# 1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal

The 1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal was the first season of the DFB Ligapokal. It began on 5 July 1972 and ended on 6 June 1973.

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 |
| Hannover 96 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 |
| Eintracht Gelsenkirchen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 4 |
| Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 3 |

### Group 2

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Hamburger SV | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 9 |
| FC St. Pauli | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 |
| Hertha BSC | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 4 |
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 4 |

### Group 3

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 7 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 7 |
| SV Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 7 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 |

### Group 4

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Schalke 04 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 10 |
| VfL Bochum | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 8 |
| SpVgg Erkenschwick | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 |
| KSV Hessen Kassel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 0 |

### Group 5

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 7 |
| MSV Duisburg | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 6 |
| Schwarz-Weiss Essen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 2 |

### Group 6

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| SC Fortuna Köln | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 8 |
| 1. FC Köln | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 7 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 0 |

### Group 7

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 10 |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 18 | +4 | 6 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 5 |
| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 3 |

### Group 8

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| FC Bayern Hof | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 8 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 7 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| TSV 1860 Munich | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 3 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| FC Bayern Hof | 3 | | |
| FC Schalke 04 | 8 | | |
| FC Schalke 04 | 8 | FC Schalke 04 | 2 |
| | | Hamburger SV | 4 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 | Hamburger SV | 4 |
| Hamburger SV | 3 | | | | |
| Hamburger SV | 3 | | | Hamburger SV | 4 |
| | | | | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 3 | | | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 12 | | | | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 | | |
| | | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 |
| SC Fortuna Köln | 5 | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Bayern Hof | 3–8 | FC Schalke 04 | 1–1 | 2–7 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2–3 | Hamburger SV | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 3–12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–3 | 3–9 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 6–5 | SC Fortuna Köln | 3–3 | 3–2 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| FC Schalke 04 | 2–4 | Hamburger SV | 1–0 | 1–4(aet) |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–2 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–1 | 0–1 |