Hessenpokal (soccer)

Hessen Cup

Full name	Bitburger Hessen Cup
Association	Hessian Football Association
First edition	1945/46
Game mode	Knockout system
Title holder	TSV Steinbach Haiger ( 2nd title )
Record winner	Kickers Offenbach ( 11 tracks )
Current season	2019/20
Website	Hessen Cup
Qualification for	DFB Cup
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The Hessenpokal is the football association cup of the Hessian Football Association (HFV) . It is organized annually for Hessian football clubs in the 3rd league and amateur teams in the divisions below. The winner of the Hessen Cup qualifies for the first main round in the DFB Cup .

The official name is currently "Bitburger Hessenpokal", as the cup has been sponsored by the Bitburger brewery since the 2019/20 season . Before that, there had been a sponsorship partnership with the Krombacher brewery since the 2010/11 season .

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Until the 2012/13 season

At the beginning of the season, the regional cup competitions took place in the Hessian soccer regions , for which the district cup winners of the previous season were qualified. The regions Darmstadt, Frankfurt, Kassel, Wiesbaden, Fulda and Gießen / Marburg determined the participants via the regional cups. Hessian third division teams were also automatically qualified for the Hessen Cup.

From the 2013/14 season

The regional cup competitions have been discontinued since 2013/14 and the cup competition is held during a league season. According to the rules of the HFV, lower-class clubs have home rights, which can, however, be exchanged.

The 32 Hessian district cup winners of the previous season qualify for the first round of the Hessen Cup. They are divided into eight pots from a regional point of view and compete against each other in the knockout system . The 16 winners of the 1st round qualify for the 2nd round of the Hessen Cup. The eight winners of the 2nd round qualify for the 3rd round (= round of 16).

In the last sixteen of the Hessen Cup, the third and regional league teams, the two leaders of the Hessen League of the previous season and the two winners of the fair play rating of the association play classes join in (to get 8 teams, playoffs are sometimes necessary). Together with the eight winners of the 2nd round, eight pairings are formed. The games in the quarter-finals and semi-finals are then drawn before the final is played in regularly changing stadiums.

Previous cup winners (men)

year	winner	Final opponent	Result
1946	Eintracht Frankfurt	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	3: 2
1947	Eintracht Wetzlar	FC Hassia Dieburg	3: 0 ¹
1948	Olympia Lampertheim	KSV Hessen Kassel	3: 2
1949	Kickers Offenbach	Eintracht Frankfurt	4: 1
1950	FC Hanau 93	Kickers Offenbach	4-0
1951	SpVgg Bad Homburg	SV Jügesheim	5-0
1952	FC 04 Oberursel	SG Gelnhausen	3: 1 a.d.
1953	SV 07 Nauheim	SpVgg Neu-Isenburg	2: 1 ²
1954	not determined
1955	CSC 03 Kassel	FC Union Niederrad 07	2: 1
1956	not determined
1957	Eintracht Wetzlar	SV Kilianstädten	1: 0 ³
1958	Viktoria Urberach	VfL Marburg	1-0
1959	Germania Okriftel	Germania Marburg	4: 2
1960	SG Kelkheim	Hermannia Kassel	2: 1
1961	KSV Hessen Kassel amateurs	1. FC 04 Arheilgen	3: 2
1962	FVgg. Kastel 06	FV 09 Breidenbach	3: 1 ⁴
1963	Hünfeld SV	Eintracht Stadtallendorf	2: 1
1964	VfB Giessen	FC Homberg	2: 1
1965	Germania Wiesbaden	1. FC Langen	5: 3
1966	SV Darmstadt 98 amateurs	SV Niederselters	5: 2
1967	FV 09 Breidenbach	SV Somborn	4: 1
1968	SG Westend Frankfurt	KSV Hessen Kassel amateurs	3: 1
1969	Eintracht Frankfurt amateurs	SV Hermannstein	3: 2 a.d.

year	winner	Final opponent	Result
1970	SG Westend Frankfurt	FV 09 Breidenbach	4: 2
1971	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	SV Darmstadt 98	3: 2 a.d.
1972	VfB Giessen	TSV Wabern	4: 1 a.d.
1973	FC Nieder-Florstadt	SSV Auf der Heide Bottenhorn	2: 1
1974	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	TSV Klein-Linden	2: 1
1975	VfR Oli Bürstadt	KSV Hessen Kassel	3-0
1976	SSV Dillenburg	SV Wiesbaden	4-0
1977	VfR Oli Bürstadt	Gladenbacher SC	9-0
1978	FC Hanau 93	Viktoria Sindlingen	4-0
1979	VfB Giessen	Viktoria Sindlingen	5: 2
1980	RSV Würges	SV Buchonia Flieden	2-0
1981	TuSpo Ziegenhain	Viktoria Griesheim	3-0
1982	KSV Baunatal	FSV Frankfurt	7-0
1983	KSV Baunatal	SpVgg Neu-Isenburg	3: 2
1984	Eintracht Haiger	CSC 03 Kassel	6: 5 n.e.
1985	SC Neukirchen	FC Erbach	2-0
1986	SKV Mörfelden	FSV Frankfurt	2: 1
1987	RSV Würges	KSV Baunatal	6: 1
1988	SV Wehen Taunusstein	FC Germania Dörnigheim	3: 2 a.d.
1989	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	SV Wiesbaden	2-0
1990	FSV Frankfurt	Eintracht Haiger	5: 1
1991	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	SC Neukirchen	2: 1
1992	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	SV labor	2-0
1993	Kickers Offenbach	Borussia Fulda	3: 2

year	winner	Final opponent	Result	venue	Stadion
1994	SG Egelsbach	Rot-Weiss Frankfurt	3: 1	Offenbach	Tempelsee sports grounds
1995	SC Neukirchen	FV Bad Vilbel	2: 1
1996	SV labor	SC Neukirchen	3: 2 a.d.
1997	SC Neukirchen	FC 80 Herborn	2: 1
1998	SG 01 Hoechst	SC Neukirchen	4: 1 n.e.	Grünberg
1999	SV Darmstadt 98	Borussia Fulda	4-0	Aschaffenburg	Stadium am Schönbusch
2000	SV labor	Tuspo Guxhagen	5: 1	Alsfeld
2001	SV Darmstadt 98	SV labor	2: 1	Hanau	Herbert Dröse Stadium
2002	Kickers Offenbach	SC Neukirchen	1: 0 a.d.	Offenbach	Stadium on the Bieberer Berg
2003	Kickers Offenbach	SV labor	3: 2	Ruesselsheim	Stadium on the summer dam
2004	Kickers Offenbach	SV Bernbach	4: 3 n.e.	Offenbach	Stadium on the Bieberer Berg
2005	Kickers Offenbach	1. FC Eschborn	2: 1 a.d.	Eschborn	Heinrich Graf Sports Facility
2006	SV Darmstadt 98	FSV Frankfurt	2: 1	Wiesbaden	Helmut Schön Sports Park
2007	SV Darmstadt 98	KSV Klein-Karben	3-0	Hanau	Herbert Dröse Stadium
2008	SV Darmstadt 98	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	2-0	Darmstadt	Stadium at the Böllenfalltor
2009	Kickers Offenbach	SV Darmstadt 98	1-0	Offenbach	Stadium on the Bieberer Berg
2010	Kickers Offenbach	KSV Hessen Kassel	2: 1	Fulda	Sports park Johannisau
2011	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	KSV Hessen Kassel	3-0	Marburg	Georg Gassmann Stadium
2012	Kickers Offenbach	FC Ederbergland	6-0	Offenbach	Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium
2013	SV Darmstadt 98	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	4-0	Offenbach	Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium
2014	Kickers Offenbach	SV Darmstadt 98	3: 1 n.e.	Offenbach	Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium
2015	KSV Hessen Kassel	VfB Giessen	2: 1	kassel	Auestadion
2016	Kickers Offenbach	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	2: 1	Haiger	SIBRE-Sportzentrum Haarwasen Haiger
2017	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	SV Red-White Hadamar	4: 3 n.e.	Wiesbaden	Brita Arena
2018	TSV Steinbach	KSV Hessen Kassel	2-0	Stadtallendorf	Herrenwaldstadion
2019	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	KSV Baunatal	8: 1	Wetzlar	Wetzlar Stadium
2020	TSV Steinbach Haiger	FSV Frankfurt	1-0	Frankfurt am Main	PSD Bank Arena

¹Result of the second replay; after the actual final game 3: 3 and the first replay game 2: 2.

²Result of replay; after the actual final game ended 1: 1.

³Evaluation of the intermediate result as the final result, after the game was abandoned in the 65th minute, as there was a crowd because of a missing goal and the players of SV Kilianstädten had left the pitch.

^4thResult of replay; after the actual final game ended 1: 1 by default.

Record cup winner

Hessen Cup (2018)

(As of August 22, 2020)

Record winners of the Hessen Cup are Kickers Offenbach with 11 victories.
In addition, the Kickers were the only team to win the cup four times in a row. This was achieved between 2002 and 2005.

rank	society	Victories	Finals.	Year (s) [victories in bold]
1	Kickers Offenbach	11	12	1949 , 1950, 1993 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2009 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016
2	SV Darmstadt 98 ¹	7th	10	1966 , 1971, 1999 , 2001 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009, 2013 , 2014
3	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	6th	11	1988 , 1992, 1996 , 2000 , 2001, 2003, 2011 , 2013, 2016, 2017 , 2019
4th	Red-White Frankfurt	4th	6th	1946, 1971 , 1974 , 1989 , 1992 , 1994
5	SC Neukirchen	3	7th	1985 , 1991, 1995 , 1996, 1997 , 1998, 2002
6th	VfB Giessen	3	4th	1964 , 1972 , 1979 , 2015
7th	KSV Hessen Kassel ²	2	8th	1948, 1961 , 1968, 1975, 2010, 2011, 2015 , 2018
8th	KSV Baunatal	2	4th	1982 , 1983 , 1987, 2019
9	Eintracht Frankfurt ³	2	3	1946 , 1949, 1969 ^†
10	TSV Steinbach Haiger ⁴	2	2	2018 , 2020
	RSV Würges	2	2	1980 , 1987
	FC Hanau 93	2	2	1950 , 1978
	VfR Oli Bürstadt	2	2	1975 , 1977
	SG Westend Frankfurt	2	2	1968 , 1970
	Eintracht Wetzlar	2	2	1947 , 1957
16	FSV Frankfurt	1	5	1982, 1986, 1990 , 2006, 2020
17th	FV 09 Breidenbach	1	3	1962, 1967 , 1970
18th	Viktoria Aschaffenburg	1	2	1991 , 2008
	Eintracht Haiger	1	2	1984 , 1990
	CSC 03 Kassel	1	2	1955 , 1984
21st	SG 01 Hoechst	1	1	1998
	SG Egelsbach	1	1	1994
	SKV Mörfelden	1	1	1986
	TuSpo Ziegenhain	1	1	1981
	SSV Dillenburg	1	1	1976
	FC Nieder-Florstadt	1	1	1973
	Germania Wiesbaden	1	1	1965
	Hünfeld SV	1	1	1963
	FVgg. Kastel 06	1	1	1962
	SG Kelkheim	1	1	1960
	Germania Okriftel	1	1	1959
	Viktoria Urberach	1	1	1958
	SV 07 Nauheim	1	1	1953
	FC 04 Oberursel	1	1	1952
	SpVgg Bad Homburg	1	1	1951
	Olympia Lampertheim	1	1	1948
37	Borussia Fulda	0	2	1993, 1999
	SpVgg Neu-Isenburg	0	2	1953, 1983
	Viktoria Sindlingen	0	2	1978, 1979
40	SV Red-White Hadamar	0	1	2017
	FC Ederbergland	0	1	2012
	KSV Klein-Karben	0	1	2007
	1. FC Eschborn	0	1	2005
	SV Bernbach	0	1	2004
	TuSpo Guxhagen	0	1	2000
	FC 80 Herborn	0	1	1997
	FV Bad Vilbel	0	1	1995
	FC Germania Dörnigheim	0	1	1988
	FC Erbach	0	1	1985
	Viktoria Griesheim	0	1	1981
	SV Buchonia Flieden	0	1	1980
	Gladenbacher SC	0	1	1977
	SV Wiesbaden	0	1	1976
	TSV Klein-Linden	0	1	1974
	SSV Auf der Heide Bottenhorn	0	1	1973
	TSV Wabern	0	1	1972
	SV Hermannstein	0	1	1969
	SV Somborn	0	1	1967
	SV Niederselters	0	1	1966
	1. FC Langen	0	1	1965
	FC Homberg	0	1	1964
	TSV Eintracht Stadtallendorf	0	1	1963
	1. FC 04 Arheilgen	0	1	1961
	Hermannia Kassel	0	1	1960
	Germania Marburg	0	1	1959
	VfL Marburg	0	1	1958
	SV Kilianstädten	0	1	1957
	FC Union Niederrad 07	0	1	1955
	SG Gelnhausen	0	1	1952
	SV Jügesheim	0	1	1951
	FC Hassia Dieburg	0	1	1947
¹The title in 1966 was won by the 2nd team, the SV Darmstadt amateurs . ²The title in 1961 was won by the 2nd team, the Hessen Kassel Amateurs . 0.In addition, the final participation in 1968 was also made by the amateurs. ³The title in 1969 was won by the 2nd team, the Eintracht Frankfurt Amateurs . ^4thThe title in 2018 was still won under the shortened name TSV Steinbach .