The 2021–22 DFB-Pokal was the 42nd season of the annual German football cup competition. Several teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition began on 21 August 2021 with the first of six rounds and ended on 28 May 2022 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.
VfL Wolfsburg were the seven-time defending champion and defended their title by defeating Turbine Potsdam in the final.
Participating clubs The following clubs qualified for the competition:
Bundesligathe 12 clubs of the 2020–21 season 2. Bundesliga13 of the 18 clubs of the 2020–21 season Regionalliga8 champions and runners-up of the 2020–21 season Werder Bremen MSV Duisburg SGS Essen Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim Bayer Leverkusen SV Meppen Bayern Munich Turbine Potsdam SC Sand VfL Wolfsburg SG Andernach SpVg Berghofen Arminia Bielefeld Borussia Bocholt FSV Gütersloh FC Ingolstadt Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Borussia Mönchengladbach 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen 1. FC Saarbrücken Würzburger Kickers SV Henstedt-Ulzburg Hannover 96 Viktoria Berlin Sportfreunde Siegen SV Elversberg (as SV Göttelborn) Wormatia Worms 1. FC Nürnberg Jahn Calden Verbandspokalthe 21 winners of the regional association cupsBaden Karlsruher SC Bavaria Germania Ebing Berlin Hertha Zehlendorf Brandenburg FSV Babelsberg Bremen ATS Buntentor Hamburg Hamburger SV Hesse TSG LütterLower Rhine HSV Langenfeld Lower Saxony Pfeil Broistedt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rostocker FC Middle Rhine Viktoria Waldenrath-Straeten Rhineland TuS Immendorf Saarland 1. FC Riegelsberg Saxony Phoenix LeipzigSaxony-Anhalt Magdeburger FFC Schleswig-Holstein Holstein Kiel South Baden Hegauer FV Southwest SV Ober-Olm Thuringia Lok Meiningen Westphalia SpVgg Horsthausen Württemberg FV 09 Nürtingen
Format Clubs from lower leagues hosted against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals. Should both clubs play below the 2. Bundesliga, there were no host club change anymore.
Schedule The rounds of the 2021–22 competition were scheduled as follows:
Round Matches First round 21–22 August 2021 Second round 25–26 September 2021 Round of 16 30–31 October 2021 Quarter-finals 1–2 March 2022 Semi-finals 17–18 April 2022 Final 28 May 2022 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
First round The draw was made on 13 July 2021, with Doris Fitschen drawing the matches. The teams were split in a North and South group. The matches took place on 21 and 22 August 2021. The ten best-placed clubs from the 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga received a bye.
Second round The draw was made on 30 August 2021, with Friederike Kromp drawing the matches. The matches took place from 25 to 27 September 2021.
Round of 16 The draw was made on 3 October 2021, with Julia Simic drawing the matches. The matches took place from 30 to 1 November 2021.
Quarter-finals The draw was made on 7 November 2021, with Verena Schweers drawing the matches. The four matches took place from 28 February to 2 March 2022.
Semi-finals The draw for the semi-finals was held on 6 March 2022, with Laura Nolte drawing the matches. The two matches took place from 17 to 18 April 2022.
Final The final took place on 28 May 2022 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.
GK 1 Almuth Schult RB 2 Lynn Wilms CB 4 Kathrin Hendrich CB 6 Dominique Janssen LB 13 Felicitas Rauch DM 5 Lena Oberdorf RW 10 Svenja Huth (c) CM 14 Jill Roord CM 8 Lena Lattwein LW 28 Tabea Waßmuth CF 17 Ewa Pajor Substitutes: GK 77 Katarzyna Kiedrzynek DF 24 Joelle Wedemeyer MF 33 Turid Knaak FW 7 Pauline Bremer FW 11 Alexandra Popp FW 15 Sandra Starke FW 32 Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir Manager: Tommy Stroot GK 41 Anna Wellmann RB 21 Anna Gerhardt CB 28 Merle Barth CB 23 Teninsoun Sissoko LB 2 Sara Agrež (c) CM 8 Małgorzata Mesjasz CM 24 Karen Holmgaard RW 6 Maria Plattner AM 14 Sophie Weidauer LW 11 Dina Orschmann CF 25 Melissa Kössler Substitutes: GK 30 Vanessa Fischer DF 4 Irena Kuznetsov DF 13 Isabel Kerschowski DF 26 Sara Holmgaard MF 16 Luca Maria Graf FW 15 Pauline Deutsch FW 17 Viktoria Schwalm Manager: Sofian Chahed
Assistant referees: Christina Biehl Daniela Göttlinger Fourth official: Laura DuskeMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
Top goalscorers The following players were the top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.
Rank Player Team Goals1 Jovana Damnjanović Bayern Munich6 Lotta Fernholz Sportfreunde Siegen Pauline Fernholz Sportfreunde Siegen Indra Hahn SV Henstedt-Ulzburg5 Selina Cerci Turbine Potsdam5 Dóra Zeller Bayer Leverkusen7 Hasret Kayikçi SC Freiburg4 Maria Lange RB Leipzig Jill Roord VfL Wolfsburg 1013 players 3
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