2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen
The 2024–25 DFB-Pokal is the 43rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Several teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition will begin on 17 August 2024 with the first of six rounds and will end on 1 May 2025 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Country | Germany |
| Venue(s) | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
| Dates | 17 August 2024 – 1 May 2025 |
| Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included. | |
VfL Wolfsburg are the ten-time defending champions.[2]
Participating clubs
The following clubs qualified for the competition:
| Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2023–24 season |
2. Bundesliga 10 of the 14 clubs of the 2023–24 season[note 1] |
Regionalliga the 2 promoted teams and the 5 champions of the 2023–24 season |
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| Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups | ||
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Baden Bavaria
Berlin Brandenburg Bremen
Hamburg Hesse
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Lower Rhine
Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Middle Rhine
Rhineland
Saarland Saxony
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Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein
South Baden
Southwest
Thuringia Westphalia
Württemberg |
Format
All clubs from the 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga and the four best-placed teams from the 2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga receive a bye in the first round. Clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals.
Schedule
The rounds of the 2024–25 competition are scheduled as follows:[1]
| Round | Matches |
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| First round | 17–19 August 2024 |
| Second round | 7–9 September 2024 |
| Round of 16 | 22–24 November 2024 |
| Quarter-finals | 11–13 February 2025 |
| Semi-finals | 22–23 March 2025 |
| Final | 1 May 2025 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
Times up to 27 October 2024 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 28 October 2024 to 29 March 2025 are CET (UTC+1).
First round
The draw took place on 27 June 2024, with Ulrike Ballweg drawing the matches.[3][4] The teams are split into a North and a South group. The Bundesliga and the two best-placed teams from the 2. Bundesliga will have a bye.[5]
| 17–19 August 2024 | Hansa Rostock | v | VfL Bochum | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | Hertha BSC | v | ATS Buntentor | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | FC St. Pauli | v | Arminia Bielefeld | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | FSV Gütersloh | v | Union Berlin | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | VfR Warbeyen | v | Wacker Mecklenbeck | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | SV Henstedt-Ulzburg | v | Viktoria Berlin | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | v | Kieler MTV | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | Magdeburger FFC | v | Hamburger SV | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | Kickers Offenbach | v | FC Ingolstadt | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | Fortuna Köln | v | TuS Issel | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | Eintracht Leipzig-Süd | v | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | SG Andernach | v | SC Sand | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | SC Siegelbach | v | 1. FFV Erfurt | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | FC Forstern | v | SV 67 Weinberg | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | Hegauer FV | v | SV Hegnach | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | Karlsruher SC | v | SV Elversberg | |
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| 17–19 August 2024 | VfB Stuttgart | v | Mainz 05 | |
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Notes
- Second teams are not eligible.
- SV Hegnach qualified as runners-up of the Regionalliga Süd as champions SC Freiburg II were ineligible.
- FC Forstern qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Baden Cup, as 1. FC Nürnberg II, the other finalists, were ineligible.
- Viktoria Berlin qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Berlin Cup, as Union Berlin, the other finalists, already qualified through their Regionalliga Nordost position.
- Eintracht Leipzig-Süd qualified regardless of the outcome of the Saxony Cup final, as RB Leipzig II, the other finalists, were ineligible.
- SC Siegelbach qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Southwest Cup, as Mainz 05, the other finalists, already qualified through their Regionalliga Südwest position.
- 1. FFV Erfurt qualified regardless of the outcome of the Thuringian Cup final, as Carl Zeiss Jena II, the other finalists, were ineligible.
References
- "Rahmenterminkalender für Saison 2024/2025 beschlossen". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- "Wolfsburg feiert zehnten Pokalsieg in Folge". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- "Ulrike Ballweg lost erste Pokalrunde aus". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ""Interessante Begegnungen": Erste Runde im Pokal der Frauen steht". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- "Teilnehmerfeld im DFB-Pokal der Frauen steht fest". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.