List of DFB-Pokal finals

The list of DFB-Pokal finals contains all of the finals of the DFB-Pokal since the introduction of the competition as the Tschammerpokal in 1935.

The finals of the DFB-Pokal usually take place at the end of each German football season. In some cases, like 1970 and 1974, the finals were held at the beginning of the following season due to the FIFA World Cup. The exact date has changed repeatedly over the years. Until 1984, the final was held at various venues, most often in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hanover, or Düsseldorf.

Since 1985, the Olympiastadion in Berlin has been the fixed venue for the finals. This will remain at least until 2020, as the DFB and the city of Berlin agreed on an extension to the contract expiring in 2015.

After the introduction of the DFB-Pokal der Frauen in 1981 until 2009, the women's final has taken place immediately before the men's final in the same stadium (since 1985 the Olympiastadion), barring the 1983 finals.

There has only been one derby in the cup final, which took place in 1983 between Cologne clubs 1. FC Köln and Fortuna Köln. The match took place in Cologne. Also, only once has the cup final required a replay, which took place in 1977. Two days' rest was given to the players after the first match ended in a 1–1 draw extra time. Eventually, the rules were changed to require a penalty shoot-out in the case of the scores remaining level after extra time. The first penalty shoot-out in a final took place in 1984.

Finals + DFB-Pokal finals Season Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance 1935 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 Schalke 04 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 60,000 1936 VfB Leipzig 2–1 Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin 70,000 1937 Schalke 04 2–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 72,000 1938 Rapid Wien 3–1 FSV Frankfurt Olympiastadion, Berlin 40,000 1939 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 Waldhof Mannheim Olympiastadion, Berlin 60,000 1940 Dresdner SC 2–1  1. FC Nürnberg Olympiastadion, Berlin 60,000 1941 Dresdner SC 2–1 Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin 65,000 1942 1860 Munich 2–0 Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin 80,000 1943 First Vienna 3–2  LSV Hamburg Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn, Stuttgart 45,000 1952–53 Rot-Weiss Essen 2–1 Alemannia Aachen Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 37,000 1953–54 VfB Stuttgart 1–0  1. FC Köln Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen 60,000 1954–55 Karlsruher SC 3–2 Schalke 04 Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig 25,000 1955–56 Karlsruher SC 3–1 Hamburger SV Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe 25,000 1956–57 Bayern Munich 1–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Rosenaustadion, Augsburg 44,000 1957–58 VfB Stuttgart 4–3  Fortuna Düsseldorf Auestadion, Kassel 28,000 1958–59 Schwarz-Weiß Essen (II) 5–2 Borussia Neunkirchen Auestadion, Kassel 20,000 1959–60 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–2 Karlsruher SC Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 49,000 1960–61 Werder Bremen 2–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen 18,000 1961–62 1. FC Nürnberg 2–1  Fortuna Düsseldorf Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 41,000 1962–63 Hamburger SV 3–0 Borussia Dortmund Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 68,000 1963–64 1860 Munich 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 45,000 1964–65 Borussia Dortmund 2–0 Alemannia Aachen (II) Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 55,000 1965–66 Bayern Munich 4–2 Meidericher SV Waldstadion, Frankfurt 60,000 1966–67 Bayern Munich 4–0 Hamburger SV Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 68,000 1967–68 1. FC Köln 4–1 VfL Bochum (II) Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen 60,000 1968–69 Bayern Munich 2–1 Schalke 04 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 64,000 1969–70 Kickers Offenbach (II) 2–1 1. FC Köln Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 50,000 1970–71 Bayern Munich 2–1  1. FC Köln Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 71,000 1971–72 Schalke 04 5–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 61,000 1972–73 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1  1. FC Köln Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 69,600 1973–74 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1  Hamburger SV Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 52,800 1974–75 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 MSV Duisburg Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 43,000 1975–76 Hamburger SV 2–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern Waldstadion, Frankfurt 61,000 1976–77 1. FC Köln 1–1  Hertha BSC Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 54,000 1–0 (replay) 35,000 1977–78 1. FC Köln 2–0 Fortuna Düsseldorf Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen 70,000 1978–79 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0  Hertha BSC Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover 56,000 1979–80 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–1 1. FC Köln Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen 65,000 1980–81 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 71,000 1981–82 Bayern Munich 4–2 1. FC Nürnberg Waldstadion, Frankfurt 61,000 1982–83 1. FC Köln 1–0 Fortuna Köln (II) Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 61,000 1983–84 Bayern Munich 1–1  Borussia Mönchengladbach Waldstadion, Frankfurt 61,146 1984–85 Bayer Uerdingen 2–1 Bayern Munich Olympiastadion, West Berlin 70,398 1985–86 Bayern Munich 5–2 VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion, West Berlin 76,000 1986–87 Hamburger SV 3–1 Stuttgarter Kickers (II) Olympiastadion, West Berlin 76,000 1987–88 Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 VfL Bochum Olympiastadion, West Berlin 76,000 1988–89 Borussia Dortmund 4–1 Werder Bremen Olympiastadion, West Berlin 76,000 1989–90 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2 Werder Bremen Olympiastadion, West Berlin 76,391 1990–91 Werder Bremen 1–1  1. FC Köln Olympiastadion, Berlin 73,000 1991–92 Hannover 96 (II) 0–0  Borussia Mönchengladbach Olympiastadion, Berlin 76,200 1992–93 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 Hertha BSC Amateure (III) Olympiastadion, Berlin 76,391 1993–94 Werder Bremen 3–1 Rot-Weiss Essen (II) Olympiastadion, Berlin 76,391 1994–95 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–0 VfL Wolfsburg (II) Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,717 1995–96 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1–0 Karlsruher SC Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,800 1996–97 VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Energie Cottbus (III) Olympiastadion, Berlin 76,400 1997–98 Bayern Munich 2–1 MSV Duisburg Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,800 1998–99 Werder Bremen 1–1  Bayern Munich Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,841 1999–2000 Bayern Munich 3–0 Werder Bremen Olympiastadion, Berlin 76,000 2000–01 Schalke 04 2–0 Union Berlin (III) Olympiastadion, Berlin 73,011 2001–02 Schalke 04 4–2 Bayer Leverkusen Olympiastadion, Berlin 70,000 2002–03 Bayern Munich 3–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Olympiastadion, Berlin 70,490 2003–04 Werder Bremen 3–2 Alemannia Aachen (II) Olympiastadion, Berlin 71,682 2004–05 Bayern Munich 2–1 Schalke 04 Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,349 2005–06 Bayern Munich 1–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,349 2006–07 1. FC Nürnberg 3–2  VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,220 2007–08 Bayern Munich 2–1  Borussia Dortmund Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,244 2008–09 Werder Bremen 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen Olympiastadion, Berlin 72,244 2009–10 Bayern Munich 4–0 Werder Bremen Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,420 2010–11 Schalke 04 5–0 MSV Duisburg (II) Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,708 2011–12 Borussia Dortmund 5–2 Bayern Munich Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,708 2012–13 Bayern Munich 3–2 VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,420 2013–14 Bayern Munich 2–0  Borussia Dortmund Olympiastadion, Berlin 76,197 2014–15 VfL Wolfsburg 3–1 Borussia Dortmund Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,815 2015–16 Bayern Munich 0–0  Borussia Dortmund Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,322 2016–17 Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,322 2017–18 Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 Bayern Munich Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,322 2018–19 Bayern Munich 3–0 RB Leipzig Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,322 2019–20 Bayern Munich 4–2 Bayer Leverkusen Olympiastadion, Berlin 0 2020–21 Borussia Dortmund 4–1 RB Leipzig Olympiastadion, Berlin 0 2021–22 RB Leipzig 1–1  SC Freiburg Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,322 2022–23 RB Leipzig 2–0 Eintracht Frankfurt Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,322 2023–24 Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern (II) Olympiastadion, Berlin 75,000 2024–25 VfB Stuttgart 4–2 Arminia Bielefeld (III) Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,036 2025–26 Bayern Munich 3–0 VfB Stuttgart Olympiastadion, Berlin 74,036

Performance by club Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up Bayern Munich 21 4 1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2026 1985, 1999, 2012, 2018 Werder Bremen 6 4 1961, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 1989, 1990, 2000, 2010 Schalke 04 5 7 1937, 1972, 2001, 2002, 2011 1935, 1936, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1969, 2005 Borussia Dortmund 5 5 1965, 1989, 2012, 2017, 2021 1963, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016 Eintracht Frankfurt 5 4 1974, 1975, 1981, 1988, 2018 1964, 2006, 2017, 2023 1. FC Köln 4 6 1968, 1977, 1978, 1983 1954, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1980, 1991 VfB Stuttgart 4 4 1954, 1958, 1997, 2025 1986, 2007, 2013, 2026 1. FC Nürnberg 4 2 1935, 1939, 1962, 2007 1940, 1982 Hamburger SV 3 3 1963, 1976, 1987 1956, 1967, 1974 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 2 1960, 1973, 1995 1984, 1992 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 6 1990, 1996 1961, 1972, 1976, 1981, 2003, 2024 Fortuna Düsseldorf 2 5 1979, 1980 1937, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1978 Bayer Leverkusen 2 3 1993, 2024 2002, 2009, 2020 Karlsruher SC 2 2 1955, 1956 1960, 1996 RB Leipzig 2 2 2022, 2023 2019, 2021 Dresdner SC 2 – 1940, 1941 – 1860 Munich 2 – 1942, 1964 – Rot-Weiss Essen 1 1 1953 1994 VfL Wolfsburg 1 1 2015 1995 Schwarz-Weiß Essen 1 – 1959 – Hannover 96 1 – 1992 – VfB Leipzig 1 – 1936 – Kickers Offenbach 1 – 1970 – Bayer Uerdingen 1 – 1985 – First Vienna 1 – 1943 – Rapid Wien 1 – 1938 – MSV Duisburg – 4 – 1966, 1975, 1998, 2011 Alemannia Aachen – 3 – 1953, 1965, 2004 Hertha BSC – 2 – 1977, 1979 VfL Bochum – 2 – 1968, 1988 SC Freiburg – 1 – 2022 Hertha BSC Amateure – 1 – 1993 Union Berlin – 1 – 2001 Energie Cottbus – 1 – 1997 FSV Frankfurt – 1 – 1938 LSV Hamburg – 1 – 1943 Fortuna Köln – 1 – 1983 Waldhof Mannheim – 1 – 1939 Borussia Neunkirchen – 1 – 1959 Stuttgarter Kickers – 1 – 1987 Arminia Bielefeld – 1 – 2025

Ranking by venue

Rank Venue No. hosted 1 Olympiastadion, Berlin 45 2 Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover 8 3 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 5 Neckarstadion, Stuttgart 5 Waldstadion, Frankfurt 5 6 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne 2 Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen 2 Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen 2 Auestadion, Kassel 2 10 Rosenaustadion, Augsburg 1 Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen 1 Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe 1 Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig 1

Repeated final pairings A total of 8 final pairings have been repeated on 11 occasions. Of these 8 final pairings, 6 have included Bayern Munich as a finalist. Two of these parings have been played more than twice. The most common final is Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich, having occurred on four occasions, with Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich the second-most common, having been repeated thrice. Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich is the only final pairing to have been played in consecutive seasons, occurring in 1999 and 2000. The longest gap between repeated finals is Bayern Munich v Schalke 04, occurring 36 years apart in 1969 and 2005.

Rank Pairing Occasions Years No. won by teams 1 Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich 4 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016 Bayern: 3 wins (2008, 2014, 2016); Dortmund: 1 win (2012) 2 Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich 3 1999, 2000, 2010 Bayern: 2 wins (2000, 2010); Bremen: 1 win (1999) Bayern Munich v VfB Stuttgart 3 1986, 2013, 2026 All won by Bayern 3 Werder Bremen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2 1961, 1990 Bremen: 1 win (1961); Kaiserslautern: 1 win (1990) MSV Duisburg v Bayern Munich 2 1966, 1998 Both won by Bayern Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Köln 2 1978, 1980 Köln: 1 win (1978); Düsseldorf: 1 win (1980) Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich 2 2006, 2018 Bayern: 1 win (2006); Frankfurt: 1 win (2018) Bayern Munich v Schalke 04 2 1969, 2005 Both won by Bayern

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