# 2020–21 DFB-Pokal Frauen

The 2020–21 DFB-Pokal was the 41st 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 19 September 2020 with the first of six rounds and ended on 30 May 2021 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010. The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German women's football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).
The defending champions were Frauen-Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, after they defeated SGS Essen in the previous final.
Wolfsburg went on to win the title for the seventh consecutive time, after defeating Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 in the final.

## Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 31 August 2020, the DFB Executive Committee decided to extend the use of five substitutions in matches (with a sixth allowed in extra time) to the 2020–21 season, which was implemented at the end of the previous season to lessen the impact of fixture congestion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of five substitutes, based on the decision of competition organisers, had been extended by IFAB until 2021.

## Participating clubs

The following 52 clubs qualified for the competition:
| Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2019–20 season | 2. Bundesliga 9 of the 14 clubs of the 2019–20 season | Regionalliga 10 champions and runners-up of the 2019–20 season |
| MSV Duisburg SGS Essen Eintracht Frankfurt (as 1. FFC Frankfurt) SC Freiburg 1899 Hoffenheim Carl Zeiss Jena (as USV Jena) 1. FC Köln Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Turbine Potsdam SC Sand VfL Wolfsburg | SG Andernach Arminia Bielefeld Werder Bremen BV Cloppenburg FSV Gütersloh FC Ingolstadt SV Meppen Borussia Mönchengladbach 1. FC Saarbrücken | SpVg Berghofen Viktoria Berlin Borussia Bocholt VfL Bochum SV Göttelborn SV Henstedt-Ulzburg RB Leipzig 1. FFC 08 Niederkirchen 1. FC Nürnberg Würzburger Kickers (as Würzburg Dragons) |
| Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups |||
| Baden Karlsruher SC Bavaria SV 67 Weinberg Berlin BSV Grün-Weiss Neukölln Brandenburg FSV Babelsberg 74 Bremen ATS Buntentor Hamburg Walddörfer SV Hesse Opel Rüsselsheim | Lower Rhine SV Büdberg Lower Saxony Jahn Delmenhorst Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rostocker FC Middle Rhine Fortuna Köln Rhineland SV Holzbach Saarland SV Göttelborn Saxony Phoenix Leipzig | Saxony-Anhalt Magdeburger FFC Schleswig-Holstein Holstein Kiel South Baden SV Gottenheim Southwest TuS Wörrstadt Thuringia 1. FFV Erfurt Westphalia SSV Rhade Württemberg SV Alberweiier |
* ↑ The second teams of Eintracht Frankfurt (as FFC Frankfurt), 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich, Turbine Potsdam and VfL Wolfsburg were not eligible.
* ↑ Grün-Weiss Neukölln qualified regardless of the outcome of the Berlin Cup final, as Viktoria Berlin, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their Regionalliga position.
* ↑ Opel Rüsselsheim qualified regardless of the outcome of the Hessian Cup final, as Eintracht Frankfurt, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal as the club's first team in the Bundesliga after acquiring 1. FFC Frankfurt. Eintracht's third team (previously the first) won the cup but, being the club's second reserve team, is not eligible.
* ↑ SV Büdberg qualified regardless of the outcome of the Rhineland Cup final, as Borussia Bocholt, the other finalists, already qualified for the DFB-Pokal through their Regionalliga position.
* ↑ Phoenix Leipzig qualified regardless of the outcome of the Saxony Cup final, as RB Leipzig, the other finalists, already qualified through their Regionalliga position.

## Format

Clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals. Should both clubs play below the 2. Bundesliga, there will be no host club change anymore. In the first round, the matches are split into a "North" and "South" zone.

## Schedule

The rounds of the 2020–21 competition are scheduled as follows:
| Round | Matches |
| First round | 19–27 September 2020 |
| Second round | 31 October – 1 November 2020 |
| Round of 16 | 5–6 December 2020 |
| Quarter-finals | 20–21 March 2021 |
| Semi-finals | 4 April 2021 |
| Final | 29 May 2021 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |

## First round

The draw was made on 25 August 2020. The matches were played on 19, 20, 26 and 27 September 2020.

## Second round

The draw was made on 1 October 2020. The matches were played on 31 October and 1 November 2020.

## Round of 16

The draw was made on 8 November 2020. The matches were played on 5 and 6 December 2020 and in early 2021.

## Quarterfinals

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 3 January 2021. The matches took place from 19 to 21 March 2021.

## Semifinals

The draw was held on 28 February 2021. The matches took place on 3 and 4 April 2021.

## Final

| Eintracht Frankfurt | VfL Wolfsburg |
| GK | 1 | Merle Frohms |
| RB | 2 | Letícia Santos |
| CB | 4 | Sophia Kleinherne | 103' |
| CB | 20 | Laura Störzel | | 95' |
| LB | 23 | Camilla Küver | | 91' |
| RM | 27 | Laura Feiersinger |
| CM | 8 | Sjoeke Nüsken |
| CM | 31 | Tanja Pawollek (c) | | 40' |
| LM | 28 | Barbara Dunst | | 106' |
| CF | 10 | Laura Freigang |
| CF | 7 | Lara Prašnikar |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 26 | Cara Bösl |
| DF | 13 | Virginia Kirchberger | | 95' |
| DF | 16 | Janina Hechler | | 91' |
| MF | 5 | Alexandra Jóhannsdóttir | | 40' |
| MF | 15 | Sandrine Mauron |
| FW | 9 | Shekiera Martinez | | 106' |
| FW | 19 | Theresa Panfil |
| Manager: ||
| Niko Arnautis ||
| GK | 1 | Almuth Schult (c) | 96' |
| RB | 24 | Joelle Wedemeyer | | 49' |
| CB | 23 | Sara Doorsoun |
| CB | 6 | Dominique Janssen |
| LB | 13 | Felicitas Rauch |
| CM | 15 | Ingrid Syrstad Engen |
| CM | 5 | Lena Oberdorf | 29' |
| RW | 10 | Svenja Huth |
| AM | 16 | Rebecka Blomqvist | | 65' |
| LW | 14 | Fridolina Rolfö | | 98' |
| CF | 17 | Ewa Pajor | | 120' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 27 | Friederike Abt | | 98' |
| MF | 3 | Zsanett Jakabfi | 120+1' | 120' |
| MF | 9 | Anna Blässe | | 49' |
| MF | 20 | Pia-Sophie Wolter | | 65' |
| MF | 21 | Lara Dickenmann |
| MF | 22 | Shanice van de Sanden |
| MF | 28 | Lena Goeßling |
| Manager: ||
| Stephan Lerch ||
| Assistant referees: Vanessa Arlt Jacqueline Herrmann Fourth official: Susann Kunkel | 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

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Nina Heisel | SV 67 Weinberg | 8 |
| 1 | Stefanie Sanders | SC Freiburg | 8 |
| 3 | Lea Schüller | Bayern Munich | 7 |
| 4 | Barbara Dunst | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 |
| 4 | Jannelle Flaws | SV Meppen | 4 |
| 4 | Laura Freigang | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 |
| 4 | Zsanett Jakabfi | VfL Wolfsburg | 4 |
| 4 | Melissa Kössler | Turbine Potsdam | 4 |
| 4 | Géraldine Reuteler | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 |
| 4 | Lena Oberdorf | VfL Wolfsburg | 4 |
| 4 | Tabea Waßmuth | 1899 Hoffenheim | 4 |