2016–17 DFB-Pokal

2016–17 DFB-Pokal

Tournament details
Country	Germany
Venue(s)	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Dates	19 August 2016 – 27 May 2017
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Borussia Dortmund (4th title)
Runner-up	Eintracht Frankfurt
Europa League	Hertha BSC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	200 (3.17 per match)
Attendance	1,394,666 (22,138 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Robert Lewandowski (5 goals)
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

The 2016–17 DFB-Pokal was the 74th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It began on 19 August 2016 with the first of six rounds and ended on 27 May 2017 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985.^[1] The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).

The defending champions were Bundesliga side Bayern Munich, after they beat Borussia Dortmund 4–3 on penalties in the previous final.^[2] Bayern Munich were knocked out of the competition in the semi-finals by Borussia Dortmund, the eventual winners, losing 2–3.^[3][4]

Borussia Dortmund defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2–1 in the final to claim their fourth title and first since 2012.^[4][5]

Borussia Dortmund, the winners of the DFB-Pokal had already earned automatic qualification for the group stage of the 2017–18 edition of the UEFA Champions League through position in the Bundesliga. Therefore, the Europa League group stage spot went to the team in sixth, Hertha BSC, and the league's third qualifying round spot to the team in seventh, SC Freiburg. Dortmund also hosted the 2017 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the 2017–18 season, when they faced the champion of the 2016–17 Bundesliga, Bayern Munich.^[5]

Participating clubs

The following 64 teams qualified for the competition:^[6][7]

Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2015–16 season	2. Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2015–16 season	3. Liga the top 4 clubs of the 2015–16 season
FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Darmstadt 98 Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hertha BSC 1899 Hoffenheim FC Ingolstadt 1. FC Köln Mainz 05 Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg	Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum Eintracht Braunschweig MSV Duisburg Fortuna Düsseldorf FSV Frankfurt SC Freiburg Greuther Fürth 1. FC Heidenheim 1. FC Kaiserslautern Karlsruher SC RB Leipzig 1860 Munich 1. FC Nürnberg SC Paderborn SV Sandhausen FC St. Pauli Union Berlin	Dynamo Dresden Erzgebirge Aue Würzburger Kickers 1. FC Magdeburg
Representatives of the regional associations 24 representatives of 21 regional associations of the DFB, qualified (in general) through the 2015–16 Verbandspokal[note 1]
Baden Astoria Walldorf Bavaria[note 2] SpVgg Unterhaching[note 3] Jahn Regensburg Berlin BFC Preussen Brandenburg SV Babelsberg Bremen Bremer SV Hamburg Eintracht Norderstedt Hesse Kickers Offenbach	Lower Rhine Rot-Weiss Essen Lower Saxony[note 4] SV Drochtersen/Assel Germania Egestorf/Langreder Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Hansa Rostock Middle Rhine Viktoria Köln Rhineland Eintracht Trier[note 5] Saarland FC 08 Homburg Saxony FSV Zwickau[note 6]	Saxony-Anhalt Hallescher FC[note 7] Schleswig-Holstein VfB Lübeck South Baden FC 08 Villingen Southwest SC Hauenstein Thuringia Carl Zeiss Jena Westphalia[note 8] SG Wattenscheid Sportfreunde Lotte Württemberg FV Ravensburg

Format

Participation

The DFB-Pokal began with a round of 64 teams. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, along with the top four finishers of the 3. Liga were automatically qualified for the tournament. Of the remaining slots, 21 are given to the cup winners of the regional football associations, the Verbandspokal. The three remaining slots were given to the three regional associations with the most men's teams, which currently is Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia. The runner-up of the Lower Saxony Cup was given the slot, along with the best-placed amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern. For Westphalia, the winner of a play-off between the best-placed team of the Regionalliga West and Oberliga Westfalen also qualified. As every team was entitled to participate in local tournaments which qualify for the association cups, every team can in principle compete in the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams and combined football sections are not permitted to enter, along with no two teams of the same association or corporation.^[7]

Draw

The draws for the different rounds were conducted as following:^[7]

For the first round, the participating teams were split into two pots of 32 teams each. The first pot contained all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3. Liga, and the bottom four teams of the 2. Bundesliga. Every team from this pot was drawn to a team from the second pot, which contained all remaining professional teams (all the teams of the Bundesliga and the remaining fourteen 2. Bundesliga teams). The teams from the first pot were set as the home team in the process.

The two-pot scenario was also applied for the second round, with the remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) in the first pot and the remaining Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams in the other pot. Once again, the 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) served as hosts. This time the pots did not have to be of equal size though, depending on the results of the first round. Theoretically, it was even possible that there may be only one pot, if all of the teams from one of the pots from the first round beat all the others in the second pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings were drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts.

For the remaining rounds, the draw was conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) were the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team served as hosts.

Match rules

Teams met in one game per round. Matches took place for 90 minutes, with two halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time was played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score was still level after this, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss decided who took the first penalty.^[7]

A total of seven players were allowed to be listed on the substitute bench. For the first two rounds of the competition, a maximum of three players could be substituted, regardless of whether the match went into extra time. However, after a proposal by the German Football Association, the IFAB approved the use of a fourth substitute in extra time as part of a pilot project. This rule went into effect starting with the round of 16 onwards.^[8]

Suspensions

If a player received five yellow cards in the competition, he was then suspended from the next cup match. Similarly, receiving a second yellow card suspended a player from the next cup match. If a player received a direct red card, they were suspended a minimum of one match, but the German Football Association reserved the right to increase the suspension.^[7]

Champion qualification

The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification for the group stage of next year's edition of the UEFA Europa League. As winners Borussia Dortmund had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League by finishing 3rd in the Bundesliga, the spot went to the team in sixth, Hertha BSC, and the league's second qualifying round spot went to the team in seventh, SC Freiburg. As winner, Dortmund also hosted the 2017 DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and faced the champion of the previous year's Bundesliga, Bayern Munich.

Schedule

The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final.

The rounds of the 2016–17 competition were scheduled as follows:^[9]

Round	Draw date and time	Matches
First round	18 June 2016, 23:30	19–22 August 2016
Second round	26 August 2016, 22:45	25–26 October 2016
Round of 16	26 October 2016, 23:45	7–8 February 2017
Quarter-finals	8 February 2017, 23:15	28 February – 1 March 2017
Semi-finals	1 March 2017, 23:15	25–26 April 2017
Final		27 May 2017 at Olympiastadion, Berlin

Matches

A total of sixty-three matches took place, starting with the first round on 19 August 2016, and culminating with the final on 27 May 2017 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Times up to 29 October 2016 and from 26 March 2017 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 30 October 2016 to 25 March 2017 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

The draw was held on 18 June 2016 at 23:30.^[10] Caroline Siems drew the games.^[11][12]

VfB Lübeck v FC St. Pauli

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)	VfB Lübeck	0–3	FC St. Pauli	Lübeck
20:45		Report	Hedenstad 16' Gonther 61' Ducksch 88'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Martin Thomsen

FV Ravensburg v FC Augsburg

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)	FV Ravensburg	0–2	FC Augsburg	Pfullendorf[note 9]
20:45		Report	Koo 29' Bobadilla 68'	Stadium: Geberit-Arena Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Benedikt Kempkes

Carl Zeiss Jena v Bayern Munich

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19)	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–5	Bayern Munich	Jena
20:45		Report	Lewandowski 3', 34', 43' Vidal 72' Hummels 77'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

SV Drochtersen/Assel v Borussia Mönchengladbach

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	SV Drochtersen/Assel	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Drochtersen
15:30		Report	Korb 55'	Stadium: Kehdinger Stadion Attendance: 7,154 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Würzburger Kickers v Eintracht Braunschweig

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	Würzburger Kickers	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Braunschweig	Würzburg
15:30	Soriano 102'	Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 6,384 Referee: Jochen Drees

SV Babelsberg v SC Freiburg

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	SV Babelsberg	0–4	SC Freiburg	Potsdam
15:30		Report	Grifo 20' (pen.), 63' Haberer 40' Niederlechner 69'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 6,341 Referee: René Rohde

Viktoria Köln v 1. FC Nürnberg

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	Viktoria Köln	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	1. FC Nürnberg	Cologne
15:30	Wunderlich 80'	Report	Margreitter 76'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 4,787 Referee: Daniel Schlager
	Penalties
	Wunderlich Nottbeck Backszat Koronkiewicz Schwarz Holzweiler		Burgstaller Behrens Kempe Brečko Leibold Alushi

Rot-Weiss Essen v Arminia Bielefeld

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	Rot-Weiss Essen	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Arminia Bielefeld	Essen
15:30	Malura 53' Baier 77' (pen.)	Report	Klos 9', 69'	Stadium: Stadion Essen Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Christian Dingert
	Penalties
	Löning Brauer Malura Weber Baier		Klos Junglas Ulm Putaro Hemlein

FC 08 Villingen v Schalke 04

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	FC 08 Villingen	1–4	Schalke 04	Freiburg im Breisgau[note 10]
15:30	Ketterer 90'	Report	Aogo 10' Embolo 19' Geis 75' Huntelaar 86'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 14,400 Referee: Patrick Alt

Dynamo Dresden v RB Leipzig

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	Dynamo Dresden	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	RB Leipzig	Dresden
15:30	Kutschke 47' (pen.), 78'	Report	Sabitzer 15' Kaiser 45+2' (pen.)	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 29,222 Referee: Felix Brych
	Penalties
	Testroet Stefaniak Teixeira Gogia Aosman		Kalmár Orban Ilsanker Kaiser Halstenberg

BFC Preussen v 1. FC Köln

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	BFC Preussen	0–7	1. FC Köln	Berlin[note 11]
15:30		Report	Rausch 19' Modeste 45' Maroh 68' Risse 71' Rudņevs 75' Osako 79', 88'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 6,318 Referee: Alexander Sather

Hallescher FC v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	Hallescher FC	4–3 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Halle
15:30	Aliji 34' (o.g.) El-Helwe 54', 58' Gjasula 94' (pen.)	Report	Osawe 23', 90+4' Stieber 37'	Stadium: ERDGAS Sportpark Attendance: 10,021 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

1860 Munich v Karlsruher SC

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	1860 Munich	2–1	Karlsruher SC	Munich
18:30	Aigner 60' Matmour 90+2'	Report	Diamantakos 67'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 16,800 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Hansa Rostock v Fortuna Düsseldorf

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	Hansa Rostock	0–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Rostock
18:30		Report	Sobottka 21', 57' Bebou 62'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 18,100 Referee: Frank Willenborg

FC 08 Homburg v VfB Stuttgart

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	FC 08 Homburg	0–3	VfB Stuttgart	Homburg
18:30		Report	Gentner 53' Özcan 58' Tashchy 87'	Stadium: Waldstadion Homburg Attendance: 10,800 Referee: Robert Hartmann

FSV Frankfurt v VfL Wolfsburg

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20)	FSV Frankfurt	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Frankfurt
20:45	Schleusener 52'	Report	Schäfer 5' (o.g.) Dost 16'	Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion Attendance: 5,050 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Sportfreunde Lotte v Werder Bremen

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	Sportfreunde Lotte	2–1	Werder Bremen	Lotte
15:30	Rahn 8' Dej 54'	Report	Junuzović 45'	Stadium: FRIMO Stadion Attendance: 10,056 Referee: Christian Dietz

MSV Duisburg v Union Berlin

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	MSV Duisburg	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Union Berlin	Duisburg
15:30	Iljutcenko 67'	Report	Quaner 62' Schnellhardt 95' (o.g.)	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 14,209 Referee: Marco Fritz

Eintracht Norderstedt v Greuther Fürth

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	Eintracht Norderstedt	1–4	Greuther Fürth	Norderstedt
15:30	Drinkuth 80'	Report	Žulj 42' Dursun 71' Tripić 89' Kirsch 90+2'	Stadium: Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Benjamin Bläser

Astoria Walldorf v VfL Bochum

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	Astoria Walldorf	4–3 (a.e.t.)	VfL Bochum	Walldorf
15:30	Groß 6' Carl 55' Meyer 95' Straub 107'	Report	Stiepermann 22' Stöger 65', 117'	Stadium: FC-Astoria Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Riem Hussein

1. FC Magdeburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	1. FC Magdeburg	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Magdeburg
15:30	Hammann 86'	Report	Hrgota 7'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 24,400 Referee: Markus Schmidt
	Penalties
	Hammann Puttkammer Müller Exslager Beck Löhmannsröben		Meier Huszti Hasebe Mascarell Blum Varela

SpVgg Unterhaching v Mainz 05

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	SpVgg Unterhaching	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Mainz 05	Unterhaching
15:30	Hain 33', 89' Lux 90+3'	Report	Córdoba 22' Frei 64' Mallı 88'	Stadium: Alpenbauer Sportpark Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Arne Aarnink
	Penalties
	Stahl Hain Dombrowka Einsiedler		de Blasis Mallı Clemens Rodríguez

Germania Egestorf/Langreder v 1899 Hoffenheim

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	Germania Egestorf/Langreder	0–6	1899 Hoffenheim	Barsinghausen
15:30		Report	Kramarić 18', 32', 80' Rudy 21' Uth 43' Wagner 90'	Stadium: Joyetech-Arena Attendance: 2,585 Referee: Marcel Schütz

SC Hauenstein v Bayer Leverkusen

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	SC Hauenstein	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Pirmasens[note 12]
15:30	Srzentić 81'	Report	Hernández 39' Bellarabi 67'	Stadium: Sportpark Husterhöhe Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Bremer SV v Darmstadt 98

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	Bremer SV	0–7	Darmstadt 98	Bremen[note 13]
15:30		Report	Čolak 18', 45+2', 58' Kmieć 22' (o.g.) Heller 40' Gondorf 56' Schipplock 87'	Stadium: Stadion am Panzenberg Attendance: 1,993 Referee: Lasse Koslowski

SG Wattenscheid v 1. FC Heidenheim

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	SG Wattenscheid	1–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Bochum
18:30	Tumbul 30'	Report	Verhoek 75' Thomalla 80'	Stadium: Lohrheidestadion Attendance: 3,323 Referee: Timo Gerach

Jahn Regensburg v Hertha BSC

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	Jahn Regensburg	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Hertha BSC	Regensburg
18:30	Nandzik 51'	Report	Weiser 84'	Stadium: Continental Arena Attendance: 12,526 Referee: Robert Kampka
	Penalties
	Thommy Džalto Hein Hofrath		Ibišević Darida Weiser Plattenhardt Kalou

Erzgebirge Aue v FC Ingolstadt

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21)	Erzgebirge Aue	0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	FC Ingolstadt	Aue
18:30		Report		Stadium: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 6,650 Referee: Sören Storks
	Penalties
	Rizzuto Köpke Kvesić Pepić Nazarov Breitkreuz Hertner Adler		Cohen Suttner Leckie Groß Hinterseer Matip Roger Levels

Kickers Offenbach v Hannover 96

22 August 2016 (2016-08-22)	Kickers Offenbach	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Hannover 96	Offenbach
18:30	Firat 29', 49'	Report	Harnik 3' Klaus 22' Sané 120+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion Attendance: 10,573 Referee: Thorben Siewer

FSV Zwickau v Hamburger SV

22 August 2016 (2016-08-22)	FSV Zwickau	0–1	Hamburger SV	Zwickau
18:30		Report	Halilović 70'	Stadium: Stadion Zwickau Attendance: 10,134 Referee: Robert Kempter

SC Paderborn v SV Sandhausen

22 August 2016 (2016-08-22)	SC Paderborn	1–2	SV Sandhausen	Paderborn
18:30	Michel 50'	Report	Sukuta-Pasu 18' (pen.) Kister 90+1'	Stadium: Benteler-Arena Attendance: 4,436 Referee: Martin Petersen

Eintracht Trier v Borussia Dortmund

22 August 2016 (2016-08-22)	Eintracht Trier	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Trier
20:45		Report	Kagawa 8', 33' Schürrle 45'	Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 10,805 Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Second round

The draw was held on 26 August 2016 at 22:45, with Oliver Bierhoff drawing the games.^[13][14]

Sportfreunde Lotte v Bayer Leverkusen

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	Sportfreunde Lotte	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Bayer Leverkusen	Lotte
18:30	Hilbert 47' (o.g.) Freiberger 105+1'	Report	Volland 25', 95'	Stadium: FRIMO Stadion Attendance: 8,763 Referee: Tobias Welz
	Penalties
	Nauber Freiberger Steinhart Dej Langlitz Tankulić		Aránguiz Havertz Volland Hilbert Wendell Baumgartlinger

Dynamo Dresden v Arminia Bielefeld

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	Dynamo Dresden	0–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Dresden
18:30		Report	Hemlein 66'	Stadium: DDV-Stadion Attendance: 26,819 Referee: Robert Kampka

Würzburger Kickers v 1860 Munich

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	Würzburger Kickers	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	1860 Munich	Würzburg
18:30		Report		Stadium: flyeralarm Arena Attendance: 12,142 Referee: Markus Schmidt
	Penalties
	Rama Soriano Benatelli Pisot Daghfous		Ayçiçek Uduokhai Wittek Stojković Mölders

SC Freiburg v SV Sandhausen

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	SC Freiburg	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	SV Sandhausen	Freiburg im Breisgau
18:30	Møller Dæhli 21' Grifo 76' Petersen 82'	Report	Kister 39' Wooten 53' Sukuta-Pasu 64'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 14,600 Referee: Tobias Stieler
	Penalties
	Petersen Günter Torrejón Grifo Philipp Haberer		Roßbach Sukuta-Pasu Kister Pledl Karl Vunguidica

Hallescher FC v Hamburger SV

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	Hallescher FC	0–4	Hamburger SV	Halle
20:45		Report	Wood 8', 43' Lasogga 57' Waldschmidt 82'	Stadium: ERDGAS Sportpark Attendance: 14,004 Referee: Christian Dingert

Eintracht Frankfurt v FC Ingolstadt

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	FC Ingolstadt	Frankfurt
20:45		Report		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Harm Osmers
	Penalties
	Huszti Oczipka Mascarell Hasebe		Cohen Christiansen Hartmann

Borussia Mönchengladbach v VfB Stuttgart

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
20:45	Johnson 32' Stindl 84'	Report		Stadium: BORUSSIA-PARK Attendance: 40,452 Referee: Günter Perl

FC St. Pauli v Hertha BSC

25 October 2016 (2016-10-25)	FC St. Pauli	0–2	Hertha BSC	Hamburg
20:45		Report	Weiser 42' Stocker 54'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,123 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

Astoria Walldorf v Darmstadt 98

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)	Astoria Walldorf	1–0	Darmstadt 98	Walldorf
18:30	Hillenbrand 32'	Report		Stadium: FC-Astoria Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

Hannover 96 v Fortuna Düsseldorf

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)	Hannover 96	6–1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hanover
18:30	Sobiech 5' Klaus 7', 34' Harnik 15', 16' Maier 53'	Report	Akpoguma 20'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

1. FC Heidenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)	1. FC Heidenheim	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Heidenheim
18:30		Report	Gómez 49'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Greuther Fürth v Mainz 05

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)	Greuther Fürth	2–1	Mainz 05	Fürth
18:30	Sararer 79' Tripić 90'	Report	Córdoba 68'	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 5,975 Referee: Guido Winkmann

1. FC Nürnberg v Schalke 04

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)	1. FC Nürnberg	2–3	Schalke 04	Nuremberg
20:45	Baba 59' (o.g.) Kempe 68' (pen.)	Report	Konoplyanka 20', 45' Huntelaar 31'	Stadium: Stadion Nürnberg Attendance: 28,281 Referee: Frank Willenborg

1. FC Köln v 1899 Hoffenheim

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)	1. FC Köln	2–1 (a.e.t.)	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
20:45	Risse 36' Modeste 91'	Report	Hübner 8'	Stadium: RheinEnergieSTADION Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayern Munich v FC Augsburg

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)	Bayern Munich	3–1	FC Augsburg	Munich
20:45	Lahm 2' Green 41' Alaba 90+3'	Report	Ji 68'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 73,500 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Borussia Dortmund v Union Berlin

26 October 2016 (2016-10-26)	Borussia Dortmund	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	Union Berlin	Dortmund
21:00[note 14]	Parensen 44' (o.g.)	Report	Skrzybski 81'	Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 79,037 Referee: Jochen Drees
	Penalties
	Dembélé Ginter Götze		Kroos Fürstner Hosiner

Round of 16

The draw was held on 26 October 2016 at 23:45, with Fabian Hambüchen drawing the games.^[16][17]

Hamburger SV v 1. FC Köln

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)	Hamburger SV	2–0	1. FC Köln	Hamburg
18:30	Jung 5' Wood 76'	Report		Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 45,143 Referee: Günter Perl

Astoria Walldorf v Arminia Bielefeld

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)	Astoria Walldorf	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Arminia Bielefeld	Walldorf
18:30	Carl 78'	Report	Schütz 52'	Stadium: FC-Astoria Stadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski
	Penalties
	Kern Carl Haas Groß Stadler Kiermeier		Klos Junglas Schütz Voglsammer Nöthe Salger

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)	Bayern Munich	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
20:45	Douglas Costa 18'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 73,500 Referee: Jochen Drees

Greuther Fürth v Borussia Mönchengladbach

7 February 2017 (2017-02-07)	Greuther Fürth	0–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Fürth
20:45		Report	Wendt 12' Hazard 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer Attendance: 12,336 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Sportfreunde Lotte v 1860 Munich

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)	Sportfreunde Lotte	2–0	1860 Munich	Lotte
18:30	Lindner 28' Freiberger 58'	Report		Stadium: FRIMO Stadion Attendance: 10,059 Referee: Christian Dingert

SV Sandhausen v Schalke 04

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)	SV Sandhausen	1–4	Schalke 04	Sandhausen
18:30	Wooten 64'	Report	Schöpf 38' Caligiuri 43' Naldo 45+1' Konoplyanka 71'	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Benjamin Brand

Borussia Dortmund v Hertha BSC

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)	Borussia Dortmund	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Hertha BSC	Dortmund
20:45	Reus 47'	Report	Kalou 27'	Stadium: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK Attendance: 80,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin
	Penalties
	Dembélé Pulisic Aubameyang Castro		Lustenberger Darida Esswein Allagui Kalou

Hannover 96 v Eintracht Frankfurt

8 February 2017 (2017-02-08)	Hannover 96	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hanover
20:45	Harnik 57'	Report	Tawatha 62' Seferovic 66'	Stadium: HDI-Arena Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

Quarter-finals

The draw took place on 8 February 2017 at 23:15, with Mark Forster drawing the games.^[18][19]

Eintracht Frankfurt v Arminia Bielefeld

28 February 2017 (2017-02-28)	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Frankfurt
18:30	Blum 6'	Report		Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Hamburger SV v Borussia Mönchengladbach

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)	Hamburger SV	1–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
18:40[note 15]	Wood 90+2'	Report	Stindl 53' (pen.) Raffael 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 53,249 Referee: Marco Fritz

Bayern Munich v Schalke 04

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01)	Bayern Munich	3–0	Schalke 04	Munich
20:45	Lewandowski 3', 29' Thiago 16'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

Sportfreunde Lotte v Borussia Dortmund

14 March 2017 (2017-03-14)[note 16]	Sportfreunde Lotte	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Osnabrück[note 17]
18:30		Report	Pulisic 57' Schürrle 66' Schmelzer 83'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 15,780 Referee: Felix Brych

Semi-finals

The draw took place on 1 March 2017 at 23:15, with Matthias Sammer drawing the games.^[22][23]

25 April 2017 (2017-04-25)

20:45

Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt
Hofmann 45+2'	Report	Tawatha 15'
Penalties
Stindl Herrmann Hahn Strobl Bénes Vestergaard Christensen Sow	6–7	Oczipka Hector Gaćinović Fabián Russ Seferovic Varela Hrgota

BORUSSIA-PARK, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 54,014

Referee: Deniz Aytekin

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26 April 2017 (2017-04-26)

20:45

Bayern Munich	2–3	Borussia Dortmund
Martínez 28' Hummels 41'	Report	Reus 19' Aubameyang 69' Dembélé 74'

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 75,000

Referee: Manuel Gräfe

Final

Main article: 2017 DFB-Pokal Final

The final took place on 27 May 2017 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

27 May 2017 (2017-05-27)

20:00 CEST

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2	Borussia Dortmund
Rebić 29'	Report	Dembélé 8' Aubameyang 67' (pen.)

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,322

Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)

Bracket

The following is the bracket which the DFB-Pokal resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.

	First round 19–22 August 2016				Second round 25–26 October 2016				Round of 16 7–8 February 2017				Quarter-finals 28 February – 1 March 2017				Semi-finals 25–26 April 2017				Final 27 May 2017
	Hallescher FC (a.e.t.)	4
	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3
					Hallescher FC	0
					Hamburger SV	4
	FSV Zwickau	0
	Hamburger SV	1
									Hamburger SV	2
									1. FC Köln	0
	BFC Preussen	0
	1. FC Köln	7
					1. FC Köln (a.e.t.)	2
					1899 Hoffenheim	1
	Germania Egestorf/Langreder	0
	1899 Hoffenheim	6
													Hamburger SV	1
													Borussia Mönchengladbach	2
	Eintracht Norderstedt	1
	Greuther Fürth	4
					Greuther Fürth	2
					Mainz 05	1
	SpVgg Unterhaching	3 (2)
	Mainz 05 (p)	3 (4)
									Greuther Fürth	0
									Borussia Mönchengladbach	2
	SV Drochtersen/Assel	0
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1
					Borussia Mönchengladbach	2
					VfB Stuttgart	0
	FC 08 Homburg	0
	VfB Stuttgart	3
																	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 (6)
																	Eintracht Frankfurt (p)	1 (7)
	Kickers Offenbach	2
	Hannover 96 (a.e.t.)	3
					Hannover 96	6
					Fortuna Düsseldorf	1
	Hansa Rostock	0
	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3
									Hannover 96	1
									Eintracht Frankfurt	2
	1. FC Magdeburg	1 (3)
	Eintracht Frankfurt (p)	1 (4)
					Eintracht Frankfurt (p)	0 (4)
					FC Ingolstadt	0 (1)
	Erzgebirge Aue	0 (7)
	FC Ingolstadt (p)	0 (8)
													Eintracht Frankfurt	1
													Arminia Bielefeld	0
	Astoria Walldorf (a.e.t.)	4
	VfL Bochum	3
					Astoria Walldorf	1
					Darmstadt 98	0
	Bremer SV	0
	Darmstadt 98	7
									Astoria Walldorf	1 (4)
									Arminia Bielefeld (p)	1 (5)
	Dynamo Dresden (p)	2 (5)
	RB Leipzig	2 (4)
					Dynamo Dresden	0
					Arminia Bielefeld	1
	Rot-Weiss Essen (p)	2 (4)
	Arminia Bielefeld	2 (5)
																				Eintracht Frankfurt	1
																					Borussia Dortmund	2
	Carl Zeiss Jena	0
	Bayern Munich	5
					Bayern Munich	3
					FC Augsburg	1
	FV Ravensburg	0
	FC Augsburg	2
									Bayern Munich	1
									VfL Wolfsburg	0
	SG Wattenscheid	1
	1. FC Heidenheim	2
					1. FC Heidenheim	0
					VfL Wolfsburg	1
	FSV Frankfurt	1
	VfL Wolfsburg	2
													Bayern Munich	3
													Schalke 04	0
	SV Babelsberg	0
	SC Freiburg	4
					SC Freiburg	3 (3)
					SV Sandhausen (p)	3 (4)
	SC Paderborn	1
	SV Sandhausen	2
									SV Sandhausen	1
									Schalke 04	4
	Viktoria Köln	1 (5)
	1. FC Nürnberg (p)	1 (6)
					1. FC Nürnberg	2
					Schalke 04	3
	FC 08 Villingen	1
	Schalke 04	4
																Bayern Munich	2
																	Borussia Dortmund	3
	Sportfreunde Lotte	2
	Werder Bremen	1
					Sportfreunde Lotte (p)	2 (4)
					Bayer Leverkusen	2 (3)
	SC Hauenstein	1
	Bayer Leverkusen	2
									Sportfreunde Lotte	2
									1860 Munich	0
	Würzburger Kickers (a.e.t.)	1
	Eintracht Braunschweig	0
					Würzburger Kickers	0 (3)
					1860 Munich (p)	0 (4)
	1860 Munich	2
	Karlsruher SC	1
													Sportfreunde Lotte	0
													Borussia Dortmund	3
	Eintracht Trier	0
	Borussia Dortmund	3
					Borussia Dortmund (p)	1 (3)
					Union Berlin	1 (0)
	MSV Duisburg	1
	Union Berlin (a.e.t.)	2
									Borussia Dortmund (p)	1 (3)
									Hertha BSC	1 (2)
	VfB Lübeck	0
	FC St. Pauli	3
					FC St. Pauli	0
					Hertha BSC	2
	Jahn Regensburg	1 (3)
	Hertha BSC (p)	1 (5)

Top goalscorers

The following are the top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary.^[24] Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	5
2	Martin Harnik	Hannover 96	4
	Bobby Wood	Hamburger SV
4	Antonio Čolak	Darmstadt 98	3
	Vincenzo Grifo	SC Freiburg
	Felix Klaus	Hannover 96
	Yevhen Konoplyanka	Schalke 04
	Andrej Kramarić	1899 Hoffenheim
9	28 players		2

Notes

1. The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
2. In addition to the Bavarian Cup winners, the best-placed amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern also qualified.
3. Since Bavarian Cup winners Würzburger Kickers already qualified via their 3. Liga position, finalists SpVgg Unterhaching took the spot.
4. Both finalists of the Lower Saxony Cup qualified.
5. Eintracht Trier qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Rhineland Cup, as combined football sections of clubs such as SG HWW Niederroßbach, the other finalists, are not allowed entrance into the DFB-Pokal.
6. Since Saxony Cup winners Erzgebirge Aue already qualified via their 3. Liga position, finalists FSV Zwickau took the spot.
7. Hallescher FC qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Saxony-Anhalt Cup, as 1. FC Magdeburg, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their 3. Liga position.
8. In addition to the Westphalian Cup winners, the winners of a play-off between the best-placed amateur Westphalian team of the Regionalliga West and the best-placed amateur team of the Oberliga Westfalen also qualified.
9. The match took place at the Geberit-Arena in Pfullendorf instead of FV Ravensburg's home stadium.
10. The match took place at the Schwarzwald-Stadion in Freiburg im Breisgau instead of FC 08 Villingen's home stadium.
11. The match took place at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei in Berlin instead of BFC Preussen's home stadium.
12. The match took place at the Sportpark Husterhöhe in Pirmasens instead of SC Hauenstein's home stadium.
13. The match took place at the Stadion am Panzenberg in Bremen instead of Bremer SV's home stadium.
14. The match was originally scheduled to start at 20:45, but was delayed 15 minutes due to a traffic jam around the stadium.^[15]
15. The match was originally scheduled to start at 18:30, but was delayed 10 minutes due to a traffic jam around the stadium.
16. The match, originally scheduled for 28 February 2017, 20:45, was cancelled due to poor pitch conditions, and was rescheduled for two weeks later.^[20][21]
17. The match was originally scheduled to take place at Sportfreunde Lotte's home stadium, the FRIMO Stadion in Lotte. However, due to the cancellation of the original match due to poor pitch conditions, the match was rescheduled to take place at the Stadion an der Bremer Brücke in Osnabrück.^[21]

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External links

• Official website (in German)
• DFB-Pokal on kicker.de (in German)