1979 DFB-Pokal final

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1979 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1978–79 DFB-Pokal, the 36th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 23 June 1979 at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover. Fortuna Düsseldorf won the match 1–0 against Hertha BSC after extra time, to claim their 1st cup title.

Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal began with 128 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of six rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 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).

Hertha BSC		Round	Fortuna Düsseldorf
Opponent	Result	1978–79 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
FV 04 Würzburg (A)	2–0 Template:Aet	Round 1	Stuttgarter Kickers (H)	7–2
Wormatia Worms (A) Wormatia Worms (H)	1–1 Template:Aet 2–0 (replay)	Round 2	VfR Heilbronn (H)	3–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)	2–0	Round 3	Alemannia Aachen (H)	2–1
1. FC Köln (H)	2–0 Template:Aet	Round of 16	MSV Duisburg (A)	1–0
Bayer Uerdingen (H)	6–0	Quarter-finals	Bayer Leverkusen (H)	2–1
Eintracht Frankfurt (H)	2–1	Semi-finals	1. FC Nürnberg (H)	4–1 Template:Aet

Match

Details

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GK 1 Template:Flagicon Jörg Daniel RB 2 Template:Flagicon Josef Weikl CB 3 Template:Flagicon Gerd Zewe (c) CB 6 Template:Flagicon Reinhold Fanz LB 5 Template:Flagicon Heiner Baltes RM 4 Template:Flagicon Egon Köhnen CM 7 Template:Flagicon Hubert Schmitz CM 9 Template:Flagicon Rudolf Bommer LM 8 Template:Flagicon Thomas Allofs downward-facing red arrow 72' CF 10 Template:Flagicon Klaus Allofs CF 11 Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Seel Substitutes: MF Template:Flagicon Ralf Dusend upward-facing green arrow 72' Manager: Template:Flagicon Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out 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