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{{Infobox football tournament
| name = DFB-Pokal Frauen
| image = [[File:DFB Pokal Women Logo.svg|120px]]
| region  = Germany
| founded = 1981
| number of teams = 49
| current champions = [[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]]<br>(2nd title)
| most successful club = VfL Wolfsburg<br>(11 titles)
| website = [https://www.dfb.de/frauen/dfb-wettbewerbe-frauen/dfb-pokal Official website] 
| current = [[2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen]]
}}
The '''DFB-Pokal Frauen'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal-frauen/start/ |title=Start: DFB-Pokal Frauen |website=DFB.de |publisher=[[German Football Association]] |access-date=20 May 2019 |language=de}}</ref> is the main national [[Women's association football|women's football]] cup competition in Germany, held annually by the [[German Football Association]] in knockout format. It was created in 1980, and since 1991 includes Eastern teams as well. The most recent champions are [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]] (ten consecutive titles), they also won the most titles with eleven. Since 1985 the final has been held in [[Berlin]]. This routine changed in 2010 when the DFB gave the final to the city of [[Cologne]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Das Endspiel steigt in Köln | publisher = [[Kicker (sports magazine)|Kicker]] | date = 12 June 2009 | access-date = 30 June 2009 | url = https://www.kicker.de/das-endspiel-steigt-in-koeln-510092/artikel | language = de}}</ref> It ever stayed in the city and was held at the [[RheinEnergieStadion]]. The final usually takes place on a weekend or holiday in early May.

==Format==
===Participation===
All clubs from the [[Frauen-Bundesliga|Bundesliga]] and the [[2. Frauen-Bundesliga|2. Bundesliga]] are allowed to compete in the cup as are the clubs which gained promotion to the second Bundesliga. Also the winners of the regional cup competitions compete in the cup. As an exception to these rules, clubs' second teams are not allowed to participate in the DFB-Pokal. When a second team wins its regional cup, that team's regional association may send another team to the DFB-Pokal only if the cup winning second team has not also achieved promotion to the 2. Bundesliga.<ref name="modus">{{cite web |title=Modus |publisher=[[German Football Association|DFB]] |year=2006 |access-date=2 July 2009 |url=https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=160601 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020200234/http://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=160601 |archive-date=20 October 2009 }}</ref>

===Seeding===
Of the qualified teams, not all have to compete in the first round. Exactly 32 teams have to compete in the second round of the tournament, so in the first round the number of matches is determined by the number of excess teams. The teams that do not have to compete in the first round are the best finishers from the previous Bundesliga season, the number again determined by the number of entrants to the tournament.

The pairings for round one, two, and three are not entirely random as there is a commission allocating the clubs to two or four groups as they see fit. These groups correspond with the regional provenance of the clubs. In the third round the commission can decide not to allocate the contestants to any groups. Within those groups the clubs are again separated, this time depending on the league they play in. For the draw, clubs from the Bundesligas are put in one pot and the rest in a second pot. Non-Bundesliga clubs automatically have home advantage against clubs from the Bundesligas.<ref name="modus"/> From 2025–26 on, 32 teams will compete in a play-off round, while there is no regional split-up (21 winners of the regional cups, five promoted teams from the Regionalliga and six teams from the 2. Bundesliga), to determine the 16 teams in the first round. There, the Bundesliga and the four best-placed teams from the 2. Bundesliga will join.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neues Format für DFB-Pokal der Frauen|publisher=[[German Football Association|DFB]] |access-date=26 June 2024|url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/neues-format-fuer-dfb-pokal-der-frauen-262683/?no_cache=1&cHash=6819339770d23b870f257e83ddaa59c8|language=de}}</ref>


===Match rules===
All games are held over two 45-minute halves with the winner advancing to the next round. In case of a draw, the game gets an extended by two 15-minute halves. If the score is still level after 120 minutes the winner is decided by [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]]. In the final no [[extra time]] is added in case of a draw after 90 minutes, instead the penalty shootout follows immediately.<ref name="modus"/>

==Winners==
Before the [[reunification of Germany]] the cup competition included teams from [[West Germany]] only.
[[File:Pokalfinale 2007 Frauen4.JPG|thumb|right|Final 2007 in the [[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)]]]]
[[File:Pokalfinale 2007 Frauen2.JPG|thumb|Final 2007 in the [[Olympic Stadium (Berlin)]]]]

{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Year
!Winner
!Result
!Runner Up
!Venue
|-
|align=center|[[1980–81 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1980–81]]
|'''[[Bergisch Gladbach 09|Bergisch Gladbach]]'''
|align=center|5–0
|[[TuS Wörrstadt]]
|[[Stuttgart]] ([[Neckarstadion]])
|-
|align=center|[[1981–82 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1981–82]]
|'''[[Bergisch Gladbach 09|Bergisch Gladbach]]'''
|align=center|3–0
|VfL Wildeshausen
|[[Frankfurt am Main]] ([[Commerzbank-Arena|Waldstadion]])
|-
|align=center|[[1982–83 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1982–83]]
|'''[[KBC Duisburg]]'''
|align=center|3–0
|[[FSV Frankfurt]]
|Frankfurt am Main ([[Stadion am Bornheimer Hang]])
|-
|align=center|[[1983–84 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1983–84]]
|'''[[Bergisch Gladbach 09|Bergisch Gladbach]]'''
|align=center|2–0
|[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg]]
|Frankfurt am Main (Waldstadion)
|-
|align=center|[[1984–85 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1984–85]]
|'''[[FSV Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|1–1 {{aet}} {{pso|4–3}}
|[[KBC Duisburg]]
|[[Berlin]] ([[Olympic Stadium, Berlin|Olympic Stadium]])
|-
|align=center|[[1985–86 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1985–86]]
|'''[[Sportfreunde Siegen|Siegen]]'''
|align=center|2–0
|[[Bergisch Gladbach 09|Bergisch Gladbach]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1986–87 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1986–87]]
|'''[[Sportfreunde Siegen|Siegen]]'''
|align=center|5–2
|STV Lövenich
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1987–88 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1987–88]]
|'''[[Sportfreunde Siegen|Siegen]]'''
|align=center|4–0
|[[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1988–89 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1988–89]]
|'''[[Sportfreunde Siegen|Siegen]]'''
|align=center|5–1
|[[FSV Frankfurt]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1989–90 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1989–90]]
|'''[[FSV Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|1–0
|[[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1990–91 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1990–91]]
|'''[[FFC Brauweiler Pulheim|Grün-Weiß Brauweiler]]'''
|align=center|1–0
|[[Sportfreunde Siegen|Siegen]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1991–92 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1991–92]]
|'''[[FSV Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|1–0
|[[Sportfreunde Siegen|Siegen]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1992–93 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1992–93]]
|'''[[Sportfreunde Siegen|Siegen]]'''
|align=center|1–1 {{aet}} {{pso|6–5}}
|[[FFC Brauweiler Pulheim|Grün-Weiß Brauweiler]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1993–94 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1993–94]]
|'''[[FFC Brauweiler Pulheim|Grün-Weiß Brauweiler]]'''
|align=center|2–1
|[[Sportfreunde Siegen|Siegen]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1994–95 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1994–95]]
|'''[[FSV Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|3–1
|[[Sportfreunde Siegen|Siegen]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1995–96 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1995–96]]
|'''[[FSV Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|2–1
|[[SC Klinge Seckach|Klinge Seckach]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1996–97 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1996–97]]
|'''[[FFC Brauweiler Pulheim|Grün-Weiß Brauweiler]]'''
|align=center|3–1
|[[FFC Heike Rheine|Eintracht Rheine]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1997–98 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1997–98]]
|'''[[FCR 2001 Duisburg|Duisburg]]'''
|align=center|6–2
|[[FSV Frankfurt]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1998–99 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1998–99]]
|'''[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|1–0
|[[FCR 2001 Duisburg|Duisburg]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[1999–2000 DFB-Pokal Frauen|1999–2000]]
|'''[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|2–1
|[[Sportfreunde Siegen]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2000–01 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2000–01]]
|'''[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|2–1
|[[Flaesheim-Hillen]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2001–02 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2001–02]]
|'''[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|5–0
|[[Hamburger SV|Hamburg]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2002–03 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2002–03]]
|'''[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|1–0
|[[FCR 2001 Duisburg|Duisburg]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2003–04 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2003–04]]
|'''[[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]]'''
|align=center|3–0
|[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2004–05 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2004–05]]
|'''[[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]]'''
|align=center|3–0
|[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2005–06 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2005–06]]
|'''[[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]]'''
|align=center|2–0
|[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2006–07 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2006–07]]
|'''[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|1–1 {{pso|4–1}}
|[[FCR 2001 Duisburg|Duisburg]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2007–08 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2007–08]]
|'''[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center|5–1
|[[1. FC Saarbrücken|Saarbrücken]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2008–09 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2008–09]]
|'''[[FCR 2001 Duisburg|Duisburg]]'''
|align=center|7–0
|[[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]]
|Berlin (Olympic Stadium)
|-
|align=center|[[2009–10 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2009–10]]
|'''[[FCR 2001 Duisburg|Duisburg]]'''
|align=center| 1–0
|[[FF USV Jena]]
|[[Cologne]] ([[RheinEnergieStadion]])
|-
|align=center|[[2010–11 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2010–11]]
|'''[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center| 2–0
|[[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2011–12 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2011–12]]
|'''[[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]]'''
|align=center| 2–0
|[[1. FFC Frankfurt|FFC Frankfurt]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2012–13 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2012–13]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center| 3–2
|[[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2013–14 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2013–14]]
|'''[[1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|align=center| 3–0
|[[SGS Essen]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2014–15 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2014–15]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center| 3–0
|[[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2015–16 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2015–16]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|2–1
|[[SC Sand]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2016–17 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2016–17]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|2–1
|[[SC Sand]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2017–18 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2017–18]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|0–0 {{aet}} {{pso|3–2}}
|[[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2018–19 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2018–19]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|1–0
|[[SC Freiburg (women)|SC Freiburg]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2019–20 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2019–20]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|3–3 {{aet}} {{pso|4–2}}
|[[SGS Essen]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2020–21 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2020–21]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|1–0 {{aet}}
|[[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|Eintracht Frankfurt]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2021–22 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2021–22]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|4–0
|[[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2022–23 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2022–23]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|4–1
|[[SC Freiburg (women)|SC Freiburg]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2023–24 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2023–24]]
|'''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|align=center|2–0
|[[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|-
|align=center|[[2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen|2024–25]]
|'''[[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]]'''
|align=center|4–2
|[[SV Werder Bremen (women)|Werder Bremen]]
|Cologne (RheinEnergieStadion)
|}

==Winners by team==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:beige;"
! Club
! Titles
! Runner-up
|-
| [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]] || 11 || 1*
|-
| [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|Eintracht Frankfurt]]** || 9 || 5
|-
| [[Sportfreunde Siegen|TSV Siegen]] || 5 || 5
|-
| [[FSV Frankfurt]] || 5 || 3
|-
| [[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam|Turbine Potsdam]] || 3 || 5
|-
| [[FCR 2001 Duisburg|FCR Duisburg]] || 3 || 3
|-
| [[Bergisch Gladbach 09|Bergisch Gladbach]] || 3 || 1
|-
| [[FFC Brauweiler Pulheim|Grün-Weiß Brauweiler]] || 3 || 1
|-
| [[FC Bayern Munich (women)|Bayern Munich]] || 2 || 4
|-
| [[KBC Duisburg]] || 1 || 1
|-
| [[SC Sand]] || 0 || 2
|-
| [[SGS Essen]] || 0 || 2
|-
| [[SC Freiburg (women)|SC Freiburg]] || 0 || 2
|-
| [[FFC Flaesheim-Hillen]] || 0 || 1
|-
| [[Hamburger SV (women)|Hamburger SV]] || 0 || 1
|-
| [[FF USV Jena]] || 0 || 1
|-
| STV Lövenich || 0 || 1
|-
| [[FFC Heike Rheine|Eintracht Rheine]] || 0 || 1
|-
| [[1. FC Saarbrücken (women)|1. FC Saarbrücken]] || 0 || 1
|-
| [[SC Klinge Seckach]] || 0 || 1
|-
| VfL Wildeshausen || 0 || 1
|-
| [[TuS Wörrstadt]] || 0 || 1
|}

(*) Note: Runner-up of  '''VfL Wolfsburg''' as '''VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg'''.

(**) Note: All titles/runner-ups of '''Eintracht Frankfurt''' with the exception of runner-up 2020/21 as '''1. FFC Frankfurt'''.

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Commons|Final Women's German Soccercup 2007}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal-frauen/start/}}
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duit-womcuphist.html List of Cup Finals at rsssf.com]

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