FDGB Cup 1979/80
The 29th edition of the FDGB soccer cup competition took place in the 1979/80 season.
89 teams took part in the competition, drawn from the two top football classes and the 1979 district cup winners. Simple knockout rounds were played, which were eventually decided by overtime or penalty shoot-outs. The competition began with a qualifying round for six teams from the second-rate GDR league , the winners of which took part in the first main round with 58 GDR league players, the league relegators of the 1978/79 season and the district cup winners .
The teams of the GDR Oberliga intervened in the cup fight after an intermediate round in the 2nd main round. District cup winners were no longer represented here, with 1. FC Union Berlin , BSG Chemie Leipzig and Wismut Aue , three league clubs have already been eliminated. Of the five GDR league players who reached the round of 16, only Hansa Rostock came under the last eight after a 3-1 win in the GDR league duel at Vorwärts Dessau . There, the Rostock team were eliminated by a 2-1 home defeat against FC Carl Zeiss Jena .
After cup defender 1. FC Magdeburg had already been eliminated in the round of 16, last year's cup finalist BFC Dynamo said goodbye to the current competition after a 1: 2 defeat at 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the quarter-finals. The semifinals were dramatic, both encounters had to be extended. While FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt defeated 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 4-2 after 120 minutes, FC Carl Zeiss Jena needed a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 extra time against Dynamo Dresden , which they finally won 3-2 .
Elimination round
The games took place on August 12, 1979.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| BSG Motor Stralsund | 2-0 | BSG Rotation Berlin |
| BSG Motor Eberswalde | 1-0 | ASG forward Neubrandenburg |
| BSG Motor South Brandenburg | 2: 5 | BSG Motor Babelsberg |
I. main round
The games took place on August 19, 1979.
Intermediate round
The games took place on September 16, 1979.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| BSG Motor Neustadt / Orla * | 1: 2 | BSG Motor Rudisleben |
| BSG tractor blocks * | 1: 3 | SG Dynamo Schwerin |
| ASG Forward Kamenz * | 4: 1 | BSG Wismut Gera |
| BSG structure Sternberg * | 1: 3 | FC Hansa Rostock |
| ASG forward Strausberg * | 1: 2 | BSG activist Brieske-Senftenberg |
| BSG Post Neubrandenburg | 3: 2 | BSG Motor Hennigsdorf * |
| BSG progress Weissenfels | 2: 1 | BSG Chemie Zeitz |
| BSG NARVA Berlin | 1: 8 | TSG construction Rostock |
| BSG Motor Babelsberg | 3-0 | BSG activist Black Pump |
| BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | 2: 4 | TSG Wismar |
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 3: 1 | BSG Progress Weida |
| BSG Motor Werdau | 4-0 | BSG progress Bischofswerda |
| ASG forward Stralsund | 5: 1 | BSG Greifswald NPP |
| BSG Energie Cottbus | 1-0 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg |
| BSG Motor Weimar | 2: 1 a.d. | ASG forward Plauen |
| BSG steel Blankenburg | 3-0 | BSG activist Espenhain |
| ASG forward Dessau | 1-0 | BSG Motor Nordhausen |
| FSV locomotive Dresden | 1: 2 a.d. | BSG Chemie Böhlen |
II. Main round
The games took place on October 20, 1979.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| ASG Forward Kamenz * | 1: 2 | Berlin FC Dynamo |
| BSG Motor Weimar | 0: 4 | 1. FC Magdeburg |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin | 3: 2 | 1. FC Union Berlin |
| BSG Motor Werdau | 0: 4 | SG Dynamo Dresden |
| TSG Wismar | 0: 1 a.d. | FC Forward Frankfurt / Oder |
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 0: 1 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| BSG progress Weissenfels | 2: 6 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
| BSG steel Blankenburg | 2: 3 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| ASG forward Stralsund | 5-0 | BSG Chemie Leipzig |
| SG Motor Babelsberg | 0: 3 | BSG Stahl Riesa |
| BSG Chemie Böhlen | 5: 4 a.d. | BSG Wismut Aue |
| BSG Motor Rudisleben | 0: 1 | Hallescher FC Chemie |
| BSG activist Brieske-Senftenberg | 1: 3 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
| BSG Post Neubrandenburg | 2: 5 a.d. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
| FC Hansa Rostock | 4: 1 | BSG Energie Cottbus |
| TSG construction Rostock | 1: 3 | ASG forward Dessau |
Round of 16
The games took place on November 10, 1979.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| SG Dynamo Dresden | 4-0 | Hallescher FC Chemie |
| ASG forward Dessau | 1: 3 | FC Hansa Rostock |
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 4-0 | SG Dynamo Schwerin |
| BSG Stahl Riesa | 4: 3 a.d. | 1. FC Magdeburg |
| BSG Chemie Böhlen | 0: 2 | Berlin FC Dynamo |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3: 1 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 3: 1 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
| ASG forward Stralsund | 1: 2 | FC Forward Frankfurt / Oder |
Quarter finals
The games took place on December 22, 1979.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| FC Hansa Rostock | 1: 2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 2-0 | BSG Stahl Riesa |
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 2: 1 | Berlin FC Dynamo |
| FC Forward Frankfurt / Oder | 0: 1 | SG Dynamo Dresden |
Semifinals
The Games took place on February 27, 1980.
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1: 1 n.V. (3: 2 in good.) |
SG Dynamo Dresden |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 4: 2 a.d. | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
final
statistics
| pairing | FC Carl Zeiss Jena - FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
| Result | 3: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1) |
| date | May 17, 1980 |
| Stadion | World Youth Stadium , East Berlin |
| spectator | 45,000 |
| referee | Siegfried Kirschen (Frankfurt / O.) |
| Gates | 0: 1 Romstedt (40th) 1: 1 Raab (81st) 2: 1 Kurbjuweit (94th) 3: 1 Sengewald (97th) |
| FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin - Rüdiger Schnuphase - Wolfgang Schilling , Konrad Weise - Gerhard Hoppe , Andreas Krause , Lothar Kurbjuweit , Lutz Lindemann - Martin Trocha (60th Thomas Töpfer ), Jürgen Raab , Eberhard Vogel (72nd Dietmar Sengewald ) Trainer: Hans Meyer |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
Wolfgang Benkert - Hans-Joachim Teich - Uwe Becker , Dieter Göpel , Harald Brosselt - Martin Iffarth , Harald Fritz , Klaus Schröder (97th Jörg Hornik ), Manfred Vogel (96th Josef Vlay ) - Jürgen Heun , Armin Romstedt Trainer: Manfred Pfeifer |
Course of the game
For the 29th final of the FDGB Cup, the favorite position was clearly specified, the championship third FC Carl Zeiss Jena met FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt, who had just escaped relegation in the past championship in 12th place. In addition, there were six current national players in the Jena team as well as Eberhard Vogel with the experience of 74 international matches. The only thing the red-whites had to counter this was to be able to play free from the relegation stress of the last few weeks and as an outsider. The Erfurt-based company initially took on this role with great promise. They put away two great chances from Schnuphase and Vogel in the first few minutes and, for their part, started quick forays into the Jena half with Heun, Romstedt and Fritz. In addition, they could rely on the safe goalkeeper Benkert, who thwarted further Jena opportunities between the 31st and 34th minute. At this stage it seemed as if the Zeiss townspeople were gaining the upper hand. But a surprising counterattack rewarded the courageous demeanor of the flower townspeople. In the 40th minute Fritz from Erfurt sprinted into a combination between Lindemann and Vogel from Jena, played around two Jena defenders and shot towards the opposing goal. Grapenthin was still able to fend off, but in the margin, left wing Romstedt brought the ball over the line.
After the break, both teams increased the pace of the game, and with Manfred Vogel and Heun Erfurt had two good chances to increase to 2-0 right after the restart. For a good half an hour, FC Carl Zeiss was in danger of losing the game due to the multiple counterattacks by Erfurt, but then the Erfurt leaders had to pay tribute to their long journeys. When Hans Meyer brought in two new players with Töpfer and Sengewald in the 60th and 70th minutes, the game tipped in favor of Jena. From the defense, Jena increased the pressure with Kurbjuweit and Schnuphase, and the substituted potter could hardly be stopped by the Erfurt defense. Consequently, the equalizer fell in the 81st minute when Schilling won a header duel against Romstedt, Töpfer was able to cross from the left in front of the goal and center forward Raab put the ball under the crossbar with a sharp shot.
With the psychologically important equalizer, both teams had to go into overtime. Erfurt was nervous and weak and fell behind after just four minutes due to a free-kick rebound from Kurbjuweit. When Erfurt goalkeeper Benkert could not parry a shot from Sengewald after another three minutes, the game was decided in favor of the Jena favorite.
The two coaches commented on the game:
“I think it was a great final. It was fair, not dogged and, above all, fully offensive. The many chances on both sides prove that. ”(Hans Meyer, Jena)
“ When we didn't take advantage of our huge chances to make it 2-0, Jena did better. In the end the favorite had more to add. "(Manfred Pfeifer, Erfurt)