The 1978–79 season saw the 28th competition for the FDGB-Pokal, the East German national football cup. Starting from the third round, the fixtures were played over two legs, culminating in a one-legged final.

1978–79 FDGB-Pokal

The competition began with three qualifying matches between three second-tier DDR-Liga clubs and three Bezirkspokal finalists. Two of the finalists, Dynamo Gera and BSG Stahl Thale, qualified for the first round.[citation needed]

The first round pitted 48 DDR-Liga sides and 24 Bezirkspokal finalists against each other. After an intermediate round with 36 teams, the 14 DDR-Oberliga clubs joined in the second round. The two remaining Bezirkspokal finalists Stahl Thale and Dynamo Fürstenwalde were eliminated in this round, along with no fewer than five Oberliga sides: Wismut Aue, Chemie Böhlen, Chemie Halle, BSG Stahl Riesa and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau.[citation needed]

Of the 6 DDR-Liga teams that had reached the third round, only two survived to reach the quarter-finals, FC Energie Cottbus and BSG Motor Suhl. However, both were then eliminated by last year's finalists 1. FC Magdeburg and Dynamo Dresden, respectively. Dresden went out to Berliner FC Dynamo in the semifinals, while 1. FC Magdeburg went on to reach the final with two wins over 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.[citation needed]

Qualification round

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Home team Away team Result
BSG Motor Hermsdorf SG Dynamo Gera 0–3
BSG Stahl Thale BSG Aktivist Espenhain 3–0
BSG Motor Steinach SG Dynamo Eisleben 1–6

First round

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Home team Away team Result
BSG Fortschritt Weida BSG Motor Werdau 3–2 a.e.t.
ISG Schwerin Süd BSG Stahl Blankenburg 3–2
BSG Akt. Kali Werra Tiefenort II BSG Motor Weimar 2–0
BSG Demminer Verkehrsbetriebe ASG Vorwärts Stralsund 1–6
BSG Einheit Güstrow BSG Schiffahrt/Hafen Rostock 3–3 a.e.t.
3–4 pen.
BSG Rotes Banner Trinwillershagen BSG KK-Werk Greifswald 1–1 a.e.t.
3–2 pen.
BSG Traktor Groß Lindow BSG Stahl Brandenburg 1–4
BSG Motor Hennigsdorf FC Energie Cottbus 0–2
SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde ASG Vorwärts Dessau 2–0
BSG Chemie Schönebeck BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf 1–2
BSG MAB Schkeuditz TSG Gröditz 2–3
ASG Vorwärts Plauen SG Dynamo Eisleben 1–4
BSG Chemie Zeitz BSG Chemie Leipzig 0–3
BSG Motor Ascota Karl-Marx-Stadt BSG Chemie Wolfen 1–2
SG Dynamo Lübben FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder 0–5
BSG Landbau Bad Langensalza BSG Einheit Wernigerode 3–4
BSG NARVA Berlin BSG Motor Eberswalde 2–3
BSG Aktivist Brieske/Senftenberg II BSG Motor WaMa Görlitz 2–2 a.e.t.
3–5 pen.
ASG Vorwärts Kamenz BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe 0–0 a.e.t.
1–3 pen.
BSG Motor Rudisleben BSG Motor Suhl 3–5
BSG Ingenieurhochbau Frankfurt/Oder BSG Motor Babelsberg 1–3 a.e.t.
BSG Motor Zeulenroda BSG Robotron Sömmerda 1–3
BSG ZWK Nebra BSG Akt. Kali Werra Tiefenort 0–3
BSG Wismut Aue II SG Dynamo Gera 0–2
BSG Chemie Eilenburg BSG Stahl Thale 0–0 a.e.t.
0–2 pen.
BSG Lokomotive Stendal BSG Bergmann Borsig Pankow 1–0
BSG Lokomotive Malchin SG Dynamo Schwerin 2–3
BSG Motor Rathenow BSG Chemie Premnitz 1–4
BSG Einheit Grimmen II ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg 1–4
BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge TSG Wismar 1–0
BSG Motor Nordhausen BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau 1–4 a.e.t.
BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt FSV Lokomotive Dresden 4–2
TSG Bau Rostock BSG Post Neubrandenburg 2–1
BSG Motor Wolgast BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt 1–2
BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda BSG Wismut Gera 1–1 a.e.t.
3–4 pen.
BSG Rotation Berlin BSG Aktivist Brieske/Senftenberg 0–2

Intermediate round

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Home team Away team Result
BSG Stahl Thale BSG Wismut Gera 2–1
BSG Lokomotive Stendal ISG Schwerin Süd 2–1 a.e.t.
BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge BSG Einheit Wernigerode 1–3 a.e.t.
BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort II BSG Motor Suhl 1–3 a.e.t.
SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde BSG Chemie Premnitz 3–0
SG Dynamo Gera BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort 1–2
BSG Rotes Banner Trinwillershagen TSG Bau Rostock 0–1 a.e.t.
SG Dynamo Eisleben BSG Fortschritt Weida 7–1
BSG Motor WaMa Görlitz BSG Aktivist Brieske/Senftenberg 0–1
ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder 0–1 a.e.t.
ASG Vorwärts Stralsund BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt 1–2
BSG Schiffahrt/Hafen Rostock BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf 0–3
BSG Motor Babelsberg TSG Gröditz 2–1
BSG Chemie Leipzig BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe 1–0
FC Energie Cottbus BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 3–2
BSG Robotron Sömmerda BSG Chemie Wolfen 1–3 a.e.t.
SG Dynamo Schwerin BSG Motor Eberswalde 2–0

Second round

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Home team Away team Result
BSG Stahl Thale 1. FC Magdeburg 1–4 a.e.t.
BSG Chemie Wolfen BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 1–0
BSG Aktivist Brieske/Senftenberg SG Dynamo Dresden 0–3
BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt Berliner FC Dynamo 0–6
BSG Motor Babelsberg 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 0–2
BSG Motor Suhl BSG Wismut Aue 3–1
SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde FC Hansa Rostock 0–2
BSG Einheit Wernigerode FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 3–5
BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf Hallescher FC Chemie 1–0
BSG Chemie Leipzig BSG Stahl Riesa 1–1 a.e.t.
4–3 pen.
BSG Stahl Brandeburg SG Dynamo Schwerin 2–1
FC Energie Cottbus BSG Chemie Böhlen 2–1
TSG Bau Rostock FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder 0–4
BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 0–1
SG Dynamo Eisleben FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1–5
BSG Lokomotive Stendal 1. FC Union Berlin 1–2

Third round

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Home team Away team Result
1. FC Union Berlin Berliner FC Dynamo 1–8, 1–7
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–2, 4–1
FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder 1. FC Magdeburg 0–1, 2–2
FC Hansa Rostock BSG Chemie Leipzig 4–0, 1–1
SG Dynamo Dresden FC Carl Zeiss Jena 5–0, 3–0
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt BSG Stahl Brandenburg 4–0, 3–1
BSG Chemie Wolfen BSG Motor Suhl 0–5, 1–4
FC Energie Cottbus BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf 3–0, 0–2

Quarter-finals

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Home team Away team Result
Berliner FC Dynamo FC Hansa Rostock 4–1, 7–1
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1–1, 2–3
1. FC Magdeburg BSG Motor Suhl 3–1, 5–2
FC Energie Cottbus SG Dynamo Dresden 1–4, 0–2

Semifinals

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Home team Away team Result
1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 5–1, 2–0
Berliner FC Dynamo SG Dynamo Dresden 1–0, 1–1

Final

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1. FC Magdeburg1 – 0 a.e.t.Berliner FC Dynamo
Seguin   101'
MAGDEBURG:
GK   Dirk Heyne
SW   Manfred Zapf
DF   Detlef Raugust
DF   Wolfgang Seguin
DF   Klaus Decker
MF   Jürgen Pommerenke
MF   Axel Tyll   106'
MF   Wolfgang Steinbach
FW   Jürgen Sparwasser   106'
FW   Joachim Streich
FW   Martin Hoffmann
Substitutes:
MF   Siegmund Mewes   106'
FW   Holger Döbbel   106'
Manager:
  Klaus Urbanczyk
BFC DYNAMO:
GK   Bodo Rudwaleit
SW   Norbert Trieloff
DF   Michael Noack
DF   Rainer Troppa
DF   Artur Ullrich
MF   Frank Terletzki
MF   Reinhard Lauck
MF   Roland Jüngling   102'
MF   Hans-Jürgen Riediger
FW   Ralf Sträßer   70'
FW   Wolf-Rüdiger Netz
Substitutes:
FW   Hartmut Pelka   70'
MF   Bernd Brillat   102'
Manager:
  Jürgen Bogs

References

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