1964–65 FDGB-Pokal

The 1964-65 season saw the 14th competition for the FDGB-Pokal, the East German national football cup.

In a qualification round played at 9:30 AM on August 2nd of 1964, the 32 teams of the second-tier DDR-Liga of the past season and 28 finalists of the Bezirkspokal competitions faced each other. Empor Neustrelitz and ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg were cup finalists as well as DDR-Liga members. The 14 DDR-Oberliga clubs joined the competition in the second round on 1 November 1964, and BSG Motor Steinach, SG Dynamo Dresden as well as SC Dynamo Berlin were already eliminated there. No Bezirkspokal finalist was left by the third round, and three of the four remaining DDR-Liga sides (ASG Vorwärts Cottbus, ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg, Motor Dessau, SC Chemie Halle) were eliminated in the third round. Dessau forced a replay on Chemie Halle, but then lost 0–3.

While last year's finalist SC Leipzig was eliminated in the quarterfinals by SC Motor Jena, title holders Aufbau Magdeburg reached the final again. Two quarter finals were decided on extra time, DDR-Liga side Chemie Halle forced a replay on Oberliga side Motor Zwickau in the quarter-final and surprisingly beat Zwickau 2–0. Only in the semi-finals was Halle's high stopped.

Qualification round Matches played on 2 August 1964. Home team Away team ResultBSG Chemie Bitterfeld – SC Chemie Halle 0–3BSG Motor Hennigsdorf – SC Potsdam 3–4 a.e.t.BSG Aufbau Jüterbog – TSC Berlin 3–2 a.e.t.BSG Aktivist Laubusch – SC Cottbus 0–1SG Dynamo Adlershof – BSG Motor Dessau 0–2TSG Wismar – ASK Vorwärts Rostock 4–3BSG Einheit Gersdorf – SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen 1–4 a.e.t.SG Adlershof Berlin – BSG Motor Köpenick 0–1BSG Traktor Lassan – BSG Motor Wolgast 2–3ZSG Seifhennersdorf – SC Einheit Frankfurt/Oder 1–3BSG Rotation Blankenstein – BSG Wismut Gera 0–1 a.e.t.BSG Empor Wurzen – SC Fortschritt Weißenfels 2–3ASG Vorwärts Beetzendorf – SG Dynamo Eisleben 1–4BSG Wismut Gera II – BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau 1–5BSG Einheit Reichenbach – BSG Motor West Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–1BSG Fortschritt Spremberg – BSG Motor Bautzen 2–3BSG Motor Oberlind – ASG Vorwärts Leipzig 1–8BSG Motor Breitungen – BSG Motor Eisenach 0–2BSG Aktivist Zwenkau – BSG Chemie Zeitz 0–1BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt – BSG Stahl Eisleben 7–0SG Dynamo Eisleben II – BSG Chemie Wolfen 0–2BSG Verkehrbetriebe Demmin – BSG Einheit Greifswald 2–3 a.e.t.BSG Empor Neustrelitz – ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg 0–7BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder – BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 3–3 a.e.t.BSG Stahl Finow – SC Frankfurt/Oder 2–2 a.e.t.BSG Fortschritt Apolda – BSG Motor Weimar 1–1 a.e.t.SG Dynamo Dresden II – BSG Stahl Riesa 4–4 a.e.t.BSG Einheit Breitenbach – SC Turbine Erfurt 0–2 a.e.t.BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge – SG Dynamo Schwerin ?–?BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge – BSG Turbine Magdeburg ?–?

Replays

Home team Away team ResultBSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt – BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder 6–1SC Frankfurt/Oder – BSG Stahl Finow 6–1BSG Motor Weimar – BSG Fortschritt Apolda 1–0BSG Stahl Riesa – SG Dynamo Dresden II 5–1 Byes: ASG Vorwärts Cottbus, BSG Stahl Lippendorf

First round Home team Away team ResultSG Dynamo Eisleben – SC Turbine Erfurt 1–0SC Fortschritt Weißenfels – SC Chemie Halle 1–3BSG Chemie Zeitz – SC Potsdam 3–2BSG Einheit Greifswald – ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg 0–3SG Dynamo Schwerin – BSG Turbine Magdeburg 0–1BSG Motor Wolgast – TSG Wismar 2–4SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen – BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt 0–1 a.e.t.BSG Motor Dessau – SC Frankfurt/Oder 7–1SC Cottbus – BSG Aufbau Jüterbog 2–0BSG Motor Eisenach – BSG Motor Weimar 2–1BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau – BSG Einheit Reichenbach 3–0ASG Vorwärts Leipzig – BSG Stahl Lippendorf 1–0 a.e.t.BSG Motor Bautzen – ASG Vorwärts Cottbus 1–2BSG Wismut Gera – SC Einheit Dresden 2–1BSG Stahl Riesa – BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 5–0BSG Chemie Wolfen – BSG Motor Köpenick Berlin 0–0 a.e.t.

Match played in Altenburg.

Replay (played on 24 September 1964) Home team Away team ResultBSG Motor Köpenick Berlin – BSG Chemie Wolfen 1–0

Second round Matches played on 1 November 1964. Home team Away team ResultSC Chemie Halle – BSG Motor Steinach 6–0BSG Wismut Gera – SC Aufbau Magdeburg 1–2BSG Chemie Zeitz – BSG Motor Zwickau 2–3SC Cottbus – SC Neubrandenburg 0–2TSG Wismar – SC Empor Rostock 0–2ASK Vorwärts Leipzig – SC Leipzig 0–4BSG Turbine Magdenburg – BSG Motor Dessau 0–1BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt – SC Karl-Marx-Stadt 1–2 a.e.t.ASG Vorwärts Cottbus – SG Dynamo Dresden 2–1 a.e.t.BSG Stahl Riesa – BSG Chemie Leipzig 0–1ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg – SC Dynamo Berlin 1–0 a.e.t.SG Dynamo Eisleben – BSG Lokomotive Stendal 2–3BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau – BSG Wismut Aue 1–1 a.e.t.BSG Motor Köpenick – ASK Vorwärts Berlin 1–1 a.e.t.BSG Motor Eisenach – SC Motor Jena 0–0 a.e.t. Match played in Waren.

Replays Home team Away team ResultBSG Wismut Aue – BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau 6–1ASK Vorwärts Berlin – BSG Motor Köpenick Berlin 0–0 a.e.t., cSC Motor Jena – BSG Motor Eisenach 3–0

Third round Matches played on 12 December 1964. Home team Away team ResultSC Empor Rostock – SC Motor Jena 0–1BSG Chemie Leipzig – ASK Vorwärts Berlin 3–1BSG Motor Zwickau – ASG Vorwärts Cottbus 3–1SC Leipzig – ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg 5–2BSG Lokomotive Stendal – BSG Wismut Aue 2–5BSG Motor Dessau – SC Chemie Halle 2–2 a.e.t.SC Neubrandenburg – SC Aufbau Magdeburg 1–1 a.e.t.

Replays Home team Away team ResultSC Chemie Halle – BSG Motor Dessau 3–0SC Aufbau Magdeburg – SC Neubrandenburg 2–0

Quarterfinals All matches played on 31 March 1965.

Home team Away team ResultSC Karl-Marx-Stadt – SC Aufbau Magdeburg 2–4 a.e.t.BSG Wismut Aue – BSG Chemie Leipzig 1–0SC Motor Jena – SC Leipzig 3–1SC Chemie Halle – BSG Motor Zwickau 0–0 a.e.t.

Replay Match played on 7 April 1965.

Home team Away team ResultBSG Motor Zwickau – SC Chemie Halle 0–2

Semifinals Matches played on 2 May 1965. Home team Away team ResultSC Chemie Halle – SC Motor Jena 0–1SC Aufbau Magdeburg – BSG Wismut Aue 4–2 a.e.t.

Final

Statistics

MAGDEBURG: GK Hans-Georg MoldenhauerFB Rainer Wiedemann FB Günter FronzeckFB Manfred ZapfHB Günter KubischHB Ingo RuhloffLW Hermann Stöcker IF Günter HirschmannCF Joachim WalterIF Wolfgang SeguinRW Wilfried KlingbielManager: Ernst KümmelJENA: GK Harald FritzscheFB Diethard StricksnerFB Peter RockFB Siegfried WoitzatHB Heinz HergertHB Heinz MarxLW Rainer KnoblochIF Helmut MüllerCF Peter DuckeIF Dieter LangeRW Roland DuckeManager: Georg Buschner

Match report

The 14th FDGB-Pokal final saw the meeting of holders SC Aufbau Magdeburg and SC Motor Jena, then second in the DDR-Oberliga table. Due to their better league position, most experts favored Jena to win the match, with Magdeburg lying on a mere 7th place. But neither team was willing to adhere to these prognoses. While Magdeburg took the initiative and attacked relentlessly from the start, Jena could not force their usual passing play onto their opponents. Impressed by Magdeburg's offense, Jena withdrew to their own half, looking nervous and hesitating, the number of mistimed passes increasing. On the other side, Magdeburg had many opportunities to score, especially Klingbiel and agile forward Walter put Jena's defense under intense pressure. But all their play was too hasty, some nervousness was felt on Magdeburg's side as well. With the half-time score tied at nil-all, the title holders continued to control the match, with Stöcker gaining scoring opportunities by the minute, but no goal was scored. In the 65th then, Jena surprisingly scored: Lange outplayed Zapf and crossed into the penalty box where Müller hit a direct volley into the far corner. Magdeburg manager Kümmel reacted immediately, putting his right defender Wiedemann into the forward position occupied by Hirschmann and urging his team to keep on attacking. Jena tried to hang on to their narrow lead, but got pushed back into a defensive position again. In the end, Magdeburg were rewarded for their initiative, even though the reward came in the shape of two controversial goals. In the 82nd, Magdeburg's Walter scored off a header after seizing a misunderstanding between Jena's defender Stricksner and their goalkeeper Fritzsche, but most experts held Walter had been offside. In the last minute of the match, Jena's Marx had the bad luck of missing the ball and instead hitting Stöcker's knee inside the penalty area. Hirschmann's low shot off the penalty mark meant Magdeburg's victory. Jena's protest that Marx had indeed played the ball went unheard. While Magdeburg celebrated successfully defending their cup title, Jena bemoaned the referee's and their own performance. Günter Schneider, vice-president of the DFV summed it up: "I am disappointed by this match. Jena can play much better. You have to give Magdeburg their due for their morale. Altogether however, this match was not great advertising for football."

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