The 1980–81
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considere ...
was the 38th season of the annual German
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
cup competition. It began on 27 August 1980 and ended on 2 May 1981. In the final,
FC Kaiserslautern was defeated by
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...
(3–1) who were awarded the trophy for the third time.
Despite losing in the quarter-finals,
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its football section. Though the current HSV was founded in June 1919 from a merger of three ...
set an all-time record by scoring 36 goals in the competition.
Fortuna Düsseldorf
Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga.
Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...
set an all-time record of 18 consecutive cup-match victories since 1978, despite losing in the quarter-finals.
Matches
First round
Replays
Second round
Replays
Third round
Replay
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links
Official site of the DFB
Kicker.de
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1980-81
1980–81 in German football cups