1965–66 DFB-Pokal

The 1965–66 DFB-Pokal was the 23rd season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 22 January 1966 and ended on 4 June 1966. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. In the final Bayern Munich defeated Meidericher SV 4–2.^[1]

1965–66 DFB-Pokal

Tournament details
Country	West Germany
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	FC Bayern Munich
Runner-up	Meidericher SV
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
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Matches

Qualification round

2 January 1966
FC Bayern Munich	2 – 0	Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5 – 1	SC Opel Rüsselsheim

First round

22 January 1966
SV Werder Bremen	4 – 0	TSV 1860 München
FC Bayern Munich	1 – 0	Eintracht Braunschweig
1. FC Köln	1 – 1	Tasmania 1900 Berlin	(AET)
Hannover 96	2 – 4	Hamburger SV
Meidericher SV	2 – 0	VfB Stuttgart
Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 1	Borussia Neunkirchen	(AET)
SV Südwest Ludwigshafen	0 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Eintracht Frankfurt	2 – 1	SV Alsenborn
FC Schalke 04	3 – 1	Tennis Borussia Berlin	(AET)
Karlsruher SC	3 – 0	Preußen Münster
TSV Schwaben Augsburg	0 – 1	1. FC Nürnberg
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 2	Kickers Offenbach
FC St. Pauli	4 – 2	1. FC Saarbrücken
Holstein Kiel	3 – 1	Arminia Bielefeld
Freiburger FC	4 – 3	Alemannia Aachen
TuS Haste	1 – 2	Concordia Hamburg

Replay

29 January 1966
Tasmania 1900 Berlin	0 – 2	1. FC Köln

Round of 16

19 February 1966
Hamburger SV	4 – 0	Borussia Neunkirchen
Meidericher SV	6 – 0	FC Schalke 04
1. FC Nürnberg	2 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt
Freiburger FC	1 – 3	Karlsruher SC
1. FC Kaiserslautern	3 – 0	Holstein Kiel
SV Werder Bremen	2 – 0	Concordia Hamburg
FC St. Pauli	3 – 1	Kickers Offenbach
FC Bayern Munich	2 – 0	1. FC Köln

Quarter-finals

7 April 1966
Meidericher SV	1 – 0	Karlsruher SC
Hamburger SV	1 – 2	FC Bayern Munich
1. FC Kaiserslautern	3 – 1	SV Werder Bremen
FC St. Pauli	0 – 1	1. FC Nürnberg

Semi-finals

1. FC Nürnberg	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Bayern Munich
Brungs 59'		Ohlhauser 29' Nowak 98'

18 May 1966

Städtisches Stadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 58,000

Referee: Handwerker (Ketsch)

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Meidericher SV	4 – 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern
van Haaren 19' Schmidt 34', 53' Mielke 66'		Braner 2' Reitgaßl 50' Rummel 69'

18 May 1966

Wedaustadion, Duisburg

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ohmsen (Hamburg)

Final

Main article: 1966 DFB-Pokal Final

Meidericher SV	2–4	Bayern Munich
Mielke 28' Heidemann 72' (pen.)	Report	Ohlhauser 31' Brenninger 56', 77' (pen.) Beckenbauer 82'

4 June 1966 (1966-06-04)

16:00 CET

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (Hamburg)

References

1. "DFB-Pokal 1965-66" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2008.

External links

• Official site of the DFB (in German)
• Kicker.de (in German)
• 1966 results at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
• 1966 results at Weltfussball.de (in German)