1968 DFB-Pokal final

The 1968 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1967–68 DFB-Pokal, the 25th season of Germany's premier football cup. It was played on 9 June 1968 at the Südweststadion in Ludwigshafen.^[2][3][4]

1968 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	1967–68 DFB-Pokal
1. FC Köln VfL Bochum 4 1
Date	9 June 1968 (1968-06-09)
Venue	Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen
Referee	Karl Riegg (Augsburg)[1]
Attendance	60,000
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Route to the final

1. FC Köln		Round	VfL Bochum
Opponent	Result	1967–68 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Bye		Qualification Round 1	SG Wattenscheid 09	1–0
		Qualification Round 2	TSV Marl-Hüls	2–1
		Qualification Round 3	VfB Marathon Remscheid	5–3 (a.e.t.)
		Qualification Round 4	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	2–1
FC 08 Homburg	4–1	Round 1	Karlsruher SC	3–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1 (a.e.t.) and 1–0 (replay)	Round 2	VfB Stuttgart	2–1
Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1 (a.e.t.) and 2–1 (replay)	Quarterfinals	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0
Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Semifinals	FC Bayern Munich	2–1

Match

Details

1. FC Köln	4–1	VfL Bochum
Jablonski 22' (o.g.) Rühl 38', 57' Löhr 70'	Report	Böttcher 37'

9 June 1968 (1968-06-09)

16:00 CET

Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Karl Riegg (Augsburg)

1. FC Köln

VfL Bochum

GK 1 Milutin Šoškić RB Fritz Pott CB Heinz Flohe CB Wolfgang Weber LB Matthias Hemmersbach CM Karl-Heinz Thielen (c) CM Heinz Simmet CM Wolfgang Overath RW Carl-Heinz Rühl CF Hannes Löhr LW Heinz Hornig Manager: Willi Multhaup

GK 1 Horst Christopeit (c) RB 2 Gerd Wiesemes CB 6 Werner Jablonski CB 5 Heinz-Jürgen Blome LB 3 Dieter Versen CM 4 Erich Schiller CM 8 Gustav Eversberg CM 10 Hans-Jürgen Jansen  61' RW 7 Karl-Heinz Böttcher CF 9 Heinz Höher LW 11 Werner Balte Substitutes: MF 13 Dieter Moritz  61' Manager: Hermann Eppenhoff

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of two substitutions.

References

1. "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
2. Wahlig, Henry (2011). 'Anne Castroper': Ein Jahrhundert Fußball mitten in Bochum (in German). Die Werkstatt. p. 65. ISBN 978-3-89533-779-6.
3. Franz, Markus (2005). Die Jungs von der Castroper Straße (in German). Die Werkstatt. pp. 203–212, 348. ISBN 3-89533-506-1.
4. Formann, Heinz; Homann, Ulrich; Pohl, Günther; Rövekamp, Georg (1994). Tief im Westen: Das Phänomen VfL Bochum (in German). Klartext. pp. 187–191. ISBN 3-88474-177-2.

External links

• Match report at kicker.de (in German)
• Match report at WorldFootball.net
• Match report at Fussballdaten.de (in German)