2011–12 DFB-Pokal

2011–12 DFB-Pokal
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Borussia Dortmund
Runner-up	Bayern Munich
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	224 (3.56 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Robert Lewandowski; (7 goals)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal was the 69th season of the annual German football cup competition. It commenced on 29 July 2011 with the first of six rounds and concluded on 12 May 2012 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Since both finalists have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League (group stage) spot was given to the fifth-placed Bundesliga team.^[1] Schalke 04 were the reigning holders, but they were beaten by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the round of 16.

Participating clubs

The following 64 teams competed in the first round:

Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2010–11 season	2. Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2010–11 season	3. Liga the top 4 clubs of the 2010–11 season
SV Werder Bremen Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Hamburger SV Hannover 96 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Köln Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. FSV Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Bayern Munich 1. FC Nürnberg FC Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart FC St. Pauli VfL Wolfsburg	Alemannia Aachen FC Erzgebirge Aue FC Augsburg 1. FC Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum FC Energie Cottbus MSV Duisburg Fortuna Düsseldorf FSV Frankfurt SpVgg Greuther Fürth Hertha BSC FC Ingolstadt 04 Karlsruher SC TSV 1860 Munich Rot-Weiß Oberhausen VfL Osnabrück SC Paderborn 07	Eintracht Braunschweig Dynamo Dresden F.C. Hansa Rostock SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Winners of 21 regional cup competitions
Baden SV Sandhausen Bavaria^[a] SSV Jahn Regensburg (CW) SpVgg Unterhaching^[b] Berlin BFC Dynamo Brandenburg SV Babelsberg 03 Bremen FC Oberneuland Hamburg Eimsbütteler TV Hesse KSV Hessen Kassel^[c]	Lower Rhine Rot-Weiss Essen Lower Saxony^[a] Kickers Emden VfB Oldenburg^[d] Mecklenburg-Vorpommern FC Anker Wismar^[e] Middle Rhine Germania Windeck Rhineland Eintracht Trier Saarland 1. FC Saarbrücken Saxony RB Leipzig	Saxony-Anhalt Hallescher FC Schleswig-Holstein Holstein Kiel South Baden FC Teningen Southwest SVN Zweibrücken Thuringia ZFC Meuselwitz Westphalia^[a] SC Wiedenbrück 2000 (CW) Rot Weiss Ahlen Württemberg 1. FC Heidenheim 1846

^ ^a ^b ^c The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
^ Bavarian Cup runners-up SV Wacker Burghausen had to compete in a play-off against SpVgg Unterhaching, the winners of the match between the losing semi-finalists, for the second Bavarian spot; this play-off was won by Unterhaching.^[2]
^ Since SV Wehen Wiesbaden will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Hessen Kassel will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.
^ Since Eintracht Braunschweig will enter the competition via their league placement, VfB Oldenburg and TSV Ottersberg as losing semi-finalists played a single match to determine the second Lower Saxony participant. This match was won by Oldenburg.^[3]
^ Since F.C. Hansa Rostock will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Anker Wismar will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.

Schedule

The rounds of the 2011–12 competition are scheduled as follows:^[4]

Round	Draw date	Matches
First round	11 June 2011	29 July–1 August 2011
Second round	6 August 2011	25–26 October 2011
Round of 16		20–21 December 2011
Quarter-finals		7–8 February 2012
Semi-finals		20–21 March 2012
Final		12 May 2012 at Olympiastadion, Berlin

Draw

The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following:^[5] For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots. The first pot contains all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3rd Liga and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot will be drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot will be set as the home team in the process.

The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3rd Liga/amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3rd Liga/amateur team will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.

Matches

First round

The draw was made on 11 June 2011.^[6]

As in the 2010–11 competition, Hallescher FC will have to move their first-round match against Eintracht Frankfurt to another ground because re-building of their own Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion has not yet been completed. After several attempts of moving the tie to other locations, including Paul Greifzu Stadium at nearby Dessau-Roßlau and Frankenstadion at Nuremberg, were unsuccessful because of security concerns,^[7]^[8] the match will eventually be played at cross-town Stadion am Bildungszentrum, the current home ground of the club.^[9] Anker Wismar will also have to move their tie against Hannover 96 from their own Paul-Bürger-Stadion because of security requirements. The match will be played at Lohmühle, Lübeck.^[10] Other matches have been moved for capacity reasons, including FC Teningen–FC Schalke 04 (to be played at Badenova-Stadion in nearby Freiburg),^[11] SC Wiedenbrück 2000–1. FC Köln (to be played at Heidewaldstadion, Gütersloh),^[12] SVN Zweibrücken–1. FSV Mainz 05 (to be played at Waldstadion, Homburg)^[13] and Germania Windeck–1899 Hoffenheim (Sportpark Höhenberg, Cologne).^[7] Headlines made Hamburg Cup winner Eimsbütteler TV, who lost almost its complete first and second teams because of disagreements over how to split the money earned from reaching the first round. ETV was forced to field a side predominantly made up of players from its under-19 side.^[14]

All times CEST

29 July 2011	Rot-Weiss Essen	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	1. FC Union Berlin	Essen
20:30	Brauer 22' Koep 71'	Report (in German)	82' Zoundi 90+1' Terodde	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)
	Penalties
	Jasmund Rodenberg Brauer Heppke Wagner		Terodde Menz Ede Silvio Karl

29 July 2011	RB Leipzig	3–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
20:30	Frahn 6', 17', 45'	Report (in German)	25' Lakić 28' Salihamidžić	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 31,212 Referee: Markus Wingenbach (Diez)

29 July 2011	1. FC Saarbrücken	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Erzgebirge Aue	Saarbrücken
20:30	Lerandy 79'	Report (in German)	35' (pen.) Paulus 100' Hochscheidt 119' Könnecke	Stadium: Ludwigspark Attendance: 7,136 Referee: Frank Willenborg (Osnabrück)

29 July 2011	Jahn Regensburg	1–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Regensburg
20:30	Schweinsteiger 31' (pen.)	Report (in German)	14' Stranzl 22' Reus 70' De Camargo	Stadium: Jahnstadion Attendance: 10,388 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

29 July 2011	Wehen Wiesbaden	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Wiesbaden
20:30	Janjić 28' (pen.)	Report (in German)	6' Bičakčić 50' Kuzmanović	Stadium: BRITA-Arena Attendance: 11,600 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen im Allgäu)

29 July 2011	VfL Osnabrück	2–3 (a.e.t.)	1860 Munich	Osnabrück
20:30	Wegkamp 1' Mauersberger 34'	Report (in German)	11' (pen.), 107' Lauth 47' Volland	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Florian Steuer (Menden)

30 July 2011	BFC Dynamo	0–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
15:30		Report (in German)	18' Iličević 22' Tiffert 50' Petsos	Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Attendance: 10,104 Referee: Babak Rafati

30 July 2011	Hallescher FC	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Halle
15:30		Report (in German)	85' (pen.), 90' Gekas	Stadium: Stadion am Bildungszentrum Attendance: 2,800 Referee: Daniel Siebert

30 July 2011	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	2–1	Werder Bremen	Heidenheim an der Brenz
15:30	Sauter 57' Schnatterer 59'	Report (in German)	33' Rosenberg	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jochen Drees

30 July 2011	Dynamo Dresden	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Bayer Leverkusen	Dresden
15:30	Schuppan 68' Koch 70', 86' Schnetzler 117'	Report (in German)	6' Derdiyok 12' Sam 49' Schürrle	Stadium: Glücksgas Arena Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Günter Perl

30 July 2011	Eintracht Trier	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Trier
15:30	Kulabas 16' Hauswald 89'	Report (in German)	88' Sağlık	Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 8,457 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus

30 July 2011	Arminia Bielefeld	1–5	1. FC Nürnberg	Bielefeld
15:30	Jerat 15'	Report (in German)	26', 35', 40' Feulner 65' Mak 71' Pekhart	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Norbert Grudzinski

30 July 2011	Rot Weiss Ahlen	0–10	SC Paderborn	Ahlen
15:30		Report (in German)	12', 29' Alushi 23' (pen.) Krösche 30', 71', 83' Taylor 79' Kara 84' Meha 86' Proschwitz	Stadium: Wersestadion Attendance: 3,002 Referee: Christian Bandurski

30 July 2011	SV Babelsberg 03	0–2	MSV Duisburg	Potsdam
15:30		Report (in German)	6' (o.g.) Stroh-Engel 30' Domovchiyski	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 3,256 Referee: Martin Petersen

30 July 2011	VfB Oldenburg	1–2	Hamburger SV	Oldenburg
15:30	Ferrulli 34'	Report (in German)	26' Westermann 72' Petrić	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 15,552 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

30 July 2011	Holstein Kiel	3–0	Energie Cottbus	Kiel
19:30	Sykora 15' Kazior 32' Herrmann 59'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 7,219 Referee: Robert Kampka

30 July 2011	SV Sandhausen	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Sandhausen
19:30		Report (in German)	10', 90' Lewandowski 56' Kagawa	Stadium: Hardtwald Attendance: 10,231 Referee: Tobias Christ

30 July 2011	Kickers Emden	1–5 (a.e.t.)	FSV Frankfurt	Emden
19:30	Janßen 45' (pen.)	Report (in German)	35' Yelen 93', 112' Gueye 111', 118' Benyamina	Stadium: Embdena-Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Marcel Unger

30 July 2011	Hansa Rostock	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	VfL Bochum	Rostock
19:30	Jänicke 36' Košťál 55'	Report (in German)	52' Aydın 72' Ginczek	Stadium: DKB-Arena Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Markus Schmidt
	Penalties
	Wiemann Langen Lartey Ziegenbein		Kefkir Aydın Freier Federico Maltritz

30 July 2011	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1–2 (a.e.t.)	FC Augsburg	Oberhausen
19:30	Kullmann 24'	Report (in German)	33' Verhaegh 120' De Roeck	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 3,786 Referee: Marco Fritz

31 July 2011	FC Oberneuland	1–4	FC Ingolstadt	Bremen
14:30	G. Aktas 35'	Report (in German)	10', 71' Hartmann 19' (pen.) Leitl 87' Ikeng	Stadium: Stadion Vinnenweg Attendance: 750 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

31 July 2011	SpVgg Unterhaching	3–2	SC Freiburg	Unterhaching
14:30	Sternisko 17' Tunjić 47' (pen.), 87' (pen.)	Report (in German)	9' Makiadi 74' Reisinger	Stadium: Generali Sportpark Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

31 July 2011	Karlsruher SC	3–1	Alemannia Aachen	Karlsruhe
14:30	Milchraum 26' Kempe 83' Krebs 90+4'	Report (in German)	7' (pen.) Kratz	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 15,118 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

31 July 2011	Eimsbütteler TV	0–10	Greuther Fürth	Hamburg
14:30		Report (in German)	17' Mavraj 19', 25', 76', 85' Sararer 54', 71' Tyrała 66' (pen.) Nehrig 80' Nöthe 88' C. Rahn	Stadium: Stadion Hoheluft Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Thomas Metzen

31 July 2011	Anker Wismar	0–6	Hannover 96	Lübeck
14:30		Report (in German)	12', 25' Abdellaoue 34', 36' Stindl 71', 76' Stoppelkamp	Stadium: Lohmühle Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Peter Sippel

31 July 2011	ZFC Meuselwitz	0–4	Hertha BSC	Meuselwitz
16:00		Report (in German)	22', 26' Ramos 49' Ottl 56' Ebert	Stadium: bluechip-Arena Attendance: 7,707 Referee: Thorsten Schriever

31 July 2011	Germania Windeck	1–3 (a.e.t.)	1899 Hoffenheim	Cologne
16:00	Buchholz 36'	Report (in German)	51' (pen.) Salihović Johnson 98' Babel 116'	Stadium: Sportpark Höhenberg Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bastian Dankert

31 July 2011	FC Teningen	1–11	Schalke 04	Freiburg
17:30	Kirstein 20'	Report (in German)	3', 22', 39', 64' Huntelaar 7' Papadopoulos 13', 32' Raúl 57', 75' Holtby 70', 79' Gavranović	Stadium: Badenova-Stadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

31 July 2011	Hessen Kassel	0–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Kassel
17:30		Report (in German)	25' Bröker 80' Rösler 86' O. Fink	Stadium: Auestadion Attendance: 14,850 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

31 July 2011	SVN Zweibrücken	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mainz 05	Homburg
17:30	Maul 116'	Report (in German)	95' Slišković 115' Allagui	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

31 July 2011	SC Wiedenbrück 2000	0–3	1. FC Köln	Gütersloh
17:30		Report (in German)	23', 45' Novaković 78' Jajalo	Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Christian Leicher

1 August 2011	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–3	Bayern Munich	Braunschweig
20:30		Report (in German)	9' (pen.) Gómez 39' (pen.) Schweinsteiger 83' Müller	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 23,645 Referee: Felix Zwayer

Second round

The draw for this round took place on 6 August 2011.^[15] The matches were played on 25–26 October 2011.

25 October 2011	RB Leipzig	0–1	FC Augsburg	Leipzig
19:00		Report	62' Brinkmann	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 34,341 Referee: Florian Meyer

25 October 2011	SpVgg Unterhaching	1–4	VfL Bochum	Unterhaching
19:00	Bigalke 69' (pen.)	Report	7' Dabrowski 22' Ginczek 75' Federico 78' Jong Tae-se	Stadium: Generali Sportpark Attendance: 3,150 Referee: Martin Petersen

25 October 2011	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Heidenheim an der Brenz
19:00		Report		Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Markus Wingenbach
	Penalties
	Sauter Krebs Spann Schittenhelm Tausendpfund		Daems Dante Nordtveit Stranzl

25 October 2011	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–0	1860 Munich	Düsseldorf
19:00	Benjamin 15' Rösler 39', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 34,413 Referee: Jochen Drees

25 October 2011	Eintracht Trier	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Hamburger SV	Trier
20:30	Kulabas 9'	Report	63' Berg 110' Aogo	Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Robert Hartmann

25 October 2011	Greuther Fürth	4–0	SC Paderborn	Fürth
20:30	Peković 5' Nöthe 29' Occéan 35' Pektürk 79'	Report		Stadium: Trolli Arena Attendance: 6,150 Referee: Markus Schmidt

25 October 2011	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	1. FC Köln	Sinsheim
20:30	Obasi 40' Musona 50'	Report	6' Jajalo	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

25 October 2011	Borussia Dortmund	2–0	Dynamo Dresden	Dortmund
20:45	Lewandowski 30' Götze 65'	Report		Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 73,100 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

26 October 2011	Holstein Kiel	2–0	MSV Duisburg	Kiel
19:00	Kazior 54' Sykora 58'	Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 8,981 Referee: Christian Fischer

26 October 2011	Rot-Weiss Essen	0–3	Hertha BSC	Essen
19:00		Report	64' Ramos 72' Lasogga 86' Rukavytsya	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

26 October 2011	Hannover 96	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Mainz 05	Hanover
19:00		Report	93' Ivanschitz	Stadium: AWD-Arena Attendance: 30,100 Referee: Felix Brych

26 October 2011	Karlsruher SC	0–2	Schalke 04	Karlsruhe
19:00		Report	81' Huntelaar 83' Matip	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 28,916 Referee: Günter Perl

26 October 2011	Erzgebirge Aue	1–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Aue
20:30	König 78'	Report	64' Esswein 68' Wießmeier	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

26 October 2011	Bayern Munich	6–0	FC Ingolstadt	Munich
20:30	Müller 33' Alaba 49' Petersen 52', 71' Matip 82' (o.g.) Usami 90'	Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Guido Winkmann

26 October 2011	VfB Stuttgart	3–0	FSV Frankfurt	Stuttgart
20:30	Hemlein 4' Cacau 38' Traoré 89'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 18,270 Referee: Christian Leicher

26 October 2011	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–1 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Frankfurt
20:30		Report	119' Sukuta-Pasu	Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Round of 16

The draw for this round took place on 30 October 2011.^[16] The matches were played on 20–21 December 2011.

20 December 2011	VfL Bochum	1–2	Bayern Munich	Bochum
19:00	Federico 26'	Report	52' Kroos 90+1' Robben	Stadium: Rewirpower-Stadion Attendance: 29,299 Referee: Michael Weiner

20 December 2011	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	Greuther Fürth	Nuremberg
19:00		Report	15' Prib	Stadium: Easycredit-Stadion Attendance: 48,548 Referee: Knut Kircher

20 December 2011	1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	FC Augsburg	Sinsheim
20:30	Salihović 23' Ibišević 49'	Report	36' Oehrl	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

20 December 2011	Fortuna Düsseldorf	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Borussia Dortmund	Düsseldorf
20:30		Report		Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Manuel Gräfe
	Penalties
	Jovanović Langeneke Lambertz Bröker Rösler		Hummels Błaszczykowski Kehl Gündoğan Perišić

21 December 2011	Hertha BSC	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Berlin
19:00	Ramos 43' Lasogga 59' Ebert 90+1'	Report	51' Shechter	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 40,944 Referee: Florian Meyer

21 December 2011	Holstein Kiel	2–0	Mainz 05	Kiel
19:00	Ujah 6' (o.g.) Müller 64'	Report		Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 10,649 Referee: Günter Perl

21 December 2011	VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
20:30	Cacau 23', 62'	Report	54' (o.g.) Kvist	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 38,600 Referee: Peter Gagelmann

21 December 2011	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	Schalke 04	Mönchengladbach
20:30	Arango 18' Reus 56', 88'	Report	70' Draxler	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 54,057 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

Quarter-finals

The draw for this round took place on 21 December 2011.^[17] The matches were played on 7–8 February 2012.

All times CET

7 February 2012	Holstein Kiel	0–4	Borussia Dortmund	Kiel
20:30		Report	11' Lewandowski 18' Kagawa 80' Barrios 87' Perišić	Stadium: Holstein-Stadion Attendance: 11,386 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

8 February 2012	1899 Hoffenheim	0–1	Greuther Fürth	Sinsheim
19:00		Report	44' Occéan	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

8 February 2012	Hertha BSC	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Berlin
19:00		Report	101' (pen.) Daems 120' Wendt	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 47,465 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

8 February 2012	VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
20:30		Report	30' Ribéry 46' Gómez	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 57,500 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)