The 2013–14 DFB-Pokal was the 71st season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 2 August 2013 with the first of six rounds and ended on 17 May 2014 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich went on to win the competition for the second season running, defeating Borussia Dortmund 2–0 in the final.[1]
^Dynamo Dresden have been banned from competing after violent behavior from their fans in the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal second round match against Hannover 96.
^FC Nöttingen qualified as losing finalists as winners Karlsruher SC already qualified through their league position.
^ abcThe three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
^FV Illertissen qualified as 3rd placed team in the 2012–13 Regionalliga Bayern as winners 1860 Munich II and runners-up Bayern Munich II are ineligible to play in the DFB-Pokal.
^As Lower Saxony Cup Winners, VfL Osnabrück qualified through their league position and the Lower Saxony FA is allocated two places for the DFB-Pokal the losing semi-finalists had to play a play-off for the second spot. Rehden beat U.L.M. Wolfsburg 3–0 in this play-off.
^As Westphalia finalists Arminia Bielefeld qualified through their league position and the Westphalia FA is allocated two places for the DFB-Pokal the second spot goes to one of the semi-finalists. As the other losing semi-finalists SC Preußen Münster also qualified through their league position SV Lippstadt qualify without having to play a play-off.
^Due to Dynamo Dresden's ban, Württemberg may send another team.[3]
Schedule
The rounds of the 2013–14 competition are scheduled as follows:[4]
The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following:[5] For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots. The first pot contains all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3rd Liga and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot will be drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot will be set as the home team in the process.
The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3rd Liga/amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3rd Liga/amateur team will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.
As it is as yet unclear whether MSV Duisburg will retain their license for 2. Bundesliga or not, there will be two hybrid lots bearing the teams of Duisburg and Erzgebirge Aue. Following the final decision that led to Duisburg losing their license, Duisburg was treated as an amateur side.[6]
