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
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	164 (4.21 per match)
Attendance	42,739 (1,096 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Nina Lange; (5 goals)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →; All statistics correct as of 23 November 2024. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

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	17–20 August 2024
Second round	6–11 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

Matches

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 had a bye.^[5] The matches will take place between 17 and 20 August 2024.

17 August 2024	Hertha BSC	5–0	ATS Buntentor	Berlin
14:00	Wellhausen 7', 68' Haesler 9' Yavuz 86' Pausch 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadion auf dem Wurfplatz Attendance: 622 Referee: Miriam Schwermer

17 August 2024	Karlsruher SC	5–0	SV Elversberg	Bruchsal
15:00	Züfle 44' Deckenbach 53' Zweigner-Genzer 73' Rothenberger 82' Dillmann 88'	Report		Stadium: Rasenplatz 1. FC Bruchsal Attendance: 170 Referee: Sina Gieringer

17 August 2024	Fortuna Köln	3–1	TuS Issel	Cologne
16:30	Schwing 28', 37' Fohrer 90+4'	Report	Blesius 11'	Stadium: Merian Stadion Attendance: 298 Referee: Nadine Westerhoff

17 August 2024	VfR Warbeyen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Wacker Mecklenbeck	Kleve
18:00	Dallmann 90+8'	Report	Haack 71'	Stadium: Eroglu-Arena Attendance: 710 Referee: Anna-Lena Weiss
	Penalties
	Van Waisem Dallmann Opladen		Große-Scharmann Iliadi Haack Kesse

18 August 2024	Hansa Rostock	0–10	VfL Bochum	Rostock
11:00		Report	Lange 21', 63', 67', 79' Angerer 24', 55' Karwatzki 26' Huber 33' Marques 77', 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Volksstadion Attendance: 300 Referee: Celina-Sophie Böhm

18 August 2024	SC Siegelbach	2–5	1. FFV Erfurt	Kaiserslautern
13:30	Zimmermann 78' Frank 81'	Report	Mittelsdorf 32', 52' N. Gast 68' J. Gast 71', 86'	Stadium: Sportanlage Siegelbach Attendance: 344 Referee: Paula Mayer

18 August 2024	FC St. Pauli	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld	Hamburg
14:00		Report	Reinkensmeier 37' Leuchtmann 83'	Stadium: Adolf-Jäger-Kampfbahn Attendance: 1,395 Referee: Lara Wolf

18 August 2024	Kickers Offenbach	3–2	FC Ingolstadt	Offenbach
14:00	Klich 10' (pen.) Zekaj 28' Riepl 90'	Report	Bogenschütz 30' Burkard 45+3'	Stadium: SANA Sportpark Attendance: 160 Referee: Julia Boike

18 August 2024	Eintracht Leipzig-Süd	0–5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leipzig
14:00		Report	Aslanaj 13' (pen.), 39' (pen.) Corres 36', 45' van der Drift 46'	Stadium: Südkampfbahn Attendance: 275 Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer

18 August 2024	FC Forstern	0–4	SV 67 Weinberg	Forstern
14:00		Report	Ganßer 9' Kömm 22', 82' Schlitter 55'	Stadium: Sportanlage Forstern Attendance: 130 Referee: Lena Krämling

18 August 2024	Hegauer FV	0–4	SV Hegnach	Engen
14:00		Report	Mijatovic 9' Gajewski 49' Nellessen 67' Meyer 87'	Stadium: Stadion Welschingen Attendance: 130 Referee: Theresa Hug

18 August 2024	VfB Stuttgart	1–2	Mainz 05	Stuttgart
14:00	Islacker 67'	Report	Stendebach 27' Anstatt 62'	Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 781 Referee: Daniela Kottmann

18 August 2024	Rot-Weiss Göttingen	1–7	SV Meppen	Göttingen
15:00	Bindewald 60'	Report	Nagy 11' Fiekers 22' (o.g.) Seyen 32' Mauly 48' Lux 66' Miyoshi 80' Preuss 84'	Stadium: Sportplatz Rot-Weiß Göttingen Attendance: 827 Referee: Levke Scholz

18 August 2024	SV Henstedt-Ulzburg	1–4	Viktoria Berlin	Henstedt-Ulzburg
15:00	Hille 69'	Report	Ehegötz 74' Urbanek 76' Homp 78' (o.g.) Künzel 81'	Stadium: Beckersbergstadion Attendance: 125 Referee: Anna-Lena Heidenreich

18 August 2024	Magdeburger FFC	0–2	Hamburger SV	Magdeburg
15:00		Report	Burmann 23' Büchele 70'	Stadium: Heinrich Germer Stadium Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Monique Panetta

18 August 2024	SG Andernach	1–2	SC Sand	Andernach
15:00	Wagner 53'	Report	Takizawa 16' Griß 34'	Stadium: Stadion am Bassenheimer Weg Attendance: 220 Referee: Naemi Breier

18 August 2024	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	1–5	Kieler MTV	Brandenburg an der Havel
16:00	Lemme 82'	Report	Ballay 2', 36', 67' Uck 65' Östermann 76'	Stadium: Stadion am Quenz Attendance: 200 Referee: Katharina Linke

20 August 2024	FSV Gütersloh	2–2 (2–4 p)	Union Berlin	Gütersloh
18:30	Schröder 45' Stojan 89'	Report	Moraitou 56' Markou 84'	Stadium: Heidewaldstadion Attendance: 730 Referee: Katrin Rafalski
	Penalties
	Stojan Schuster Preuß Tappe		Heiseler D. Orschmann Markou K. Orschmann

Second round

The draw took place on 20 August 2024, with Verena Schweers drawing the matches.^[6]^[7] The matches will take place between 6 and 11 September 2024.

6 September 2024	Hertha BSC	0–6	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
18:30		Report	Hagel 21' Wilms 27', 87' Kalma 39' Endemann 49' Arias 63'	Stadium: Stadion auf dem Wurfplatz Attendance: 3,068 Referee: Miriam Schwermer

7 September 2024	MSV Duisburg	0–9	Hamburger SV	Duisburg
13:00		Report	Kardesler 19' Woelki 22', 52' Marquardt 36' Büchele 41' (pen.) Meyer 86', 88' Sierra 88'	Stadium: Sportplatz Mündelheimer Straße Attendance: 300 Referee: Julia Boike

7 September 2024	SV Meppen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Carl Zeiss Jena	Meppen
14:00	Lux 48'	Report	Reuter 64'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 446 Referee: Sarah Willms
	Penalties
	Lux Rolfes Seyen Kossen Preuss		Ihlenburg Mesch Woldmann

7 September 2024	Kieler MTV	0–4	VfL Bochum	Kiel
14:00		Report	Angerer 9', 63' Marques 30' Lange 48'	Stadium: Hauptplatz Schilksee Attendance: 500 Referee: Jacqueline Herrmann

7 September 2024	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	SC Freiburg	Nuremberg
14:00	Guttenberger 43'	Report	Steuerwald 6' Stegemann 20'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Platz Attendance: 385 Referee: Davina Lutz

7 September 2024	Mainz 05	3–0	Kickers Offenbach	Mainz
17:00	Pageler 68', 79' Kats 86'	Report		Stadium: Bruchwegstadion auf dem Wolfgang Frank Campus Attendance: 750 Referee: Paula Mayer

8 September 2024	Karlsruher SC	0–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Karlsruhe
12:00		Report	Kögel 25' Beck 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: GRENKE-Jugendstadion Platz 2 Attendance: 500 Referee: Alessia Jochum

8 September 2024	Fortuna Köln	3–1	SV 67 Weinberg	Cologne
13:00	Streller 32', 48' Schwing 90'	Report	Schneider 7'	Stadium: BZA Chorweiler Attendance: 100 Referee: Anna-Lena Weiss

8 September 2024	SC Sand	0–6	Bayern Munich	Willstätt
14:00		Report	Damnjanović 6' Stanway 25' Dallmann 58' Gwinn 69' Olme 72' Schüller 89'	Stadium: Adams Arena Attendance: 2,378 Referee: Selina Menzel

8 September 2024	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	1. FC Köln	Mönchengladbach
14:00	Aslanaj 48'	Report	Leimenstoll 85'	Stadium: Grenzlandstadion Attendance: 878 Referee: Nadine Westerhoff
	Penalties
	Bartsch Van Leeuwe Klensmann Guyens Arici Zielinski Van der Drift Drissen Brietzke		Feiersinger Hechler Achcińska Bienz Billa Agrež Leimenstoll Gerhardt Degen

8 September 2024	Arminia Bielefeld	0–4	Werder Bremen	Bielefeld
15:00		Report	Mühlhaus 30', 45+1' Pápai 89' Wichmann 90+1'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 1,811 Referee: Anke Hölscher

8 September 2024	Viktoria Berlin	0–2	Turbine Potsdam	Berlin
15:00		Report	Kuznetsov 3' Schmid 61'	Stadium: Stadion Lichterfelde Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Celina-Sophie Böhm

8 September 2024	SV Hegnach	0–7	TSG Hoffenheim	Waiblingen
15:00		Report	Dongus 44', 61' Delacauw 45' Rankin 50' Harsch 67', 71' Grabowska 79'	Stadium: Sportplatz Hegnach Attendance: 270 Referee: Theresa Hug

8 September 2024	Wacker Mecklenbeck	0–3	SGS Essen	Münster
15:30		Report	Maier 18', 76' Sterner 57'	Stadium: Sportanlage Mecklenbeck Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Christina Junkers

8 September 2024	Union Berlin	1–0	RB Leipzig	Berlin
16:00	Orschmann 40'	Report		Stadium: An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 4,186 Referee: Riem Hussein

11 September 2024	1. FFV Erfurt	0–10	Eintracht Frankfurt	Erfurt
18:30		Report	Chiba 8' Freigang 21', 55', 56' Reuteler 27', 89' Gräwe 49' Anyomi 59' Dunst 85' Wamser 88'	Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 1,753 Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer

Round of 16

The draw took place on 16 September 2024, with Lena Lotzen drawing the matches.^[8]^[9] The matches will take place between 22 and 24 November 2024.

22 November 2024	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Turbine Potsdam	Leverkusen
18:00	Zdebel 74'	Report		Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 838 Referee: Nadine Westerhoff

22 November 2024	Union Berlin	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Berlin
18:30		Report	Pawollek 83' Dunst 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 8,021 Referee: Anna-Lena Heidenreich

22 November 2024	VfL Bochum	0–5	TSG Hoffenheim	Bochum
18:30		Report	Delacauw 29' Cerci 43', 62' Cazalla 82' Memeti 85'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 5,138 Referee: Sina Diekmann

23 November 2024	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	SGS Essen	Mönchengladbach
14:00	Van Leeuwe 72' Corres 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Grenzlandstadion Referee: Lara Wolf

23 November 2024	Fortuna Köln	0–3	Werder Bremen	Cologne
16:00		Report	Sternad 45', 53' Arfaoui 79'	Stadium: Südstadion Referee: Julia Bolke

23 November 2024	Mainz 05	v	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
17:00		Report		Stadium: Bruchwegstadion auf dem Wolfgang Frank Campus Referee: Naemi Breier

24 November 2024	Hamburger SV	v	Carl Zeiss Jena	Hamburg
12:00		Report		Stadium: Trainingsplatz am Volksparkstadion Referee: Levke Scholz

24 November 2024	SC Freiburg	v	Bayern Munich	Freiburg
16:00		Report		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Referee: Davina Lutz

Quarterfinals

The matches will take place between 11 and 13 February 2025.

Qualified teams

Semifinals

The matches will take place on 22 and 23 March 2025.

Final

The final take place on 1 May 2025.

Top goalscorers

As of 11 September 2024^[10]

Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Nina Lange	VfL Bochum	5
2	Alina Angerer	VfL Bochum	4
3	Flaka Aslanaj	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3
	Emma Ballay	Kieler MTV
	Laura Freigang	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Anna Marques	VfL Bochum
	Vivien Schwing	Fortuna Köln

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.
^ "Verena Schweers lost zweite Pokalrunde aus". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Zweite Runde: Wolfsburg zur Hertha, FC Bayern nach Sand" (in German). DFB. 20 August 2024. Archived from the original on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ "Lotzen lost Achtelfinale aus, Wück Ziehungsleiter". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ "Achtelfinale: Mainz empfängt Wolfsburg". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ "DFB-Pokal Frauen – Torjäger 2024/25" [DFB-Pokal Frauen: Goalscorers 2024–25]. weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 August 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.

[13] "Verena Schweers lost zweite Pokalrunde aus". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

[14] "Zweite Runde: Wolfsburg zur Hertha, FC Bayern nach Sand" (in German). DFB. 20 August 2024. Archived from the original on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

[15] "Lotzen lost Achtelfinale aus, Wück Ziehungsleiter". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.

[16] "Achtelfinale: Mainz empfängt Wolfsburg". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.

[17] "DFB-Pokal Frauen – Torjäger 2024/25" [DFB-Pokal Frauen: Goalscorers 2024–25]. weltfussball.de (in German). Retrieved 26 August 2024.

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