1972 DFB-Pokal final

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1972 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1971–72 DFB-Pokal, the 29th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 1 July 1972 at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover. Schalke 04 won the match 5–0 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, to claim their 2nd cup title.

Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal began with 32 teams in a two-legged knockout cup competition. There were a total of four rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and following two legs of 90 minutes each, the winner on aggregate would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Schalke 04				Round	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	1971–72 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Hertha BSC	5–1	3–1 (H)	2–0 (awarded) (A)	Round 1	Wuppertaler SV	4–4 Template:Pso	1–2 (A)	3–2 Template:Aet (H)
Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	1–1 (A)	2–1 (H)	Round of 16	VfB Stuttgart	6–5	3–4 (A)	3–1 (H)
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	2–2 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	6–3	1–3 (A)	5–0 Template:Aet (H)
1. FC Köln	6–6 Template:Pso	1–4 (A)	5–2 Template:Aet (H)	Semi-finals	Werder Bremen	4–2	2–1 (H)	2–1 (A)

Match

Details

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File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg 1. FC Kaiserslautern Template:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warning

GK 1 Template:Flagicon Norbert Nigbur RB Template:Flagicon Hartmut Huhse CB Template:Flagicon Rolf Rüssmann CB Template:Flagicon Klaus Fichtel LB Template:Flagicon Helmut Kremers CM Template:Flagicon Herbert Lütkebohmert CM Template:Flagicon Heinz van Haaren CM Template:Flagicon Klaus Scheer RW Template:Flagicon Reinhard Libuda (c) CF Template:Flagicon Klaus Fischer LW Template:Flagicon Erwin Kremers Manager: Template:Flagicon Ivica Horvat

File:Schalke 04 vs 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1972-07-01.svg

GK 1 Template:Flagicon Josef Elting RB Template:Flagicon Günther Reinders CB Template:Flagicon Dietmar Schwager CB Template:Flagicon Ernst Diehl LB Template:Flagicon Fritz Fuchs RM Template:Flagicon Josef Pirrung CM Template:Flagicon Jürgen Friedrich (c) CM Template:Flagicon Hermann Bitz LM Template:Flagicon Idriz Hošić downward-facing red arrow 55' CF Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Seel CF Template:Flagicon Klaus Ackermann Substitutes: FW Template:Flagicon Karl-Heinz Vogt upward-facing green arrow 55' Manager: Template:Flagicon Dietrich Weise

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of two substitutions.

External links

• Match report at kicker.de Template:In lang
• Match report at WorldFootball.net
• Match report at Fussballdaten.de Template:In lang