German floodlight cup

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The German Floodlight Cup was a cup competition held parallel to the DFB Cup in 1957 and 1958 , in which the games were played exclusively with the then new type of floodlights .

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The games were played under floodlights in 90-minute home and return matches. The team with the most goals scored in both games advanced to the next round. If the same number of goals were scored by the two teams in the two games, the corner ratio , a uniqueness in German football, was used to help.

history

In 1957 the trophy was donated by the then president of Offenbacher Kickers . Eight top division clubs , whose stadiums had floodlights, were supposed to play the trophy among themselves.

Floodlit Cup 1957

Winner: Eintracht Frankfurt

Participating teams:

• Eintracht Frankfurt
• FSV Frankfurt
• Kickers Offenbach
• FC Schalke 04
• TSV 1860 Munich
• Prussia Munster
• Fortuna Dusseldorf
• Viktoria 89 Berlin

First round

• Eintracht Frankfurt - Fortuna Düsseldorf (first leg 3: 1, second leg 2: 3)

Semifinals

• Prussia Münster - Eintracht Frankfurt (first leg: 1: 2 in Münster ; second leg: 3: 6 in Offenbach )
• FSV Frankfurt - Schalke 04 (return legs)

final

• Schalke 04 - Eintracht Frankfurt (first leg: 3: 3 in Gelsenkirchen ; second leg: 0: 0 in Frankfurt )

Thanks to the better corner ratio of 8: 6, Eintracht Frankfurt won the first German floodlight cup.

Floodlit Cup 1958

Winner: Kickers Offenbach (OFC)

Participating teams and a .:

• Kickers Offenbach (OFC)
• Wuppertal SV
• Concordia Hamburg
• Holstein Kiel
• Prussia Munster
• Eintracht Braunschweig
• Phoenix Lübeck
• Eintracht Frankfurt
• Viktoria 89 Berlin

Preliminary round (excerpt):
OFC - Wuppertaler SV 4: 1
Concordia Hamburg - OFC 1: 3
OFC - Concordia Hamburg 7: 1
Wuppertaler SV - OFC 2: 3

Holstein Kiel - Prussia Münster 3: 1

May 28, 1958 Eintracht Frankfurt - Eintracht Braunschweig 1: 2 (1: 1)
June 1, 1958 Eintracht Braunschweig - Viktoria 89 Berlin 3: 1 (0: 0 ) June 7, 1958
Eintracht Frankfurt - Viktoria 89 Berlin 6: 3 (2: 1)
June 14, 1958 Eintracht Braunschweig - Eintracht Frankfurt 0: 3 (0: 2)
June 17, 1958 Viktoria 89 Berlin - Eintracht Frankfurt 4: 3 (0: 2)
June 28, 1958 Viktoria 89 Berlin - Eintracht Braunschweig 3: 4 (1: 1)
Final table group C
1. Eintracht Braunschweig 4 3 0 1 9: 8 6: 2
2. Eintracht Frankfurt 4 2 0 2 13: 9 4: 4
3. Viktoria 89 Berlin 4 1 0 3 11:16 2: 6

Semi-finals:
OFC - Holstein Kiel 4: 2
01.08.1958 Eintracht Braunschweig - Phoenix Lübeck 8: 0

Final:
08.08.1958 OFC - Eintracht Braunschweig 5: 3

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/1956.html
2. ↑ Eintracht Frankfurt (archive) accessed on July 24, 2013