The list of DFB-Pokal winning managers contains all the managers who have led their respective team to success in the DFB-Pokal. The DFB-Pokal has been played since 1952, although the Tschammerpokal, its predecessor, took place from 1935 to 1943. Since then, 58 coaches have won a cup victory. Of these, 42 are German, 4 Yugoslav, 3 Austrian and Dutch, 2 Spanish, and an Italian, Hungarian, Croatian and Belgian.

Six coaches have won the trophy three times. Hennes Weisweiler was the first to do so in 1978. The other three-time winners are Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (with three different teams), Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek, Otto Rehhagel, and Thomas Schaaf. The most successful foreign coaches are Zlatko Čajkovski, Pep Guardiola and Huub Stevens, with two titles. Richard Michalke won the first cup competition in 1935 with 1. FC Nürnberg. The Austrian Leopold Nitsch won in 1938, making him the first foreign manager to win. In 1941, Georg Köhler became the first manager to successfully defend the title. In 2005, Felix Magath became the first coach to complete consecutive league and cup doubles. Hans Meyer is the only manager to win both the DFB-Pokal and the FDGB-Pokal, the cup competition of East Germany.

A total of seven people have won the cup as both player and manager. Ludwig Janda won as a player in 1942 with 1860 Munich and as a manager in 1956 with Karlsruher SC. Alfred Schmidt also did so while playing for Borussia Dortmund in 1965 and managing Kickers Offenbach in 1970. Thomas Schaaf won the DFB-Pokal with the same club, after winning as a player for Werder Bremen in 1991 and 1994, and as manager in 1999, 2004, and 2009. He is also the only person to have won the cup as both player and manager with multiple titles during his playing career. Jupp Heynckes won as a player with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973 and as a manager with Bayern Munich in 2013. Niko Kovač won in 2003 as a player with Bayern and in 2018 and 2019 as manager of Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich, respectively. Hansi Flick won in 1986 as a player and in 2020 as a manager, both with Bayern Munich. Xabi Alonso is the most recent manager to have achieved the feat, winning in 2016 as a player with Bayern Munich and in 2024 as manager of Bayer Leverkusen. Schaaf, Kovač and Flick are the only managers to have won titles as a player and manager with the same club, having done so for Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich and Bayern Munich, respectively. Schaaf and Kovač are also the only people to have won the cup as both player and manager with multiple titles during their managerial career.

Winning managers

Tschammerpokal Year Manager Club 1935 Richard MichalkeLibero Spezial Deutsch; No. D14, 1996, Seite 20 1. FC Nürnberg 1936 Heinrich PfaffLibero Spezial Deutsch; No. D14, 1996, Seite 37 VfB Leipzig 1937 Hans Schmidt100-schalker-jahre.de: Schalke 04 1938 Leopold Nitsch Rapid Wien 1939 Alwin Riemke 1. FC Nürnberg 1940 Georg Köhler Dresdner SC 1941 Georg Köhler Dresdner SC 1942 Max Schäfer 1860 Munich 1943 Fritz Gschweidl First Vienna

DFB-Pokal Season Manager Club 1952–53 Karl Hohmannrevierkick.de: Der „erste“ Pott geht ins Revier Rot-Weiss Essen 1953–54 Georg Wurzer VfB Stuttgart 1954–55 Adolf Patek Karlsruher SC 1955–56 Ludwig Janda Karlsruher SC 1956–57 Willibald Hahnsüdkurve.com: Die Trainer Bayern Munich 1957–58 Georg Wurzer VfB Stuttgart 1958–59 Hans Wendlandt Schwarz-Weiß Essen 1959–60 Bernd Olesborussia.de: Die bisherigen Borussia-Trainer ab 1946: Borussia München Gladbach 1960–61 Georg Knöpflewerder.de: Werder Bremen 1961–62 Herbert Widmayer 1. FC Nürnberg 1962–63 Martin Wilkehsv-hshnordbankarena.de: Hamburger SV 1963–64 Max MerkelClaudius Mayer, TSV München von 1860 (Hrsg.): Geschichte eines Traditionsvereins – TSV München von 1860 (erweiterte 3. Auflage). Gotteswinter Verlag, München 2007, , S. 72 ff 1860 Munich 1964–65 Hermann Eppenhoffbvb.de: Trainer des BVB Borussia Dortmund 1965–66 Zlatko Čajkovski Bayern Munich 1966–67 Zlatko Čajkovski Bayern Munich 1967–68 Willi Multhaupfc-koeln.de: Die FC-Trainer 1. FC Köln 1968–69 Branko Zebec Bayern Munich 1969–70 Kurt Schreiner Kickers Offenbach 1970–71 Udo Lattek Bayern Munich 1971–72 Ivica Horvatrevierkick.de: FC Schalke 04 Vize-Meister und Pokalsieger 1972 Schalke 04 1972–73 Hennes Weisweiler Borussia Mönchengladbach 1973–74 Dietrich Weiseeintracht.de: Trainer der Bundesliga-Mannschaft Eintracht Frankfurt 1974–75 Dietrich Weise Eintracht Frankfurt 1975–76 Kuno Klötzer Hamburger SV 1976–77 Hennes Weisweiler 1. FC Köln 1977–78 Hennes Weisweiler 1. FC Köln 1978–79 Hans-Dieter Tippenhauerfortuna-düsseldorf.de: Chronologie Trainer Fortuna Düsseldorf 1979–80 Otto Rehhagel Fortuna Düsseldorf 1980–81 Lothar Buchmann Eintracht Frankfurt 1981–82 Pál Csernai Bayern Munich 1982–83 Rinus Michels 1. FC Köln 1983–84 Udo Lattek Bayern Munich 1984–85 Karl-Heinz Feldkampfussballdaten.de: Karl-Heinz Feldkamp Bayer Uerdingen 1985–86 Udo Lattek Bayern Munich 1986–87 Ernst Happel Hamburger SV 1987–88 Karl-Heinz Feldkamp Eintracht Frankfurt 1988–89 Horst Köppel Borussia Dortmund 1989–90 Karl-Heinz Feldkampswr.de: Hölle oder Paradies? – Die Geschichte des FCK 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1990–91 Otto Rehhagel Werder Bremen 1991–92 Michael Lorkowskihannover96.de Hannover 96 1992–93 Dragoslav Stepanovićbayer04.de: „Feier mit den Fans war das schönste am Pokalsieg“ Bayer Leverkusen 1993–94 Otto Rehhagel Werder Bremen 1994–95 Bernd Krauss Borussia Mönchengladbach 1995–96 Eckhard Krautzunder-betze-brennt.de: Die Erfolge des 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1996–97 Joachim Löw VfB Stuttgart 1997–98 Giovanni Trapattoni Bayern Munich 1998–99 Thomas Schaaf Werder Bremen 1999–2000 Ottmar Hitzfeld Bayern Munich 2000–01 Huub Stevensschalke04.de: Schalke 04 2001–02 Huub Stevens Schalke 04 2002–03 Ottmar Hitzfeld Bayern Munich 2003–04 Thomas Schaaf Werder Bremen 2004–05 Felix Magath Bayern Munich 2005–06 Felix Magath Bayern Munich 2006–07 Hans Meyerfcn.de: Traum wird wahr – Club holt den Cup! 1. FC Nürnberg 2007–08 Ottmar Hitzfeld Bayern Munich 2008–09 Thomas Schaafwerder.de: 1:0 – Werder bejubelt historischen DFB-Pokalsieg Werder Bremen 2009–10 Louis van Gaal Bayern Munich 2010–11 Ralf Rangnick Schalke 04 2011–12 Jürgen Kloppkicker.de: Lewandowski macht das Double perfekt Borussia Dortmund 2012–13 Jupp Heynckes Bayern Munich 2013–14 Pep Guardiola Bayern Munich 2014–15 Dieter Hecking VfL Wolfsburg 2015–16 Pep Guardiola Bayern Munich 2016–17 Thomas Tuchel Borussia Dortmund 2017–18 Niko Kovač Eintracht Frankfurt 2018–19 Niko Kovač Bayern Munich 2019–20 Hansi Flick Bayern Munich 2020–21 Edin Terzić Borussia Dortmund 2021–22 Domenico Tedesco RB Leipzig 2022–23 Marco Rose RB Leipzig 2023–24 Xabi Alonso Bayer Leverkusen 2024–25 Sebastian Hoeneß VfB Stuttgart 2025–26 Vincent Kompany Bayern Munich

Ranking

By individual Rank Manager Titles Years 1 Karl-Heinz Feldkamp 3 1985, 1988, 1990 Ottmar Hitzfeld 3 2000, 2003, 2008 Udo Lattek 3 1971, 1984, 1986 Otto Rehhagel 3 1980, 1991, 1994 Thomas Schaaf 3 1999, 2004, 2009 Hennes Weisweiler 3 1973, 1977, 1978 7 Zlatko Čajkovski 2 1966, 1967 Pep Guardiola 2 2014, 2016 Georg Köhler 2 1940, 1941 Niko Kovač 2 2018, 2019 Felix Magath 2 2005, 2006 Huub Stevens 2 2001, 2002 Dietrich Weise 2 1974, 1975 Georg Wurzer 2 1954, 1958

By nationality Rank Country Titles 1 63 2 / 5 3 4 4 3 3 6 2 2 8 1 1

See also DFB-Pokal List of Bundesliga managers

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