# 1985–86 DFB-Pokal

The 1985–86 DFB-Pokal was the 43rd season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 24 August 1985 and ended on 3 May 1986. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds. In their third consecutive final Bayern Munich defeated VfB Stuttgart 5–2.

## Matches
### First round

| 24 August 1985 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 – 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| VfL Bochum | 3 – 2 | Hamburger SV |
| VfB Stuttgart | 6 – 3 | Eintracht Braunschweig |
| Hannover 96 | 3 – 1 | SC Freiburg |
| SG Wattenscheid 09 | 2 – 5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| Kickers Offenbach | 1 – 3 | FC Bayern Munich |
| SV Weil | 0 – 7 | SV Werder Bremen |
| SpVgg Ansbach 09 | 0 – 3 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| TSV 1860 München | 2 – 4 | 1. FC Köln |
| VfR 1910 Bürstadt | 1 – 3 | Bayer Uerdingen |
| Altonaer FC 93 | 2 – 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | (AET) |
| Sportfreunde Eisbachtal | 1 – 2 | FC Schalke 04 |
| SC Neukirchen 1899 | 2 – 9 | Borussia Dortmund |
| Göttingen 05 | 1 – 6 | 1. FC Saarbrücken |
| FV Ebingen | 2 – 7 | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin | 3 – 0 | Fortuna Köln |
| Alemannia Aachen | 1 – 0 | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| Eintracht Trier | 3 – 0 | Karlsruher SC |
| 1. FC Achterberg | 0 – 2 | VfL Osnabrück |
| Wuppertaler SV | 2 – 3 | KSV Hessen Kassel |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | 3 – 2 | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen |
| Bremer SV | 1 – 3 | MSV Duisburg |
| SV 1916 Sandhausen | 1 – 0 | SG Union Solingen |
| FC Wangen | 2 – 1 | SV Darmstadt 98 |
| FC St. Pauli | 2 – 0 | Arminia Bielefeld | (AET) |
| SpVgg Plattling | 2 – 0 | Itzehoer SV 1909 |
| VfR Langelsheim | 2 – 5 | DSC Wanne-Eickel |
| TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus | 5 – 3 | 1. FC Köln II |
| Vfl Erp | 1 – 2 | SSV Ulm 1846 |
| FC Erbach | 2 – 1 | SC Birkenfeld |
| Stuttgarter Kickers | 3 – 3 | FC 08 Homburg | (AET) |
| Hertha BSC | 2 – 5 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |

#### Replay

| 11 September 1985 |
| FC 08 Homburg | 4 – 1 | Stuttgarter Kickers |

### Second round

| 17 October 1985 |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 0 – 1 | VfB Stuttgart |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3 – 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 4 – 1 | 1. FC Köln | (AET) |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1 – 3 | FC Bayern Munich |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 4 – 1 | VfL Osnabrück |
| Hannover 96 | 2 – 1 | KSV Hessen Kassel |
| SpVgg Plattling | 0 – 2 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
| TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus | 2 – 4 | Borussia Dortmund |
| DSC Wanne-Eickel | 0 – 4 | SV Werder Bremen |
| Alemannia Aachen | 4 – 3 | MSV Duisburg | (AET) |
| FC Erbach | 0 – 1 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin |
| Borussia Neunkirchen | 1 – 3 | FC 08 Homburg |
| SSV Ulm 1846 | 5 – 2 | FC St. Pauli |
| SV 1916 Sandhausen | 4 – 1 | FC Wangen |
| Eintracht Trier | 0 – 0 | Bayer Uerdingen | (AET) |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1 – 1 | VfL Bochum | (AET) |

#### Replays

| 29 October 1985 |
| Bayer Uerdingen | 0 – 3 | Eintracht Trier |
| 30 October 1985 |
| VfL Bochum | 3 – 1 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | (PSO) |

### Round of 16

| 12 November 1985 |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 5 – 1 | Hannover 96 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2 – 0 | SV Werder Bremen |
| VfL Bochum | 1 – 1 | FC Bayern Munich | (AET) |
| Alemannia Aachen | 1 – 2 | FC Schalke 04 | (AET) |
| 16 November 1985 |
| FC 08 Homburg | 1 – 3 | Borussia Dortmund | (AET) |
| Eintracht Trier | 1 – 3 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | (AET) |
| 20 November 1985 |
| SV 1916 Sandhausen | 3 – 2 | Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin |
| 21 December 1985 |
| SSV Ulm 1846 | 3 – 4 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | (AET) |

#### Replay

| 18 December 1985 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 2 – 0 | VfL Bochum |

### Quarter-finals

| 19 December 1985 |
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 0 – 1 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
| 21 December 1985 |
| SV 1916 Sandhausen | 1 – 3 | Borussia Dortmund |
| VfB Stuttgart | 6 – 2 | FC Schalke 04 |
| 22 January 1986 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0 – 3 | FC Bayern Munich |

### Semi-finals

| 25 March 1986 |
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 0 – 2 | FC Bayern Munich |
| 25 March 1986 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 4 – 1 | Borussia Dortmund |