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{{Infobox football tournament
| name                 = FDGB-Pokal
| logo                 =
| caption              = 
| founded              = 1949
| abolished            = 1991
| region               = East Germany
| number of teams      = Various
| current champions    = [[F.C. Hansa Rostock|Hansa Rostock]] <br/> (1st title)
| most successful club = [[Dynamo Dresden]] <br/> [[1. FC Magdeburg]] <br/> (7 titles)
| broadcasters         =
| website              = 
}}

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1990-0602-009, 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - PSV Schwerin 2-1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Dynamo Dresden's [[Matthias Sammer]] celebrates their victory after the final against [[PSV Schwerin]] in June 1990.]]

The '''FDGB-Pokal''' (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or [[Free German Trade Union Federation]] Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in [[East Germany]]. It was the second most important national title in East German football after the [[DDR-Oberliga]] championship. The founder of the competition was East Germany's major trade union.

== History ==

The inaugural FDGB-Pokal (generally referred to in English as the East German Cup) was contested in 1949, four years before the initial [[DFB-Pokal]] was played in the western half of the country. The first national cup competition had been the [[Tschammerpokal]] introduced in 1935.

Each football club which participated in the East German football league system was entitled to enter the tournament. Clubs from the lower leagues played in regional qualification rounds, with the winners joining the teams of the [[DDR-Oberliga]] and [[DDR-Liga]] in the main round of the tournament of the following year. Each elimination was determined by a single game held on the ground of one of the two participating teams.

Until the mid-1980s the field of competition was made up of as many as sixty teams playing in five rounds due to the large number of eligible clubs in the country. Beginning in 1975, the final was held each year in the [[Stadion der Weltjugend]] in Berlin and drew anywhere from 30,000 to 55,000 spectators. The last cup final, played in 1991 after the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], was a 1&ndash;0 victory by [[F.C. Hansa Rostock]] over [[Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl]], which drew a crowd of only 4,800.

The most successful side in 42 years of competition was [[1. FC Magdeburg]] which celebrated seven FDGB-Pokal wins (including those as SC Aufbau Magdeburg before 1965); one of those wins ultimately led to victory in the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1973–74]].
 
The only winners of the competition to reach the final of the [[DFB-Pokal]] since the re-unification of the country are [[1. FC Union Berlin]], who appeared in the 2001 German Cup final, but lost 0–2 to [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke]]. To date, the only other former East German club to appear in the German Cup final is [[FC Energie Cottbus]].

==Finals==

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-31222-0007, Leipzig, SC Wismut gewinnt FDGB-Pokal.jpg|thumb|FDGB Cup 1955]]

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-94140-0002, Karl-Marx-Stadt, SC Chemie Halle mit FDGB-Pokal.jpg|thumb|FDGB Cup 1962]]

[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0414-0008, Leipzig, FDGB-Pokal, Endspiel, SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1-3.jpg|right|thumb|FDGB Cup 1974]]

{| class="wikitable" width=65%
|-
! style="width:10%;"| Season
! style="width:20%;"| Winner
! style="width:15%;"| Score
! style="width:20%;"| Runner-up
|-
|{{center|1949}}
|[[SV Dessau 05|BSG Waggonbau Dessau]]
|{{center|1–0}}
|[[BSG Wismut Gera|BSG Gera-Süd]]
|-
|{{center|1949–50}}
|BSG EHW Thale
|{{center|4–0}}
|[[FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt|BSG KWU Erfurt]]
|-
|{{center|''1950–51''}}
|colspan=3 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''No competition held in that season.''}}
|-
|{{center|1951–52}}
|[[Dynamo Dresden|SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden]]
|{{center|3–0}}
|[[VfB Einheit zu Pankow|BSG Einheit Pankow]]
|-
|{{center|[[1952–54 FDGB-Pokal|1952–54]]}}
|[[1. FC Frankfurt|ASK Vorwärts Berlin]]
|{{center|2–1}}
|[[FSV Zwickau|BSG Motor Zwickau]]
|-
|{{center|1954–55<sup>1</sup>}}
|[[FC Erzgebirge Aue|SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|{{center|3–2 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])}}
|[[F.C. Hansa Rostock|SC Empor Rostock]]
|-
|{{center|''1955''}}
|colspan=3 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''No competition due to the transition from a fall-spring to spring-fall schedule.''}}
|-
|{{center|[[1956 FDGB-Pokal|1956]]}}
|[[Hallescher FC|SC Chemie Halle-Leuna]]
|{{center|2–1}}
|[[1. FC Frankfurt|ZASK Vorwärts Berlin]]
|-
|{{center|1957}}
|[[BSG Chemie Leipzig (1950)|SC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|{{center|2–1 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])}}
|[[F.C. Hansa Rostock|SC Empor Rostock]]
|-
|{{center|1958}}
|[[SC Einheit Dresden]]
|{{center|2–1 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])}}
|[[BSG Chemie Leipzig (1950)|SC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|-
|{{center|[[1959 FDGB-Pokal|1959]]}}
|[[BFC Dynamo|SC Dynamo Berlin]]
|{{center|0–0 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]]) / 3–2 ([[Replay (sports)|R]])}}
|[[FC Erzgebirge Aue|SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|-
|{{center|1960}}
|[[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|SC Motor Jena]]
|{{center|3–2 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])}}
|[[F.C. Hansa Rostock|SC Empor Rostock]]
|-
|{{center|''1961''}}
|colspan=3 style=background:#efefef|{{center|''No competition due to the transition from a spring-fall to fall-spring schedule.''}}
|-
|{{center|1961–62}}
|[[Hallescher FC|Hallescher FC Chemie]]
|{{center|3–1}}
|[[BFC Dynamo|SC Dynamo Berlin]]
|-
|{{center|1962–63}}
|[[FSV Zwickau|BSG Motor Zwickau]]
|{{center|3–0}}
|BSG Chemie Zeitz
|-
|{{center|[[1963–64 FDGB-Pokal|1963–64]]}}
|[[1. FC Magdeburg|SC Aufbau Magdeburg]]
|{{center|3–2}}
|[[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig|SC Leipzig]]
|-
|{{center|[[1964–65 FDGB-Pokal|1964–65]]}}
|[[1. FC Magdeburg|SC Aufbau Magdeburg]]
|{{center|2–1}}
|[[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|SC Motor Jena]]
|-
|{{center|1965–66}}
|[[BSG Chemie Leipzig (1950)|BSG Chemie Leipzig]]
|{{center|1–0}}
|[[1. FC Lok Stendal]]
|-
|{{center|1966–67}}
|[[FSV Zwickau|BSG Motor Zwickau]]
|{{center|3–0}}
|[[F.C. Hansa Rostock]]
|-
|{{center|1967–68}}
|[[1. FC Union Berlin]]
|{{center|2–1}}
|[[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]]
|-
|{{center|[[1968–69 FDGB-Pokal|1968–69]]}}
|[[1. FC Magdeburg]]
|{{center|4–0}}
|[[Chemnitzer FC|FC Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|-
|{{center|1969–70}}
|[[1. FC Frankfurt|FC Vorwärts Berlin]]
|{{center|4–2}}
|[[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|-
|{{center|1970–71}}
|[[Dynamo Dresden]]
|{{center|2–1 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])}}
|[[BFC Dynamo]]
|-
|{{center|1971–72}}
|[[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]]
|{{center|2–1}}
|[[SG Dynamo Dresden]]
|-
|{{center|[[1972–73 FDGB-Pokal|1972–73]]}}
|[[1. FC Magdeburg]]
|{{center|3–2}}
|[[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|-
|{{center|1973–74}}
|[[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]]
|{{center|3–1 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])}}
|[[SG Dynamo Dresden]]
|-
|{{center|[[1974–75 FDGB-Pokal|1974–75]]}}
|[[FSV Zwickau|BSG Sachsenring Zwickau]]
|{{center|2–2 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]]) (4–3 [[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]])}}
|[[SG Dynamo Dresden]]
|-
|{{center|1975–76}}
|[[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|{{center|3–0}}
|[[1. FC Frankfurt|FC Vorwärts Frankfurt]]
|-
|{{center|1976–77}}
|[[SG Dynamo Dresden]]
|{{center|3–2}}
|[[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|-
|{{center|[[1977–78 FDGB-Pokal|1977–78]]}}
|[[1. FC Magdeburg]]
|{{center|1–0}}
|[[SG Dynamo Dresden]]
|-
|{{center|[[1978–79 FDGB-Pokal|1978–79]]}}
|[[1. FC Magdeburg]]
|{{center|1–0 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])}}
|[[BFC Dynamo]]
|-
|{{center|1979–80}}
|[[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]]
|{{center|3–1 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])}}
|[[FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt]]
|-
|{{center|1980–81}}
|[[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|{{center|4–1}}
|[[1. FC Frankfurt|FC Vorwärts Frankfurt]]
|-
|{{center|1981–82}}
|[[SG Dynamo Dresden]]
|{{center|1–1 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]]) (5–4 [[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]])}}
|[[BFC Dynamo]]
|-
|{{center|[[1982–83 FDGB-Pokal|1982–83]]}}
|[[1. FC Magdeburg]]
|{{center|4–0}}
|[[Chemnitzer FC|FC Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|-
|{{center|1983–84}}
|[[SG Dynamo Dresden]]
|{{center|2–1}}
|[[BFC Dynamo]]
|-
|{{center|[[1984–85 FDGB-Pokal|1984–85]]}}
|[[SG Dynamo Dresden]]
|{{center|3–2}}
|[[BFC Dynamo]]
|-
|{{center|1985–86}}
|[[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|{{center|5–1}}
|[[1. FC Union Berlin]]
|-
|{{center|1986–87}}
|[[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]]
|{{center|4–1}}
|[[F.C. Hansa Rostock]]
|-
|{{center|[[1987–88 FDGB-Pokal|1987–88]]}}
|[[BFC Dynamo]]
|{{center|2–0 ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])}}
|[[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]]
|-
|{{center|[[1988–89 FDGB-Pokal|1988–89]]}}
|[[BFC Dynamo]]
|{{center|1–0}}
|[[Chemnitzer FC|FC Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|-
|{{center|[[1989–90 FDGB-Pokal|1989–90]]}}
|[[SG Dynamo Dresden]]
|{{center|2–1}}
|[[FC Mecklenburg Schwerin|SG Dynamo Schwerin]]
|-
|{{center|[[1990–91 NOFV-Pokal|1990–91]]}}
|[[F.C. Hansa Rostock]]
|{{center|1–0}}
|[[Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl]]
|}

'''Notes''':
* <sup>1</sup> [[Sports club (East Germany)|Sports clubs]] (SC) were introduced in the East German sports system in 1954. The introduction of designated sports clubs was followed by major changes in East German football. Several teams were relocated, transferred and renamed between the second and the third round of the [[1954-55 FDGB-Pokal]] ([[:de:FDGB-Pokal 1954/55|de]]). The team of SG Dynamo Dresden was relocated to Berlin and continued as part of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin. [[SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen|SG Dynamo Berlin]] was then subsequently renamed SG Dynamo Berlin-Mitte. The team of [[BSG Empor Lauter]] was relocated to Rostock and continued as part of sports club [[SC Empor Rostock]]. The team of [[BSG Wismut Aue]] was transferred to sports club [[Chemnitzer FC|SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt]]. The football department of [[BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost]] was transferred to sports club  [[FC Energie Cottbus|SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg]].

==Performances==

===Performance by club===

The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/ddrcuphist.html|title=East Germany - List of Cup Finals|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=4 April 2018}}</ref><br />
''Clubs are named by the last name they used before the [[German reunification]].''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:22%;"| Club
! style="width:15%;"| Winners
! style="width:15%;"| Runners-up
! style="width:15%;"| Semi-finalists
! Winning Years
|-
| [[SG Dynamo Dresden]] <sup>1</sup>
| {{center|'''7'''}}
| {{center|4}}
| {{center|6}}
| 1952, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990
|-
| [[1. FC Magdeburg]] <sup>2</sup>
| {{center|'''7'''}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|3}}
| 1964, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1983
|-
| [[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]] <sup>3</sup>
| {{center|'''4'''}}
| {{center|4}}
| {{center|6}}
| 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987
|-
| [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena]] <sup>4</sup>
| {{center|'''4'''}}
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|8}}
| 1960, 1972, 1974, 1980
|-
| [[FSV Zwickau|BSG Sachsenring Zwickau]] <sup>5</sup>
| {{center|'''3'''}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|5}}
| 1963, 1967, 1975
|-
| [[Berliner FC Dynamo]]<sup>6</sup>
| {{center|'''3'''}}
| {{center|6}}
| {{center|7}}
| 1959, 1988, 1989
|-
| [[1. FC Frankfurt|FC Vorwärts Frankfurt]] <sup>7</sup>
| {{center|'''2'''}}
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|8}}
| 1954, 1970
|-
| [[Hallescher FC|Hallescher FC Chemie]] <sup>8</sup>
| {{center|'''2'''}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|5}}
| 1956, 1962
|-
| [[F.C. Hansa Rostock]] <sup>9</sup>
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|5}}
| {{center|4}}
| 1991
|-
| [[FC Erzgebirge Aue|BSG Wismut Aue]] <sup>10</sup>
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|4}}
| 1955
|-
| [[1. FC Union Berlin]]
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| 1968
|-
| [[SC Lokomotive Leipzig]] <sup>11</sup>
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|–}}
| 1957
|-
| [[SV Dessau 05|BSG Motor Dessau]]
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| 1949
|-
| [[SV Stahl Thale|BSG Stahl Thale]] <sup>12</sup>
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| 1950
|-
| [[Dresdner SC|FSV Lokomotive Dresden]]<sup>13</sup>
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| 1958
|-
| [[FC Sachsen Leipzig|BSG Chemie Leipzig]] <sup>14</sup>
| {{center|'''1'''}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| 1966
|-
| [[Chemnitzer FC|FC Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|3}}
| {{center|5}}
| —
|-
| [[FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt]] <sup>15</sup>
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|2}}
| {{center|6}}
| —
|-
| BSG Chemie Zeitz<sup>16</sup>
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| —
|-
| [[1. FC Lok Stendal|BSG Lokomotive Stendal]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|1}}
| —
|-
| [[BSG Wismut Gera]]<sup>17</sup>
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|–}}
| —
|-
| [[VfB Einheit zu Pankow|BSG Einheit Pankow]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|–}}
| —
|-
| [[FC Mecklenburg Schwerin|SG Dynamo Schwerin]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|–}}
| —
|-
| [[Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl|BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt]]<sup>18</sup>
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| {{center|–}}
| —
|-
| [[FC Energie Cottbus|BSG Energie Cottbus]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|3}}
| —
|-
| BSG Empor Wurzen<sup>19</sup>
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|2}}
| —
|-
| [[Fortuna Babelsberg|BSG DEFA Babelsberg]]<sup>20</sup>
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| —
|-
| ZSG Burg
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| —
|-
| BSG Motor West Karl-Marx-Stadt
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| —
|-
| BSG Lokomotive Weimar 
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| —
|-
| [[FC Stahl Brandenburg|BSG Stahl Brandenburg]]
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|–}}
| {{center|1}}
| —
|}
'''Notes''':
* <sup>1</sup> Played as '''SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden''' until the funding of SG Dynamo Dresden in 1953.
* <sup>2</sup> Played as part of sports club '''[[SC Magdeburg|SC Aufbau Magdeburg]]''' (later '''SC Magdenburg''') until the founding of 1. FC Magdeburg in 1965.
* <sup>3</sup> Also known as '''VfB Leipzig''' and '''SC Leipzig'''.
* <sup>4</sup> Also known as '''SC Motor Jena'''.
* <sup>5</sup> Also known as '''SG Planitz''', '''ZSG Horch Zwickau''', '''BSG Motor Zwickau''' and '''BSG Sachsenring Zwickau'''.
* <sup>6</sup> Played as part of sports club '''[[SC Dynamo Berlin]]''' until the founding of BFC Dynamo in 1966. 
* <sup>7</sup> Played in [[East Berlin]] as '''ZSK Vorwärts Berlin''', '''ASK Vorwärts Berlin''' and '''FC Vorwärts Berlin'''. The team was relocated to [[Frankfurt (Oder)|Frankfurt an der Oder]] in [[Bezirk Frankfurt]] in 1971.
* <sup>8</sup> Also known as '''SG Freiimfelde Halle''' and '''Hallescher FC Chemie'''.
* <sup>9</sup> Also known as '''SC Empor Rostock'''. 
* <sup>10</sup> Also known as '''SG Aue''', '''BSG Pneumatik Aue''', '''BSG Zentra Wismut Aue'''. From 1954 to 1963 the team was known as '''SC Wismut [[Chemnitz|Karl-Marx-Stadt]]''', but continued to play in [[Aue, Saxony|Aue]]. After [[German reunification]] in 1990, the club was renamed '''FC Wismut Aue''' before taking on its current name, '''[[FC Erzgebirge Aue]]''' in 1993.
* <sup>11</sup> Both clubs [[1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig]] and [[FC Sachsen Leipzig|BSG Chemie Leipzig]] claim the honors of '''SC Lokomotive Leipzig'''.
* <sup>12</sup> Also known as '''SG Eisenhüttenwerk Thale''' and '''BSG Eisenhüttenwerk Thale''' ('''BSG EHW Thale''').
* <sup>13</sup> Also known as '''BSG Sachsenverlag Dresden''', '''BSG Rotation Dresden''' and '''SC Einheit Dresden'''.
* <sup>14</sup> Also known as '''FC Sachsen Leipzig'''.
* <sup>15</sup> Also known as '''SG Fortuna Erfurt''', '''BSG KWU Erfurt''', '''BSG Turbine Erfurt''' and '''SC Turbine Erfurt'''. In 1966, the football departments of SC Turbine Erfurt and '''BSG Optima Erfurt''' were merged under the name '''[[FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt]]'''.
* <sup>16</sup> Also known as '''SG Zeitz''' and '''BSG Hydrierwerk Zeitz '''. 
* <sup>17</sup> Also known as '''BSG Gera-Süd''' and '''BSG Mechanik Gera'''.
* <sup>18</sup> The football department of BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt was reorganized as football club '''Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl''' on 3 May 1990 and thus reached the semi-finals of the 1990-91 NOFV-Pokal as Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl. 
* <sup>19</sup> Also known as '''SG Wurzen''' and '''BSG Empor Wurzen West'''. Reached the semi-finals in 1952 and 1954 under the name BSG Wurzen West.
* <sup>20</sup> Also known as '''SG Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg''', '''BSG Rotation Babelsberg''' and '''BSG DEFA Babelsberg'''. Reached the semi-final in 1950 under the name BSG Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg.

===Performance by city or town===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!width="80" | City / Town
!width="10" | Winners
!width="480"| Club(s)
|-
|[[Dresden]]
|{{center|8}}
|SG Dynamo Dresden (7), SC Einheit Dresden (1)
|-
|[[Magdeburg]]
|{{center|7}}
|1. FC Magdeburg (7)
|-
|[[Berlin]]
|{{center|6}}
|BFC Dynamo (3), FC Vorwärts Berlin (2), 1. FC Union Berlin (1)
|-
|[[Leipzig]]
|{{center|6}}
|1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig (4), SC Lokomotive Leipzig (1), BSG Chemie Leipzig (1)
|-
|[[Jena]]
|{{center|4}}
|FC Carl Zeiss Jena (4)
|-
|[[Zwickau]]
|{{center|3}}
|BSG Motor / Sachsenring Zwickau (3)
|-
|[[Halle (Saale)]]
|{{center|2}}
|Hallescher FC Chemie (2)
|-
|[[Aue, Saxony|Aue]]
|{{center|1}}
|SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1)
|-
|[[Dessau]]
|{{center|1}}
|BSG Waggonbau Dessau (1)
|-
|[[Rostock]]
|{{center|1}}
|F.C. Hansa Rostock (1)
|-
|[[Thale]]
|{{center|1}}
|BSG EHW Thale (1)
|}

==See also==

*[[List of East German football champions]]
*[[DFV-Supercup]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/ddrcuphist.html East Germany - List of Cup finals] at [[RSSSF]]

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