DFB Pokal - Women is a women’s cup competition in Germany, with recorded season coverage from 2022 to 2025. On this page, you can follow live scores and fixtures, check results and standings, and explore player and team statistics across the competition’s recorded seasons for a clear view of available data.
Upcoming matches, DFB Pokal - Women
Round of 32
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- Round of 32
Andernach W
SC Freiburg W
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- Round of 32
Ingolstadt
Mainz 05
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- Round of 32
FC Koln W
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- Round of 32
Carl Zeiss Jena W
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- Round of 32
Turbine Potsdam W
Stuttgart
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- Round of 32
Meppen
Hamburger SV W
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- Round of 32
Bochum
Werder Bremen W
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- Round of 32
Buntentor
Nürnberg
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- Round of 32
1899 Hoffenheim W
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- Round of 32
SGS Essen W
Latest played matches, DFB Pokal - Women
Round of 64
DFB Pokal - Women Standings
DFB Pokal - Women Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
DFB Pokal - Women teams participation since 2022
History
| Team | Nb participations |
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| 1899 Hoffenheim W | 4 |
| Bayer Leverkusen W | 4 |
| Bayern Munich W | 4 |
| SC Sand W | 4 |
| VfL Wolfsburg W | 4 |
| SC Freiburg W | 4 |
| SGS Essen W | 4 |
| Turbine Potsdam W | 4 |
| Werder Bremen W | 4 |
| FC Koln W | 4 |
| Meppen | 4 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt W | 4 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena W | 4 |
| Bochum | 4 |
| Buntentor | 4 |
| Elversberg | 4 |
| Gütersloh | 4 |
| Ingolstadt | 4 |
| Nürnberg | 4 |
| Weinberg | 4 |
| Andernach W | 4 |
| Fortuna Köln W | 4 |
| Hamburger SV W | 4 |
| Karlsruher SC W | 4 |
| RB Leipzig W | 4 |
| Viktoria Berlin W | 4 |
| MSV Duisburg W | 3 |
| Hegnach | 3 |
| Henstedt-Ulzburg | 3 |
| Warbeyen | 3 |
| Holstein Kiel W | 3 |
| Mainz 05 | 3 |
| Borussia Monchengladbach W | 2 |
| Borussia Bocholt | 2 |
| Jahn Calden | 2 |
| Magdeburger FFC | 2 |
| Riegelsberg | 2 |
| Saalfeld Titans | 2 |
| Stahl Brandenburg | 2 |
| Wacker München | 2 |
| Chemnitzer FC W | 2 |
| Rostocker FC W | 2 |
| FFV Erfurt | 2 |
| Hegauer FV | 2 |
| St. Pauli | 2 |
DFB Pokal - Women top scorer teams
DFB Pokal - Women About
DFB Pokal - Women is Germany’s national women’s knockout cup, officially known as the DFB-Pokal Frauen. Organised by the German Football Association (DFB), it brings together clubs from across the German women’s football pyramid in a single-elimination competition to decide the country’s cup champion.
Germany’s national women’s cup
The DFB-Pokal Frauen is the principal domestic knockout tournament in German women’s football and one of the country’s most prestigious club honours. Its purpose is broader than simply providing another route to a trophy: the competition creates a national stage on which established Bundesliga sides can meet ambitious clubs from the lower divisions and regional game. Those potential David-versus-Goliath ties are a defining part of its character.
The competition’s origins date from around 1980–81, during the formative development of organised women’s football in Germany. It has since evolved alongside the women’s league system, while retaining its essential identity as an open national cup rather than a league championship. Clubs compete for the DFB-Pokal trophy, domestic prestige and the opportunity to build a place in the history of German football. The modern competition is particularly associated with the success of VfL Wolfsburg and 1. FFC Frankfurt, whose footballing legacy now continues through Eintracht Frankfurt.
Who can enter the DFB-Pokal Frauen?
Access is primarily earned through league status or regional cup success in the previous season. The field generally includes clubs from the Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, although reserve teams are not eligible. Additional places are available through the regional association cup structure, with the winners of the 21 Landespokal competitions providing representation from across Germany. The qualifying framework can also include successful clubs from the Regionalliga pathway, subject to the applicable competition regulations.
This structure gives the tournament a distinctive national reach. Top-flight professionals enter alongside lower-division and regional clubs, allowing teams with very different resources and competitive backgrounds to meet in meaningful fixtures. Where the draw pairs a lower-ranked club with a side from the top two divisions, the lower-ranked team is typically entitled to host, increasing the possibility of a major upset and giving smaller clubs a valuable home occasion.
Single-match knockout format
The DFB-Pokal Frauen has no group stage and is played as a straight knockout tournament over approximately six rounds. A club must win each tie to progress through the competition: early rounds lead to the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. The draw may be organised into northern and southern regional sections in the opening stages, helping limit travel demands and support local rivalries, particularly for clubs outside the professional tiers.
The strongest Bundesliga clubs may enter in a later round rather than the opening phase. This form of seeding or first-round exemption protects the calendar of leading teams while preserving opportunities for lower-level clubs to meet one another in the earliest ties. Draw procedures and entry points can vary between editions, so the exact composition of each round is determined by the DFB’s regulations for that season.
Match rules and deciding a tie
Every fixture must produce a winner on the day. Matches consist of two 45-minute halves, with a half-time interval. If the score is level after 90 minutes, the teams play two 15-minute periods of extra time. A penalty shootout decides the winner if the tie remains level after 120 minutes.
Matches follow the standard Laws of the Game and the substitution provisions in force for the relevant edition. The competition framework commonly allows five substitutions during regulation time across a limited number of substitution windows, with an additional opportunity when a match goes to extra time. Specific operational details remain subject to the DFB’s current regulations.
Calendar and final venue
The tournament follows the European autumn-to-spring football calendar. The opening round is normally played in late summer, often during August, before the round of 16 and quarter-finals take place through the autumn and winter. The semi-finals follow in the spring, leading to a standalone final traditionally staged in May.
Since 2010, the final has been held at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. Moving the showpiece away from the traditional shared men’s-final setting gave the women’s cup its own identity and helped establish the final as a major event in its own right. The Cologne occasion combines the sporting importance of a national final with the atmosphere of a high-profile celebration of German women’s football.
Sporting importance
Winning the DFB-Pokal Frauen delivers a national trophy and the possibility of completing a domestic double alongside the Frauen-Bundesliga title. It also offers financial rewards, status and a lasting place in the competition’s history. The cup itself does not automatically provide a UEFA Women’s Champions League place; European access is governed by the applicable UEFA criteria and domestic league qualification routes. Its importance, however, extends well beyond continental entry. For established clubs it is a measure of sustained excellence, while for regional and lower-division teams it can provide the defining opportunity of a season.