# 2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen

The 2024–25 DFB-Pokal is the 43rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Several teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition will begin on 17 August 2024 with the first of six rounds and will end on 1 May 2025 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.
VfL Wolfsburg are the ten-time defending champions.

## Participating clubs

The following clubs qualified for the competition:
| Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2023–24 season | 2. Bundesliga 10 of the 14 clubs of the 2023–24 season | Regionalliga the 2 promoted teams and the 5 champions of the 2023–24 season |
| Werder Bremen MSV Duisburg SGS Essen Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg TSG Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln Bayer Leverkusen RB Leipzig 1. FC Nürnberg Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg | SG Andernach FSV Gütersloh Hamburger SV FC Ingolstadt Carl Zeiss Jena SV Meppen Borussia Mönchengladbach Turbine Potsdam SC Sand SV 67 Weinberg | Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum SV Hegnach Hertha BSC SV Henstedt-Ulzburg Mainz 05 |
| Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups |||
| Baden Karlsruher SC Bavaria FC Forstern Berlin Viktoria Berlin Brandenburg BSG Stahl Brandenburg Bremen ATS Buntentor Hamburg FC St. Pauli Hesse Kickers Offenbach | Lower Rhine VfR Warbeyen Lower Saxony Rot-Weiss Göttingen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Hansa Rostock Middle Rhine Fortuna Köln Rhineland TuS Issel Saarland SV Elversberg Saxony Eintracht Leipzig-Süd | Saxony-Anhalt Magdeburger FFC Schleswig-Holstein Kieler MTV South Baden Hegauer FV Southwest SC Siegelbach Thuringia 1. FFV Erfurt Westphalia Wacker Mecklenbeck Württemberg VfB Stuttgart |

## Format

All clubs from the 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga and the four best-placed teams from the 2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga receive a bye in the first round. Clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals.

## Schedule

The rounds of the 2024–25 competition are scheduled as follows:
| Round | Matches |
| First round | 17–20 August 2024 |
| Second round | 6–11 September 2024 |
| Round of 16 | 22–24 November 2024 |
| Quarter-finals | 11–13 February 2025 |
| Semi-finals | 22–23 March 2025 |
| Final | 1 May 2025 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |

## Matches

Times up to 27 October 2024 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 28 October 2024 to 29 March 2025 are CET (UTC+1).

### First round

The draw took place on 27 June 2024, with Ulrike Ballweg drawing the matches. The teams are split into a North and a South group. The Bundesliga and the two best-placed teams from the 2. Bundesliga had a bye. The matches will take place between 17 and 20 August 2024.

### Second round

The draw took place on 20 August 2024, with Verena Schweers drawing the matches. The matches will take place between 6 and 11 September 2024.

### Round of 16

The draw took place on 16 September 2024, with Lena Lotzen drawing the matches. The matches took place between 22 and 24 November 2024.

### Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 15 December 2024, with Julian Köster drawing the matches. The matches will take place between 11 and 13 February 2025.

### Semifinals

The draw was held on 17 February 2025, with Turid Knaak drewing the matches. The matches will take place on 22 and 23 March 2025.

### Final

The final take place on 1 May 2025.

## Top goalscorers

    As of 12 February 2025
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Nina Lange | VfL Bochum | 5 |
| 2 | Alina Angerer | VfL Bochum | 4 |
| 3 | Flaka Aslanaj | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 |
| 3 | Emma Ballay | Kieler MTV | 3 |
| 3 | Carolin Corres | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 |
| 3 | Jovana Damnjanović | Bayern Munich | 3 |
| 3 | Laura Freigang | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 |
| 3 | Anna Marques | VfL Bochum | 3 |
| 3 | Christin Meyer | Hamburger SV | 3 |
| 3 | Larissa Mühlhaus | Werder Bremen | 3 |
| 3 | Vivien Schwing | Fortuna Köln | 3 |