1967–68 DFB-Pokal

1967–68 DFB-Pokal

Country	West Germany
Teams	32
Champions	1. FC Köln
Runners-up	VfL Bochum
Matches played	33
Goals scored	113 (3.42 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Hannes Löhr (5)
← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The DFB-Pokal 1967–68 was the 25th season of the competition. It began on 27 January 1968 and ended on 9 June 1968. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final the 1. FC Köln defeated the VfL Bochum 4–1.

Matches

First round

Borussia Neunkirchen v Eintracht Braunschweig

January 27, 1968	Borussia Neunkirchen	2 – 3	Eintracht Braunschweig
	Linsenmaier  27' Kuntz  76'	report (German)	Berg  18', 25' Dulz  79'	Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Karl Niemeyer (Bad Godesberg)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen v 1. FC Nuremberg

January 27, 1968	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	0 – 2	1. FC Nuremberg
		report (German)	Strehl  3' Starek  8'	Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Jan Redelfs (Hannover)

SV Röchling Völklingen v SV Werder Bremen

January 27, 1968	SV Röchling Völklingen	4 – 2	SV Werder Bremen
	Christ  9', 71' Martin  27', 59'	report (German)	Görts  38' Rupp  66'	Attendance: 4.500 Referee: Rudolf Schreiner (Wachenbuchen)

Hertha BSC v Hamburger SV

January 27, 1968	Hertha BSC	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Hamburger SV	Olympic Stadium, Berlin
	Sangulin  93'	report (German)		Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Wilfried Hilker (Bochum)

VfL Bochum v Karlsruher SC

January 27, 1968	VfL Bochum	3 – 2	Karlsruher SC	Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum
	Klever  28' Böttcher  44' Eversberg  70'	report (German)	Herrmann  18' (pen.) Müller  63'	Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Elmar Schäfer (Buchholz)

SC Preußen Münster v Alemannia Aachen

January 27, 1968	SC Preußen Münster	2 – 1	Alemannia Aachen
	Augustat  60' (pen.) Börger  80'	report (German)	Glenski  76'	Attendance: 8.000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Mailand (Bremen)

FC 08 Homburg v 1. FC Köln

January 27, 1968	FC 08 Homburg	1 – 4	1. FC Köln
	Kittel  83' (pen.)	report (German)	Pott  17', 84' Thielen  38' Rumor  40'	Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Heinz-Dieter Herbort (Hessisch Lichtenau)

Arminia Bielefeld v FC Schalke 04

January 27, 1968	Arminia Bielefeld	0 – 1	FC Schalke 04
		report (German)	Neuser  51'	Attendance: 22.000 Referee: Heinz Siebert (Mannheim)

FC Bayern Hof v Borussia Mönchengladbach

January 27, 1968	FC Bayern Hof	0 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
		report (German)	Laumen  84'	Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Helmut Fritz (Oggersheim)

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

January 27, 1968	VfB Stuttgart	1 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Köppel  75'	report (German)		Attendance: 4.600 Referee: Gerd Hennig (Duisburg)

MSV Duisburg v Hannover 96

January 27, 1968	MSV Duisburg	4 – 1	Hannover 96
	Kostedde  34', 67' Bella  38' van Haaren  51'	report (German)	Rodekamp  87'	Attendance: 5.000 Referee: Anton Binder (Holzgerlingen)

1. FC Schweinfurt 05 v Eintracht Frankfurt

January 27, 1968	1. FC Schweinfurt 05	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Hohnhausen  37'	report (German)	Friedrich  50' Bechtold  98'	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

VfB Lübeck v TSV 1860 München

January 27, 1968	VfB Lübeck	0 – 1	TSV 1860 München
		report (German)	Küppers  36'	Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Hans Voss (Münster)

SSV Jahn Regensburg v FC Bayern Munich

January 27, 1968	SSV Jahn Regensburg	1 – 4 (a.e.t.)	FC Bayern Munich
	Braun  53'	report (German)	Müller  64', 109' Eberl  108' (o.g.) Roth  11'	Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Franz Heumann (Ansbach)

VfB Oldenburg v Borussia Dortmund

January 27, 1968	VfB Oldenburg	2 – 3	Borussia Dortmund
	Jung  39', 44'	report (German)	Libuda  67' Held  76' Paul  87' (pen.)	Attendance: 17.000 Referee: Ewald Regely (Berlin)

SSV Reutlingen 05 v Itzehoer SV

February 7, 1968	SSV Reutlingen 05	7 – 1	Itzehoer SV
	Ammer  11' Mikulasch  29', 79' Neuhäuser  31' Braner  36' Kammal  78' Odenwald  83'	report (German)	Thies  12'	Attendance: 3.000 Referee: Max Spindler (Mainz)

Second round

FC Bayern Munich v MSV Duisburg

February 24, 1968	FC Bayern Munich	3 – 1	MSV Duisburg
	Ohlhauser  18' Roth  41' Müller  60' (pen.)	report (German)	Kowalski  53'	Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Alfred Ott (Rheinbrohl)

VfL Bochum v VfB Stuttgart

February 24, 1968	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum
	Balte  42' (pen.), 65'	report (German)	Handschuh  29'	Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Bruno Schulz (Berlin)

SSV Reutlingen 05 v Borussia Dortmund

February 24, 1968	SSV Reutlingen 05	1 – 3	Borussia Dortmund
	Ammer  37'	report (German)	Neuberger  35' Held  58' Emmerich  66'	Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Edmund Bien (Ruppertsberg)

FC Schalke 04 v Eintracht Braunschweig

February 24, 1968	FC Schalke 04	2 – 3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
	Słomiany  20' Blechinger  73'	report (German)	Gerwien  6' Saborowski  54' Maas  77'	Attendance: 6.000 Referee: Franz Wengenmeyer (Munich)

1. FC Nuremberg v SC Preußen Münster

February 24, 1968	1. FC Nuremberg	4 – 0	SC Preußen Münster
	Müller  18' Volkert  35' Strehl  58', 69'	report (German)		Attendance: 5.500 Referee: Walter Horstmann (Hildesheim)

Hertha BSC v SV Röchling Völklingen

February 24, 1968	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	SV Röchling Völklingen	Olympic Stadium, Berlin
	Altendorff  42' Krafczyk  53'	report (German)	Martin  37'	Attendance: 23.000 Referee: Dietrich Basedow (Hamburg)

TSV 1860 München v Borussia Mönchengladbach

February 24, 1968	TSV 1860 München	2 – 4	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Rebele  21' Zeiser  60'	report (German)	Laumen  4', 46' Wimmer  66' Dietrich  84'	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Hamburg)

1. FC Köln v Eintracht Frankfurt

February 24, 1968	1. FC Köln	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Overath  83'	report (German)	Schämer  51'	Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Max Spindler (Mainz)

Replay

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Köln

March 19, 1968	Eintracht Frankfurt	0 – 1	1. FC Köln
		report (German)	Jendrossek  86'	Attendance: 23.000 Referee: Edgar Deuschel (Ludwigshafen)

Quarterfinals

FC Bayern Munich v 1. FC Nuremberg

April 11, 1968

FC Bayern Munich	2 – 1	1. FC Nuremberg
Ohlhauser  20' Müller  32'	report (German)	Brungs  2'

Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Willi Thier (Gelsenkirchen)

Borussia Dortmund v Hertha BSC

April 11, 1968

Borussia Dortmund	2 – 1	Hertha BSC
Wosab  30' Weber  75'	report (German)	Altendorff  14'

Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund Attendance: 23.000 Referee: Horst Herden (Hamburg)

Eintracht Braunschweig v 1. FC Köln

April 11, 1968

Eintracht Braunschweig	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln
Ulsaß  92'	report (German)	Löhr  110'

Attendance: 23.000 Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (Bliesransbach)

VfL Bochum v Borussia Mönchengladbach

April 11, 1968

VfL Bochum	2 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Balte  11' Böttcher  35'	report (German)

Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum Attendance: 32.000 Referee: Edgar Deuschel (Ludwigshafen)

Replay

1. FC Köln v Eintracht Braunschweig

April 23, 1968

1. FC Köln	2 – 1	Eintracht Braunschweig
Overath  2' Löhr  24'	report (German)	Ulsaß  53'

Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (Stuttgart)

Semifinals

1. FC Köln v Borussia Dortmund

May 3, 1968

1. FC Köln	3 – 0	Borussia Dortmund
Thielen  11' Löhr  24', 58'	report (German)

Attendance: 53.000 Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)

VfL Bochum v FC Bayern Munich

May 15, 1968

VfL Bochum	2 – 1	FC Bayern Munich
Jansen  5' Balte  56'	report (German)	Ohlhauser  90'

Stadion an der Castroper Straße, Bochum Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (Hamburg)

Final

Main article: 1968 DFB-Pokal Final

1. FC Köln v VfL Bochum

June 9, 1968

1. FC Köln	4 – 1	VfL Bochum
Jablonski  22' (o.g.) Rühl  38', 57' Löhr  70'	report (German)	Böttcher  37'

Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

External links

• Official site of the DFB (German)
• Kicker.de (German)
• 1968 results at Fussballdaten.de (German)
• 1968 results at Weltfussball.de (German)

See also

• 1967–68 Fußball-Bundesliga