2–1 1964–65 Germania Wiesbaden 1. FC Langen 5–3 1965–66 SV Darmstadt 98 II SV Niederselters 5–2 1966–67 FV 09 Breidenbach SV Somborn 4–1 1967–68 SG Westend Frankfurt KSV Hessen Kassel II 3–1 1968–69 Eintracht Frankfurt II SV Hermanstein 3–2 aet 1969–70 SG Westend Frankfurt FV 09 Breidenbach 4–2 1970–71 Rot-Weiß Frankfurt SV Darmstadt 98 3–2 aet 1971–72 VfB Gießen TSV Wabern 4–1 aet 1972–73 FC Nieder-Florstadt SSV Auf der Heide Bottenhorn 2–1 1973–74 Rot-Weiß Frankfurt TSV Klein-Linden 2–1 1974–75 VfR Oli Bürstadt KSV Hessen Kassel 3–0 1975–76 SSV Dillenburg SV Wiesbaden 4–0 1976–77 VfR Oli Bürstadt Gladenbacher SC 9–0 1977–78 FC Hanau 93 Viktoria Sindlingen 4–0 1978–79 VfB Gießen Viktoria Sindlingen 5–2 1979–80 RSV Würges SV Buchonia Flieden 2–0 1980–81 TuSpo Ziegenhain Viktoria Griesheim 3–0 1981–82 KSV Baunatal FSV Frankfurt 7–0 1982–83 KSV Baunatal SpVgg Neu-Isenburg 3–2 1983–84 Eintracht Haiger CSC 03 Kassel 6–5 pen 1984–85 SC Neukirchen FC Ebach 2–0 1985–86 SKV Mörfelden FSV Frankfurt 2–1 1986–87 RSV Würges KSV Baunatal 6–1 1987–88 SV Wehen FC Germania Dörnigheim 3–2 1988–89 Rot-Weiß Frankfurt SV Wiesbaden 2–0 1989–90 FSV Frankfurt Eintracht Haiger 5–1 1990–91 Viktoria Aschaffenburg SC Neukirchen 2–1 1991–92 Rot-Weiß Frankfurt SV Wehen 2–0 1992–93 Kickers Offenbach Borussia Fulda 3–2 1993–94 SG Egelsbach Rot-Weiss Frankfurt 3–1 1994–95 SC Neukirchen FV Bad Vilbel 2–1 1995–96 Marburg, 9 June 1996 SV Wehen SC Neukirchen 3–2 aet 650 1996–97 10 June 1997 SC Neukirchen FC Herborn 2–1 1997–98 Grünberg, 31 May 1998 SG Hoechst SC Neukirchen 4–1 pen 800 1998–99 Aschaffenburg SV Darmstadt 98 Borussia Fulda 4–0 1999–2000 Alsfeld, 4 June 2000 SV Wehen TuSpo Guxhagen 5–1 2000–01 Hanau, 30 May 2001 SV Darmstadt 98 SV Wehen 2–1 1,000 2001–02 Offenbach, 29 May 2002 Kickers Offenbach SC Neukirchen 1–0 aet 4,500 2002–03 Rüsselsheim, 4 June 2003 Kickers Offenbach SV Wehen 3–2 2,000 2003–04 Offenbach, 6 June 2004 Kickers Offenbach SV Bernbach 4–3 aet 3,065 2004–05 Eschborn, 10 August 2005 Kickers Offenbach 1. FC Eschborn 2–1 aet 2005–06 Wiesbaden, 3 June 2006 SV Darmstadt 98 FSV Frankfurt 2–1 2,500 2006–07 Hanau, 6 June 2007 SV Darmstadt 98 KSV Klein-Karben 3–0 1,246 2007–08 Darmstadt, 28 May 2008 SV Darmstadt 98 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 2–0 3,300 2008–09 Offenbach, 27 May 2009 Kickers Offenbach SV Darmstadt 98 1–0 2009–10 Fulda, 11 May 2010 Kickers Offenbach KSV Hessen Kassel 2–1 5,000 2010–11 10 May 2011 SV Wehen KSV Hessen Kassel 3–0 2011–12 Offenbach, 11 May 2012 Kickers Offenbach FC Ederbergland 6–0 2012–13 Offenbach, 21 May 2013 SV Darmstadt 98 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 4–0 2013–14 Offenbach, 19 June 2014 Kickers Offenbach SV Darmstadt 98 4–2 pen 4,590 2014–15 Kassel, 13 May 2015 KSV Hessen Kassel VfB Gießen 2–1 6,100 2015–16 Haiger, 4 May 2016 Kickers Offenbach SV Wehen Wiesbaden 2–1 2016–17 Wiesbaden, 25 May 2017 SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Rot-Weiß Hadamar 1–1 (4–3 pen.) 2017–18 Stadtallendorf, 21 May 2018 TSV Steinbach Hessen Kassel 2–0 2018–19 Baunatal, 25 June 2019 Wehen Wiesbaden KSV Baunatal 8–1 2019–20 Frankfurt, 22 August 2020 TSV Steinbach FSV Frankfurt 1–0 0 2020–21 Haiger, 29 May 2021 SV Wehen Wiesbaden TSV Steinbach Haiger 1–0 3 2021–22 Haiger, 29 May 2021 Kickers Offenbach TSV Steinbach Haiger 1–0 2022–23 Frankfurt, 3 June 2023 FSV Frankfurt TSV Steinbach Haiger 2–2 (5–3 pen.) 2023–24 Frankfurt, 25 May 2024 Kickers Offenbach Türk Gücü Friedberg 3–2 2024–25 Frankfurt, 24 May 2025 Wehen Wiesbaden Hessen Kassel 1–1 5–4 2025–26 Offenbach, 23 May 2026 Wehen Wiesbaden Barockstadt Fulda-Lehnerz 4–1 Source: Winners in bold

Winners & finalists Listed in order of wins, the Cup winners are:

Club Wins Finals Years Kickers Offenbach 13 14 1949, 1950, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2024 SV Darmstadt 98 7 10 1966†, 1971, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 9 13 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2025, 2026 Rot-Weiß Frankfurt 4 6 1946, 1971, 1974, 1989, 1992, 1994 SC Neukirchen 3 7 1985, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002 VfB Gießen 3 4 1964, 1972, 1979, 2015 KSV Hessen Kassel 2 9 1948, 1961†, 1968†, 1975, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2025 RSV Würges 2 2 1980, 1987 KSV Baunatal 2 4 1982, 1983, 1987, 2019 FC Hanau 93 2 2 1950, 1978 VfR Oli Bürstadt 2 2 1975, 1977 SG Westend Frankfurt 2 2 1968, 1970 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 3 1946, 1949, 1969† Eintracht Wetzlar 2 2 1947, 1957 TSV TSV Steinbach Haiger 2 5 2018, 2020 FSV Frankfurt 2 5 1982, 1986, 1990, 2006, 2023 SG Hoechst 1 1 1998 SG Egelsbach 1 1 1994 Viktoria Aschaffenburg 1 2 1991, 2008 SKV Mörfelden 1 1 1986 Eintracht Haiger 1 2 1984, 1990 TuSpo Ziegenhain 1 1 1981 SSV Dillenburg 1 1 1976 FC Nieder-Florstadt 1 1 1973 FV 09 Breidenbach 1 3 1962, 1967, 1970 Germania Wiesbaden 1 1 1965 Hünfelder SV 1 1 1963 FVgg. Kastel 06 1 1 1962 SG Kelkheim 1 1 1960 Germania Okriftel 1 1 1959 Viktoria Urberach 1 1 1958 CSC 03 Kassel 1 2 1955, 1984 SV 07 Nauheim 1 1 1953 FC 04 Oberursel 1 1 1952 SpVgg Bad Homburg 1 1 1951 Olympia Lampertheim 1 1 1948 Borussia Fulda 0 2 1993, 1999 SpVgg Neu-Isenburg 0 2 1953, 1983 Viktoria Sindlingen 0 2 1978, 1979 Barockstadt Fulda-Lehnerz 0 1 2026 Türk Gücü Friedberg 0 1 2024 SV Rot-Weiß Hadamar 0 1 2017 FC Ederbergland 0 1 2012 KSV Klein-Karben 0 1 2007 1. FC Eschborn 0 1 2005 SV Bernbach 0 1 2004 TuSpo Guxhagen 0 1 20001 FC Herborn 0 1 1997 FV Bad Vilbel 0 1 1995 FC Germania Dörnigheim 0 1 1988 FC Ebach 0 1 1985 Viktoria Griesheim 0 1 1981 SV Buchonia Flieden 0 1 1980 Gladenbacher SC 0 1 1977 SV Wiesbaden 0 1 1976 TSV Klein-Linden 0 1 1974 SSV Auf der Heide Bottenhorn 0 1 1973 TSV Wabern 0 1 1972 SV Hermanstein 0 1 1969 SV Somborn 0 1 1967 SV Niederselters 0 1 1966 1. FC Langen 0 1 1965 FC Homberg 0 1 1964 Eintracht Stadtallendorf 0 1 1963 FC Arheilgen 0 1 1961 Hermannia Kassel 0 1 1960 Germania Marburg 0 1 1959 VfL Marburg 0 1 1958 SV Kilianstädten 0 1 1957 FC Union Niederrad 0 1 1955 SG Gelnhausen 0 1 1952 SV Jügesheim 0 1 1951 FC Hassia Dieburg 0 1 1947 Winning finals in bold. † Achieved by reserve team. 1 The 1947 cup final was replayed twice, with the first two games having ended drawn 3–3 and 2–2. 2 The 1953 final had to be replayed because the first game ended in a 1–1 draw. 3 The 1957 final was called off after 65 minutes because of crowd trouble and the SV Kilianstädten walking off the field. The game was awarded with the score at the time it was called off. 4 The 1962 final had to be replayed because the first game ended in a 1–1 draw after extra time.

References

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

External links Fussball.de: Hesse Cup Hessian football federation website