1981 DFB-Pokal final explained

1981 DFB-Pokal Final
Event:1980–81 DFB-Pokal
Team1:Eintracht Frankfurt
Team1score:3
Team2:1. FC Kaiserslautern
Team2score:1
Stadium:Neckarstadion
City:Stuttgart
Referee:Horst Joos (Stuttgart)[1]
Attendance:71,000
Previous:1980
Next:1982

The 1981 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1980–81 DFB-Pokal, the 38th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 2 May 1981 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart.[2] Eintracht Frankfurt won the match 3–1 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, to claim their 3rd cup title.

Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal began with 128 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of six rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.[3]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Eintracht FrankfurtRound1. FC Kaiserslautern
OpponentResult1980–81 DFB-PokalOpponentResult
VfB Gaggenau (A)3–0Round 1VfR Heilbronn (A)3–0
VfB Friedrichshafen (H)6–0Round 2SG Egelsbach (A)3–1
SSV Ulm (H)3–0Round 3Bayern Munich (H)2–1
VfB Oldenburg (A)5–4Round of 16Alemannia Aachen (H)3–0
VfB Stuttgart (H)2–1Quarter-finalsBorussia Mönchengladbach (H)3–1
Hertha BSC (H)1–0Semi-finalsEintracht Braunschweig (H)3–2

Match

Details

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GK 1 Jürgen Pahl
RB 2 Michael Sziedat
CB 5 Bruno Pezzey
CB 4 Charly Körbel
LB 3 Willi Neuberger
RM 6 Werner Lorant
CM 10 Bernd Nickel
CM 8 Ronny Borchers
LM 9 Norbert Nachtweih
CF 11 Cha Bum-kun
CF 7 Bernd Hölzenbein (c)
Substitutes:
GK 1 Joachim Jüriens
DF 13 Rigobert Gruber
DF 14 Wolfgang Trapp
MF 12 Stefan Lottermann
FW 15 Harald Karger
Manager:
Lothar Buchmann
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GK 1 Ronnie Hellström
RB 2
CB 6 Hans-Günter Neues (c)
CB 3 Michael Dusek
LB 5 Hans-Peter Briegel
CM 4 Werner Melzer
CM 8 Friedhelm Funkel
CM 10 Hans Bongartz
RW 7 Reiner Geye
CF 9 Benny Wendt
LW 11 Erhard Hofeditz
Substitutes:
GK 1 Armin Reichel
DF 13 Norbert Buschlinger
MF 12 Johannes Riedl
MF 15 Jörn Kaminke
FW 14 Axel Brummer
Manager:
Karl-Heinz Feldkamp
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner . DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes . . 2015 . 29 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Alle DFB-Pokalsieger . All DFB-Pokal winners . dfb.de . . 6 June 2016 . German.
  3. Web site: Modus . Mode . dfb.de . . 15 August 2012 . 11 June 2015 . German.