2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen

2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Venue(s)RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne
Dates17 August 2024 – 1 May 2025
Teams50
Final positions
ChampionsBayern Munich (2nd title)
Runners-upWerder Bremen
Tournament statistics
Matches played49
Goals scored203 (4.14 per match)
Attendance181,554 (3,705 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Nina Lange
Lea Schüller
(5 goals)
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

The 2024–25 DFB-Pokal was the 43rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Fifty 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 17 August 2024 with the first of six rounds and ended 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 were the ten-time defending champions.[2] Bayern Munich won the tournament with a 4–2 win over Werder Bremen.[3]

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
Verbandspokal
the 21 winners of the regional association cups

Baden

Bavaria

Berlin

Brandenburg

Bremen

  • ATS Buntentor

Hamburg

Hesse

  • Kickers Offenbach

Lower Rhine

  • VfR Warbeyen

Lower Saxony

  • Rot-Weiss Göttingen

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Middle Rhine

Rhineland

  • TuS Issel

Saarland

Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein

  • Kieler MTV

South Baden

  • Hegauer FV

Southwest

Thuringia

Westphalia

  • Wacker Mecklenbeck

Württemberg

Format

All clubs from the 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga and the four best-placed teams from the 2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga received a bye in the first round. Clubs from lower leagues hosted against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals.

Schedule

The rounds of the 2024–25 competition were 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.[4][5] 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.[6] 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
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 Report
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
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
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
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.[7][8] The matches will take place between 6 and 11 September 2024.

6 September 2024 Hertha BSC 0–6 VfL Wolfsburg Berlin
18:30 Report
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 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
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 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
8 September 2024 Arminia Bielefeld 0–4 Werder Bremen Bielefeld
15:00 Report
Stadium: Bielefelder Alm
Attendance: 1,811
Referee: Anke Hölscher
8 September 2024 Viktoria Berlin 0–2 Turbine Potsdam Berlin
15:00 Report Stadium: Stadion Lichterfelde
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Celina-Sophie Böhm
8 September 2024 SV Hegnach 0–7 TSG Hoffenheim Waiblingen
15:00 Report
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
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.[9][10] The matches took 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
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
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
Attendance: 837
Referee: Lara Wolf
23 November 2024 Fortuna Köln 0–3 Werder Bremen Cologne
16:00 Report
Stadium: Südstadion
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Julia Bolke
23 November 2024 Mainz 05 1–4 VfL Wolfsburg Mainz
17:00 Bathmann 30' Report
Stadium: Bruchwegstadion auf dem Wolfgang Frank Campus
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Naemi Breier
24 November 2024 Hamburger SV 4–2 Carl Zeiss Jena Hamburg
12:00
  • Machtens 25'
  • Lahr 51'
  • Marquardt 60'
  • Meyer 88'
Report
  • Woelki 32' (o.g.)
  • Gentile 66'
Stadium: Trainingsplatz am Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 523
Referee: Levke Scholz
24 November 2024 SC Freiburg 1–2 Bayern Munich Freiburg
16:00 Zicai 62' Report
Stadium: Dreisamstadion
Attendance: 7,755
Referee: Davina Lutz

Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 15 December 2024, with Julian Köster drawing the matches.[11][12] The matches will take place between 11 and 13 February 2025.

12 February 2025 TSG Hoffenheim 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Hoffenheim
18:30 Memeti 52' Report Stadium: Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Karoline Wacker
12 February 2025 Hamburger SV 2–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburg
18:30
  • Hirche 45+1'
  • Kardesler 69'
Report Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 16,529
Referee: Miriam Schwermer
12 February 2025 Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 Werder Bremen Leverkusen
18:30 Report Mühlhaus 45' Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: Davina Lutz
12 February 2025 Bayern Munich 4–1 (a.e.t.) Eintracht Frankfurt Munich
18:30 Report Simon 80' (o.g.) Stadium: FC Bayern Campus
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Franziska Wildfeuer

Semifinals

The draw was held on 17 February 2025, with Turid Knaak drewing the matches.[13][14] The matches will take place on 22 and 23 March 2025.

22 March 2025 Bayern Munich 3–2 TSG Hoffenheim Munich
14:00 Harder 35', 40' (pen.), 64' Report
Stadium: FC Bayern Campus
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Miriam Schwermer
23 March 2025 Hamburger SV 1–3 (a.e.t.) Werder Bremen Hamburg
15:30 Stöckmann 89' Report
Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Riem Hussein

Final

The final took place on 1 May 2025.

Bayern Munich4–2Werder Bremen
Report
Attendance: 45,146
Referee: Annika Kost
Bayern Munich
Werder Bremen
GK 32 Ena Mahmutovic
RB 7 Giulia Gwinn
CB 4 Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir (c)  51'
CB 5 Magdalena Eriksson  86'
LB 30 Carolin Simon  37'  56'
CM 12 Sydney Lohmann  76'
CM 25 Sarah Zadrazil
RW 9 Jovana Damnjanović  71'  76'
AM 21 Pernille Harder  86'
LW 17 Klara Bühl
CF 11 Lea Schüller
Substitutes:
GK 1 Maria Luisa Grohs
DF 2 Linda Sembrant
DF 6 Tuva Hansen  56'
DF 28 Michelle Ulbrich  86'
MF 10 Linda Dallmann  76'
MF 14 Alara Şehitler
MF 16 Julia Zigiotti Olme  76'
MF 27 Arianna Caruso  86'
FW 20 Franziska Kett
Manager:
Alexander Straus
GK 1 Livia Peng
RB 33 Maria Penner  35'
CB 18 Lina Hausicke (c)
CB 23 Hanna Németh
LB 4 Kaylie Ronan
CM 13 Ricarda Walkling  46'
CM 22 Rieke Dieckmann  83'
RW 10 Tuana Mahmoud
AM 9 Sophie Weidauer  83'
LW 6 Reena Wichmann  68'
CF 7 Larissa Mühlhaus  61'
Substitutes:
GK 26 Sofija Ņesterova
DF 24 Lara Schmidt  35'
MF 8 Amira Arfaoui
MF 27 Sharon Beck
MF 28 Juliane Wirtz  83'
MF 31 Verena Wieder  68'
MF 37 Lena Dahms
FW 11 Maja Sternad  46'
FW 16 Emőke Pápai  83'
Manager:
Thomas Horsch

Assistant referees:
Jasmin Matysiak
Jessica Bergmann
Fourth official:
Anna-Lena Heidenreich
Video assistant referee:
Katrin Rafalski
Assistant video assistant referee:
Riem Hussein

Match rules[15][16]

Top goalscorers

Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.[17]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Nina Lange VfL Bochum 5
Lea Schüller Bayern Munich
3 Alina Angerer VfL Bochum 4
Larissa Mühlhaus Werder Bremen
5 Flaka Aslanaj Borussia Mönchengladbach 3
Emma Ballay Kieler MTV
Carolin Corres Borussia Mönchengladbach
Jovana Damnjanović Bayern Munich
Féli Delacauw TSG Hoffenheim
Laura Freigang Eintracht Frankfurt
Pernille Harder Bayern Munich
Anna Marques VfL Bochum
Erëleta Memeti TSG Hoffenheim
Christin Meyer Hamburger SV
Vivien Schwing Fortuna Köln

Notes

  1. ^ Second teams are not eligible.
  2. ^ SV Hegnach qualified as runners-up of the Regionalliga Süd as champions SC Freiburg II were ineligible.
  3. ^ FC Forstern qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Bavaria Cup, as 1. FC Nürnberg II, the other finalists, were ineligible.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Eintracht Leipzig-Süd qualified regardless of the outcome of the Saxony Cup final, as RB Leipzig II, the other finalists, were ineligible.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 1. FFV Erfurt qualified regardless of the outcome of the Thuringian Cup final, as Carl Zeiss Jena II, the other finalists, were ineligible.

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