# 1974–75 DFB-Pokal

The 1974–75 DFB-Pokal was the 32nd season of the annual German football cup competition. The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds which began on 7 September 1974 and ended on 21 June 1975. In the final Eintracht Frankfurt defeated MSV Duisburg 1–0, thereby defending their title from the previous season. It was Frankfurt's second victory in the cup.

## Participating clubs

* The following teams qualified for the first round.
| Bundesliga | Bundesliga 2 North South | Amateur North Berlin Westphalia North Rhine | Amateur Hesse Southwest Baden-Württemberg Bavaria |
| FC Bayern Munich Borussia Mönchengladbach Fortuna Düsseldorf Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FC Köln 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC Schalke 04 Hertha BSC Berlin VfB Stuttgart Kickers Offenbach SV Werder Bremen Hamburger SV Rot-Weiss Essen VfL Bochum Wuppertaler SV MSV Duisburg Eintracht Braunschweig Tennis Borussia Berlin | North: SC Fortuna Köln Hannover 96 FC St. Pauli VfL Osnabrück VfL Wolfsburg HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst TSR Olympia Wilhelmshaven 1.SC Göttingen 05 SC Wacker 04 Berlin SG Wattenscheid 09 SC Rot-Weiß Oberhausen FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen 1. FC Mülheim-Styrum SC Preußen Münster Borussia Dortmund TSV Alemannia Aachen ETB Schwarz-Weiß Essen DJK Gütersloh SpVgg Erkenschwick DSC Arminia Bielefeld South: Borussia Neunkirchen 1. FC Saarbrücken FC 08 Homburg / Saar SV Röchling Völklingen 1. FSV Mainz 05 VfR Wormatia Worms FK Pirmasens FC Augsburg 1. FC Nürnberg TSV 1860 Munich SV Darmstadt 98 SpVgg Bayreuth SV Stuttgarter Kickers SV Chio Waldhof Karlsruher SC FC Bayern Hof SpVgg Fürth VfR Heilbronn VfR Mannheim 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 | North: VfB Oldenburg SV Arminia Hannover OSV Hannover KSV Holstein Kiel TuS Bremerhaven 93 Heider SV VfB Lübeck VfR Neumünster FC Altona 93 Hamburger SV Amateure Blumenthaler SV SC Victoria Hamburg SC Sperber Hamburg SV Eintracht Nordhorn BSC Grünhöfe TuS Schwachhausen 1. FC Wunstorf Berlin: FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf SC Westend 1901 SC Rapide Wedding Spandauer SV Westphalia: Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid Sportfreunde Siegen SC Westfalia Herne SC Herford TuS Ahlen North Rhine: OSC Union Solingen SC Viktoria Köln SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen SC Jülich 1910 Rheydter SV TuS 08 Langerwehe Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 VfB Homberg | Hesse: SG Rot-Weiß Frankfurt TSV Klein-Linden TSV Ersen TSV Taunusstein-Bleidenstadt Usinger TSG Southwest: SG Eintracht Bad Kreuznach I ASV Landau VfB Theley Sportfreunde Eisbachtal SV Eintracht Trier SC 07 Bad Neuenahr TuS Mayen ASC Dudweiler SV Leiwen VfB Dillingen SG Eintracht Bad Kreuznach II FV Eppelborn FC 1906 Rodalben Baden-Württemberg: SV Sandhausen 1. FC Pforzheim FV 09 Weinheim VfB Eppingen VfB Stuttgart Amateure SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg 1. Göppinger SV Heidenheimer SB FC 08 Villingen FC Emmendingen FV Baden-Oos FV Lörrach TV Gültstein Bavaria: ASV Neumarkt FC Bayern Munich Amateure FC Wacker München TSV 1860 Weißenburg FSV Teutonia Obernau |

## Matches
### First round

| 7 September 1974 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 4–1 | Hertha BSC | (AET) |
| FC Bayern Munich | 3–2 | VfB Stuttgart |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 1–2 | FC Schalke 04 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Preußen Münster | 0–4 | Hamburger SV |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 2–1 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia |
| TV Gültstein | 0–5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Blumenthaler SV 1919 | 1–3 | MSV Duisburg |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6–0 | ASV 1860 Neumarkt |
| SC Herford | 0–3 | VfL Bochum |
| VfB Oldenburg | 2–6 | 1. FC Köln |
| Rheydter Spv | 1–2 | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| Göttingen 05 | 3–2 | Hannover 96 |
| Karlsruher SC | 0–1 | FC Bayern Hof |
| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 3–0 | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| Alemannia Aachen | 1–0 | SpVgg Erkenschwick |
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 0–1 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 | (AET) |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–0 | VfR Heilbronn |
| VfR Mannheim | 8–0 | SC Sperber Hamburg |
| FK Pirmasens | 7–1 | VfR Neumünster 1910 |
| FV 09 Weinheim | 2–4 | Bayer Uerdingen | (AET) |
| FC 08 Homburg | 3–0 | TuS Schwachhausen |
| Viktoria Köln | 4–0 | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg | 2–2 | 1. FC Mülheim | (AET) |
| SV Chio Waldhof | 4–0 | Heider SV 1925 |
| VfB Eppingen | 2–1 | Röchling Völklingen |
| SF Hamborn 07 | 1–3 | SC Fortuna Köln |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 4–2 | TuS 08 Langerwehe | (AET) |
| VfB Homberg | 1–3 | DJK Gütersloh |
| FV Lörrach | 1–2 | ASV Landau |
| Holstein Kiel | 6–1 | Rot-Weiß Frankfurt |
| FV Baden-Oos | 1–3 | Arminia Hannover |
| Rapide Wedding | 3–0 | TuS Mayen |
| TSV Klein-Linden | 1–2 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid |
| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach Amateure | 1–3 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| Heidenheimer SB | 2–2 | FC Hertha Zehlendorf | (AET) |
| TuS Ahlen | 1–2 | VfB Theley |
| TSV 1920 Ersen | 0–1 | VfB Dillingen | (AET) |
| SC Jülich 1910 | 2–1 | SV Göppingen |
| ASC Dudweiler | 2–1 | FC Emmendingen |
| Victoria Hamburg | 1–2 | Altonaer FC 93 | (AET) |
| VfB Lübeck | 3–1 | FC Bayern Munich II |
| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | 2–0 | Westfalia Herne |
| 8 September 1974 |
| FC Schweinfurt 05 | 3–4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| SV Werder Bremen | 11–1 | BSC Grünhöfe |
| OSV Hannover | 2–5 | Rot-Weiß Essen |
| SG Union Solingen | 2–1 | Kickers Offenbach |
| VfL Osnabrück | 0–2 | Borussia Neunkirchen |
| FC Augsburg | 2–1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| TSV 1860 Munich | 3–2 | VfR Wormatia Worms | (AET) |
| SV Bremerhaven 1893 | 1–2 | VfL Wolfsburg |
| FC St. Pauli | 3–0 | SC Bad Neuenahr |
| TSV 1860 Weißenburg | 0–5 | SpVgg Fürth |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–2 | Wacker München | (AET) |
| HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst | 1–2 | Sportfreunde Siegen | (AET) |
| Olympia Wilhelmshaven | 4–1 | Eintracht Trier |
| SV Leiwen-Köwerich | 2–2 | 1. FC 1896 Pforzheim | (AET) |
| FV Eppelborn | 4–2 | Sportfreunde Eisbachtal |
| SV 1916 Sandhausen | 3–1 | 1. FC Wunstorf |
| VfB Stuttgart II | 8–4 | FC 1908 Villingen | (AET) |
| Eintracht Nordhorn | 5–1 | Westend 01 Berlin |
| Usinger TSG | 3–2 | FSV Teutonia Obernau |
| Spandauer SV | 2–0 | Hamburger SV II |
| FC Rodalben | 1–2 | TSV Bleidenstadt | (AET) |

#### Replays

| 22 September 1974 |
| FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf | 5–0 | Heidenheimer SB |
| 28 September 1974 |
| 1. FC 1896 Pforzheim | 0–0 | SV Leiwen-Köwerich | (AET) (Pforzheim won 5–3 on penalties) |
| 1 October 1974 |
| Wacker München | 2–5 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 1. FC Mülheim | 3–1 | SpVgg 07 Ludwigsburg |

### Second round

| 25 October 1974 |
| MSV Duisburg | 3–0 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| FC Bayern Munich | 2–0 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
| FC Bayern Hof | 2–2 | VfL Bochum | (AET) |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4–1 | FV Eppelborn |
| FC Schalke 04 | 6–0 | FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 4–0 | Rapide Wedding |
| Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | 3–5 | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| VfB Eppingen | 2–1 | Hamburger SV |
| FC St. Pauli | 8–3 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| 1. FC Mülheim | 2–0 | VfR Mannheim |
| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 2–0 | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| Holstein Kiel | 0–1 | Bayer Uerdingen |
| ASV Landau | 0–1 | FC Augsburg |
| Viktoria Köln | 6–1 | Usinger TSG | (AET) |
| VfB Theley | 2–4 | Altonaer FC 93 | (AET) |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2–0 | Eintracht Nordhorn |
| Arminia Hannover | 5–0 | ASC Dudweiler |
| VfB Dillingen | 2–2 | SC Jülich 1910 | (AET) |
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2–0 | 1. FC 1896 Pforzheim |
| 26 October 1974 |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 6–2 | DJK Gütersloh |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 7–1 | Spandauer SV |
| SpVgg Fürth | 1–1 | Borussia Dortmund | (AET) |
| SV Chio Waldhof | 0–1 | SV 1916 Sandhausen |
| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach | 2–4 | TSV 1860 Munich |
| 27 October 1974 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 1–4 | SV Werder Bremen |
| SG Union Solingen | 1–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | (AET) |
| SC Fortuna Köln | 7–2 | Olympia Wilhelmshaven |
| TSV Bleidenstadt | 0–0 | FC 08 Homburg | (AET) |
| Sportfreunde Siegen | 1–0 | Göttingen 05 |
| 13 November 1974 |
| Alemannia Aachen | 2–1 | Borussia Neunkirchen |
| 21 December 1974 |
| FK Pirmasens | 6–0 | VfB Lübeck |
| 29 January 1975 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–5 | 1. FC Köln |

#### Replays

| 13 November 1974 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1–0 | SpVgg Fürth |
| TSV Bleidenstadt | 0–0 | FC 08 Homburg | (AET) (Bleidenstadt won 2–0 on penalties) |
| 16 November 1974 |
| SC Jülich 1910 | 4–0 | VfB Dillingen |
| 21 December 1974 |
| VfL Bochum | 5–0 | FC Bayern Hof |

### Third round

| 8 February 1975 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3–2 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | (AET) |
| FC Bayern Munich | 2–3 | MSV Duisburg |
| SC Fortuna Köln | 2–0 | FC Schalke 04 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 0–2 | VfL Bochum |
| SV Werder Bremen | 2–2 | FC Augsburg | (AET) |
| 1. FC Köln | 4–1 | FC St. Pauli |
| 1. FC Mülheim | 0–3 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin | 1–0 | Alemannia Aachen |
| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 1–2 | Rot-Weiß Essen |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 1–2 | Viktoria Köln |
| FK Pirmasens | 4–2 | TSV 1860 Munich |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2–1 | Sportfreunde Siegen |
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2–0 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| SC Jülich 1910 | 4–2 | TSV Bleidenstadt |
| Altonaer FC 93 | 2–0 | Arminia Hannover |
| 15 February 1975 |
| SV 1916 Sandhausen | 1–2 | VfB Eppingen |

#### Replay

| 14 February 1975 |
| FC Augsburg | 1–2 | SV Werder Bremen |

### Round of 16

| 15 March 1975 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 1–0 | VfL Bochum |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 5–2 | 1. FC Köln |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 6–0 | FK Pirmasens |
| MSV Duisburg | 7–0 | Altonaer FC 93 |
| VfB Stuttgart II | 2–1 | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| VfB Eppingen | 0–2 | SV Werder Bremen |
| SC Fortuna Köln | 0–0 | SC Jülich 1910 | (AET) |
| Viktoria Köln | 0–0 | Borussia Dortmund | (AET) |

#### Replays

| 24 March 1975 |
| SC Jülich 1910 | 0–1 | SC Fortuna Köln |
| 26 March 1975 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3–0 | Viktoria Köln |

### Quarter-finals

| 12 April 1975 |
| SV Werder Bremen | 0–2 | MSV Duisburg |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 1–0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 4–2 | SC Fortuna Köln |
| VfB Stuttgart II | 0–4 | Borussia Dortmund |

### Semi-finals

| 29 April 1975 |
| MSV Duisburg | 2–1 | Borussia Dortmund | (AET) |
| 30 April 1975 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–1 | Rot-Weiß Essen | (AET) |