DFB Pokal previous winners list

Ellis Statham Updated: 10 Dec 24 13:22

We take a look at every winner of the DFB Pokal since Rot-Weiss Essen lifted the competition's first trophy back in 1953.

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Rot-Weiss Essen were the winners of the first DFB Pokal in 1953, defeating 2-1 Alemannia Aachen in the final.

Bayern Munich lead the way with the most DFB Pokal trophies on 20, with Werder Bremen 14 behind with six.

The Bavarians first won the competition in 1957, and most recently won it in 2020, beating Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 in a six goal thriller.

While, Schalke 04 have five DFB Pokal's to their name, they have also lost the most finals in the competition with seven.

DFB Pokal winners list

1953-1960

Year:	Winner:	Runner-Up:
1952/53	Rot-Weiss Essen	Alemannia Aachen
1953/54	VfB Stuttgart	1. FC Köln
1954/55	Karlsruher SC	Schalke 04
1955/56	Karlsruher SC	Hamburger SV
1956/57	Bayern Munich	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1957/58	VfB Stuttgart	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1958/59	Schwarz-Weiss Essen	Borussia Neunkirchen
1959/60	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Karlsruher SC

1961-1970

Year:	Winner:	Runner-up:
1960/61	Werder Bremen	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1961/62	1. FC Nürnberg	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1962/63	Hamburger SV	Borussia Dortmund
1963/64	1860 Munich	Eintracht Frankfurt
1964/65	Borussia Dortmund	Alemannia Aachen
1965/66	Bayern Munich	Meidericher SV
1966/67	Bayern Munich	Hamburger SV
1967/68	1. FC Köln	VfL Bochum
1968/69	Bayern Munich	Schalke 04
1969/70	Kickers Offenbach	1. FC Köln

1971-1980

Year:	Winner:	Runner-up:
1970/71	Bayern Munich	1. FC Köln
1971/72	Schalke 04	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1972/73	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1. FC Köln
1973/74	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburger SV
1974/75	Eintracht Frankfurt	MSV Duisburg
1975/76	Hamburger SV	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1976/77	1. FC Köln	Hertha BSC
1977/78	1. FC Köln	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1978/79	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Hertha BSC
1979/80	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1. FC Köln

1981-1990

Year:	Winner:	Runner-up:
1980/81	Eintracht Frankfurt	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1981/82	Bayern Munich	1. FC Nürnberg
1982/83	1. FC Köln	Fortuna Köln
1983/84	Bayern Munich	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1984/85	Bayer Uerdingen	Bayern Munich
1985/86	Bayern Munich	VfB Stuttgart
1986/87	Hamburger SV	Stuttgarter Kickers
1987/88	Eintracht Frankfurt	VfL Bochum
1988/89	Borussia Dortmund	Werder Bremen
1989/90	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Werder Bremen

1991-2000

Year:	Winner:	Runner-up:
1990/91	Werder Bremen	1. FC Köln
1991/92	Hannover 96	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1992/93	Bayer Leverkusen	Hertha BSC II
1993/94	Werder Bremen	Rot-Weiss Essen
1994/95	Borussia Mönchengladbach	VfL Wolfsburg
1995/96	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Karlsruher SC
1996/97	VfB Stuttgart	Energie Cottbus
1997/98	Bayern Munich	MSV Duisburg
1998/99	Werder Bremen	Bayern Munich
1999/2000	Bayern Munich	Werder Bremen

2001-2010

Year:	Winner:	Runner-up:
2000/01	Schalke 04	Union Berlin
2001/02	Schalke 04	Bayer Leverkusen
2002/03	Bayern Munich	1. FC Kaiserslautern
2003/04	Werder Bremen	Alemannia Aachen
2004/05	Bayern Munich	Schalke 04
2005/06	Bayern Munich	Eintracht Frankfurt
2006/07	1. FC Nürnberg	VfB Stuttgart
2007/08	Bayern Munich	Borussia Dortmund
2008/09	Werder Bremen	Bayer Leverkusen
2009/10	Bayern Munich	Werder Bremen

2011-2020

Year:	Winner:	Runner-up:
2010/11	Schalke 04	MSV Duisburg
2011/12	Borussia Dortmund	Bayern Munich
2012/13	Bayern Munich	VfB Stuttgart
2013/14	Bayern Munich	Borussia Dortmund
2014/15	VfL Wolfsburg	Borussia Dortmund
2015/16	Bayern Munich	Borussia Dortmund
2016/17	Borussia Dortmund	Eintracht Frankfurt
2017/18	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bayern Munich
2018/19	Bayern Munich	RB Leipzig
2019/20	Bayern Munich	Bayer Leverkusen

2021-2024

Year:	Winner:	Runner-up:
2020/21	Borussia Dortmund	RB Leipzig
2021/22	RB Leipzig	SC Freiburg
2022/23	RB Leipzig	Eintracht Frankfurt
2023/24	Bayer Leverkusen	1. FC Kaiserslautern

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