2024 �25 DFB-POKAL FRAUEN

2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Venue(s)	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Dates	17 August 2024 – 1 May 2025
	Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

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]

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
Werder Bremen MSV Duisburg SGS Essen Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg TSG Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln Bayer Leverkusen RB Leipzig 1. FC Nürnberg Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg	SG Andernach FSV Gütersloh Hamburger SV FC Ingolstadt Carl Zeiss Jena SV Meppen Borussia Mönchengladbach Turbine Potsdam SC Sand SV 67 Weinberg	Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum SV Hegnach^{[note 2]} Hertha BSC SV Henstedt-Ulzburg Mainz 05
Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups
Baden Karlsruher SC Bavaria FC Forstern^{[note 3]} Berlin Viktoria Berlin^{[note 4]} Brandenburg BSG Stahl Brandenburg Bremen ATS Buntentor Hamburg FC St. Pauli Hesse Kickers Offenbach	Lower Rhine VfR Warbeyen Lower Saxony Rot-Weiss Göttingen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Hansa Rostock Middle Rhine Fortuna Köln Rhineland TuS Issel Saarland SV Elversberg Saxony Eintracht Leipzig-Süd^{[note 5]}	Saxony-Anhalt Magdeburger FFC Schleswig-Holstein Kieler MTV South Baden Hegauer FV Southwest SC Siegelbach^{[note 6]} Thuringia 1. FFV Erfurt^{[note 7]} Westphalia Wacker Mecklenbeck Württemberg VfB Stuttgart

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
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
		Report

17–19 August 2024	Hertha BSC	v	ATS Buntentor
		Report

17–19 August 2024	Rot-Weiss Göttingen	v	SV Meppen
		Report

17–19 August 2024	FC St. Pauli	v	Arminia Bielefeld
		Report

17–19 August 2024	FSV Gütersloh	v	Union Berlin
		Report

17–19 August 2024	VfR Warbeyen	v	Wacker Mecklenbeck
		Report

17–19 August 2024	SV Henstedt-Ulzburg	v	Viktoria Berlin
		Report

17–19 August 2024	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	v	Kieler MTV
		Report

17–19 August 2024	Magdeburger FFC	v	Hamburger SV
		Report

17–19 August 2024	Kickers Offenbach	v	FC Ingolstadt
		Report

17–19 August 2024	Fortuna Köln	v	TuS Issel
		Report

17–19 August 2024	Eintracht Leipzig-Süd	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach
		Report

17–19 August 2024	SG Andernach	v	SC Sand
		Report

17–19 August 2024	SC Siegelbach	v	1. FFV Erfurt
		Report

17–19 August 2024	FC Forstern	v	SV 67 Weinberg
		Report

17–19 August 2024	Hegauer FV	v	SV Hegnach
		Report

17–19 August 2024	Karlsruher SC	v	SV Elversberg
		Report

17–19 August 2024	VfB Stuttgart	v	Mainz 05
		Report

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

^ ^a ^b "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.

[3] Second teams are not eligible.

[4] SV Hegnach qualified as runners-up of the Regionalliga Süd as champions SC Freiburg II were ineligible.

[5] FC Forstern qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Baden Cup, as 1. FC Nürnberg II, the other finalists, were ineligible.

[6] 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.

[7] Eintracht Leipzig-Süd qualified regardless of the outcome of the Saxony Cup final, as RB Leipzig II, the other finalists, were ineligible.

[8] 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.

[9] 1. FFV Erfurt qualified regardless of the outcome of the Thuringian Cup final, as Carl Zeiss Jena II, the other finalists, were ineligible.

[schedule-1] "Rahmenterminkalender für Saison 2024/2025 beschlossen". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

[2] "Wolfsburg feiert zehnten Pokalsieg in Folge". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

[10] "Ulrike Ballweg lost erste Pokalrunde aus". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[11] ""Interessante Begegnungen": Erste Runde im Pokal der Frauen steht". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[12] "Teilnehmerfeld im DFB-Pokal der Frauen steht fest". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

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