1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal

The 1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal was the first season of the DFB Ligapokal. It began on 5 July 1972 and ended on 6 June 1973.

1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal

Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Hamburger SV
Runner-up	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Tournament statistics
Matches played	109
Goals scored	460 (4.22 per match)

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Eintracht Braunschweig	6	5	0	1	16	6	+10	10
Hannover 96	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	7
Eintracht Gelsenkirchen	6	1	2	3	10	16	−6	4
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	6	1	1	4	10	17	−7	3

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hamburger SV	6	4	1	1	17	11	+6	9
FC St. Pauli	6	3	1	2	10	11	−1	7
Hertha BSC	6	2	0	4	15	13	+2	4
Wacker 04 Berlin	6	2	0	4	13	20	−7	4

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arminia Bielefeld	6	3	1	2	13	8	+5	7
Borussia Dortmund	6	2	3	1	11	9	+2	7
SV Werder Bremen	6	2	3	1	14	17	−3	7
VfL Osnabrück	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	3

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Schalke 04	6	5	0	1	16	9	+7	10
VfL Bochum	6	4	0	2	13	10	+3	8
SpVgg Erkenschwick	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	6
KSV Hessen Kassel	6	0	0	6	7	18	−11	0

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	3	3	0	14	5	+9	9
Rot-Weiss Essen	6	3	1	2	15	9	+6	7
MSV Duisburg	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	6
Schwarz-Weiss Essen	6	1	0	5	8	24	−16	2

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
SC Fortuna Köln	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	9
Fortuna Düsseldorf	6	4	0	2	14	9	+5	8
1. FC Köln	6	3	1	2	14	9	+5	7
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6	0	0	6	4	21	−17	0

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Eintracht Frankfurt	6	5	0	1	23	9	+14	10
Borussia Neunkirchen	6	3	0	3	14	18	+4	6
1. FC Kaiserslautern	6	2	1	3	11	12	−1	5
1. FSV Mainz 05	6	1	1	4	8	17	−9	3

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Bayern Hof	6	3	2	1	20	16	+4	8
VfB Stuttgart	6	2	3	1	14	10	+4	7
FC Bayern Munich	6	3	0	3	17	17	0	6
TSV 1860 Munich	6	1	1	4	11	19	−8	3

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	FC Bayern Hof	3
	FC Schalke 04	8
					FC Schalke 04	2
					Hamburger SV	4
	Eintracht Braunschweig	2
	Hamburger SV	3
									Hamburger SV	4
									Borussia Mönchengladbach	0
	Arminia Bielefeld	3
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	12
					Borussia Mönchengladbach	3
					Eintracht Frankfurt	2
	Eintracht Frankfurt	6
	SC Fortuna Köln	5

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Bayern Hof	3–8	FC Schalke 04	1–1	2–7
Eintracht Braunschweig	2–3	Hamburger SV	2–1	0–2
Arminia Bielefeld	3–12	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–3	3–9
Eintracht Frankfurt	6–5	SC Fortuna Köln	3–3	3–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Schalke 04	2–4	Hamburger SV	1–0	1–4(aet)
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	0–1

Final

Main article: 1973 DFB-Ligapokal final

6 June 1973 (1973-06-06)

19:30 CET

Hamburger SV	4–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Memering 15' Nogly 19' Hönig 37' Hidien 83'	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Franz Wengenmayer (Munich)

References

• Kicker Fußball-Almanach 1974 (in German) [Kicker Football-Almanac 1974] p. 36, Kicker
• Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2001 (in German) [Kicker Football-Almanac 2001] p. 246, Kicker

External links

• Kicker.de (in German)

See also

• 1972–73 DFB-Pokal
• 1972–73 Fußball-Bundesliga
• 1972–73 Fußball-Regionalliga