# 2021–22 DFB-Pokal Frauen

The 2021–22 DFB-Pokal was the 42nd season of the annual German football cup competition. Several teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition began on 21 August 2021 with the first of six rounds and ended on 28 May 2022 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.
VfL Wolfsburg were the seven-time defending champion and defended their title by defeating Turbine Potsdam in the final.

## Participating clubs

The following clubs qualified for the competition:
| Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2020–21 season | 2. Bundesliga 13 of the 18 clubs of the 2020–21 season | Regionalliga 8 champions and runners-up of the 2020–21 season |
| Werder Bremen MSV Duisburg SGS Essen Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim Bayer Leverkusen SV Meppen Bayern Munich Turbine Potsdam SC Sand VfL Wolfsburg | SG Andernach SpVg Berghofen Arminia Bielefeld Borussia Bocholt FSV Gütersloh FC Ingolstadt Carl Zeiss Jena 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Borussia Mönchengladbach 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen 1. FC Saarbrücken Würzburger Kickers | SV Henstedt-Ulzburg Hannover 96 Viktoria Berlin Sportfreunde Siegen SV Elversberg (as SV Göttelborn) Wormatia Worms 1. FC Nürnberg Jahn Calden |
| Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups |||
| Baden Karlsruher SC Bavaria Germania Ebing Berlin Hertha Zehlendorf Brandenburg FSV Babelsberg Bremen ATS Buntentor Hamburg Hamburger SV Hesse TSG Lütter | Lower Rhine HSV Langenfeld Lower Saxony Pfeil Broistedt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rostocker FC Middle Rhine Viktoria Waldenrath-Straeten Rhineland TuS Immendorf Saarland 1. FC Riegelsberg Saxony Phoenix Leipzig | Saxony-Anhalt Magdeburger FFC Schleswig-Holstein Holstein Kiel South Baden Hegauer FV Southwest SV Ober-Olm Thuringia Lok Meiningen Westphalia SpVgg Horsthausen Württemberg FV 09 Nürtingen |
* ↑ The second teams of Eintracht Frankfurt, 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich, Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg were not eligible.
* ↑ The second team of 1. FC Köln was not eligible.
* 1 2 3 Participant was chosen as the highest-ranking remaining club in the Verbandspokal.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Participant was decided by draw.
* ↑ Holstein Kiel qualified regardless of the outcome of the Schleswig-Holstein Cup final, as SV Henstedt-Ulzburg, the other finalists, already qualified through their Regionalliga position.
* ↑ Lok Meiningen qualified regardless of the outcome of the Thuringia Cup final, as Carl Zeiss Jena II, the other finalists, were ineligible.

## Format

Clubs from lower leagues hosted against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals. Should both clubs play below the 2. Bundesliga, there were no host club change anymore.

## Schedule

The rounds of the 2021–22 competition were scheduled as follows:
| Round | Matches |
| First round | 21–22 August 2021 |
| Second round | 25–26 September 2021 |
| Round of 16 | 30–31 October 2021 |
| Quarter-finals | 1–2 March 2022 |
| Semi-finals | 17–18 April 2022 |
| Final | 28 May 2022 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |

## First round

The draw was made on 13 July 2021, with Doris Fitschen drawing the matches. The teams were split in a North and South group. The matches took place on 21 and 22 August 2021. The ten best-placed clubs from the 2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga received a bye.

## Second round

The draw was made on 30 August 2021, with Friederike Kromp drawing the matches. The matches took place from 25 to 27 September 2021.

## Round of 16

The draw was made on 3 October 2021, with Julia Simic drawing the matches. The matches took place from 30 to 1 November 2021.

## Quarter-finals

The draw was made on 7 November 2021, with Verena Schweers drawing the matches. The four matches took place from 28 February to 2 March 2022.

## Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 6 March 2022, with Laura Nolte drawing the matches. The two matches took place from 17 to 18 April 2022.

## Final

The final took place on 28 May 2022 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.
| VfL Wolfsburg | Turbine Potsdam |
| GK | 1 | Almuth Schult |
| RB | 2 | Lynn Wilms | 28' | 59' |
| CB | 4 | Kathrin Hendrich |
| CB | 6 | Dominique Janssen | 83' |
| LB | 13 | Felicitas Rauch |
| DM | 5 | Lena Oberdorf | 49' | 83' |
| RW | 10 | Svenja Huth (c) |
| CM | 14 | Jill Roord | 43' | 59' |
| CM | 8 | Lena Lattwein | 67' |
| LW | 28 | Tabea Waßmuth | | 72' |
| CF | 17 | Ewa Pajor | | 83' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 77 | Katarzyna Kiedrzynek |
| DF | 24 | Joelle Wedemeyer | | 59' |
| MF | 33 | Turid Knaak | | 83' |
| FW | 7 | Pauline Bremer | | 83' |
| FW | 11 | Alexandra Popp | | 59' |
| FW | 15 | Sandra Starke |
| FW | 32 | Sveindís Jane Jónsdóttir | | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Tommy Stroot ||
| GK | 41 | Anna Wellmann |
| RB | 21 | Anna Gerhardt |
| CB | 28 | Merle Barth |
| CB | 23 | Teninsoun Sissoko | | 80' |
| LB | 2 | Sara Agrež (c) |
| CM | 8 | Małgorzata Mesjasz |
| CM | 24 | Karen Holmgaard | | 64' |
| RW | 6 | Maria Plattner | | 64' |
| AM | 14 | Sophie Weidauer |
| LW | 11 | Dina Orschmann | | 55' |
| CF | 25 | Melissa Kössler | 16' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 30 | Vanessa Fischer |
| DF | 4 | Irena Kuznetsov | | 80' |
| DF | 13 | Isabel Kerschowski | | 55' |
| DF | 26 | Sara Holmgaard |
| MF | 16 | Luca Maria Graf |
| FW | 15 | Pauline Deutsch | | 64' |
| FW | 17 | Viktoria Schwalm | | 64' |
| Manager: ||
| Sofian Chahed ||
| Assistant referees: Christina Biehl Daniela Göttlinger Fourth official: Laura Duske | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time. |

## Top goalscorers

The following players were the top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, sorted first by number of goals, and then alphabetically if necessary. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Jovana Damnjanović | Bayern Munich | 6 |
| 1 | Lotta Fernholz | Sportfreunde Siegen | 6 |
| 1 | Pauline Fernholz | Sportfreunde Siegen | 6 |
| 1 | Indra Hahn | SV Henstedt-Ulzburg | 6 |
| 5 | Selina Cerci | Turbine Potsdam | 5 |
| 5 | Dóra Zeller | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 |
| 7 | Hasret Kayikçi | SC Freiburg | 4 |
| 7 | Maria Lange | RB Leipzig | 4 |
| 7 | Jill Roord | VfL Wolfsburg | 4 |
| 10 | 13 players | 13 players | 3 |