DFB Cup 1972/73
The 1973 DFB Cup winner was Borussia Mönchengladbach , whoeliminateddefending champions FC Schalke 04 in the round of 16. As in the previous year, the 1973 eliminations were played back and forth.
The final against 1. FC Köln was supposed to be the farewell game for Günter Netzer from the Bundesliga before he moved to Real Madrid . However , Netzer did not set up coach Hennes Weisweiler from the start, as he was already planning without him, which is why he placed Herbert Wimmer centrally in midfield and as captain. Some spectators asked Netzer to line up for the entire first half of the game. Weisweiler wanted to replace him at half time, but Netzer refused. Only in the extension of the final did Netzer change himself. He took off his training jacket, went to Weisweiler and said only briefly: "I'll play now." Before that, he had spoken to Christian Kulik , who was running out of strength. Shortly after the substitution, with his second touch of the ball, Netzer scored the winning goal to make it 2-1 for Gladbach. Netzer admits that he hit the ball the wrong way, in a sense accidentally scored the goal.
In the European Cup Winners' Cup , the Mönchengladbachers reached the semi-finals, in which they were eliminated against AC Milan .
1 round
The first-named team had first home rights on December 9, 1972, the second-named on December 20, 1972.
In the games in which Bundesliga clubs met lower-class teams, the Bundesliga clubs played first away.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannover 96 | 3: 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1: 0 (0: 0) | 2: 4 (1: 1) |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 4: 5 | VfB Stuttgart | 2: 2 (2: 0) | 2: 3 (1: 2) |
| OSV Hanover | 0: 9 | Hertha BSC | 0: 6 (0: 3) | 0: 3 (0: 1) |
| FK Pirmasens | 4: 5 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 4: 1 (2: 0) | 0: 4 (0: 1) |
| Stuttgart Kickers | 2: 6 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 1: 1 (0: 1) | 1: 5 (0: 4) |
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 1: 9 | Werder Bremen | 1: 5 (0: 3) | 0: 4 (0: 1) |
| Red and white food | 5: 8 | Hamburger SV | 5: 3 (5: 0) | 0: 5 a.d. |
| FC St. Pauli | 3: 4 | Kickers Offenbach | 3: 1 (2: 0) | 0: 3 (0: 2) |
| Wormatia worms | 5: 7 | VfL Bochum | 4: 4 (2: 4) | 1: 3 (1: 2) |
| Southwest Ludwigshafen | 2: 6 | FC Schalke 04 | 1: 3 (0: 2) | 1: 3 (1: 0) |
| Prussia Munster | 2: 4 | MSV Duisburg | 2: 1 (2: 0) | 0: 3 (0: 1) |
| HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | 1:11 | FC Bayern Munich | 1: 4 (0: 2) | 0: 7 (0: 2) |
| Freiburg FC | 4: 8 | Borussia Monchengladbach | 3: 1 (1: 1) | 1: 7 (1: 3) |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 4: 6 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4: 2 (3: 1) | 0: 4 (0: 1) |
| SC Fortuna Cologne | 2: 5 | 1. FC Cologne | 2: 1 (2: 0) | 0: 4 a.d. |
| Wuppertal SV | 3: 2 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 3: 0 (2: 0) | 0: 2 (0: 1) |
Round of 16
The first-named team first had home rights on March 3, 1973, the second-named on March 14, 1973.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 3: 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1-0 | 2: 2 |
| Wuppertal SV | 3: 5 | Kickers Offenbach | 3: 2 | 0: 3 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3: 6 | Hertha BSC | 1: 2 | 2: 4 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 1: 3 | Borussia Monchengladbach | 0: 2 | 1: 1 |
| Hamburger SV | 3: 6 | 1. FC Cologne | 2: 2 | 1: 4 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 2: 5 | FC Bayern Munich | 1: 2 | 1: 3 |
| VfL Bochum | 5: 6 | Werder Bremen | 4: 4 | 1: 2 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2: 3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2: 1 | 0: 2 a.d. |
Quarter finals
The first-named team first had home rights on April 14, 1973, the second between April 17 and 19, 1973.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2: 8 | 1. FC Cologne | 0: 5 | 2: 3 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 6: 4 | FC Bayern Munich | 2: 2 | 4: 2 |
| Werder Bremen | 4: 2 | Hertha BSC | 2-0 | 2: 2 |
| Borussia Monchengladbach | 5: 2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2: 1 | 3: 1 |
Semifinals
The first-named team first had home rights on May 1 and 2, 1973, the second-named on May 15, 1973.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SV Werder Bremen | 3: 7 | Borussia Monchengladbach | 1: 3 | 2: 4 |
| 1. FC Cologne | 6: 1 | Kickers Offenbach | 5-0 | 1: 1 |
final
The final was held on June 23, 1973 in the Düsseldorf Rheinstadion .
| pairing |
 1. FC Cologne - Borussia Mönchengladbach
|
| Result | 1: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1) |
| date | June 23, 1973 at 4:00 p.m. |
| Stadion | Düsseldorf Rheinstadion , Düsseldorf |
| spectator | 69,600 |
| referee | Kurt Tschenscher ( Mannheim ) |
| Gates | 0: 1 Wimmer (24th) 1: 1 Neumann (40th) 1: 2 Netzer (94th) |
| 1. FC Cologne |
Gerhard Welz , Herbert Hein , Herbert Neumann , Wolfgang Weber , Bernhard Cullmann , Heinz Simmet , Jürgen Glowacz (71st Rainer Gebauer ), Heinz Flohe , Hans-Josef Kapellmann , Wolfgang Overath (71st Harald Konopka ), Hannes Löhr Trainer: Rudi Schlott |
| Borussia Monchengladbach |
Wolfgang Kleff , Heinz Michallik , Berti Vogts , Klaus-Dieter Sieloff , Rainer Bonhof , Dietmar Danner , Herbert Wimmer , Christian Kulik (91st Günter Netzer ), Henning Jensen , Bernd Rupp (117th Uli Stielike ), Jupp Heynckes Trainer: Hennes Weisweiler |
| yellow cards |
 Jürgen Glowacz - Jupp Heynckes
|
| particularities | Welz saves Heynckes' penalty kick (58.) |