DFB Cup 2015/16

This article is about men's competition. For the women's competition, see DFB-Pokal 2015/16 (women) .

DFB Cup 2015/16
Cup winners	FC Bayern Munich (18th title)
Beginning	7th August 2015
final	May 21, 2016
Final stadium	Olympic Stadium , Berlin
Teams	64
Games	63
Gates	188  (ø 2.98 per game)
spectator	1,313,327  (ø 20,846 per game)
Top scorer	Henrich Mchitarjan (5)
yellow cards	216  (ø 3.43 per game)
Yellow and red cards	7  (ø 0.11 per game)
Red cards	10  (ø 0.16 per game)
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The 2015/16 DFB-Pokal was the 73rd edition of the men's soccer cup competition. The final took place on May 21, 2016 and, as has been customary since 1985, was held in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. FC Bayern Munich won the cup with a 4-3 penalty against Borussia Dortmund .

The DFB Cup winner would have been given the right to start in the group stage of the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League . Since FC Bayern (like Borussia Dortmund) had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League via the Bundesliga , the sixth in the Bundesliga final table, 1. FSV Mainz 05 , moved from qualification to the group stage and seventh, Hertha BSC , received the free place in the qualification as an additional participant.

As in previous years, only one team per club or corporation was allowed to take part in the games for the DFB club cup.

Participating teams

Hamburg  (3 clubs) Munich  (2 clubs) Wolfsburg M'gladbach Cologne  (2 clubs) Leverkusen Gelsen- churches  5 augsburg Sinsheim  2 Bremen  (2 clubs) Dortmund Frankfurt am Main  (2 clubs) Mainz Ingolstadt Stuttgart (2 clubs) Hanover Berlin  (3 clubs) Darmstadt Karlsruhe Dusseldorf Leipzig Heidenheim an der Brenz Nuremberg Bochum Duisburg Braunschweig Bielefeld Paderborn Freiburg in Breisgau Fuerth Kaiserslautern Sandhausen Kiel Chemnitz Halle (Saale) Jena cottbus Osnabrück Aue Remchingen  3 Bask Rostock Wurzburg Unterhaching kassel eat Meppen Salmtal 4 Spiesen-Elversberg Lübeck Erndtebrück Bahlingen Pirmasens Lotte Reutlingen

Places of origin of the DFB Cup participants in 2015/16

64 teams were athletically qualified for the first round:

Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2014/15 season	2. Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2014/15 season	3rd league the 4 best placed in the 2014/15 season
FC Bayern Munich   VfL Wolfsburg ( TV )   Borussia Monchengladbach   Bayer 04 Leverkusen   FC Augsburg   FC Schalke 04   Borussia Dortmund   TSG 1899 Hoffenheim   Eintracht Frankfurt   Werder Bremen   1. FSV Mainz 05   1. FC Cologne   Hannover 96   VfB Stuttgart   Hertha BSC   Hamburger SV   SC Freiburg (II)   SC Paderborn 07 (II)	FC Ingolstadt 04 (I)   SV Darmstadt 98 (I)   Karlsruher SC   1. FC Kaiserslautern  RB Leipzig   Eintracht Braunschweig   1. FC Union Berlin   1. FC Heidenheim   1. FC Nuremberg   Fortuna Dusseldorf   VfL Bochum   SV Sandhausen   FSV Frankfurt   SpVgg Greuther Fürth   FC St. Pauli   TSV 1860 Munich   FC Erzgebirge Aue (III)   VfR Aalen (III)	Arminia Bielefeld (II)   MSV Duisburg (II)   Holstein Kiel   Stuttgart Kickers
Representatives of the state associations 24 representatives of the 21 state associations of the DFB, usually the state cup winners of the 2014/15 season 1
to bathe FC Nöttingen (V) Bavaria 1 SpVgg Unterhaching (IV) Wurzburger Kickers (III) Berlin   BFC Dynamo (IV) Brandenburg   Energy Cottbus (III) Bremen   Bremen SV (V) Hamburg   HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst (V) Hesse   KSV Hessen Kassel (IV)	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania   Hansa Rostock (III) Middle Rhine   FC Viktoria Cologne (IV) Lower Rhine   Rot-Weiss Essen (IV) Lower Saxony 1   VfL Osnabrück (III)   SV Meppen (IV) Rhineland   FSV Salmrohr (V) Saarland   SV Elversberg (IV) Saxony   Chemnitzer FC (III)	Saxony-Anhalt   Hallescher FC (III) Schleswig-Holstein   VfB Lübeck (IV) South Baden   Bahlinger SC (IV) southwest   FK Pirmasens (IV) Thuringia   FC Carl Zeiss Jena (IV) Westphalia 1   Sportfreunde Lotte (IV)   TuS Erndtebrück (IV) Württemberg   SSV Reutlingen 05 (V)
League level in brackets: III = 3rd league • IV = regional league • V = upper league

¹The three state associations with the most men's teams in play (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) had two starting places. In addition to the cup winners, either the defeated cup finalist (Lower Saxony), the top-ranked regional league team (Bavaria) or the top-ranked upper league team (Westphalia) took part.

² Sinsheim: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

³ Remchingen: FC Nöttingen

^4th Salmtal: FSV Salmrohr

⁵ Gelsenkirchen: FC Schalke 04

Events

The game rounds were played on the following dates:

• 1st main round: 7th to 10th August 2015
• 2nd main round: 27./28. October 2015
• Round of 16: 15./16. December 2015
• Quarter-finals: 9/10 February 2016
• Semi-finals: 19./20. April 2016
• Final in Berlin: May 21, 2016

Overview

The top team in each case had home rights.

	1st main round					2nd main round					Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Energy Cottbus	0
		1. FSV Mainz 05	3
							1. FSV Mainz 05	1
							TSV 1860 Munich	2
		TSV 1860 Munich	2
		TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	0
												TSV 1860 Munich	0
												VfL Bochum	2
		FSV Salmrohr	0
		VfL Bochum	5
							VfL Bochum	1
							1. FC Kaiserslautern	0
		Hansa Rostock	0 (4)0
		1. FC Kaiserslautern	0 (5) 2
																	VfL Bochum	0
																	FC Bayern Munich	3
		Stuttgart Kickers	1
		VfL Wolfsburg	4th
							VfL Wolfsburg	1
							FC Bayern Munich	3
		FC Nöttingen	1
		FC Bayern Munich	3
												FC Bayern Munich	1
												SV Darmstadt 98	0
		TuS Erndtebrück	0
		SV Darmstadt 98	5
							SV Darmstadt 98	2
							Hannover 96	1
		KSV Hessen Kassel	0
		Hannover 96	2
																						FC Bayern Munich	2
																						Werder Bremen	0
		SpVgg Unterhaching	2
		FC Ingolstadt 04	1
							SpVgg Unterhaching	3
							RB Leipzig	0
		VfL Osnabrück	0
		RB Leipzig	2 3
												SpVgg Unterhaching	1
												Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3
		FC Viktoria Cologne	2
		1. FC Union Berlin	1
							FC Viktoria Cologne	0
							Bayer 04 Leverkusen	6th
		Sports fanatic Lotte	0
		Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3
																	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1
																	Werder Bremen	3
		MSV Duisburg	0
		FC Schalke 04	5
							FC Schalke 04	0
							Borussia M'gladbach	2
		FC St. Pauli	1
		Borussia M'gladbach	4th
												Borussia M'gladbach	3
												Werder Bremen	4th
		Würzburger Kickers	000
		Werder Bremen	02 1
							Werder Bremen	1
							1. FC Cologne	0
		SV Meppen	0
		1. FC Cologne	4th
																										FC Bayern Munich	0 (4) 2
																											Borussia Dortmund	0 (3)0
		FC Erzgebirge Aue	1
		SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0
							FC Erzgebirge Aue	1
							Eintracht Frankfurt	0
		Bremen SV	0
		Eintracht Frankfurt	3
												FC Erzgebirge Aue	0
												1. FC Heidenheim	2
		Bahlinger SC	0 (3)0
		SV Sandhausen	0 (5) 2
							SV Sandhausen	0 (3)0
							1. FC Heidenheim	0 (4) 2
		FK Pirmasens	1
		1. FC Heidenheim	4th
																	1. FC Heidenheim	2
																	Hertha BSC	3
		VfR Aalen	0 (1)0
		1. FC Nuremberg	0 (2) 2
							1. FC Nuremberg	5
							Fortuna Dusseldorf	1
		Red and white food	0 (1)0
		Fortuna Dusseldorf	0 (3) 2
												1. FC Nuremberg	0
												Hertha BSC	2
		BFC Dynamo	0
		FSV Frankfurt	2
							FSV Frankfurt	010
							Hertha BSC	02 1
		Arminia Bielefeld	0
		Hertha BSC	2
																					Hertha BSC	0
																						Borussia Dortmund	3
		FC Carl Zeiss Jena	03 1
		Hamburger SV	020
							FC Carl Zeiss Jena	0
							VfB Stuttgart	2
		Holstein Kiel	1
		VfB Stuttgart	2
												VfB Stuttgart	03 1
												Eintracht Braunschweig	020
		SSV Reutlingen 05	3
		Karlsruher SC	1
							SSV Reutlingen 05	0
							Eintracht Braunschweig	4th
		Hallescher FC	0
		Eintracht Braunschweig	1
																	VfB Stuttgart	1
																	Borussia Dortmund	3
		HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst	0
		Sc freiburg	5
							Sc freiburg	0
							FC Augsburg	3
		SV Elversberg	010
		FC Augsburg	03 1
												FC Augsburg	0
												Borussia Dortmund	2
		Chemnitzer FC	0
		Borussia Dortmund	2
							Borussia Dortmund	7th
							SC Paderborn 07	1
		VfB Lübeck	1
		SC Paderborn 07	2

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties
³ scoring after abandoning the game

1st main round

The draw for the first main round took place on June 10th in Reutlingen.

The draw was carried out in 2 pots of 32 teams each.

In the first lottery pool were the 18 Bundesliga clubs of the 2014/15 season and the best 14 clubs of the 2nd Bundesliga of the 2014/15 season . In the second lottery pot landed the second division, who finished 15th to 18th in the 2014/15 season, the 4 best placed third division of the 2014/15 season and the representatives of the national associations.

During the draw, tennis player Andrea Petković acted as " lottery fairy" and ex-national player Karlheinz Förster as the draw manager . This resulted in the following matches (the league level in which the club plays is indicated in brackets), which took place from August 7th to 10th, 2015:

date		Result
07.08.2015, 7:00 p.m.	TuS Erndtebrück (IV)	10: 5 (0: 2) 1	SV Darmstadt 98 (I)
07.08.2015, 7:00 p.m.	BFC Dynamo (IV)	0: 2 (0: 2)	FSV Frankfurt (II)
08/07/2015, 8:00 p.m.	SV Elversberg (IV)	1: 3 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)	FC Augsburg (I)
08/08/2015, 3:30 p.m.	FC Viktoria Cologne (IV)	2: 1 (0: 1)	1. FC Union Berlin (II)
08/08/2015, 3:30 p.m.	SV Meppen (IV)	0: 4 (0: 2)	1. FC Cologne (I)
08/08/2015, 3:30 p.m.	Hallescher FC (III)	0: 1 (0: 0)	Eintracht Braunschweig (II)
08/08/2015, 3:30 p.m.	Stuttgart Kickers (III)	1: 4 (0: 2)	VfL Wolfsburg (I)
08/08/2015, 3:30 p.m.	Sportfreunde Lotte (IV)	0: 3 (0: 1)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (I)
08/08/2015, 3:30 p.m.	MSV Duisburg (II)	0: 5 (0: 3)	FC Schalke 04 (I)
08/08/2015, 3:30 p.m.	Wurzburger Kickers (III)	0: 2 a.d.	Werder Bremen (I)
08/08/2015, 3:30 p.m.	FC Erzgebirge Aue (III)	1: 0 (0: 0)	SpVgg Greuther Fürth (II)
08/08/2015, 3:30 p.m.	Bremen SV (V)	20: 3 (0: 1) 2	Eintracht Frankfurt (I)
08/08/2015, 6:00 p.m.	TSV 1860 Munich (II)	2: 0 (0: 0)	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (I)
08/08/2015, 8:30 p.m.	SSV Reutlingen 05 (V)	3: 1 (2: 0)	Karlsruher SC (II)
08/08/2015, 8:30 p.m.	Holstein Kiel (III)	1: 2 (1: 1)	VfB Stuttgart (I)
08/09/2015, 2:30 p.m.	FC Carl Zeiss Jena (IV)	3: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 0)	Hamburger SV (I)
08/09/2015, 2:30 p.m.	Bahlinger SC (IV)	0: 0 n.v. (3: 5 in good condition)	SV Sandhausen (II)
08/09/2015, 2:30 p.m.	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst (V)	30: 5 (0: 2) 3	SC Freiburg (II)
08/09/2015, 2:30 p.m.	FSV Salmrohr (V)	0: 5 (0: 1)	VfL Bochum (II)
08/09/2015, 2:30 p.m.	Chemnitzer FC (III)	0: 2 (0: 1)	Borussia Dortmund (I)
08/09/2015, 4:00 p.m.	VfB Lübeck (IV)	1: 2 (1: 0)	SC Paderborn 07 (II)
08/09/2015, 4:00 p.m.	Rot-Weiss Essen (IV)	0: 0 a.d. (1: 3 in good condition)	Fortuna Dusseldorf (II)
08/09/2015, 4:00 p.m.	FK Pirmasens (IV)	1: 4 (0: 2)	1. FC Heidenheim (II)
08/09/2015, 4:00 p.m.	FC Nöttingen (V)	4th1: 3 (1: 3) 4	FC Bayern Munich (I)
08/09/2015, 4:00 p.m.	SpVgg Unterhaching (IV)	2: 1 (1: 0)	FC Ingolstadt 04 (I)
08/09/2015, 6:30 p.m.	Hansa Rostock (III)	0: 0 n.v. (4: 5 in good condition)	1. FC Kaiserslautern (II)
08/09/2015, 6:30 p.m.	KSV Hessen Kassel (IV)	0: 2 (0: 1)	Hanover 96 (I)
08/09/2015, 8:30 p.m.	Energy Cottbus (III)	0: 3 (0: 2)	1. FSV Mainz 05 (I)
08/10/2015, 6:30 p.m.	Arminia Bielefeld (II)	0: 2 (0: 0)	Hertha BSC (I)
08/10/2015, 6:30 p.m.	VfL Osnabrück (III)	0: 2 (evaluation) 5 1: 0 (0: 0)	RB Leipzig (II)
08/10/2015, 6:30 p.m.	VfR Aalen (III)	0: 0 a.d. (1: 2 in good condition)	1. FC Nuremberg (II)
08/10/2015, 8:30 p.m.	FC St. Pauli (II)	1: 4 (1: 0)	Borussia Mönchengladbach (I)

¹The game took place in the Leimbach Stadium in Siegen .

²The game took place in the sports park on Vinnenweg in Bremen - Oberneuland .

³The game took place in the Edmund Plambeck Stadium in Norderstedt .

^4thThe game took place in the Wildpark Stadium in Karlsruhe .

⁵The game was stopped in the 71st minute when the score was 1-0 for Osnabrück after referee Martin Petersen was hit by a lighter. The sports court of the DFB rated the game according to § 18, No. 4 of the legal and procedural rules of the DFB with 0: 2 against the host club VfL Osnabrück .

2nd main round

In the second main round, as in the first round, an amateur and a professional pot were drawn. As long as teams remained in both pots, matches were drawn between an amateur and a professional team. Then the teams from the remaining pot were drawn among themselves.

The matches were drawn on August 14 by the German ski racer Felix Neureuther . The head of the drawing was the President of the DFB, Wolfgang Niersbach . The following encounters took place on October 27 and 28, 2015:

date		Result
October 27, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	FC Erzgebirge Aue (III)	1: 0 (0: 0)	Eintracht Frankfurt (I)
October 27, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	FSV Frankfurt (II)	1: 2 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)	Hertha BSC (I)
October 27, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	1. FSV Mainz 05 (I)	1: 2 (1: 0)	TSV 1860 Munich (II)
October 27, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	1. FC Nuremberg (II)	5: 1 (4: 0)	Fortuna Dusseldorf (II)
October 27, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	SpVgg Unterhaching (IV)	3: 0 (2: 0)	RB Leipzig (II)
October 27, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	SV Darmstadt 98 (I)	2: 1 (0: 0)	Hanover 96 (I)
October 27, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	VfL Bochum (II)	1: 0 (0: 0)	1. FC Kaiserslautern (II)
October 27, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	VfL Wolfsburg (I)	1: 3 (0: 3)	FC Bayern Munich (I)
October 28, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	FC Viktoria Cologne (IV)	0: 6 (0: 3)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (I)
October 28, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	SV Sandhausen (II)	0: 0 n.v. (3: 4 p.e.)	1. FC Heidenheim (II)
October 28, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	Borussia Dortmund (I)	7: 1 (3: 1)	SC Paderborn 07 (II)
October 28, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	SC Freiburg (II)	0: 3 (0: 2)	FC Augsburg (I)
October 28, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	FC Carl Zeiss Jena (IV)	0: 2 (0: 1)	VfB Stuttgart (I)
October 28, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	SSV Reutlingen 05 (V)	0: 4 (0: 2)	Eintracht Braunschweig (II)
October 28, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	FC Schalke 04 (I)	0: 2 (0: 1)	Borussia Mönchengladbach (I)
October 28, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	Werder Bremen (I)	1: 0 (1: 0)	1. FC Cologne (I)

Round of 16

The fixtures in the round of 16 were drawn on November 1, 2015 on the Sky90 program on the pay-TV channel Sky Deutschland . Vanessa Mai drew the lots , DFB general secretary Helmut Sandrock acted as the drawing manager .

The games took place on December 15 and 16, 2015.

date		Result
December 15, 2015, 7:15 p.m. 1	SpVgg Unterhaching (IV)	1: 3 (1: 1)	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (I)
December 15, 2015, 7:15 p.m. 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach (I)	3: 4 (1: 0)	Werder Bremen (I)
December 15, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	FC Erzgebirge Aue (III)	0: 2 (0: 0)	1. FC Heidenheim (II)
December 15, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	FC Bayern Munich (I)	1: 0 (1: 0)	SV Darmstadt 98 (I)
December 16, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	1. FC Nuremberg (II)	0: 2 (0: 1)	Hertha BSC (I)
December 16, 2015, 7:00 p.m.	VfB Stuttgart (I)	3: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)	Eintracht Braunschweig (II)
December 16, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	TSV 1860 Munich (II)	0: 2 (0: 2)	VfL Bochum (II)
December 16, 2015, 8:30 p.m.	FC Augsburg (I)	0: 2 (0: 0)	Borussia Dortmund (I)

¹ The game started 15 minutes late.

Quarter finals

The pairings were drawn on December 16, 2015 as part of the Sportschau Club (ARD). The drawing director was the DFB general secretary Helmut Sandrock , the lots were drawn by DHB national goalkeeper Carsten Lichtlein from VfL Gummersbach .

The games took place on February 9 and 10, 2016.

date		Result
02/09/2016, 7:00 p.m.	Bayer 04 Leverkusen (I)	1: 3 (1: 2)	Werder Bremen (I)
02/09/2016, 8:30 p.m.	VfB Stuttgart (I)	1: 3 (1: 2)	Borussia Dortmund (I)
02/10/2016, 7:00 p.m.	1. FC Heidenheim (II)	2: 3 (1: 2)	Hertha BSC (I)
02/10/2016, 8:30 p.m.	VfL Bochum (II)	0: 3 (0: 1)	FC Bayern Munich (I)

Semifinals

The pairings were drawn on February 10, 2016 following the quarter-final match between VfL Bochum and FC Bayern Munich. The drawing directors were DFB Vice Presidents Rainer Koch and Peter Frymuth , the lots were drawn by DHB national goalkeeper Andreas Wolff from HSG Wetzlar .

The games took place on April 19 and 20, 2016.

date		Result
April 19, 2016, 8:30 p.m.	FC Bayern Munich (I)	2: 0 (1: 0)	Werder Bremen (I)
April 20, 2016, 8:30 p.m.	Hertha BSC (I)	0: 3 (0: 1)	Borussia Dortmund (I)

final

The final took place on May 21, 2016 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

pairing	FC Bayern Munich - Borussia Dortmund
Result	0: 0 a.d., 4: 3 in E.
date	May 21, 2016 at 8:00 p.m.
Stadion	Olympic Stadium , Berlin
spectator	74,322 (out of stock)
referee	Marco Fritz ( basket )
Gates	No penalties: 0: 1 Shinji Kagawa 1: 1 Arturo Vidal Manuel Neuer holds against Sven Bender 2: 1 Robert Lewandowski Sokratis hits the post Roman Bürki holds against Joshua Kimmich 2: 2 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 3: 2 Thomas Müller 3: 3 Marco Reus 4: 3 Douglas Costa
FC Bayern Munich	Manuel Neuer - Philipp Lahm , Joshua Kimmich , Jérôme Boateng , David Alaba - Arturo Vidal - Thiago - Thomas Müller - Douglas Costa , Franck Ribéry (108th Kingsley Coman ) - Robert Lewandowski Trainer: Pep Guardiola ( Spain )
Borussia Dortmund	Roman Bürki - Sven Bender , Sokratis , Mats Hummels (78th Matthias Ginter ) - Łukasz Piszczek , Marcel Schmelzer (70th Erik Durm ) - Julian Weigl - Henrich Mchitarjan , Gonzalo Castro (106th Shinji Kagawa ) - Marco Reus - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Trainer: Thomas Tuchel
yellow cards	Franck Ribéry (39.), Joshua Kimmich (42.), Arturo Vidal (47.), Thomas Müller (109.) - Gonzalo Castro (39.), Mats Hummels (74.), Sokratis (99.)

Winning team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

1.

FC Bayern Munich

Goal: Manuel Neuer (5 / -); Sven Ulreich (1 / -) Defense: Philipp Lahm (6 / -); David Alaba (5 / -); Jérôme Boateng (4 / -); Joshua Kimmich (4 / -); Rafinha (4 / -); Juan Bernat (3 / -); Javi Martínez (3 / -); Holger Badstuber (1 / -); Medhi Benatia (1 / -) Midfield: Arturo Vidal (6/1); Thomas Müller (5/4); Thiago (5/1); Xabi Alonso (4/1); Douglas Costa (4/1); Kingsley Coman (4 / -); Arjen Robben (3 / -); Mario Götze (2/1); Franck Ribéry (2 / -); Sebastian Rode (1 / -) Attack: Robert Lewandowski (6/3) Coach: Pep Guardiola

* Pierre Emile Højbjerg (1 / -), Dante (1 / -) and Jan Kirchhoff (1 / -) left the club during the season.

Bonuses from TV and marketing revenues

Each of the teams participating in one of the rounds received a bonus from the TV money and from central advertising marketing by the DFB. A total of around 50 million euros was distributed to the 64 participants in the competition. According to the implementation regulations for the men's DFB club cup, each participant received 10,000 euros per game and round for wearing the sleeve advertising.

Round reached	Bonus per team	Total premiums
1st main round	0.€ 140,000
2nd main round	0.€ 268,000	0.€ 408,000
Round of 16	0.€ 527,000	0.€ 935,000
Quarter finals	€ 1,041,000	€ 1,976,000
Semifinals	€ 2,073,000	€ 4,049,000
final	€ 2,500,000	€ 6,549,000
Cup victory	€ 1,000,000	€ 7,549,000

Best goal scorers

The top scorers of the DFB-Pokal 2015/16 are listed below. They are sorted according to the number of hits, in case of a tie alphabetically.

rank	player	society	Gates
1	Henrich Mchitarjan	Borussia Dortmund	5
2	Chicharito	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4th
	Thomas Müller	FC Bayern Munich	4th
	Nils Petersen	Sc freiburg	4th
	Lars Stindl	Borussia Monchengladbach	4th
6th	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	3
	Gonzalo Castro	Borussia Dortmund	3
	Markus Einsiedler	SpVgg Unterhaching	3
	Salomon Kalou	Hertha BSC	3
	Stefan Kießling	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	3
	Robert Lewandowski	FC Bayern Munich	3
	Anthony Modeste	1. FC Cologne	3
	Giuseppe Ricciardi	SSV Reutlingen 05	3
	Simon Terodde	VfL Bochum	3
	Anthony Ujah	Werder Bremen	3

→ Main article : List of top scorer of the DFB Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New UEFA regulation: Europe ticket for DFB Cup losers no longer applicable. In: spiegel.de. Spiegel Online , September 20, 2013, accessed May 19, 2014 . 
2. ↑ DFB Cup mode for men. In: dfb.de. German Football Association , July 5, 2011, accessed on September 8, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Implementation regulations for the men's association cup from the 2014/15 season. (No longer available online.) In: flvw.de. Football and Athletics Association Westphalia , archived from the original on December 31, 2013 ; Retrieved on May 19, 2014 (additional written explanation by the senior football team at the Football and Athletics Association of Westphalia, see discussion ). 
4. ↑ Framework calendar 2015/16. (PDF; 232 kB) (No longer available online.) In: bundesliga.de. DFL , November 28, 2014, archived from the original on November 6, 2015 ; accessed on December 1, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Scheme VfL Osnabrück - RB Leipzig. In: kicker.de. Kicker-Sportmagazin , August 10, 2015, accessed on August 10, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Sports court evaluates canceled game 2-0 for RB Leipzig. In: dfb.de. German Football Association, August 10, 2015, accessed on August 10, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Felix Neureuther draws the second cup round. In: dfb.de. German Football Association, August 7, 2015, accessed on August 8, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Vanessa Mai draws the DFB Cup eighth final. In: dfb.de. German Football Association, October 21, 2015, accessed on October 25, 2015 . 
9. ↑ Official notices. (PDF) In: dfb.de. German Football Association, June 30, 2014, accessed on August 14, 2015 . 
10. ↑ More money for the amateur clubs in the DFB Cup. In: dfb.de. German Football Association, July 25, 2014, accessed on August 14, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Small clubs benefit from cup marketing. In: kicker.de. Kicker-Sportmagazin, August 6, 2015, accessed on August 14, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Money and feelings - facts about the cup final. In: sportschau.de. Sportschau, May 30, 2015, accessed on August 14, 2015 .