2019–20 DFB-Pokal Frauen

The 2019–20 DFB-Pokal was the 40th season of the annual German football cup competition. 48 teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition began on 3 August 2019 with the first of six rounds and ended on 4 July 2020 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.^[1] The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German women's football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).

2019–20 DFB-Pokal Frauen

Tournament details
Country	Germany
Venue(s)	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Dates	3 August 2019 – 4 July 2020
Teams	49
Final positions
Champions	VfL Wolfsburg (7th title)
Runners-up	SGS Essen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	197 (3.52 per match)
Attendance	15,867 (283 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sarah Grünheid (8 goals)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The defending champions were Frauen-Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, after they defeated SC Freiburg 1–0 in the previous final.^[2] Wolfsburg once again won the cup, defeating SGS Essen after penalties.^[3]

The competition was suspended on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany,^[4] and resumed in June 2020 with matches behind closed doors.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, on 16 March, it was announced that the competition will be suspended until 19 April.^[4] On 3 April, the suspension was extended until 30 April.^[5] On 20 May, it was announced that the competition would be continued on 2 June.^[6] All remaining matches were played behind closed doors. In addition, five substitutions were permitted for the remaining matches, with a sixth allowed in extra time, following a proposal from FIFA and approval by IFAB to lessen the impact of fixture congestion.^[7][8]

Participating clubs

The following 49 clubs qualified for the competition:

Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2018–19 season	2. Bundesliga 8 of the 14 clubs of the 2018–19 season[a]	Regionalliga 8 of the 10 champions and runners-up of the 2018–19 season[b]
Werder Bremen MSV Duisburg SGS Essen 1. FFC Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim Bayer Leverkusen Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich Turbine Potsdam SC Sand VfL Wolfsburg	BV Cloppenburg FSV Gütersloh USV Jena 1. FC Köln SV Meppen 1. FC Saarbrücken SV Weinberg Hessen Wetzlar	SG Andernach Arminia Bielefeld FC Ingolstadt Union Berlin Borussia Bocholt 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen 1. FC Nürnberg Walddörfer SV
Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups
Baden Karlsruher SC Bavaria FC Forstern Berlin Viktoria Berlin[c] Brandenburg FSV Babelsberg 74 Bremen TuS Schwachhausen Hamburg Hamburger SV Hesse Eintracht Frankfurt	Lower Rhine 1. FC Mönchengladbach Lower Saxony Eintracht Braunschweig Mecklenburg-Vorpommern HSG Warnemünde Middle Rhine SC Fortuna Köln Rhineland SV Holzbach[d] Saarland SV Göttelborn Saxony RB Leipzig	Saxony-Anhalt Magdeburger FFC Schleswig-Holstein Holstein Kiel South Baden Hegauer FV Southwest TuS Wörrstadt Thuringia 1. FFV Erfurt[e] Westphalia SpVg Berghofen Württemberg SV Hegnach

1. The second teams of SGS Essen, 1. FFC Frankfurt, 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich, Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg were not eligible.
2. The automatic qualification of the Regionalliga runners-up is unconfirmed, but matches the list of participants. The second team of Werder Bremen was not eligible. 1. FC Nürnberg replaced the second team of SC Sand, which was not eligible. Regionalliga Nordost runners-up Viktoria Berlin were not included for finishing as Berlin Cup runners-up.
3. Viktoria Berlin qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Berlin Cup, as Union Berlin, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their Regionalliga position.
4. SV Holzbach qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Rhineland Cup, as SG Andernach, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their Regionalliga position.
5. 1. FFV Erfurt qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Thuringian Cup, as USV Jena II, the other finalists, were not eligible.

Format

Clubs from lower leagues hosted against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals. If both clubs were below the 2. Bundesliga, there was no host club change.

Schedule

The rounds of the 2019–20 competition were scheduled as follows:^[1]

Round	Matches
First round	3–4 August 2019
Second round	7–8 September 2019
Round of 16	16–17 November 2019
Quarter-finals	21–22 March 2020
Semi-finals	18–19 April 2020
Final	30 May 2020 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Matches

A total of forty-nine matches will take place, starting with the first round on 3 August 2019 and culminating with the final on 4 July 2020 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.

Times up to 26 October 2019 and from 29 March 2020 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 27 October 2019 to 28 March 2020 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

The seventeen matches were drawn on 11 July and took place on 3 and 4 August 2019.^[9] The twelve clubs from the 2018–19 Bundesliga season and the three best-placed clubs from the 2018–19 2. Bundesliga received a bye.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Eintracht Braunschweig	1–3	Arminia Bielefeld
FSV Babelsberg	1–6	Walddörfer SV
1. FFV Erfurt	0–7	1. FC Saarbrücken
Hegauer FV	0–1	FC Ingolstadt
FC Forstern	2–0	1. FFC Niederkirchen
TuS Wörrstadt	1–0	1. FC Mönchengladbach
Hamburger SV	2–0	Union Berlin
RB Leipzig	4–2	BV Cloppenburg
Borussia Bocholt	3–0	Viktoria Berlin
TuS Schwachhausen	1–5	SV Berghofen
HSG Warnemünde	0–7	FSV Gütersloh
Magdeburger FFC	2–3	Holstein Kiel
SV Göttelborn	1–5	SG Andernach
SV Holzbach	0–4	1. FC Nürnberg
Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	SV Hegnach
Fortuna Köln	1–4	FSV Hessen Wetzlar
SV 67 Weinberg	5–0	Karlsruher SC

Second round

The draw was held on 10 August 2019.^[10] The matches will be played on 7 and 8 September 2019.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
[Holstein Kiel	1–3	1. FC Köln
SV Berghofen	0–2	VfL Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt	0–5	Bayern Munich
SG 99 Andernach	0–1	FF USV Jena
Borussia Bocholt	0–7	Turbine Potsdam
SV 67 Weinberg	0–1	1. FC Saarbrücken
1. FC Nürnberg	2–0 (a.e.t.)	TuS Wörrstadt
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen
Arminia Bielefeld	0–0 5–3 (p)	MSV Duisburg
SV Meppen	1–5	SGS Essen
Walddörfer SV Hamburg	1–4	Werder Bremen
Hamburger SV	2–2 4–5 (p)	FSV Gütersloh
FSV Hessen Wetzlar	0–7	TSG Hoffenheim
RB Leipzig	0–1	1. FFC Frankfurt
FC Ingolstadt	0–2	SC Sand
FC Forstern	1–6	SC Freiburg

Round of 16

The draw was held on 13 September 2019.^[11][12] The matches were played on 16 and 17 November 2019.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
TSG Hoffenheim	6–1	FF USV Jena
1. FFC Frankfurt	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen
Werder Bremen	0–2	SC Sand
Bayern Munich	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg
SC Freiburg	2–3	Turbine Potsdam
1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Saarbrücken	3–4 (a.e.t.)	FSV Gütersloh
1. FC Köln	1–3	SGS Essen

Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 9 February 2020.^[13] The matches were played on 2 and 3 June 2020 behind closed doors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.^[4]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bayer Leverkusen	3–2 (a.e.t.)	TSG Hoffenheim
Arminia Bielefeld	3–2	SC Sand
Turbine Potsdam	1–3	SGS Essen
FSV Gütersloh	0–3	VfL Wolfsburg

Semifinals

The draw was held on 26 May 2020.^[14] The matches took place on 10 and 11 June 2020 behind closed doors.^[15]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Arminia Bielefeld	0–5	VfL Wolfsburg
Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1–3	SGS Essen

Final

VfL Wolfsburg	3–3 (a.e.t.)	SGS Essen
Harder 11' Blässe 70' Bloodworth 86'	Report	Schüller 1' Hegering 18' Ioannidou 90+1'
Penalties
Bloodworth Neto Popp Goeßling Harder	4–2	Schüller Oberdorf Ioannidou Brüggemann

4 July 2020

16:45 (UTC+2)

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Nadine Westerhoff

VfL Wolfsburg

SGS Essen

GK 27 Friederike Abt RB 9 Anna Blässe  26' CB 23 Sara Doorsoun CB 28 Lena Goeßling LB 6 Dominique Bloodworth RM 10 Svenja Huth  89' CM 15 Ingrid Syrstad Engen  97' CM 11 Alexandra Popp LM 14 Fridolina Rolfö  72' CF 17 Ewa Pajor CF 22 Pernille Harder (c)  25' Substitutes: GK 36 Hedvig Lindahl DF 16 Noelle Maritz  72' DF 24 Joelle Wedemeyer MF 3 Zsanett Jakabfi MF 5 Claudia Neto  97' MF 13 Felicitas Rauch MF 20 Pia-Sophie Wolter  89' Manager: Stephan Lerch

GK 1 Stina Johannes RB 16 Jacqueline Klasen CB 22 Nina Brüggemann CB 27 Marina Hegering (c) LB 18 Lena Ostermeier CM 31 Jana Feldkamp CM 6 Elisa Senß RW 33 Turid Knaak  78' AM 19 Lena Oberdorf LW 17 Nicole Anyomi  40'  64' FW 7 Lea Schüller Substitutes: GK 20 Kim Sindermann FW 8 Manjou Wilde MF 11 Irini Ioannidou  78' MF 14 Mara Grutkamp MF 25 Maria Lange MF 13 Ramona Petzelberger  64' FW 9 Kirsten Nesse Manager: Markus Hoegner

Assistant referees:[16] Sina Diekmann Annika Paszehr Fourth official:[16] Kathrin Heimann

Match rules[17] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 2]

Notes

1. The final will be played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
2. Each team will only be given three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.