# 1983–84 DFB-Pokal

The 1983–84 DFB-Pokal was the 41st season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 16 August 1983 and ended on 31 May 1984. In the final Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 8–7 on penalties to take their seventh title. It was the first time the cup final was decided by a penalty shootout. Controversy raged after the penalty shoot out. Lothar Matthäus was playing his last game for Moenchengladbach before his big Summer move to Bayern. He stepped up to take the first penalty for Borussia and missed. Loyal Borussia fans claimed foul. This was later denied by Matthäus.

## Matches
### First round

| 16 August 1983 |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 0 – 1 | VfB Stuttgart |
| 27 August 1983 |
| FC 08 Homburg | 0 – 6 | Hertha BSC |
| 28 August 1983 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3 – 1 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Alemannia Aachen | 1 – 0 | VfL Bochum |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| SV Heidingsfeld | 5 – 1 | SV Göppingen |
| Hamburger SV | 4 – 1 | Borussia Dortmund |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 3 – 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| KSV Hessen Kassel | 0 – 3 | FC Bayern Munich |
| Fortuna Köln | 2 – 3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| MSV Duisburg | 1 – 2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | (AET) |
| SV Werder Bremen | 5 – 0 | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| SV 1916 Sandhausen | 0 – 0 | Bayer Uerdingen | (AET) |
| VfR Forst | 1 – 6 | 1. FC Köln |
| SC Pfullendorf | 0 – 7 | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 3 – 4 | Hannover 96 |
| SC Charlottenburg | 2 – 1 | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| SC Freiburg | 3 – 2 | SG Union Solingen |
| SV Werder Bremen II | 1 – 3 | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | 3 – 2 | SSV Ulm 1846 |
| SC Herford | 0 – 3 | Karlsruher SC |
| 1. FC Köln II | 2 – 1 | FC Gohfeld |
| SpVgg Fürth | 2 – 1 | TuS Lingen/Ems | (AET) |
| ASV Burglengenfeld | 2 – 1 | KSV Baunatal | (AET) |
| Arminia Hannover | 1 – 2 | SpVgg Neu-Isenburg |
| SC Ellingen-Bonefeld | 2 – 3 | Holstein Kiel |
| FC Augsburg | 2 – 1 | SpVgg Bayreuth | (AET) |
| Hummelsbütteler SV | 1 – 6 | Kickers Offenbach |
| FSV Frankfurt | 1 – 3 | Arminia Bielefeld |
| Göttingen 05 | 4 – 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| TuS Schloss Neuhaus | 2 – 0 | BV 08 Lüttringhausen |
| FV Hassia Bingen | 4 – 4 | 1. FC Bocholt | (AET) |

#### Replays

| 22 September 1983 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 2 – 0 | SV 1916 Sandhausen |
| 1. FC Bocholt | 3 – 2 | FV Hassia Bingen |

### Second round

| 7 October 1983 |
| FC Augsburg | 0 – 6 | FC Bayern Munich |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 – 1 | VfL Osnabrück |
| Alemannia Aachen | 1 – 0 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| SC Charlottenburg | 0 – 3 | FC Schalke 04 |
| SV Heidingsfeld | 1 – 3 | Hannover 96 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 – 0 | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 1. FC Köln | 6 – 2 | Kickers Offenbach |
| SC Freiburg | 1 – 4 | Hamburger SV |
| Karlsruher SC | 5 – 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | (AET) |
| ASV Burglengenfeld | 0 – 3 | SV Werder Bremen |
| Holstein Kiel | 1 – 2 | Bayer Uerdingen |
| 1. FC Bocholt | 3 – 1 | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| TuS Schloss Neuhaus | 0 – 4 | Hertha BSC |
| SpVgg Fürth | 1 – 0 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid |
| SpVgg Neu-Isenburg | 0 – 1 | Göttingen 05 |
| 1. FC Köln II | 1 – 8 | VfB Stuttgart |

### Round of 16

| 18 December 1983 |
| SpVgg Fürth | 0 – 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 14 January 1984 |
| Hannover 96 | 3 – 2 | 1. FC Köln |
| FC Schalke 04 | 2 – 1 | Karlsruher SC |
| 1. FC Bocholt | 3 – 1 | Eintracht Braunschweig | (AET) |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1 – 1 | Hamburger SV | (AET) |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 0 – 0 | FC Bayern Munich | (AET) |
| Alemannia Aachen | 0 – 1 | SV Werder Bremen | (AET) |
| Göttingen 05 | 0 – 1 | Hertha BSC |

#### Replays

| 31 January 1984 |
| Hamburger SV | 3 – 4 | VfB Stuttgart | (AET) |
| FC Bayern Munich | 1 – 0 | Bayer Uerdingen |

### Quarter-finals

| 3 March 1984 |
| Hannover 96 | 0 – 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 1. FC Bocholt | 1 – 2 | FC Bayern Munich |
| 13 March 1984 |
| SV Werder Bremen | 1 – 0 | VfB Stuttgart |
| 14 March 1984 |
| Hertha BSC | 3 – 3 | FC Schalke 04 | (AET) |

#### Replay

| 27 March 1984 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 2 – 0 | Hertha BSC |