The 2017–18 DFB-Pokal was the 75th 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. The competition began on 11 August 2017 with the first of six rounds and ended on 19 May 2018 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).
Representatives of the regional associations 24 representatives of 21 regional associations of the DFB, qualify (in general) through the 2016–17 Verbandspokal[note 1]
The DFB-Pokal began with a round of 64 teams. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, along with the top 4 finishers of the 3. Liga automatically qualified for the tournament. Of the remaining slots, 21 were given to the cup winners of the regional football associations, the Verbandspokal. The 3 remaining slots were given to the three regional associations with the most men's teams, which at the time were 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 qualified for the association cups, every team could in principle compete in the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams and combined football sections were not permitted to enter, along with no two teams of the same association or corporation.[4]
The draws for the different rounds were conducted as following:[4]
For the first round, the participating teams were split into two pots of 32 teams each. The first pot contained all teams which had 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 could 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 was 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.
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 were 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.[4] A total of seven players were allowed to be listed on the substitute bench, with up to three substitutions being allowed during regulation. After approval by the IFAB during the previous season, the use of a fourth substitute was allowed in extra time as part of a pilot project.[5] From the quarter-finals onward, a video assistant referee was appointed for all DFB-Pokal matches. Though technically possible, VAR was not used for home matches of Bundesliga clubs prior to the quarter-finals in order to provide a uniform approach to all matches.[6]
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.[4]
A total of sixty-three matches took place, starting with the first round on 11 August 2017 and culminating with the final on 19 May 2018 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
Times up to 28 October 2017 and from 25 March 2018 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 29 October 2017 to 24 March 2018 are CET (UTC+1).
The draw for the first round was held on 11 June 2017 at 18:00, with Sebastian Kehl drawing the matches.[7] The thirty-two matches took place from 11 to 14 August 2017.[9]
The draw for the second round was held on 20 August 2017 at 18:00, with Carolin Kebekus drawing the matches.[11] The sixteen matches took place from 24 to 25 October 2017.[12]
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 29 October 2017 at 18:00, with Stefan Effenberg drawing the matches.[13] The eight matches took place from 19 to 20 December 2017.[14]
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 7 January 2018 at 18:00, with Oliver Roggisch drawing the matches.[15] The four matches took place from 6 to 7 February 2018.[16]
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 11 February 2018 at 18:00, with Andreas Köpke drawing the matches.[17] The two matches took place from 17 to 18 April 2018.[18]
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.
The following are the top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary.[19] Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.
^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.
^Rot-Weiss Essen qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Lower Rhine Cup, as MSV Duisburg, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their 3. Liga position.
^Germania Halberstadt 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.
^SV Eichede qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Schleswig-Holstein Cup, as Holstein Kiel, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their 3. Liga position.
^The TuS Koblenz v Dynamo Dresden match, originally scheduled on 12 August 2017, 15:30 CEST, was later rescheduled to 11 August 2017, 19:00 CEST, due to difficulty in finding a suitable stadium to host the match.[10]
^The match took place at the Stadion Zwickau in Zwickau instead of TuS Koblenz's home stadium.
^The match took place at the Sportanlage Sülzwiesen in Lüneburg instead of LSK Hansa's home stadium.
^The match took place at the Nordsee-Stadion in Bremerhaven instead of Leher TS's home stadium.
^The match took place at the Leimbachstadion in Siegen instead of TuS Erndtebrück's home stadium.
^The match took place at the Schwarzwald-Stadion in Freiburg instead of 1. FC Rielasingen-Arlen's home stadium.
^The match took place at the Stadion Lohmühle in Lübeck instead of SV Eichede's home stadium.
^The match took place at the Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion in Offenbach instead of Würzburger Kickers's home stadium.
^The match took place at the Scholz-Arena in Aalen instead of Sportfreunde Dormerkingen's home stadium.
^The match took place at the Sportpark Husterhöhe in Pirmasens instead of SV Morlautern's home stadium.
^The match took place at the Wildparkstadion in Karlsruhe instead of FC Nöttingen's home stadium.
^The Bayer Leverkusen v Union Berlin match, originally scheduled for 18:30 CEST, was delayed to 18:35 CEST due to a traffic jam around the stadium.
^The Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen match, originally scheduled for 18:30 CET, was delayed to 18:40 CET due to delays for fans entering the stadium.
^The 1. FC Heidenheim v Eintracht Frankfurt match, originally scheduled for 20:45 CET, was delayed to 20:50 CET due to smoke from fireworks in the stadium.
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