2011–12 DFB-Pokal

2011–12 DFB-Pokal
Country Germany
Teams 64
Champions Borussia Dortmund
Runners-up Bayern Munich
Matches played 63
Goals scored 224 (3.56 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Robert Lewandowski
(7 goals)

The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal was the 69th season of the annual German football cup competition. It commenced on 29 July 2011 with the first of six rounds and concluded on 12 May 2012 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Since both finalists have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League (group stage) spot was given to the fifth-placed Bundesliga team.[1] Schalke 04 were the reigning holders, but they were beaten by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the round of 16.

Participating clubs

The following 64 teams competed in the first round:

2010–11 Fußball-Bundesliga
all clubs		 2010–11 2. Fußball-Bundesliga
all clubs		 2010–11 3. Fußball-Liga
best four teams		 Winners of 21 regional cup competitions1

1 The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
2 Bavarian Cup runners-up Wacker Burghausen had to compete in a play-off against SpVgg Unterhaching, the winners of the match between the losing semi-finalists, for the second Bavarian spot; this play-off was won by Unterhaching.[2]
3 Since Wehen Wiesbaden will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Hessen Kassel will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.
4 Since Hansa Rostock will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Anker Wismar will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.
5 Since Eintracht Braunschweig will enter the competition via their league placement, VfB Oldenburg and TSV Ottersberg as losing semi-finalists played a single match to determine the second Lower Saxony participiant. This match was won by Oldenburg.[3]

Schedule

The rounds of the 2011–12 competition are scheduled as follows:[4]

  • First round: 29 July–1 August 2011 (Draw: 11 June 2011)
  • Second round: 25–26 October 2011 (Draw: 6 August 2011)
  • Round of 16: 20–21 December 2011
  • Quarter-finals: 7–8 February 2012
  • Semi-finals: 20–21 March 2012
  • Final: 12 May 2012 at Olympiastadion, Berlin

Draw

The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following:[5] For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots. The first pot contains all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3rd Liga and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot will be drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot will be set as the home team in the process.

The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3rd Liga/amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3rd Liga/amateur team will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.

Matches

First round

The draw was made on 11 June 2011.[6]

As in the 2010–11 competition, Hallescher FC will have to move their first-round match against Eintracht Frankfurt to another ground because re-building of their own Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion has not yet been completed. After several attempts of moving the tie to other locations, including Paul-Greifzu-Stadion at nearby Dessau-Roßlau and Frankenstadion at Nuremberg, were unsuccessful because of security concerns,[7][8] the match will eventually be played at cross-town Stadion am Bildungszentrum, the current home ground of the club.[9] Anker Wismar will also have to move their tie against Hannover 96 from their own Paul-Bürger-Stadion because of security requirements. The match will be played at Lohmühle, Lübeck.[10] Other matches have been moved for capacity reasons, including FC Teningen–FC Schalke 04 (to be played at Badenova-Stadion in nearby Freiburg),[11] SC Wiedenbrück 2000–1. FC Köln (to be played at Heidewaldstadion, Gütersloh),[12] SVN Zweibrücken–1. FSV Mainz 05 (to be played at Waldstadion, Homburg)[13] and Germania Windeck–1899 Hoffenheim (Sportpark Höhenberg, Cologne).[7] Headlines made Hamburg Cup winner Eimsbütteler TV, who lost almost its complete first and second teams because of disagreements over how to split the money earned from reaching the first round. ETV was forced to field a side predominantly made up of players from its under-19 side.[14]

All times CEST

Second round

The draw for this round took place on 6 August 2011.[15] The matches were played on 25–26 October 2011.

Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 30 October 2011.[16] The matches were played on 20–21 December 2011.

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 21 December 2011.[17] The matches were played on 7–8 February 2012.

All times CET

Holstein Kiel 0 – 4 Borussia Dortmund
Report  11' Lewandowski
 18' Kagawa
 80' Barrios
 87' Perišić
Attendance: 11,386
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
1899 Hoffenheim 0 – 1 Greuther Fürth
Report  44' Occéan
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
Hertha BSC 0 – 2 (a.e.t.) Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report  101' (pen.) Daems
 120' Wendt
Attendance: 47,465
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
VfB Stuttgart 0 – 2 Bayern Munich
Report  30' Ribéry
 46' Gómez
Attendance: 57,500

Semi-finals

The draw for this round took place on 11 February 2012.[18] The matches were played on 20–21 March 2012.

All times CET

Greuther Fürth 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Borussia Dortmund
Report  120' Gündoğan
Attendance: 15,500

Final

Borussia Dortmund 5–2 Bayern Munich
 Report
Attendance: 75,708

Top goalscorers

Final statistics.[19]

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals

References

  1. ↑ "Europa League - Cup winners to get auto Europa spot". Eurosport. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "SV Wacker Burghausen - SpVgg Unterhaching 0:1 (0:0)". official website (in German). SpVgg Unterhaching. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Zusätzlicher Vertreter 1.DFB-Pokal-Hauptrunde 11-12". ergebnisdienst.fussball.de. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Rahmenterminkalender 2011/12 der DFL" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "DFB Cup Men: Mode". DFB. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009.
  6. ↑ "Die Bayern müssen nach Braunschweig". Kicker. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Halle kann nicht in Dessau spielen". kicker Sportmagazin. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Auch Nürnberg sagt Halle ab". kicker.de. kicker Sportmagazin. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  9. ↑ "Hallescher FC gegen Frankfurt nun doch in Halle". kicker.de. kicker Sportmagazin. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  10. ↑ "Halle und Wismar ziehen um". kicker.de. kicker Sportmagazin. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "Medienakkreditierung für das DFB-Pokal-Spiel FC Teningen gegen FC Schalke 04". Municipality of Teningen. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  12. ↑ "SC Wiedenbrück empfängt 1. FC Köln am 31. Juli". official website. SC Wiedenbrück 2000. Archived from the original on 4 November 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "Anstoßzeit steht fest". official website. SVN Zweibrücken. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
  14. ↑ Favorit Fürth locker weiter - Neuer ETV chancenlos (in German) Weltfussball.de, published: 31 July 2011, accessed: 31 July 2011
  15. ↑ "Leichtes Los für die Bayern". Kicker. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  16. ↑ "Gladbach empfängt Schalke, Bochum den FCB". Kicker. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  17. ↑ "Gladbach muss nach Berlin - Südschlager in Stuttgart". Kicker. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  18. ↑ "Die Bayern müssen nach Gladbach". Kicker. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  19. ↑ "1. Bundesliga - Torjäger". kicker Sportmagazin. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
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