2019–20 DFB-Pokal Frauen

The 2019–20 DFB-Pokal was the 40th season of the annual German football cup competition. 48 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 3 August 2019 with the first of six rounds and ended on 4 July 2020 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.[1] The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German women's football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).

2019–20 DFB-Pokal Frauen
CountryGermany
Dates3 August 2019 – 4 July 2020
Championship venueRheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Teams49
ChampionsVfL Wolfsburg (7th title)
Runners-upSGS Essen
Matches played56
Goals scored197 (3.52 per match)
Attendance15,867 (283 per match)[note 1]
Top goal scorer(s)Sarah Grünheid
(8 goals)

The defending champions were Frauen-Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, after they defeated SC Freiburg 1–0 in the previous final.[2] Wolfsburg once again won the cup, defeating SGS Essen after penalties.[3]

The competition was suspended on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany,[4] and resumed in June 2020 with matches behind closed doors.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, on 16 March, it was announced that the competition will be suspended until 19 April.[4] On 3 April, the suspension was extended until 30 April.[5] On 20 May, it was announced that the competition would be continued on 2 June.[6] All remaining matches were played behind closed doors. In addition, five substitutions were permitted for the remaining matches, with a sixth allowed in extra time, following a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.[7][8]

Participating clubs

The following 49 clubs qualified for the competition:

Bundesliga
the 12 clubs of the 2018–19 season		 2. Bundesliga
8 of the 14 clubs of the 2018–19 season[lower-alpha 1]		 Regionalliga
8 of the 10 champions and runners-up of the 2018–19 season[lower-alpha 2]
Verbandspokal
the 21 winners of the regional association cups

Baden

Bavaria

  • FC Forstern

Berlin

Brandenburg

Bremen

  • TuS Schwachhausen

Hamburg

Hesse

Lower Rhine

  • 1. FC Mönchengladbach

Lower Saxony

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

  • HSG Warnemünde

Middle Rhine

Rhineland

Saarland

  • SV Göttelborn

Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein

South Baden

  • Hegauer FV

Southwest

Thuringia

Westphalia

  • SpVg Berghofen

Württemberg

  • SV Hegnach
  1. The second teams of SGS Essen, 1. FFC Frankfurt, 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich, Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg were not eligible.
  2. The automatic qualification of the Regionalliga runners-up is unconfirmed, but matches the list of participants. The second team of Werder Bremen was not eligible. 1. FC Nürnberg replaced the second team of SC Sand, which was not eligible. Regionalliga Nordost runners-up Viktoria Berlin were not included for finishing as Berlin Cup runners-up.
  3. Viktoria Berlin qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Berlin Cup, as Union Berlin, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their Regionalliga position.
  4. SV Holzbach qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Rhineland Cup, as SG Andernach, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their Regionalliga position.
  5. 1. FFV Erfurt qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Thuringian Cup, as USV Jena II, the other finalists, were not eligible.

Format

Clubs from lower leagues hosted against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals.If both clubs were below the 2. Bundesliga, there was no host club change.

Schedule

The rounds of the 2019–20 competition were scheduled as follows:[1]

Round Matches
First round 3–4 August 2019
Second round 7–8 September 2019
Round of 16 16–17 November 2019
Quarter-finals 21–22 March 2020
Semi-finals 18–19 April 2020
Final 30 May 2020 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Matches

A total of forty-nine matches will take place, starting with the first round on 3 August 2019 and culminating with the final on 4 July 2020 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.

Times up to 26 October 2019 and from 29 March 2020 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 27 October 2019 to 28 March 2020 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

The seventeen matches were drawn on 11 July and took place on 3 and 4 August 2019.[9] The twelve clubs from the 2018–19 Bundesliga season and the three best-placed clubs from the 2018–19 2. Bundesliga received a bye.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Eintracht Braunschweig 1–3 Arminia Bielefeld
FSV Babelsberg 1–6 Walddörfer SV
1. FFV Erfurt 0–7 1. FC Saarbrücken
Hegauer FV 0–1 FC Ingolstadt
FC Forstern 2–0 1. FFC Niederkirchen
TuS Wörrstadt 1–0 1. FC Mönchengladbach
Hamburger SV 2–0 Union Berlin
RB Leipzig 4–2 BV Cloppenburg
Borussia Bocholt 3–0 Viktoria Berlin
TuS Schwachhausen 1–5 SV Berghofen
HSG Warnemünde 0–7 FSV Gütersloh
Magdeburger FFC 2–3 Holstein Kiel
SV Göttelborn 1–5 SG Andernach
SV Holzbach 0–4 1. FC Nürnberg
Eintracht Frankfurt 3–1 SV Hegnach
Fortuna Köln 1–4 FSV Hessen Wetzlar
SV 67 Weinberg 5–0 Karlsruher SC

Second round

The draw was held on 10 August 2019.[10] The matches will be played on 7 and 8 September 2019.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Holstein Kiel 1–3 1. FC Köln
SV Berghofen 0–2 VfL Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt 0–5 Bayern Munich
SG 99 Andernach 0–1 FF USV Jena
Borussia Bocholt 0–7 Turbine Potsdam
SV 67 Weinberg 0–1 1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 (a.e.t.) TuS Wörrstadt
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen
Arminia Bielefeld 0–0
5–3 (p)		 MSV Duisburg
SV Meppen 1–5 SGS Essen
Walddörfer SV Hamburg 1–4 Werder Bremen
Hamburger SV 2–2
4–5 (p)		 FSV Gütersloh
FSV Hessen Wetzlar 0–7 TSG Hoffenheim
RB Leipzig 0–1 1. FFC Frankfurt
FC Ingolstadt 0–2 SC Sand
FC Forstern 1–6 SC Freiburg

Round of 16

The draw was held on 13 September 2019.[11][12] The matches were played on 16 and 17 November 2019.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
TSG Hoffenheim 6–1 FF USV Jena
1. FFC Frankfurt 0–1 Bayer Leverkusen
Werder Bremen 0–2 SC Sand
Bayern Munich 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg
SC Freiburg 2–3 Turbine Potsdam
1. FC Nürnberg 1–2 Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Saarbrücken 3–4 (a.e.t.) FSV Gütersloh
1. FC Köln 1–3 SGS Essen

Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 9 February 2020.[13] The matches were played on 2 and 3 June 2020 behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[4]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 (a.e.t.) TSG Hoffenheim
Arminia Bielefeld 3–2 SC Sand
Turbine Potsdam 1–3 SGS Essen
FSV Gütersloh 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg

Semifinals

The draw was held on 26 May 2020.[14] The matches took place on 10 and 11 June 2020 behind closed doors.[15]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Arminia Bielefeld 0–5 VfL Wolfsburg
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–3 SGS Essen

Final
VfL Wolfsburg3–3 (a.e.t.)SGS Essen
 Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Nadine Westerhoff
VfL Wolfsburg
SGS Essen
GK27 Friederike Abt
RB9 Anna Blässe 26'
CB23 Sara Doorsoun
CB28 Lena Goeßling
LB6 Dominique Bloodworth
RM10 Svenja Huth 89'
CM15 Ingrid Syrstad Engen 97'
CM11 Alexandra Popp
LM14 Fridolina Rolfö 72'
CF17 Ewa Pajor
CF22 Pernille Harder (c) 25'
Substitutes:
GK36 Hedvig Lindahl
DF16 Noëlle Maritz 72'
DF24 Joelle Wedemeyer
MF3 Zsanett Jakabfi
MF5 Claudia Neto 97'
MF13 Felicitas Rauch
MF20 Pia-Sophie Wolter 89'
Manager:
Stephan Lerch
GK1 Stina Johannes
RB16 Jacqueline Klasen
CB22 Nina Brüggemann
CB27 Marina Hegering (c)
LB18 Lena Ostermeier
CM31 Jana Feldkamp
CM6 Elisa Senss
RW33 Turid Knaak 78'
AM19 Lena Oberdorf
LW17 Nicole Anyomi 40' 64'
FW7 Lea Schüller
Substitutes:
GK20 Kim Sindermann
FW8 Manjou Wilde
MF11 Irini Ioannidou 78'
MF14 Mara Grutkamp
MF25 Maria Lange
MF13 Ramona Petzelberger 64'
FW9 Kirsten Nesse
Manager:
Markus Hoegner

Assistant referees:[16]
Sina Diekmann
Annika Paszehr
Fourth official:[16]
Kathrin Heimann

Match rules[17]

  • 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.[note 3]

Notes
  1. The average attendance was 338 after 49 matches prior to fixtures being played behind closed doors.
  2. The final will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
  3. Each team will only be given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References
  1. "Termine". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. "1:0 gegen Freiburg: Wolfsburg feiert 5. Pokalsieg in Folge". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. "Video: Sieg vom Punkt – Wolfsburg feiert 6. Pokalsieg in Serie". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. "Spielbetrieb der Bundesligen und im DFB-Pokal vorerst ausgesetzt". German Football Association (in German). 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. "Aussetzung des Spielbetriebs wird fortgesetzt". German Football Association (in German). 3 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  6. "FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga geht am 29. Mai 2020 weiter". dfb.de (in German). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  7. "Fifa proposes use of five substitutions to help with fixture congestion". 27 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  8. "Five substitutes option temporarily allowed for competition organisers". International Football Association Board. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  9. "Auslosung der ersten Pokalrunde am 11. Juli". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  10. "2. Runde: Wolfsburg spielt in Berghofen, Freiburg reist nach Forstern". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  11. "Sonja Fuss lost DFB-Pokalachtelfinale aus". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  12. "Pokalkracher im Achtelfinale: FC Bayern gegen VfL Wolfsburg". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  13. "Wolfsburg kommt: Großes Los für Gütersloh". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  14. "DFB-Pokalviertelfinale zeitgenau terminiert". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  15. "DFB-Pokal der Frauen: Halbfinale ausgelost". dfb.de. German Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  16. "Westerhoff pfeift DFB-Pokalfinale in Köln". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  17. "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. p. 58 (60 of PDF). Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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