1972 DFB-Pokal final

1972 DFB-Pokal Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1971–72 DFB-Pokal
Date	1 July 1972
Venue	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
Referee	Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)
Attendance	61,000
	← 1971 1973 →

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 in Hanover.^[2] Schalke 04 won the match 5–0 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 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 was used to determine the winner.^[3]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Schalke 04				Round	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	1971–72 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Hertha BSC	5–1	3–1 (H)	2–0 (awarded) (A)	Round 1	Wuppertaler SV	4–4 (5–3 p)	1–2 (A)	3–2 (a.e.t.) (H)
Fortuna Düsseldorf	3–2	1–1 (A)	2–1 (H)	Round of 16	VfB Stuttgart	6–5	3–4 (A)	3–1 (H)
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–2	2–2 (A)	1–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	6–3	1–3 (A)	5–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
1. FC Köln	6–6 (6–5 p)	1–4 (A)	5–2 (a.e.t.) (H)	Semi-finals	Werder Bremen	4–2	2–1 (H)	2–1 (A)

Match

Details

1 July 1972

16:00 CET

Schalke 04	5–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
H. Kremers 13', 82' Scheer 32' Lütkebohmert 57' Fischer 66'	Report

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

Attendance: 61,000

Referee: Heinz Aldinger (Waiblingen)

Schalke 04

1. FC Kaiserslautern


GK	1	Norbert Nigbur
RB		Hartmut Huhse
CB		Rolf Rüssmann
CB		Klaus Fichtel
LB		Helmut Kremers
CM		Herbert Lütkebohmert
CM		Heinz van Haaren
CM		Klaus Scheer
RW		Reinhard Libuda (c)
CF		Klaus Fischer
LW		Erwin Kremers
Manager:
Ivica Horvat


GK	1	Josef Elting
RB		Günther Reinders
CB		Dietmar Schwager
CB		Ernst Diehl
LB		Fritz Fuchs
RM		Josef Pirrung
CM		Jürgen Friedrich (c)
CM		Hermann Bitz
LM		Idriz Hošić	55'
CF		Wolfgang Seel
CF		Klaus Ackermann
Substitutes:
FW		Karl-Heinz Vogt	55'
Manager:
Dietrich Weise

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
Maximum of two substitutions.

References

^ "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

External links

Match report at kicker.de (in German)
Match report at WorldFootball.net
Match report at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[2] "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[3] "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

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