# 1956 FDGB-Pokal

The 1956 FDGB-Pokal started with 148 teams. It was the sixth time that the East German national cup in association football was contested. Due to the switch to a calendar year season the final took place at the end of the year.
Two qualifying rounds were played before the first round. All rounds were played as knock-out matches with extra time following a draw after 90 minutes. If extra time yielded no winner, the teams faced each other again in a replay.
120 quarter-finalist of the DDR-Bezirkspokal competitions were joined by 21 members of the third-tier 2nd DDR-Liga that had been created in 1955. After the second qualifying round, the remaining 36 teams were joined by the 28 teams from the top-tier DDR-Oberliga and the second-tier DDR-Liga. By the third round proper none of the Bezirkspokal or 2nd DDR-Liga sides remained. In addition Oberliga sides Rotation Babelsberg, Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, SC Rotation Leipzig and Motor Zwickau had been eliminated. Three DDR-Liga teams entered the quarter-finals – Chemie Wolfen, Chemie Halle-Leuna and BSG Chemie Zeitz – but only Halle went through to the semi-finals after a 4–3 extra time win over Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg. In the semi-final the underdogs from Halle held Oberliga side Turbine Erfurt to a 1-all draw after extra time – and won the replay 5–0 to reach the final in Magdeburg. Their opponents were ZASK Vorwärts Berlin who had eliminated holders and Oberliga champions Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.

## First qualifying round

| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| BSG Aufbau Wolgast | – | BSG Turbine Neubrandenburg | 2–1 a.e.t. |
| Vorwärts KVP Prenzlau | – | BSG Einheit Greifswald | 0–1 |
| BSG Empor Anklam | – | BSG Motor Stralsund | 5–1 |
| BSG Einheit Grimmen | – | BSG Motor Torgelow | 4–2 a.e.t. |
| BSG Traktor Quastenberg/Burg Stargard | – | Lokomotive Stralsund | 2–0 |
| BSG Traktor Franzburg | – | BSG Traktor Siedenbollentin | 3–2 |
| BSG Empor Friedland | – | BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde | 0–6 |
| BSG Traktor Franzburg | – | BSG Motor Rostock | 1–3 |
| BSG Aufbau Boizenburg | – | BSG Motor Wismar | 1–4 |
| BSG Einheit Rostock | – | BSG Fortschritt Neustadt-Glewe | 2–1 |
| BSG Einheit Schwerin | – | BSG Aufbau Rostock | 5–0 |
| BSG Traktor Domsühl | – | BSG Einheit Wismar | 1–9 |
| BSG Motor Rathenow | – | SG Dynamo Schwerin | 1–6 |
| BSG Traktor Putlitz | – | BSG Motor Schwerin | 1–3 |
| BSG Einheit Osterburg | – | BSG Empor Grabow | 5–3 |
| BSG Traktor Diesdorf/Altmark | – | BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge | 0–7 |
| BSG Motor Wittenberge | – | BSG Motor Süd Brandenburg | 3–4 |
| BSG Einheit Wolmirstedt | – | BSG Empor Wittenberge | 8–0 |
| BSG Motor Mögelin | – | SG Lichtenberg 47 Berlin | 4–1 |
| BSG Traktor Haldensleben | – | BSG Stahl Thale | 1–3 |
| BSG Chemie Piesteritz | – | BSG Einheit Burg | 2–5 |
| BSG Aktivist Sondershausen | – | SG Dynamo Eisleben | 0–2 |
| BSG Stahl Hettstedt | – | BSG Empor Halberstadt | 3–0 |
| BSG Motor Schönebeck | – | BSG Chemie Greppin | 2–3 |
| BSG Einheit Zerbst | – | BSG Chemie Bitterfeld | 0–7 |
| SG Treuenbrietzen | – | BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide | 0–1 |
| BSG Motor Oderberg | – | SG Berolina Stralau | 4–2 |
| BSG Aufbau Finowfurt | – | SG Hohenschönhausen Berlin | 2–5 |
| SG Union Fürstenwalde | – | SC Motor Berlin | 2–3 |
| SG Wacker Lichtenberg | – | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | X-0 |
| BSG Motor Legebruch | – | BSG Motor Oberspree | 2–1 |
| SG Fortuna Pankow | – | BSG Empor Zossen | 2–3 |
| BSG Motor Friedrichshagen | – | BSG Aufbau Rüdersdorf | 1–6 |
| SG Lok Bau Union Buchholz | – | BSG Stahl Stalinstadt | 3–2 |
| BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder | – | SV Vorwärts Cottbus | 5–4 |
| BSG Fortschritt Cottbus | – | SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder | 2–3 |
| BSG Aktivist Finkenheerd | – | BSG Lokomotive Cottbus | 1–4 |
| BSG Chemie Friedrichshain | – | BSG Einheit Frankfurt/Oder | X-0 |
| BSG Chemie Weißwasser | – | BSG Motor Bautzen | 2–3 |
| BSG Aktivist Laubusch | – | BSG Stahl Freital | 3–1 |
| BSG Neumark-Halle | – | SC DHfK Leipzig | 0–2 |
| BSG Traktor Taucha | – | BSG Motor Ammendorf | 2–3 |
| BSG Turbine Halle | – | BSG Rotation Südwest Leipzig | 0–1 |
| BSG Motor West Leipzig | – | BSG Empor Halle | 1–3 |
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | – | SG Zwenkau | 5–1 |
| BSG Stahl Brandis | – | BSG Stahl Riesa | 0–2 |
| BSG Einheit Hoyerswerda | – | SG Dynamo Dresden | 2–5 |
| BSG Motor Lommatzsch | – | BSG Motor Lauchhammer-Ost | 1–4 |
| BSG Chemie Coswig | – | BSG Chemie Schwarzheide | 1–2 |
| BSG Einheit Langensalza | – | BSG Aktivist Tiefenort | 2–0 |
| BSG Motor Schmalkalden | – | BSG Motor Eisenach | 8–2 |
| BSG Motor Suhl | – | BSG Nord Erfurt | 2–1 |
| BSG Motor Gotha | – | BSG Motor Veilsdorf | 1–2 |
| BSG Fortschritt Geschwenda | – | BSG Lokomotive Weimar | 0–6 |
| BSG Motor Rudisleben | – | BSG Chemie Lauscha | 3–2 |
| BSG Fortschritt Pößneck | – | BSG Motor Sonneberg | 1–3 |
| BSG Empor Jena | – | BSG Motor Steinach | 2–1 |
| BSG Empor Erfurt | – | BSG Chemie Jena | 2–3 |
| BSG Chemie Kahla | – | BSG Motor Oberlind | 0–2 |
| BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla | – | BSG Einheit Mitte Erfurt | 2–1 |
| BSG Chemie Apolda | – | BSG Traktor Frießnitz | 6–0 |
| BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz | – | BSG Stahl Silbitz | 3–2 |
| BSG Wismut Plauen | – | BSG Fortschritt Hartha | 2–1 |
| BSG Aufbau Theuma | – | BSG Chemie Elsterberg | 0–9 |
| BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau | – | BSG Aufbau Meißen | 5–1 |
| BSG Motor Döbeln | – | BSG Motor Zschopau | 4–2 |
| BSG Stahl Gröditz | – | BSG Stahl Lugau | 2–0 |
| BSG Empor Tabak Dresden | – | BSG Motor West Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–0 |
| BSG Aktivist Borna | – | BSG Chemie Leuna | 1–1 a.e.t. |
$^a$ Wacker walkover; Stahl withdrew $^b$ Chemie walkover; Einheit withdrew
BSG Wismut Auerbach, BSG Wismut Schneeberg, BSG Stahl Lippendorf were given byes to the second qualifying round.

### Replay

| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| BSG Chemie Leuna | – | BSG Aktivist Borna | 4–2 |

## Second qualifying round

| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| BSG Motor Süd Leipzig | – | BSG Motor Legebruch | 6–1 |
| BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde | – | BSG Empor Anklam | 10–3 |
| BSG Lokomotive Weimar | – | BSG Empor Halle | 4–0 |
| BSG Rotation Südwest Leipzig | – | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | 1–4 |
| SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder | – | SG Lok Bau Union Buchholz | 3–2 |
| BSG Aufbau Rüdersdorf | – | SG Wacker Lichtenberg Berlin | 4–2 |
| BSG Lokomotive Cottbus | – | BSG Stahl Gröditz | 2–3 |
| BSG Chemie Friedrichshain | – | BSG Empor Tabak Dresden | 2–6 |
| BSG Motor Lauchhammer-Ost | – | BSG Motor Döbeln | 2–4 |
| BSG Chemie Schwarzheide | – | BSG Motor Bautzen | 2–3 |
| BSG Motor Wismar | – | BSG Einheit Schwerin | 4–2 |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin | – | BSG Einheit Rostock | 2–1 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Schwerin | – | BSG Einheit Osterburg | 1–6 |
| BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge | – | BSG Einheit Wolmirstedt | 5–2 |
| BSG Wismut Plauen | – | BSG Motor Suhl | 4–0 |
| BSG Empor Zossen | – | BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide | 1–2 |
| BSG Motor Rostock | – | BSG Traktor Quastenberg/Burg Stargard | 4–1 |
| BSG Einheit Wismar | – | BSG Traktor Franzberg | 6–0 |
| BSG Motor Oberlind | – | BSG Motor Rudisleben | 5–2 |
| BSG Motor Sonneberg | – | BSG Wismut Schneeberg | 0–1 |
| BSG Motor Veilsdorf | – | BSG Wismut Auerbach | 2–3 |
| SG Dynamo Dresden | – | BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau | 0–1 |
| SC Stahl Riesa | – | BSG Aktivist Laubusch | 3–2 a.e.t. |
| SC DHfK Leipzig | – | BSG Stahl Hettstedt | 9–2 |
| BSG Einheit Greifswald | – | BSG Aufbau Wolgast | 6–1 |
| BSG Motor Ammendorf | – | BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla | 1–3 |
| BSG Chemie Jena | – | BSG Motor Schmalkalden | 4–2 |
| SG Hohenschönhausen | – | BSG Motor Oderberg | 5–0 |
| SC Motor Berlin | – | BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder | 0–2 |
| BSG Einheit Burg | – | BSG Motor Mögelin | 11–1 |
| BSG Einheit Grimmen | – | BSG Chemie Bitterfeld | 1–5 |
| BSG Stahl Thale | – | BSG Einheit Langensalza | 4–1 |
| SG Dynamo Eisleben | – | BSG Stahl Lippendorf | 3–2 |
| BSG Chemie Grippen | – | BSG Chemie Apolda | 4–0 |
| BSG Chemie Leuna | – | BSG Empor Jena | 6–1 |
| BSG Chemie Elsterberg | – | BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz | 0–0 a.e.t. |

### Replay

| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz | – | BSG Chemie Elsterberg | 2–1 |

## First round

| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder | – | BSG Aufbau Großräschen | 4–3 |
| BSG Motor Rostock | – | BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 1–4 |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin | – | ZASK Vorwärts Berlin | 1–7 |
| BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde | – | BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen | 0–3 |
| BSG Einheit Greifswald | – | SC Empor Rostock | 0–0 a.e.t. |
| BSG Einheit Osterburg | – | BSG Motor Dessau | 2–3 |
| BSG Einheit Wismar | – | BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide | 5–1 |
| BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge | – | BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg | 2–4 |
| BSG Motor Brandenburg-Süd | – | SC Rotation Leipzig | 2–5 |
| BSG Einheit Burg | – | SC Chemie Halle-Leuna | 2–4 |
| BSG Chemie Bitterfeld | – | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–3 |
| BSG Stahl Thale | – | SC Turbine Erfurt | 1–3 |
| SG Dynamo Eisleben | – | BSG Motor Zwickau | 0–3 |
| BSG Chemie Greppin | – | BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | 6–1 |
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | – | SC Einheit Dresden | 0–5 |
| SG Hohenschönhausen Berlin | – | SC Wissenschaft Halle | X-0 $^c$ |
| BSG Aufbau Rüdersdorf | – | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 1–10 |
| SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder | – | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 0–3 |
| BSG Chemie Jena | – | BSG Wismut Auerbach | 4–2 |
| SC DHfK Leipzig | – | Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau | 3–1 a.e.t. |
| BSG Stahl Gröditz | – | BSG Chemie Glauchau | 2–0 |
| BSG Empor Tabak Dresden | – | BSG Empor Wurzen-West | 5–0 |
| BSG Motor Bautzen | – | SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3–0 |
| BSG Motor Döhlen | – | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 0–2 |
| BSG Stahl Riesa | – | BSG Fortschritt Meerane | 2–6 |
| BSG Chemie Leuna | – | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 0–1 |
| BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla | – | BSG Wismut Schneeberg | 1–1 a.e.t. |
| BSG Lokomotive Weimar | – | SC Lokomotive Leipzig | 0–1 |
| BSG Wismut Plauen | – | SC Motor Jena | 3–4 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Oberlind | – | BSG Wismut Gera | 3–2 |
| BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz | – | BSG Motor Altenburg | 1–5 |
| BSG Motor Wismar | – | SC Dynamo Berlin | 1–3 a.e.t. |
$^c$ Berlin walkover; Halle withdrew

### Replays

| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| SC Empor Rostock | – | BSG Einheit Greifswald | 3–1 |
| BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla | – | BSG Wismut Schneeberg | ?–? |
$^d$ Result unknown, Schneeberg advanced

## Second round

(played on 18 November 1956)
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| BSG Wismut Schneeberg | – | SC Empor Rostock | 0–6 |
| BSG Motor Dessau | – | BSG Motor Oberlind | 4–2 |
| SC Chemie Halle-Leuna | – | BSG Einheit Wismar | 8–0 |
| SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | – | BSG Chemie Greppin | 2–0 |
| BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg | – | BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder | 8–0 |
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal | – | SG Hohenschönhausen Berlin | 1–0 |
| BSG Chemie Zeitz | – | BSG Stahl Gröditz | 6–3 |
| SC Einheit Dresden | – | BSG Chemie Jena | 6–2 |
| ZASK Vorwärts Berlin | – | BSG Empor Tabak Dresden | 7–0 |
| BSG Motor Altenburg | – | BSG Motor Bautzen | 4–1 |
| SC Rotation Leipzig | – | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3–3 a.e.t. |
| SC Dynamo Berlin | – | BSG Fortschritt Meerane | 6–2 |
| BSG Rotation Babelsberg | – | SC Turbine Erfurt | 1–2 a.e.t. |
| BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen | – | SC DHfK Leipzig | 3–1 a.e.t. |
| SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | – | SC Motor Jena | 3–2 a.e.t. |
| SC Lokomotive Leipzig | – | BSG Motor Zwickau | 3–0 |

### Replay

| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | – | SC Rotation Leipzig | 2–0 |

## Third round

(played on 25 November 1956)
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| SC Empor Rostock | – | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 0–1 |
| BSG Motor Dessau | – | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 2–3 |
| BSG Motor Altenburg | – | ZASK Vorwärts Berlin | 0–3 |
| BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg | – | SC Chemie Halle-Leuna | 1–2 |
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal | – | SC Einheit Dresden | 1–3 |
| SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | – | SC Dynamo Berlin | 8–0 |
| SC Turbine Erfurt | – | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 3–1 a.e.t. |
| SC Lokomotive Leipzig | – | BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen | 1–2 |

## Quarter-finals

(played on 2 December 1956)
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen | – | ZASK Vorwärts Berlin | 1–2 a.e.t. |
| SC Chemie Halle-Leuna | – | SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 4–3 a.e.t. |
| BSG Chemie Zeitz | – | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 1–2 |
| SC Turbine Erfurt | – | SC Einheit Dresden | 6–3 |

## Semi-finals

(played on 9 December 1956)
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| ZASK Vorwärts Berlin | – | SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–0 |
| SC Turbine Erfurt | – | SC Chemie Halle-Leuna | 1–1 a.e.t. |

### Replay

(played on 12 December 1956)
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
| SC Chemie Halle-Leuna | – | SC Turbine Erfurt | 5–0 |

## Final

HALLE-LEUNA: :
| GK | Günter Melchior |
| DF | Hans-Joachim Oelze |
| DF | Klaus Hoffmann |
| DF | Robert Heyer |
| MF | Willi Streit |
| MF | Günter Imhof |
| FW | Alfred Jaukus |
| FW | Werner Lehrmann |
| FW | Joachim Lehmann |
| FW | Walter Schmidt |
| FW | Klaus Büchner | 84' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| FW | Rolf Hoffmann | 84' |
| Manager: ||||
| Horst Sockoll ||||
BERLIN: :
| GK | Karl-Heinz Spickenagel |
| DF | Peter Kalinke |
| DF | Gerhard Marotzke |
| DF | Werner Eilitz |
| MF | Hans Küchler |
| MF | Werner Unger |
| FW | Horst Assmy |
| FW | Heinz Kaulmann |
| FW | Gerhard Reichelt | 59' |
| FW | Lothar Meyer |
| FW | Günther Wirth |
| Substitutes: ||||
| FW | Siegfried Wachtel | 59' |
| Manager: ||||
| János Gyarmati ||||