1968 DFB-Pokal final explained

1968 DFB-Pokal Final
Event:	1967–68 DFB-Pokal
Team1:	1. FC Köln
Team1score:	4
Team2:	VfL Bochum
Team2score:	1
Stadium:	Südweststadion
City:	Ludwigshafen
Referee:	Karl Riegg (Augsburg)^[1]
Attendance:	60,000
Previous:	1967
Next:	1969

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]

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
		Qualification Round 4	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	2–1
FC 08 Homburg	4–1	Round 1	Karlsruher SC	3–2
Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1 and 1–0 (replay)	Round 2	VfB Stuttgart	2–1
Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1 and 2–1 (replay)	Quarterfinals	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0
Borussia Dortmund	3–0	Semifinals	FC Bayern Munich	2–1

Match

Details

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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

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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
RW	7	Karl-Heinz Böttcher
CF	9	Heinz Höher
LW	11	Werner Balte
Substitutes:
MF	13
Manager:
Hermann Eppenhoff

Match rules

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

External links

Match report at kicker.de
Match report at WorldFootball.net
Match report at Fussballdaten.de

Notes and References

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