DFB Cup 1978/79
DFB Cup winner 1979 was Fortuna Düsseldorf . Fortuna was defeated by the German champions 1. FC Köln with 0-2in the previous year'sfinal, but was allowed to play in the European Cup Winners' Cup on behalf of Cologne in the year of this DFB Cup victory and also reached the final, albeit against FC Barcelona 3: 4 after extra time was lost. However, the Düsseldorf cup winners could not build on this performance and were eliminated in the first round against the Scottish cup winners Glasgow Rangers . The top scorer of the competition was Dieter Hoeneß from VfB Stuttgart with eight goals, seven of which he had scored in the first game against Spandauer SV .
It was Düsseldorf's first win in the sixth final after defeats in 1937, 1957, 1958, 1962 and the previous year. Defending champion 1. FC Köln was eliminated in the round of 16 against future finalists Hertha BSC .
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 |
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1st main round
Replay
date | Result | ||
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Wed 13.09.1978 | TuS Neuendorf | 5: 2 | Werder Bremen (A) |
2nd main round
Replay games
date | Result | ||
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Tue 03.10.1978 | Karlsruher SC | 3-0 | FC Gütersloh |
Wed 04.10.1978 | VfR OLI Bürstadt | 0: 0 n.v. (3: 4 p.e. ) |
Tennis Borussia Berlin |
Wed 04.10.1978 | Borussia Dortmund | 2-0 | Borussia Neunkirchen |
Wed 04.10.1978 | 1. FC Bocholt | 3: 2 | Freiburg FC |
Tuesday 07.11.1978 | Hertha BSC | 2-0 | Wormatia worms |
3rd main round
date | Result | ||
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Wed 11/29/1978 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 0: 2 | 1. FC Nuremberg |
Fri 01.12.1978 | 1. FC Cologne | 3: 2 a.d. | Eintracht Braunschweig |
Fri 01.12.1978 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 2: 1 | Alemannia Aachen |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | Hertha BSC | 2-0 | Borussia Monchengladbach |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | MSV Duisburg | 2: 1 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | FC 08 Homburg | 0: 0 a.d. | VfL Bochum |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4: 1 | KSV Baunatal |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | Bayer Uerdingen | 2: 1 | FC Schalke 04 |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | Borussia Dortmund | 6: 1 | Kickers Offenbach |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | SV Darmstadt 98 | 1: 5 | SSV Ulm 1846 |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | Southwest Ludwigshafen | 2: 1 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | VfL Osnabrück | 2: 1 | SC Fortuna Cologne |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1-0 | SpVgg Bayreuth |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | Holstein Kiel | 5: 2 | Karlsruher SC |
Sat, December 2nd, 1978 | TuS Neuendorf | 3: 1 a.d. | 1. FC Bocholt |
So 03.12.1978 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1: 1 a.d. | Sc freiburg |
Replay games
date | Result | ||
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Tue December 26th, 1978 | Sc freiburg | 0: 0 a.d. (2: 3 in good condition ) |
SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
Sa 06.01.1979 | VfL Bochum | 1-0 | FC 08 Homburg |
Round of 16
date | Result | ||
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Fri April 27, 1979 | MSV Duisburg | 0: 1 | Fortuna Dusseldorf |
Fri April 27, 1979 | Hertha BSC | 2: 0 a.d. | 1. FC Cologne |
Fri April 27, 1979 | Borussia Dortmund | 1: 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
Fri April 27, 1979 | Southwest Ludwigshafen | 1: 1 a.d. | SSV Ulm 1846 |
Fri April 27, 1979 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 7: 1 | Holstein Kiel |
Fri April 27, 1979 | Bayer Uerdingen | 4: 2 | VfL Bochum |
Fri April 27, 1979 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 1-0 | VfL Osnabrück |
Fri April 27, 1979 | TuS Neuendorf | 1: 4 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
Replay
date | Result | ||
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Tuesday May 8th, 1979 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 0: 1 | Southwest Ludwigshafen |
Quarter finals
date | Result | ||
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Sat May 26th, 1979 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 2-0 | Southwest Ludwigshafen |
Sat May 26th, 1979 | Hertha BSC | 6: 1 | Bayer Uerdingen |
Sat May 26th, 1979 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 2: 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
Sat May 26th, 1979 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2: 1 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
Semifinals
date | Result | ||
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Wed 06.06.1979 | Hertha BSC | 2: 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
Wed 06.06.1979 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 4: 1 a.d. | 1. FC Nuremberg |
final
pairing | Hertha BSC - Fortuna Düsseldorf |
Result | 0: 1 a.d. |
date | Sat, June 23, 1979 at 4:00 p.m. |
Stadion | Lower Saxony Stadium , Hanover |
spectator | 56,000 |
referee | Günter Linn ( Altendiez ) |
Gates | 0: 1 Wolfgang Seel (116.) |
Hertha BSC |
Norbert Nigbur - Uwe Kliemann - Michael Sziedat , Ole Rasmussen , Hans Weiner - Holger Brück , Wolfgang Sidka , Dieter Nüssing , Erich Beer - Jürgen Milewski (72nd Henrik Agerbeck ), Dietmar Krämer (91st Thomas Remark ) Trainer: Kuno Klötzer |
Fortuna Dusseldorf |
Jörg Daniel - Gerd Zewe - Josef Weikl , Reinhold Fanz , Heiner Baltes - Rudi Bommer , Hubert Schmitz , Egon Köhnen - Thomas Allofs (72nd Ralf Dusend ), Klaus Allofs , Wolfgang Seel Trainer: Hans-Dieterippenhauer |
yellow cards | Jürgen Milewski - none |