# 1979–80 DFB-Pokal

The 1979–80 DFB-Pokal was the 37th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 24 August 1979 and ended on 4 June 1980. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final Fortuna Düsseldorf defeated 1. FC Köln 2–1 to defend their title from the preceding season.

## Matches
### First round

| 24 August 1979 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2 – 0 | MSV Duisburg |
| Karlsruher SC | 5 – 1 | SC Freiburg |
| 25 August 1979 |
| Alemannia Aachen | 0 – 1 | SV Werder Bremen |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 1 – 0 | Preußen Münster |
| Heidenheimer SB | 0 – 4 | Hertha BSC |
| Hamburger SV | 6 – 0 | FC 1908 Villingen |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 – 1 | BSK Neugablonz |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 – 1 | FV Biberach |
| Borussia Dortmund | 7 – 0 | Bremer SV |
| 1. FC Köln | 5 – 1 | 1. FSV Mainz 05 |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | 0 – 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| TSV 1860 München | 5 – 0 | FC St. Pauli |
| TSV Buxtehude | 0 – 6 | Bayer Uerdingen |
| FV Weingarten | 2 – 7 | VfL Bochum |
| MTV Gifhorn | 1 – 4 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 0 – 3 | VfB Stuttgart |
| Sportfreunde Eisbachtal | 0 – 1 | FC Schalke 04 |
| FC Östringen | 1 – 10 | FC Bayern Munich |
| Freiburger FC | 2 – 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| SpVgg Fürth | 3 – 1 | BSV Weißenthurm |
| Eintracht Trier | 4 – 2 | Wuppertaler SV II |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 5 – 0 | SpVgg Preußen 07 Hameln |
| Arminia Bielefeld | 1 – 0 | BFC Preußen Berlin |
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 2 – 1 | 1. FC Köln II |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3 – 0 | Eintracht Braunschweig II |
| FC Vilshofen | 2 – 3 | FV Würzburg 04 | (AET) |
| VfB 1900 Gießen | 2 – 4 | FC 08 Homburg |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 3 – 0 | TSV Ofterdingen |
| SC Geislingen | 2 – 4 | DSC Wanne-Eickel |
| SG Union Solingen | 3 – 1 | VfR Aalen |
| SV Heng | 0 – 4 | Fortuna Köln |
| Westfalia Weitmar | 1 – 2 | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| TuS Chlodwig Zülpich | 2 – 6 | ESV Ingolstadt |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 5 – 1 | TBV Lemgo |
| FC Hanau 93 | 2 – 2 | Wacker 04 Berlin | (AET) |
| FC Augsburg | 7 – 0 | FC Wipfeld |
| TSV Ampfing | 1 – 2 | Bramfelder SV | (AET) |
| FT Geestemünde | 4 – 1 | SV Zeitlarn |
| TSV Battenberg | 5 – 4 | SV Auersmacher | (AET) |
| TuS Schloß Neuhaus | 3 – 2 | 1. FC Nürnberg II |
| BV 08 Lüttringhausen | 3 – 2 | SpVgg Erkenschwick |
| VfB Gaggenau | 2 – 2 | SpVgg 1928 Au/Iller | (AET) |
| SV Göppingen | 3 – 1 | TuS Neuendorf |
| SG Ohetal | 0 – 2 | KSV Baunatal |
| Reinickendorfer Füchse | 4 – 2 | VfB Lübeck |
| SV Elversberg | 5 – 2 | Heider SV 1925 | (AET) |
| TuS 08 Langerwehe | 4 – 2 | SV Rot-Weiß Hasborn |
| 26 August 1979 |
| Kickers Offenbach | 3 – 1 | Hannover 96 |
| Wuppertaler SV | 1 – 4 | VfR Wormatia Worms |
| Holstein Kiel | 3 – 2 | OSV Hannover |
| Viktoria Köln | 1 – 0 | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | 2 – 1 | MTV 1881 Ingolstadt |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3 – 2 | Rot-Weiß Lüdenscheid | (AET) |
| FSV Frankfurt | 2 – 0 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg |
| TuS Xanten | 2 – 1 | Arminia Hannover |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 3 – 1 | SV Meppen |
| Altonaer FC 93 | 1 – 0 | Viktoria Sindelfingen |
| Westfalia Herne | 4 – 0 | SG Hagen-Vorhalle |
| Union Neumünster | 0 – 2 | Sportfreunde / DJK Freiburg |
| Bonner SC | 4 – 0 | Salamander Türkheim |
| VfB Oldenburg | 1 – 2 | SC Verl |
| 1. FC Bocholt | 8 – 0 | SV Speicher |
| VfL Frohnlach | 8 – 4 | Alemannia Haibach | (AET) |
| 1. FC Pforzheim | 10 – 2 | Phönix Düdelsheim |

#### Replays

| 5 September 1979 |
| Wacker 04 Berlin | 4 – 1 | FC Hanau 93 |
| SpVgg 1928 Au/Iller | 5 – 0 | VfB Gaggenau |

### Second round

| 28 September 1979 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 – 0 | Rot-Weiß Essen |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 5 – 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| VfB Stuttgart | 10 – 2 | SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| FC Augsburg | 1 – 1 | Karlsruher SC | (AET) |
| 29 September 1979 |
| SV Werder Bremen | 0 – 2 | Hertha BSC |
| FSV Frankfurt | 1 – 3 | Borussia Dortmund | (AET) |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 3 – 1 | Holstein Kiel |
| Viktoria Köln | 1 – 3 | FC Bayern Munich |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 4 – 0 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| Freiburger FC | 1 – 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| VfR Wormatia Worms | 0 – 3 | Hamburger SV |
| VfL Bochum | 2 – 1 | SpVgg Fürth |
| TSV 1860 München | 6 – 1 | 1. FC Pforzheim |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 5 – 0 | Reinickendorfer Füchse |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 0 | KSV Baunatal |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 – 0 | Wacker 04 Berlin |
| DSC Wanne-Eickel | 3 – 5 | Kickers Offenbach |
| FC 08 Homburg | 5 – 0 | FV Würzburg 04 |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 6 – 0 | SpVgg 1928 Au/Iller |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 9 – 0 | VfL Frohnlach |
| Eintracht Trier | 0 – 2 | TuS 08 Langerwehe |
| TuS Schloß Neuhaus | 1 – 2 | Fortuna Köln | (AET) |
| TSV Battenberg | 2 – 0 | Bramfelder SV | (AET) |
| SC Verl | 3 – 1 | SV Elversberg |
| SV Göppingen | 3 – 1 | FT Geestemünde |
| 30 September 1979 |
| 1. FC Köln | 10 – 0 | Altonaer FC 93 |
| SG Union Solingen | 3 – 0 | ESV Ingolstadt |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 7 – 2 | Sportfreunde / DJK Freiburg |
| TuS Xanten | 1 – 8 | Arminia Bielefeld |
| 1. FC Bocholt | 1 – 1 | VfL Osnabrück | (AET) |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 2 – 3 | Bonner SC | (AET) |
| Westfalia Herne | 1 – 4 | BV 08 Lüttringhausen |

#### Replays

| 10 October 1979 |
| VfL Osnabrück | 3 – 2 | 1. FC Bocholt |
| 12 October 1979 |
| Karlsruher SC | 3 – 0 | FC Augsburg |

### Third round

| 5 January 1980 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 – 0 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| 12 January 1980 |
| Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 – 3 | VfB Stuttgart | (AET) |
| VfL Bochum | 3 – 3 | 1. FC Köln | (AET) |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3 – 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | (AET) |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 1 – 0 | FC Bayern Munich |
| Karlsruher SC | 1 – 0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | (AET) |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 2 – 0 | SG Union Solingen |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2 – 0 | Hamburger SV |
| SV Göppingen | 1 – 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| Hertha BSC | 0 – 0 | TuS 08 Langerwehe | (AET) |
| TSV 1860 München | 3 – 0 | BV 08 Lüttringhausen |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 1 | Bonner SC |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1 – 2 | FC 08 Homburg |
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 7 – 2 | Fortuna Köln |
| SC Verl | 1 – 7 | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| VfL Osnabrück | 4 – 0 | TSV Battenberg |

#### Replays

| 29 January 1980 |
| TuS 08 Langerwehe | 2 – 1 | Hertha BSC |
| 30 January 1980 |
| 1. FC Köln | 2 – 1 | VfL Bochum |

### Round of 16

| 13 February 1980 |
| 1. FC Köln | 3 – 1 | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| 15 February 1980 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 2 – 0 | VfL Osnabrück |
| 16 February 1980 |
| Karlsruher SC | 3 – 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| VfB Stuttgart | 3 – 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Borussia Dortmund | 2 – 1 | Bayer Uerdingen |
| FC 08 Homburg | 1 – 0 | TSV 1860 München |
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 5 – 2 | TuS 08 Langerwehe | (AET) |
| 17 February 1980 |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 2 – 5 | Kickers Offenbach |

### Quarter-finals

| 6 April 1980 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 3 – 1 | VfB Stuttgart |
| FC 08 Homburg | 1 – 4 | 1. FC Köln |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 1 | SpVgg Bayreuth |
| Kickers Offenbach | 2 – 5 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | (AET) |

### Semi-finals

| 10 May 1980 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 0 – 2 | 1. FC Köln |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 3 – 1 | Borussia Dortmund |