# 1988–89 FDGB-Pokal

The 1988–89 FDGB-Pokal was the 38th edition of the East German Cup. The competition was won by BFC Dynamo, who secured their third title with a win over FC Karl-Marx-Stadt.

## Preliminary round

| Home team | Result | Away team |
| FC Hansa Rostock II | 4–2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena II |

## First round

| Home team | Result | Away team |
| Hallescher FC Chemie II | 3–2 | FC Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) |
| FC Hansa Rostock II | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) | Energie Cottbus |
| BSG Bergmann Borsig Pankow Berlin | 0–3 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg |
| FC Energie Cottbus II | 0–4 | BFC Dynamo |
| BSG Stahl Riesa II | 0–5 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
| BSG Rotasym Pößneck | 0–4 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt | 1–9 | 1. FC Union Berlin |
| BSG Motor Eisenach | 0–2 | BSG Wismut Aue |
| BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe | 0–1 | 1. FC Magdeburg |
| BSG Chemie IW Ilmenau | 2–3 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |
| BFC Dynamo II | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| SG Dynamo Dresden II | 1–2 | Hallescher FC Chemie |
| FC Vorwärts Frankfurt (Oder) II | 1–5 | FC Hansa Rostock |
| BSG Robotron Sömmerda | 1–3 | SG Dynamo Dresden |
| BSG Motor Suhl | 1–3 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
| BSG Aufbau dkk Krumhermersdorf | 4–4 (a.e.t.); (6–7 p) | SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde |
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig II | 0–3 | BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda |
| BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt | 0–1 | BSG Motor Weimar |
| TSG Neustrelitz | 0–0 (a.e.t.); (4–2 p) | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund |
| BSG Chemie Velten | 1–2 | BSG Rotation Berlin |
| TSG Bau Rostock | 2–3 | SG Dynamo Schwerin |
| ISG/Tiefbau Schwerin | 0–4 | BSG Stahl Thale |
| BSG Lokomotive/Armaturen Prenzlau | 1–2 | BSG KKW Greifswald |
| BSG Motor Babelsberg | 2–0 | BSG Chemie Böhlen |
| BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | 4–1 (a.e.t.) | ASG Vorwärts Dessau |
| BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort | 2–3 | BSG Wismut Gera |
| BSG Chemie Leipzig | 0–1 | BSG Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg |
| BSG Motor Ludwigsfelde | 5–2 | BSG Motor Grimma |
| BSG Fortschritt Weida | 3–2 | TSG Markkleeberg |
| BSG Post Neubrandenburg | 4–2 | BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau |
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 2–0 | BSG Motor Nordhausen |
| BSG Motor Schönebeck | 5–2 | BSG Stahl Riesa |

## Second round

| Home team | Result | Away team |
| BSG Motor Babelsberg | 0–8 | BFC Dynamo |
| TSG Neustrelitz | 2–4 | 1. FC Union Berlin |
| BSG Post Neubrandenburg | 5–3 (a.e.t.) | Hallescher FC Chemie |
| Hallescher FC Chemie II | 0–6 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| BSG Fortschritt Weida | 0–2 | FC Energie Cottbus |
| BSG Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| BSG Motor Weimar | 1–2 | SG Dynamo Dresden |
| BSG Motor Ludwigsfelde | 1–0 | BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin | 3–1 | 1. FC Magdeburg |
| BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | 0–5 | BSG Wismut Aue |
| BSG Wismut Gera | 0–3 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
| BSG KKW Greifswald | 2–1 | BSG Stahl Brandenburg |
| BSG Rotation Berlin | 1–1 (a.e.t.); (5–4 p) | BSG Stahl Thale |
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 1–0 | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig |
| BSG Motor Schönebeck | 1–0 | FC Hansa Rostock |
| SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde | 2–0 | BSG Sachsenring Zwickau |

## Round of 16

| Home team | Result | Away team |
| BSG Motor Schönebeck | 2–6 (a.e.t.) | BFC Dynamo |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | 4–1 | SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde |
| BSG KKW Greifswald | 1–3 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin | 1–0 | BSG Post Neubrandenburg |
| BSG Motor Ludwigsfelde | 1–0 | BSG Rotation Berlin |
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | SG Dynamo Dresden |
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal | 0–2 | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| BSG Wismut Aue | 3–0 | FC Energie Cottbus |

## Quarter-final

| Home team | Result | Away team |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | 0–2 | BFC Dynamo |
| BSG Wismut Aue | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | FC Carl Zeiss Jena |
| FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 4–1 | BSG Motor Ludwigsfelde |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin | 0–3 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |

## Semi final

| Home team | Result | Away team |
| BFC Dynamo | 6–1 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt |
| BSG Wismut Aue | 1–2 | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |

## Final

| BFC Dynamo | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt |
BFC DYNAMO: :
| GK | 1 | Bodo Rudwaleit |
| DF | 2 | Burkhard Reich |
| MF | 3 | Bernd Schulz |
| MF | 4 | Jens-Uwe Zöphel | 53' |
| DF | 5 | Marco Köller |
| DF | 6 | Eike Kuttner | 85' |
| FW | 7 | Rainer Ernst |
| DF | 8 | Frank Rohde |
| MF | 9 | Jörg Fügner |
| MF | 10 | Thomas Doll |
| FW | 11 | Andreas Thom |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | | Waldemar Ksienzyk | 53' |
| MF | | Frank Albrecht | 85' |
| Manager: |||
| Jürgen Bogs ||||
FC KARL-MARX-STADT: :
| GK | 1 | Jens Schmidt |
| DF | 2 | Thomas Laudeley |
| DF | 3 | Dirk Barsikow |
| MF | 4 | Sven Köhler |
| MF | 5 | Jörg Illing |
| DF | 6 | Peter Keller | 72' |
| FW | 7 | Detlef Müller |
| MF | 8 | Steffen Heidrich | 58' |
| MF | 9 | Lutz Wienhold |
| FW | 10 | Hans Richter |
| MF | 11 | Ulf Mehlhorn |
| Substitutes: |||
| DF | | Jan Seifert | 72' |
| MF | | Steffen Ziffert | 58' |
| Manager: |||
| Hans Meyer ||||

## Gallery

* BFC Dynamo player Andreas Thom with the ball in the final.
* BFC Dynamo coach Jürgen Bogs during the final.
* BFC Dynamo celebrating their victory in the final.
* Players of BFC Dynamo during the victory ceremony.