The Bremer Pokal ('Bremen Cup') is an annual football cup competition, held by the (). It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany and a qualifying competition for the German Cup, with the winner of the competition being automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season.DFB Cup Men – Mode DFB website. Retrieved 28 June 2011 For sponsorship reasons, the competition is known as the Lotto-Pokal.
The record winners of the competition are SV Werder Bremen II, with 20 titles to their name,Bremen: Meister und Pokalsieger DSFS. Retrieved 28 June 2011 but the team is now barred from entering the cup competition, like all reserve teams in Germany since 2008.
Mode The competition is open for all member clubs of the Bremen FA from the Regionalliga Nord, Bremen-Liga, Landesliga Bremen and the Bezirks- and Kreisligen. Reserve teams are not permitted to compete anymore, making it impossible for SV Werder Bremen II to add to its record total of 20 wins. The competition is staged separately for Bremen and Bremerhaven, with the two regions joining from the quarter-finals onwards, whereby two slots are allocated to Bremerhaven for this round while the remaining six clubs come from Bremen. 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 through a penalty shoot out.Durchführungsbestimmungen Herren Bremen FA website – competition rules, published: 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011
The cup final is to be held at a neutral venue with the location to be determined by the Bremen FA. The cup winner automatically qualifies for the first round of the German Cup.
Winners The winners of the competition:
Club Wins Years SV Werder Bremen II 20 1969, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007 FC Oberneuland 10 1993, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2023 Bremer SV 10 1980, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024 Blumenthaler SV 8 1953, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1978 SV Hemelingen 4 1951, 1952, 2025, 2026 FC Bremerhaven 3 1996, 2005, 2006 SGO Bremen 3 1958, 1966, 1975 TuS Eintracht Bremen 3 1956, 1964, 1967 OSC Bremerhaven1 2 1981, 1984 TuS Bremerhaven 93 II1 2 1959, 1968 BSC Hastedt 1 2018 Leher TS 1 2017 SG Aumund-Vegesack 1 2013 TSV Osterholz-Tenever 1 1988 Polizei SV Bremen 1 1973 Hastedter TSV 1 1972 SV Grohn 1 1957 ATSV 1860 Bremen 1 1955 TSV Wulsdorf 1 1954 No competition held in 1961, 1962 and 1979. 1 TuS Bremerhaven merged with a number of other local clubs in 1972 to form OSC Bremerhaven.
References
Sources Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
External links BFV – Bremen Football Association Official DFB results website Bremen Cup summary - SOCCERWAY