2016–17 DFB-Pokal

2016–17 DFB-Pokal
Country Germany
Dates 19 August 2016 – 27 May 2017
Championship venue Olympiastadion, Berlin
Teams 64
Champions Borussia Dortmund (4th title)
Runners-up Eintracht Frankfurt
Europa League Hertha BSC
Championship match score 2–1
Matches played 63
Goals scored 200 (3.17 per match)
Attendance 1,394,666 (22,138 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Robert Lewandowski
(5 goals)
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

The 2016–17 DFB-Pokal was the 74th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 19 August 2016 with the first of six rounds and ended on 27 May 2017 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985.[1] The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).

The defending champions were Bundesliga side Bayern Munich, after they beat Borussia Dortmund 4–3 on penalties in the previous final.[2] Bayern Munich were knocked out of the competition in the semi-finals by Borussia Dortmund, the eventual winners, losing 2–3.[3]

Borussia Dortmund defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 in the final to claim their fourth title.[4]

Borussia Dortmund, the winners of the DFB-Pokal had already earned automatic qualification for the group stage of the 2017–18 edition of the UEFA Champions League through position in the Bundesliga. Therefore, the Europa League group stage spot went to the team in sixth, Hertha BSC, and the league's third qualifying round spot to the team in seventh, SC Freiburg. Dortmund also will host the 2017 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and will face the champion of the 2016–17 Bundesliga, Bayern Munich.[4]

Participating clubs

The following 64 teams qualified for the competition:[5][6]

Bundesliga
the 18 clubs of the 2015–16 season		 2. Bundesliga
the 18 clubs of the 2015–16 season		 3. Liga
the top 4 clubs of the 2015–16 season
Representatives of the regional associations
24 representatives of 21 regional associations of the DFB, qualified (in general) through the 2015–16 Verbandspokal[note 1]
  • Baden
Astoria Walldorf
SpVgg Unterhaching[note 3]
Jahn Regensburg
  • Berlin
BFC Preussen
  • Brandenburg
SV Babelsberg
  • Bremen
Bremer SV
  • Hamburg
Eintracht Norderstedt
  • Hesse
Kickers Offenbach
  • Lower Rhine
Rot-Weiss Essen
SV Drochtersen/Assel
Germania Egestorf/Langreder
  • Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Hansa Rostock
  • Middle Rhine
Viktoria Köln
  • Rhineland
Eintracht Trier[note 5]
  • Saarland
FC 08 Homburg
  • Saxony
FSV Zwickau[note 6]
  • Saxony-Anhalt
Hallescher FC[note 7]
  • Schleswig-Holstein
VfB Lübeck
  • South Baden
FC 08 Villingen
  • Southwest
SC Hauenstein
  • Thuringia
Carl Zeiss Jena
SG Wattenscheid
Sportfreunde Lotte
  • Württemberg
FV Ravensburg

Format

The trophy given to the champions.

Participation

The DFB-Pokal began with a round of 64 teams. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, along with the top four finishers of the 3. Liga were automatically qualified for the tournament. Of the remaining slots, 21 are given to the cup winners of the regional football associations, the Verbandspokal. The three remaining slots were given to the three regional associations with the most men's teams, which currently is Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia. The runner-up of the Lower Saxony Cup was given the slot, along with the best-placed amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern. For Westphalia, the winner of a play-off between the best-placed team of the Regionalliga West and Oberliga Westfalen also qualified. As every team was entitled to participate in local tournaments which qualify for the association cups, every team can in principle compete in the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams and combined football sections are not permitted to enter, along with no two teams of the same association or corporation.[6]

Draw

The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following:[6]

For the first round, the participating teams were split into two pots of 32 teams each. The first pot contained all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3. Liga, and the bottom four teams of the 2. Bundesliga. Every team from this pot were drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams (all the teams of the Bundesliga and the remaining fourteen 2. Bundesliga teams). The teams from the first pot were set as the home team in the process.

The two-pot scenario were also applied for the second round, with the remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) in the first pot and the remaining Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams in the other pot. Once again, the 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) served as hosts. This time the pots do not have to be of equal size though, depending on the results of the first round. Theoretically, it was even possible that there may be only one pot, if all of the teams from one of the pots from the first round beat all the others in the second pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings were drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts.

For the remaining rounds, the draw was conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) were the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team served as hosts.

Match rules

Teams met in one game per round. Matches took place for 90 minutes, with two-halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time was played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score was still level after this, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss decided who takes the first penalty.[6]

A total of seven players were allowed to be listed on the substitute bench. For the first two rounds of the competition, a maximum of three players could be substituted, regardless of whether the match went into extra time. However, after a proposal by the German Football Association, the IFAB approved the use of a fourth substitute in extra time as part of a pilot project. This rule went into effect starting with the round of 16 onwards.[7]

Suspensions

If a player received five yellow cards in the competition, he was then be suspended from the next cup match. Similarly, receiving a second yellow card suspended a player from the next cup match. If a player receives a direct red card, they were suspended a minimum of one match, but the German Football Association reserves the right to increase the suspension.[6]

Champion qualification

The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification for the group stage of next year's edition of the UEFA Europa League. If they have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League through the position in the Bundesliga, then the spot will go to the team in sixth, and the league's third qualifying round spot will go to the team in seventh. The winner also will host the DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season and will face the champion of the previous year's Bundesliga, unless the same team wins the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal, completing a double. In that case, the runner up of the Bundesliga will take the spot and host instead.

Schedule

The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final.

The rounds of the 2016–17 competition were scheduled as follows:[8]

Round Draw date and time Matches
First round 18 June 2016, 23:30 19–22 August 2016
Second round 26 August 2016, 22:45 25–26 October 2016
Round of 16 26 October 2016, 23:45 7–8 February 2017
Quarter-finals 8 February 2017, 23:15 28 February – 1 March 2017
Semi-finals 1 March 2017, 23:15 25–26 April 2017
Final 27 May 2017 at Olympiastadion, Berlin

Matches

A total of sixty-three matches took place, starting with the first round on 19 August 2016, and culminating with the final on 27 May 2017 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Times up to 29 October 2016 and from 26 March 2017 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 30 October 2016 to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

The draw was held on 18 June 2016 at 23:30.[9] Caroline Siems drew the games.[10][11]

Second round

The draw was held on 26 August 2016 at 22:45, with Oliver Bierhoff drawing the games.[12][13]

Round of 16

The draw was held on 26 October 2016 at 23:45, with Fabian Hambüchen drawing the games.[15][16]

Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 8 February 2017 at 23:15, with Mark Forster drawing the games.[17][18]

Semi-finals

The draw took place on 1 March 2017 at 23:15, with Matthias Sammer drawing the games.[21][22]

Bayern Munich 2–3 Borussia Dortmund
 Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Final

The final took place on 27 May 2017 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 Borussia Dortmund
Rebić  29' Report
Attendance: 74,322

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the DFB-Pokal resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

 
First round
19–22 August 2016		Second round
25–26 October 2016		Round of 16
7–8 February 2017		Quarter-finals
28 February – 1 March 2017		Semi-finals
25–26 April 2017		Final
27 May 2017
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Hallescher FC (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 
1. FC Kaiserslautern3
 
Hallescher FC0
 
 
 
Hamburger SV4
 
FSV Zwickau0
 
 
 
Hamburger SV1
 
Hamburger SV2
 
 
 
1. FC Köln0
 
BFC Preussen0
 
 
 
1. FC Köln7
 
1. FC Köln (a.e.t.)2
 
 
 
1899 Hoffenheim1
 
Germania Egestorf/Langreder0
 
 
 
1899 Hoffenheim6
 
Hamburger SV1
 
 
 
Borussia Mönchengladbach2
 
Eintracht Norderstedt1
 
 
 
Greuther Fürth4
 
Greuther Fürth2
 
 
 
Mainz 051
 
SpVgg Unterhaching3 (2)
 
 
 
Mainz 05 (p)3 (4)
 
Greuther Fürth0
 
 
 
Borussia Mönchengladbach2
 
SV Drochtersen/Assel0
 
 
 
Borussia Mönchengladbach1
 
Borussia Mönchengladbach2
 
 
 
VfB Stuttgart0
 
FC 08 Homburg0
 
 
 
VfB Stuttgart3
 
Borussia Mönchengladbach1 (6)
 
 
 
Eintracht Frankfurt (p)1 (7)
 
Kickers Offenbach2
 
 
 
Hannover 96 (a.e.t.)3
 
Hannover 966
 
 
 
Fortuna Düsseldorf1
 
Hansa Rostock0
 
 
 
Fortuna Düsseldorf3
 
Hannover 961
 
 
 
Eintracht Frankfurt2
 
1. FC Magdeburg1 (3)
 
 
 
Eintracht Frankfurt (p)1 (4)
 
Eintracht Frankfurt (p)0 (4)
 
 
 
FC Ingolstadt0 (1)
 
Erzgebirge Aue0 (7)
 
 
 
FC Ingolstadt (p)0 (8)
 
Eintracht Frankfurt1
 
 
 
Arminia Bielefeld0
 
Astoria Walldorf (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 
VfL Bochum3
 
Astoria Walldorf1
 
 
 
Darmstadt 980
 
Bremer SV0
 
 
 
Darmstadt 987
 
Astoria Walldorf1 (4)
 
 
 
Arminia Bielefeld (p)1 (5)
 
Dynamo Dresden (p)2 (5)
 
 
 
RB Leipzig2 (4)
 
Dynamo Dresden0
 
 
 
Arminia Bielefeld1
 
Rot-Weiss Essen (p)2 (4)
 
 
 
Arminia Bielefeld2 (5)
 
Eintracht Frankfurt1
 
 
 
Borussia Dortmund2
 
Carl Zeiss Jena0
 
 
 
Bayern Munich5
 
Bayern Munich3
 
 
 
FC Augsburg1
 
FV Ravensburg0
 
 
 
FC Augsburg2
 
Bayern Munich1
 
 
 
VfL Wolfsburg0
 
SG Wattenscheid1
 
 
 
1. FC Heidenheim2
 
1. FC Heidenheim0
 
 
 
VfL Wolfsburg1
 
FSV Frankfurt1
 
 
 
VfL Wolfsburg2
 
Bayern Munich3
 
 
 
Schalke 040
 
SV Babelsberg0
 
 
 
SC Freiburg4
 
SC Freiburg3 (3)
 
 
 
SV Sandhausen (p)3 (4)
 
SC Paderborn1
 
 
 
SV Sandhausen2
 
SV Sandhausen1
 
 
 
Schalke 044
 
Viktoria Köln1 (5)
 
 
 
1. FC Nürnberg (p)1 (6)
 
1. FC Nürnberg2
 
 
 
Schalke 043
 
FC 08 Villingen1
 
 
 
Schalke 044
 
Bayern Munich2
 
 
 
Borussia Dortmund3
 
Sportfreunde Lotte2
 
 
 
Werder Bremen1
 
Sportfreunde Lotte (p)2 (4)
 
 
 
Bayer Leverkusen2 (3)
 
SC Hauenstein1
 
 
 
Bayer Leverkusen2
 
Sportfreunde Lotte2
 
 
 
1860 Munich0
 
Würzburger Kickers (a.e.t.)1
 
 
 
Eintracht Braunschweig0
 
Würzburger Kickers0 (3)
 
 
 
1860 Munich (p)0 (4)
 
1860 Munich2
 
 
 
Karlsruher SC1
 
Sportfreunde Lotte0
 
 
 
Borussia Dortmund3
 
Eintracht Trier0
 
 
 
Borussia Dortmund3
 
Borussia Dortmund (p)1 (3)
 
 
 
Union Berlin1 (0)
 
MSV Duisburg1
 
 
 
Union Berlin (a.e.t.)2
 
Borussia Dortmund (p)1 (3)
 
 
 
Hertha BSC1 (2)
 
VfB Lübeck0
 
 
 
FC St. Pauli3
 
FC St. Pauli0
 
 
 
Hertha BSC2
 
Jahn Regensburg1 (3)
 
 
Hertha BSC (p)1 (5)
 

Top goalscorers

The following are the top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary.[23] Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Poland Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 5
2 Austria Martin Harnik Hannover 96 4
United States Bobby Wood Hamburger SV
4 Croatia Antonio Čolak Darmstadt 98 3
Italy Vincenzo Grifo SC Freiburg
Germany Felix Klaus Hannover 96
Ukraine Yevhen Konoplyanka Schalke 04
Croatia Andrej Kramarić 1899 Hoffenheim
9 28 players 2

Notes

  1. ↑ The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
  2. ↑ In addition to the Bavarian Cup winners, the best-placed amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern also qualified.
  3. ↑ Since Bavarian Cup winners Würzburger Kickers already qualified via their 3. Liga position, finalists SpVgg Unterhaching took the spot.
  4. ↑ Both finalists of the Lower Saxony Cup qualified.
  5. ↑ Eintracht Trier qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Rhineland Cup, as combined football sections of clubs such as SG HWW Niederroßbach, the other finalists, are not allowed entrance into the DFB-Pokal.
  6. ↑ Since Saxony Cup winners Erzgebirge Aue already qualified via their 3. Liga position, finalists FSV Zwickau took the spot.
  7. ↑ Hallescher FC qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Saxony-Anhalt Cup, as 1. FC Magdeburg, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their 3. Liga position.
  8. ↑ In addition to the Westphalian Cup winners, the winners of a play-off between the best-placed amateur Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West and the best-placed amateur team of the Oberliga Westfalen also qualified.
  9. ↑ The match took place at the Geberit-Arena in Pfullendorf instead of FV Ravensburg's home stadium.
  10. ↑ The match took place at the Schwarzwald-Stadion in Freiburg im Breisgau instead of FC 08 Villingen's home stadium.
  11. ↑ The match took place at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei in Berlin instead of BFC Preussen's home stadium.
  12. ↑ The match took place at the Sportpark Husterhöhe in Pirmasens instead of SC Hauenstein's home stadium.
  13. ↑ The match took place at the Stadion am Panzenberg in Bremen instead of Bremer SV's home stadium.
  14. ↑ The match was originally scheduled to start at 20:45, but was delayed 15 minutes due to a traffic jam around the stadium.[14]
  15. ↑ The match was originally scheduled to start at 18:30, but was delayed 10 minutes due to a traffic jam around the stadium.
  16. ↑ The match, originally scheduled for 28 February 2017, 20:45, was cancelled due to poor pitch conditions, and was rescheduled for two weeks later.[19][20]
  17. ↑ The match was originally scheduled to take place at Sportfreunde Lotte's home stadium, the FRIMO Stadion in Lotte. However, due to the cancellation of the original match due to poor pitch conditions, the match was rescheduled to take place at the Stadion an der Bremer Brücke in Osnabrück.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Erste DFB-Pokalrunde der Saison 2016/2017 vom 19. bis 22. August 2016". dfb.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bayern Munich 0-0 B Dortmund (pens 4-3)". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bayern Munich 2 Borussia Dortmund 3". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  4. 1 2 "2:1 gegen Frankfurt: Aubameyang schießt BVB zum DFB-Pokalsieg". dfb.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Die Wege in den DFB-Pokal" [The ways to qualify for the DFB-Pokal]. kicker.de (in German). kicker. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "DFB-Präsidium beschließt vierte Einwechslung im Pokal" [DFB presidium establishes fourth substitution in the cup]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Rahmenterminkalender 2016/17". dfb.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "DFB-Pokal: Auslosung der 1. Hauptrunde am 18. Juni live in der ARD". dfb.de. 27 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Grindel und U 17-Europameisterin Siems losen erste Pokalrunde aus". dfb.de. 18 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Jena vs. Bayern, Trier vs. BVB, Sachsenderby Dynamo vs. RB Leipzig". dfb.de. 19 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Bierhoff zieht zweite Runde: Auslosung am 26. August in der ARD". dfb.de. 19 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "2. Runde: FC Bayern im Derby gegen Augsburg". dfb.de. 26 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "Weidenfeller wird BVB-Elfmeterheld" [Weidenfeller is BVB penalty hero]. Sport1.de (in German). Sport1. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Hambüchen lost Achtelfinale in der ARD aus". dfb.de. 26 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Achtelfinale: Bayern gegen Wolfsburg, BVB gegen Hertha". dfb.de. 27 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Mark Forster lost Viertelfinale in der ARD aus". dfb.de. 3 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "FC Bayern empfängt Schalke, BVB nach Lotte". dfb.de. 9 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "Pokalduell zwischen Lotte und BVB abgesagt" [Pokal match between Lotte and BVB canceled]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  20. 1 2 "Viertelfinale Lotte gegen BVB am 14. März" [Quarter-final Lotte vs BVB on 14 March]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  21. ↑ "Sammer lost Pokal-Halbfinale in der ARD aus". dfb.de. 24 February 2017.
  22. ↑ "Bayern gegen Lotte oder BVB, Gladbach gegen Frankfurt". dfb.de. 1 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "DFB-Pokal - Scorer" [DFB-Pokal - Scorers]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.