The FDGB-Pokal (Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup) was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany. It was the second most important national title in East German football after the DDR-Oberliga championship. The founder of the competition was East Germany's major trade union.
The inaugural FDGB-Pokal (generally referred to in English as the East German Cup) was contested in 1949, four years before the initial DFB-Pokal was played in the western half of the country. The first national cup competition had been the Tschammerpokal introduced in 1935.
Each football club which participated in the East German football league system was entitled to enter the tournament. Clubs from the lower leagues played in regional qualification rounds, with the winners joining the teams of the DDR-Oberliga and DDR-Liga in the main round of the tournament of the following year. Each elimination was determined by a single game held on the ground of one of the two participating teams.
Until the mid-1980s the field of competition was made up of as many as sixty teams playing in five rounds due to the large number of eligible clubs in the country. Beginning in 1975, the final was held each year in the Stadion der Weltjugend in Berlin and drew anywhere from 30,000 to 55,000 spectators. The last cup final, played in 1991 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, was a 1–0 victory by F.C. Hansa Rostock over Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl, which drew a crowd of only 4,800.
The most successful side in 42 years of competition was 1. FC Magdeburg which celebrated seven FDGB-Pokal wins (including those as SC Aufbau Magdeburg before 1965); one of those wins ultimately led to victory in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1973–74.
The only winners of the competition to reach the final of the DFB-Pokal since the re-unification of the country are 1. FC Union Berlin, who appeared in the 2001 German Cup final, but lost 0–2 to Schalke. To date, the only other former East German club to appear in the German Cup final is FC Energie Cottbus.
1Sports clubs (SC) were introduced in the East German sports system in 1954. The introduction of designated sports clubs was followed by major changes in East German football. Several teams were relocated, transferred and renamed between the second and the third round of the 1954-55 FDGB-Pokal (de). The team of SG Dynamo Dresden was relocated to Berlin and continued as part of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin. SG Dynamo Berlin was then subsequently renamed SG Dynamo Berlin-Mitte. The team of BSG Empor Lauter was relocated to Rostock and continued as part of sports club SC Empor Rostock. The team of BSG Wismut Aue was transferred to sports club SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt. The football department of BSG Aktivist Brieske-Ost was transferred to sports club SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg.
Performances
Performance by club
The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table:[1] Clubs are named by the last name they used before the German reunification.
8 Also known as SG Freiimfelde Halle and Hallescher FC Chemie.
9 Also known as SC Empor Rostock.
10 Also known as SG Aue, BSG Pneumatik Aue, BSG Zentra Wismut Aue. From 1954 to 1963 the team was known as SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt, but continued to play in Aue. After German reunification in 1990, the club was renamed FC Wismut Aue before taking on its current name, FC Erzgebirge Aue in 1993.
12 Also known as SG Eisenhüttenwerk Thale and BSG Eisenhüttenwerk Thale (BSG EHW Thale).
13 Also known as BSG Sachsenverlag Dresden, BSG Rotation Dresden and SC Einheit Dresden.
14 Also known as FC Sachsen Leipzig.
15 Also known as SG Fortuna Erfurt, BSG KWU Erfurt, BSG Turbine Erfurt and SC Turbine Erfurt. In 1966, the football departments of SC Turbine Erfurt and BSG Optima Erfurt were merged under the name FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt.
16 Also known as SG Zeitz and BSG Hydrierwerk Zeitz .
17 Also known as BSG Gera-Süd and BSG Mechanik Gera.
18 The football department of BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt was reorganized as football club Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl on 3 May 1990 and thus reached the semi-finals of the 1990-91 NOFV-Pokal as Eisenhüttenstädter FC Stahl.
19 Also known as SG Wurzen and BSG Empor Wurzen West. Reached the semi-finals in 1952 and 1954 under the name BSG Wurzen West.
20 Also known as SG Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg, BSG Rotation Babelsberg and BSG DEFA Babelsberg. Reached the semi-final in 1950 under the name BSG Märkische Volksstimme Babelsberg.
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The FDGB Pokal Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Pokal or Free German Trade Union Federation Cup was an elimination football tournament held annually in East Germany It was the second most important national title in East German football after the DDR Oberliga championship The founder of the competition was East Germany s major trade union FDGB PokalFounded1949Abolished1991RegionEast GermanyNumber of teamsVariousLast championsHansa Rostock 1st title Most successful club s Dynamo Dresden 1 FC Magdeburg 7 titles Dynamo Dresden s Matthias Sammer celebrates their victory after the final against PSV Schwerin in June 1990 Contents 1 History 2 Finals 3 Performances 3 1 Performance by club 3 2 Performance by city or town 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditThe inaugural FDGB Pokal generally referred to in English as the East German Cup was contested in 1949 four years before the initial DFB Pokal was played in the western half of the country The first national cup competition had been the Tschammerpokal introduced in 1935 Each football club which participated in the East German football league system was entitled to enter the tournament Clubs from the lower leagues played in regional qualification rounds with the winners joining the teams of the DDR Oberliga and DDR Liga in the main round of the tournament of the following year Each elimination was determined by a single game held on the ground of one of the two participating teams Until the mid 1980s the field of competition was made up of as many as sixty teams playing in five rounds due to the large number of eligible clubs in the country Beginning in 1975 the final was held each year in the Stadion der Weltjugend in Berlin and drew anywhere from 30 000 to 55 000 spectators The last cup final played in 1991 after the fall of the Berlin Wall was a 1 0 victory by F C Hansa Rostock over Eisenhuttenstadter FC Stahl which drew a crowd of only 4 800 The most successful side in 42 years of competition was 1 FC Magdeburg which celebrated seven FDGB Pokal wins including those as SC Aufbau Magdeburg before 1965 one of those wins ultimately led to victory in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup 1973 74 The only winners of the competition to reach the final of the DFB Pokal since the re unification of the country are 1 FC Union Berlin who appeared in the 2001 German Cup final but lost 0 2 to Schalke To date the only other former East German club to appear in the German Cup final is FC Energie Cottbus Finals Edit FDGB Cup 1955 FDGB Cup 1962 FDGB Cup 1974Season Winner Score Runner up1949 BSG Waggonbau Dessau 1 0 BSG Gera Sud1949 50 BSG EHW Thale 4 0 BSG KWU Erfurt1950 51 No competition held in that season 1951 52 SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden 3 0 BSG Einheit Pankow1952 54 ASK Vorwarts Berlin 2 1 BSG Motor Zwickau1954 551 SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3 2 a e t SC Empor Rostock1955 No competition due to the transition from a fall spring to spring fall schedule 1956 SC Chemie Halle Leuna 2 1 ZASK Vorwarts Berlin1957 SC Lokomotive Leipzig 2 1 a e t SC Empor Rostock1958 SC Einheit Dresden 2 1 a e t SC Lokomotive Leipzig1959 SC Dynamo Berlin 0 0 a e t 3 2 R SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt1960 SC Motor Jena 3 2 a e t SC Empor Rostock1961 No competition due to the transition from a spring fall to fall spring schedule 1961 62 Hallescher FC Chemie 3 1 SC Dynamo Berlin1962 63 BSG Motor Zwickau 3 0 BSG Chemie Zeitz1963 64 SC Aufbau Magdeburg 3 2 SC Leipzig1964 65 SC Aufbau Magdeburg 2 1 SC Motor Jena1965 66 BSG Chemie Leipzig 1 0 1 FC Lok Stendal1966 67 BSG Motor Zwickau 3 0 F C Hansa Rostock1967 68 1 FC Union Berlin 2 1 FC Carl Zeiss Jena1968 69 1 FC Magdeburg 4 0 FC Karl Marx Stadt1969 70 FC Vorwarts Berlin 4 2 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig1970 71 Dynamo Dresden 2 1 a e t BFC Dynamo1971 72 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 2 1 SG Dynamo Dresden1972 73 1 FC Magdeburg 3 2 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig1973 74 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 3 1 a e t SG Dynamo Dresden1974 75 BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 2 2 a e t 4 3 p SG Dynamo Dresden1975 76 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig 3 0 FC Vorwarts Frankfurt1976 77 SG Dynamo Dresden 3 2 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig1977 78 1 FC Magdeburg 1 0 SG Dynamo Dresden1978 79 1 FC Magdeburg 1 0 a e t BFC Dynamo1979 80 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 3 1 a e t FC Rot Weiss Erfurt1980 81 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig 4 1 FC Vorwarts Frankfurt1981 82 SG Dynamo Dresden 1 1 a e t 5 4 p BFC Dynamo1982 83 1 FC Magdeburg 4 0 FC Karl Marx Stadt1983 84 SG Dynamo Dresden 2 1 BFC Dynamo1984 85 SG Dynamo Dresden 3 2 BFC Dynamo1985 86 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig 5 1 1 FC Union Berlin1986 87 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig 4 1 F C Hansa Rostock1987 88 BFC Dynamo 2 0 a e t FC Carl Zeiss Jena1988 89 BFC Dynamo 1 0 FC Karl Marx Stadt1989 90 SG Dynamo Dresden 2 1 SG Dynamo Schwerin1990 91 F C Hansa Rostock 1 0 Eisenhuttenstadter FC StahlNotes 1 Sports clubs SC were introduced in the East German sports system in 1954 The introduction of designated sports clubs was followed by major changes in East German football Several teams were relocated transferred and renamed between the second and the third round of the 1954 55 FDGB Pokal de The team of SG Dynamo Dresden was relocated to Berlin and continued as part of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin SG Dynamo Berlin was then subsequently renamed SG Dynamo Berlin Mitte The team of BSG Empor Lauter was relocated to Rostock and continued as part of sports club SC Empor Rostock The team of BSG Wismut Aue was transferred to sports club SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt The football department of BSG Aktivist Brieske Ost was transferred to sports club SC Aktivist Brieske Senftenberg Performances EditPerformance by club Edit The performance of various clubs is shown in the following table 1 Clubs are named by the last name they used before the German reunification Club Winners Runners up Semi finalists Winning YearsSG Dynamo Dresden 1 7 4 6 1952 1971 1977 1982 1984 1985 19901 FC Magdeburg 2 7 3 1964 1965 1969 1973 1978 1979 19831 FC Lokomotive Leipzig 3 4 4 6 1957 1976 1981 1986 1987FC Carl Zeiss Jena 4 4 3 8 1960 1972 1974 1980BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 5 3 1 5 1963 1967 1975Berliner FC Dynamo6 3 6 7 1959 1988 1989FC Vorwarts Frankfurt 7 2 3 8 1954 1970Hallescher FC Chemie 8 2 5 1956 1962F C Hansa Rostock 9 1 5 4 1991BSG Wismut Aue 10 1 1 4 19551 FC Union Berlin 1 1 1 1968SC Lokomotive Leipzig 11 1 1 1957BSG Motor Dessau 1 1949BSG Stahl Thale 12 1 1950FSV Lokomotive Dresden13 1 1958BSG Chemie Leipzig 14 1 1966FC Karl Marx Stadt 3 5 FC Rot Weiss Erfurt 15 2 6 BSG Chemie Zeitz16 1 1 BSG Lokomotive Stendal 1 1 BSG Wismut Gera17 1 BSG Einheit Pankow 1 SG Dynamo Schwerin 1 BSG Stahl Eisenhuttenstadt18 1 BSG Energi Cottbus 3 BSG Empor Wurzen19 2 BSG DEFA Babelsberg20 1 ZSG Burg 1 BSG Motor West Karl Marx Stadt 1 BSG Lokomotive Weimar 1 BSG Stahl Brandenburg 1 Notes 1 Played as SV Deutsche Volkspolizei Dresden until the funding of SG Dynamo Dresden in 1953 2 Played as part of sports club SC Aufbau Magdeburg later SC Magdenburg until the founding of 1 FC Magdeburg in 1965 3 Also known as VfB Leipzig and SC Leipzig 4 Also known as SC Motor Jena 5 Also known as SG Planitz ZSG Horch Zwickau BSG Motor Zwickau and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 6 Played as part of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin until the founding of BFC Dynamo in 1966 7 Played in East Berlin as ZSK Vorwarts Berlin ASK Vorwarts Berlin and FC Vorwarts Berlin The team was relocated to Frankfurt an der Oder in Bezirk Frankfurt in 1971 8 Also known as SG Freiimfelde Halle and Hallescher FC Chemie 9 Also known as SC Empor Rostock 10 Also known as SG Aue BSG Pneumatik Aue BSG Zentra Wismut Aue From 1954 to 1963 the team was known as SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt but continued to play in Aue After German reunification in 1990 the club was renamed FC Wismut Aue before taking on its current name FC Erzgebirge Aue in 1993 11 Both clubs 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig and BSG Chemie Leipzig claim the honors of SC Lokomotive Leipzig 12 Also known as SG Eisenhuttenwerk Thale and BSG Eisenhuttenwerk Thale BSG EHW Thale 13 Also known as BSG Sachsenverlag Dresden BSG Rotation Dresden and SC Einheit Dresden 14 Also known as FC Sachsen Leipzig 15 Also known as SG Fortuna Erfurt BSG KWU Erfurt BSG Turbine Erfurt and SC Turbine Erfurt In 1966 the football departments of SC Turbine Erfurt and BSG Optima Erfurt were merged under the name FC Rot Weiss Erfurt 16 Also known as SG Zeitz and BSG Hydrierwerk Zeitz 17 Also known as BSG Gera Sud and BSG Mechanik Gera 18 The football department of BSG Stahl Eisenhuttenstadt was reorganized as football club Eisenhuttenstadter FC Stahl on 3 May 1990 and thus reached the semi finals of the 1990 91 NOFV Pokal as Eisenhuttenstadter FC Stahl 19 Also known as SG Wurzen and BSG Empor Wurzen West Reached the semi finals in 1952 and 1954 under the name BSG Wurzen West 20 Also known as SG Markische Volksstimme Babelsberg BSG Rotation Babelsberg and BSG DEFA Babelsberg Reached the semi final in 1950 under the name BSG Markische Volksstimme Babelsberg Performance by city or town Edit City Town Winners Club s Dresden 8 SG Dynamo Dresden 7 SC Einheit Dresden 1 Magdeburg 7 1 FC Magdeburg 7 Berlin 6 BFC Dynamo 3 FC Vorwarts Berlin 2 1 FC Union Berlin 1 Leipzig 6 1 FC Lokomotive Leipzig 4 SC Lokomotive Leipzig 1 BSG Chemie Leipzig 1 Jena 4 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 4 Zwickau 3 BSG Motor Sachsenring Zwickau 3 Halle Saale 2 Hallescher FC Chemie 2 Aue 1 SC Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 1 Dessau 1 BSG Waggonbau Dessau 1 Rostock 1 F C Hansa Rostock 1 Thale 1 BSG EHW Thale 1 See also EditList of East German football champions DFV SupercupReferences Edit East Germany List of Cup Finals RSSSF Retrieved 4 April 2018 External links EditEast Germany List of Cup finals at RSSSF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FDGB Pokal amp oldid 1162960443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
