The 1972 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the
1971–72 DFB-Pokal, the 29th season of Germany's knockout
football cup competition. It was played on 1 July 1972 at the
Niedersachsenstadion
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The original 86,000-capacity stadium was completed in 1954 and has since been rebuilt several times for various maj ...
in
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
.
Schalke 04
Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine ...
won the match 5–0 against
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in sev ...
, to claim their 2nd cup title.
Route to the final
The DFB-Pokal began with 32 teams in a
two-legged knockout cup competition. There were a total of four rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and following two legs of 90 minutes each, the winner on
aggregate would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of
extra time was played. If the score was still level, a
penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
was used to determine the winner.
''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''
Match
Details
References
External links
Match reportat kicker.de
Match reportat WorldFootball.net
Match reportat Fussballdaten.de
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FC Schalke 04 matches
1. FC Kaiserslautern matches
1971–72 in German football cups
1972
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Sports competitions in Hanover
20th century in Hanover
July 1972 sports events in Europe