DFB Cup 1977/78

DFB Cup winner 1978 was again 1. FC Köln . With the defense of the title and the simultaneous German championship, 1. FC Köln achievedthe double in 1978 . Coach Hennes Weisweiler had formed the most successful team in the history of 1. FC Köln within two years.

Since the Cologne as champion already for the European Champions Cup were qualified in which it only in the semifinals to eventual Cupgewinner Forest Nottingham failed, and the runners took Fortuna Dusseldorf on UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in part, in which it the final against FC Barcelona 3 : 4 lost.

Participating teams

The following teams were qualified for the 1st main round:

Bundesliga	2nd Bundesliga	Amateurs North Berlin Westphalia North Rhine	Amateurs Hessen Southwest Baden-Württemberg Bavaria
Borussia Monchengladbach FC Schalke 04 Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FC Köln (TV) Hamburger SV FC Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund MSV Duisburg Hertha BSC Werder Bremen Fortuna Dusseldorf 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. FC Saarbrücken VfL Bochum VfB Stuttgart TSV 1860 Munich FC St. Pauli	North: Red and white food Tennis Borussia Berlin Arminia Bielefeld Wuppertal SV Bayer 05 Uerdingen Hannover 96 Prussia Munster Alemannia Aachen Black and white food VfL Osnabrück Bayer 04 Leverkusen Westfalia Herne SC Fortuna Cologne SG Wattenscheid 09 SG Union Solingen SC Herford OSC Bremerhaven Arminia Hanover South: Karlsruher SC Kickers Offenbach FC 08 Homburg 1. FC Nuremberg SV Darmstadt 98 FSV Frankfurt SpVgg Fürth FC Augsburg Stuttgart Kickers SV Waldhof Mannheim FC Bayern Hof SpVgg Bayreuth Eintracht Trier FK Pirmasens VfR Bürstadt KSV Baunatal Freiburg FC FV Würzburg 04	North: 1. SC Göttingen 05 Eintracht Nordhorn Eintracht Bremen RSV Rehburg Blumenthaler SV VfB Oldenburg Lüssumer TV Rendsburger TSV Concordia Hamburg OSV Hanover Hummelsbütteler SV VfL Bad Schwartau Schleswig 06 VfV Hildesheim Itzehoer SV VfL Wolfsburg TuRa Harksheide Horner TV Berlin: Wacker 04 Berlin Hertha Zehlendorf BFC Victoria 1889 Trotter FC Mariendorf Lichterfelder SU Westphalia: Blue White Wulfen TuS Neuhaus Castle SSV Elspe DSC Wanne-Eickel Warendorfer SU North Rhine: 1. FC Viersen BV 08 Lüttringhausen BC efferenes BV 04 Düsseldorf Borussia Brand SC Viktoria Cologne Bonner SC TuS Struck TuS 08 Langerwehe	Hesse: TSV Taunusstein-Bleidenstadt SpVgg Bad Homburg FSV Bad Orb SC Gladenbach Southwest: SG Ellingen-Bonefeld FSV Oggersheim FSV Salmrohr Hassia Bingen SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken SV Ottweiler 1. FSV Mainz 05 Eintracht Bad Kreuznach Eintracht Glas-Chemie Wirges Sportfreunde Eisbachtal Alemannia Plaidt FSV Hemmersdorf FC St. Wendel SV Röchling Völklingen Baden-Württemberg: TSV Ofterdingen FC Konstanz FC 1908 Villingen Heidenheimer SB 1. FC Normannia Gmuend Olympia Kirrlach TV Unterboihingen Alemannia Eggenstein SV Sandhausen FC Rastatt BSV Schwenningen SpVgg Neckargemünd FC Tailfingen Bavaria: TuS Rosenberg TSV Ottobrunn SSV Jahn Regensburg FC Augsburg (A) TSV Südwest Nürnberg VfB Coburg

1st main round

date		Result
Fri, July 29, 1977	Kickers Offenbach	0: 4	1. FC Cologne
Fri, July 29, 1977	FC Augsburg	1-0	SpVgg Fürth
Fri, July 29, 1977	Hannover 96	0: 2	Tennis Borussia Berlin
Sat 07/30/1977	TSV 1860 Munich	4: 2	Arminia Bielefeld
Sat 07/30/1977	1. SC Göttingen 05	0: 2	FC Schalke 04
Sat 07/30/1977	TSV Ofterdingen	0: 5	Hamburger SV
Sat 07/30/1977	Eintracht Braunschweig	10: 10	Eintracht Nordhorn
Sat 07/30/1977	VfB Stuttgart	10-00	Eintracht Bremen
Sat 07/30/1977	RSV Rehburg	1: 6	Hertha BSC
Sat 07/30/1977	FC Konstanz	1: 6	Eintracht Frankfurt
Sat 07/30/1977	FC St. Wendel	1: 6	Fortuna Dusseldorf
Sat 07/30/1977	Blumenthaler SV	1: 5	Werder Bremen
Sat 07/30/1977	SG Ellingen-Bonefeld	1: 6	FC St. Pauli
Sat 07/30/1977	1. FC Viersen	0: 8	Borussia Monchengladbach
Sat 07/30/1977	FSV Oggersheim	0: 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sat 07/30/1977	TuS Rosenberg	01:11	MSV Duisburg
Sat 07/30/1977	Red and white food	3: 2	VfR Bürstadt
Sat 07/30/1977	Wuppertal SV	2: 2 a.d.	SC Herford
Sat 07/30/1977	OSC Bremerhaven	3: 2	Prussia Munster
Sat 07/30/1977	KSV Baunatal	2: 3	Alemannia Aachen
Sat 07/30/1977	Karlsruher SC	2: 1	1. FC Nuremberg
Sat 07/30/1977	FC 08 Villingen	0: 1	SpVgg Bayreuth
Sat 07/30/1977	Heidenheimer SB	1: 2	FK Pirmasens
Sat 07/30/1977	SV Waldhof Mannheim	12: 00	Lüssumer TV
Sat 07/30/1977	SG Wattenscheid 09	1: 2 a.d.	TSV Taunusstein-Bleidenstadt
Sat 07/30/1977	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	5-0	FSV Salmrohr
Sat 07/30/1977	FV Würzburg 04	1-0	SSV Jahn Regensburg
Sat 07/30/1977	Rendsburger TSV	0: 2	VfL Osnabrück
Sat 07/30/1977	1. FC Normannia Gmuend	2-0	SC Fortuna Cologne
Sat 07/30/1977	Eintracht Trier	3-0	Blue White Wulfen
Sat 07/30/1977	SV Arminia Hanover	0: 1	FC Augsburg (A)
Sat 07/30/1977	Southwest Nuremberg	1: 3	SV Darmstadt 98
Sat 07/30/1977	Hummelsbütteler SV	0: 2	TuS Neuhaus Castle
Sat 07/30/1977	BV 04 Düsseldorf	3-0	VfL Bad Schwartau
Sat 07/30/1977	Schleswig 06	0: 1	SV Röchling Völklingen
Sat 07/30/1977	VfV Hildesheim	4: 1 a.d.	TV Unterboihingen
Sat 07/30/1977	Itzehoer SV	2: 1	Borussia Brand
Sat 07/30/1977	VfL Wolfsburg	3: 1	FSV Bad Orb
Sat 07/30/1977	SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken	1: 1 a.d.	Wacker 04 Berlin
Sat 07/30/1977	TuRa Harksheide	1: 1 a.d.	SV Ottweiler
Sat 07/30/1977	Horner TV	¹2: 1 ¹	Alemannia Eggenstein
Sat 07/30/1977	1. FSV Mainz 05	7: 1	Hertha Zehlendorf
Sat 07/30/1977	SC Viktoria Cologne	0: 2	Eintracht Bad Kreuznach
Sat 07/30/1977	SC Gladenbach	2: 1	SSV Elspe
So 07/31/1977	VfB Oldenburg	0: 2	VfL Bochum
So 07/31/1977	TSV Ottobrunn	0: 9	Borussia Dortmund
So 07/31/1977	SG Union Solingen	2: 2 a.d.	Black and white food
So 07/31/1977	Hassia Bingen	0: 1	Stuttgart Kickers
So 07/31/1977	BV 08 Lüttringhausen	1: 2	Freiburg FC
So 07/31/1977	Concordia Hamburg	2-0	FC Bayern Hof
So 07/31/1977	OSV Hanover	2: 5	FSV Frankfurt
So 07/31/1977	Westfalia Herne	6: 1	BC efferenes
So 07/31/1977	SpVgg Bad Homburg	1: 2	FC 08 Homburg
So 07/31/1977	Olympia Kirrlach	0: 6	Bayer 05 Uerdingen
So 07/31/1977	Eintracht Glas-Chemie Wirges	2: 3	DSC Wanne-Eickel
So 07/31/1977	BFC Victoria 1889	2: 3 a.d.	BSV 07 Schwenningen
So 07/31/1977	Bonner SC	5: 1	Sportfreunde Eisbachtal
So 07/31/1977	SV Sandhausen	3: 1	Trotter FC Berlin
So 07/31/1977	FC Rastatt	2: 1	TuS Struck
So 07/31/1977	Lichterfelder SU	2: 2 a.d.	Alemannia Plaidt
So 07/31/1977	Warendorfer SU	3: 1	FSV Hemmersdorf
So 07/31/1977	TuS 08 Langerwehe	3-0	VfB Coburg
So 07/31/1977	FC Tailfingen	3: 2	SpVgg Neckargemünd
Wed 08/10/1977	1. FC Saarbrücken	1: 2	FC Bayern Munich

¹ The game played on a hard court was subsequently canceled and had to be played again on a grass court.

Replay games

date		Result
So 07.08.1977	Wacker 04 Berlin	0: 0 n.v. (5: 4 in good condition )	SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken
Wed 08/10/1977	SC Herford	3-0	Wuppertal SV
Wed 08/10/1977	Black and white food	2-0	SG Union Solingen
Wed 08/10/1977	SV Ottweiler	2: 1	TuRa Harksheide
Wed 08/10/1977	Horner TV	0: 8	Alemannia Eggenstein
Wed 08/10/1977	Alemannia Plaidt	3: 1	Lichterfelder SU

2nd main round

date		Result
Fri August 19, 1977	FC Bayern Munich	3: 1	Eintracht Trier
Fri August 19, 1977	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4: 1	Wacker 04 Berlin
Fri August 19, 1977	BV 04 Düsseldorf	1: 4	Borussia Monchengladbach
Fri August 19, 1977	1. FC Cologne	3: 1	Eintracht Bad Kreuznach
Sat 08/20/1977	Fortuna Dusseldorf	3: 1	Borussia Dortmund
Sat 08/20/1977	MSV Duisburg	3-0	VfB Stuttgart
Sat 08/20/1977	FC St. Pauli	0: 3	VfL Bochum
Sat 08/20/1977	SV Waldhof Mannheim	1: 3	Hertha BSC
Sat 08/20/1977	Eintracht Braunschweig	3: 1	Stuttgart Kickers
Sat 08/20/1977	TuS Neuhaus Castle	2: 2 a.d.	Eintracht Frankfurt
Sat 08/20/1977	1. FSV Mainz 05	1: 4	Hamburger SV
Sat 08/20/1977	SV Röchling Völklingen	0: 4	Werder Bremen
Sat 08/20/1977	Karlsruher SC	4: 3 a.d.	FK Pirmasens
Sat 08/20/1977	Bayer 05 Uerdingen	0: 3	FSV Frankfurt
Sat 08/20/1977	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1: 3	Westfalia Herne
Sat 08/20/1977	VfL Osnabrück	2: 1	SV Darmstadt 98
Sat 08/20/1977	FC 08 Homburg	3-0	SC Herford
Sat 08/20/1977	OSC Bremerhaven	0: 1	FC Augsburg
Sat 08/20/1977	FC Tailfingen	1: 2	Red and white food
Sat 08/20/1977	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3: 1	FC Rastatt
Sat 08/20/1977	Black and white food	2-0	Concordia Hamburg
Sat 08/20/1977	Warendorfer SU	1: 4	Freiburg FC
Sat 08/20/1977	TuS 08 Langerwehe	1: 0 a.d.	FV Würzburg 04
Sat 08/20/1977	VfV Hildesheim	3-0	Alemannia Aachen
Sat 08/20/1977	Itzehoer SV	1: 6	SpVgg Bayreuth
Sat 08/20/1977	1. FC Normannia Gmuend	1: 2	FC Augsburg (A)
Sat 08/20/1977	SC Gladenbach	1: 5	SV Sandhausen
Sat 08/20/1977	DSC Wanne-Eickel	3: 1	VfL Wolfsburg
Sat 08/20/1977	Alemannia Plaidt	1: 2	Bonner SC
Sat 08/20/1977	BSV 07 Schwenningen	4-0	SV Ottweiler
Sat 08/20/1977	FC Schalke 04	8: 1	TSV Taunusstein-Bleidenstadt
Sat 08/20/1977	TSV 1860 Munich	¹15: 0 ¹0	Horner TV

¹Second round game was canceled; Replay against Alemannia Eggenstein.

Replay games

date		Result
Wed 24.08.1977	Eintracht Frankfurt	4-0	TuS Neuhaus Castle
Sat, October 15, 1977	TSV 1860 Munich	7: 1	Alemannia Eggenstein

3rd main round

date		Result
Fri October 14, 1977	FC Augsburg (A)	0: 4	Hertha BSC
Fri October 14, 1977	FSV Frankfurt	0: 3	1. FC Cologne
Sat, October 15, 1977	MSV Duisburg	2: 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sat, October 15, 1977	FC Schalke 04	1-0	Eintracht Frankfurt
Sat, October 15, 1977	FC 08 Homburg	3: 1	FC Bayern Munich
Sat, October 15, 1977	Fortuna Dusseldorf	4: 1	Red and white food
Sat, October 15, 1977	Freiburg FC	2: 6	VfL Bochum
Sat, October 15, 1977	SV Sandhausen	0: 4	Eintracht Braunschweig
Sat, October 15, 1977	DSC Wanne-Eickel	0: 2	Werder Bremen
Sat, October 15, 1977	Hamburger SV	6-0	VfV Hildesheim
Sat, October 15, 1977	Borussia Monchengladbach	3-0	Bonner SC
Sat, October 15, 1977	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1: 5	Westfalia Herne
Sat, October 15, 1977	Karlsruher SC	2-0	SpVgg Bayreuth
Sat, October 15, 1977	TuS 08 Langerwehe	2-0	VfL Osnabrück
Sun October 16, 1977	Black and white food	2: 1 a.d.	BSV 07 Schwenningen
Tue 25.10.1977	TSV 1860 Munich	3-0	FC Augsburg

Round of 16

date		Result
So 19.11.1977 2 p.m.	FC 08 Homburg	1: 1 a.d.	Hertha BSC
So 19.11.1977 2 p.m.	TuS 08 Langerwehe	1: 3	MSV Duisburg
So 19.11.1977 3:30 p.m.	Borussia Monchengladbach	3-0	VfL Bochum
So 19.11.1977 3:30 p.m.	Fortuna Dusseldorf	3: 1	Eintracht Braunschweig
So 19.11.1977 3:30 p.m.	FC Schalke 04	4: 2	Hamburger SV
So 19.11.1977 3:30 p.m.	Werder Bremen	2: 1	TSV 1860 Munich
So 19.11.1977 3:30 p.m.	1. FC Cologne	4-0	Karlsruher SC
So 19.11.1977 3:30 p.m.	Black and white food	0: 0 a.d.	Westfalia Herne

Replay games

date		Result
Tue 29.11.1977 1:55 pm	Hertha BSC	4: 1 a.d.	FC 08 Homburg / Saar
Wed 11/30/1977 2:45 p.m.	Westfalia Herne	0: 1	Black and white food

Quarter finals

date		Result
Tue December 20, 1977	1. FC Cologne	9-0	Black and white food
Tue December 20, 1977	MSV Duisburg	1-0	Hertha BSC
Tue December 20, 1977	FC Schalke 04	1: 1 a.d.	Fortuna Dusseldorf
Tue December 20, 1977	Werder Bremen	2: 1	Borussia Monchengladbach

Replay

date		Result
Mon December 26, 1977	Fortuna Dusseldorf	1-0	FC Schalke 04

Semifinals

date		Result
Wed January 25, 1978	1. FC Cologne	1-0	Werder Bremen
Wed January 25, 1978	Fortuna Dusseldorf	4: 1	MSV Duisburg

final

pairing	Fortuna Düsseldorf - 1. FC Cologne
Result	0: 2 (0: 0)
date	April 15, 1978
Stadion	Park Stadium , Gelsenkirchen
spectator	70,000
referee	Jan Redelfs ( Hanover )
Gates	0: 1 Bernd Cullmann (71.) 0: 2 Roger van Gool (90.)
Fortuna Dusseldorf	Jörg Daniel - Gerd Zewe - Dieter Brei , Gerd Zimmermann , Heiner Baltes - Egon Köhnen , Josef Weikl , Klaus Allofs - Flemming Lund (78th Rudi Bommer ), Josef Hickersberger , Wolfgang Seel Trainer: Dietrich Weise(C)
1. FC Cologne	Toni Schumacher - Roland Gerber - Harald Konopka , Gerd Strack , Herbert Zimmermann - Bernhard Cullmann , Heinz Flohe , Herbert Neumann - Yasuhiko Okudera , Dieter Müller , Roger Van Gool Trainer: Hennes Weisweiler(C)

Individual evidence

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