2020–21 DFB-Pokal Frauen explained

DFB-Pokal Frauen
Year:2020–21
Country:Germany
Dates:19 September 2020 – 30 May 2021
Num Teams:52
Winners:VfL Wolfsburg
Count:8
Second:Eintracht Frankfurt
Matches:51
Goals:246
Attendance:4550
Scoring Leader:Nina Heisel
Stefanie Sanders
(8 goals)
Prev Season:2019–20
Next Season:2021–22

The 2020–21 DFB-Pokal was the 41st season of the annual German football cup competition. Several teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition began on 19 September 2020 with the first of six rounds and ended on 30 May 2021 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.[1] The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German women's football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).

The defending champions were Frauen-Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, after they defeated SGS Essen in the previous final.[2]

Wolfsburg went on to win the title for the seventh consecutive time, after defeating Eintracht Frankfurt 1–0 in the final.[3]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 31 August 2020, the DFB Executive Committee decided to extend the use of five substitutions in matches (with a sixth allowed in extra time) to the 2020–21 season, which was implemented at the end of the previous season to lessen the impact of fixture congestion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The use of five substitutes, based on the decision of competition organisers, had been extended by IFAB until 2021.[5]

Participating clubs

The following 52 clubs qualified for the competition:

Bundesliga
the 12 clubs of the 2019–20 season
2. Bundesliga
9 of the 14 clubs of the 2019–20 season
Regionalliga
10 champions and runners-up of the 2019–20 season
Verbandspokal
the 21 winners of the regional association cups
Baden

Bavaria

  • SV 67 Weinberg

Berlin

  • BSV Grün-Weiss Neukölln

Brandenburg

  • FSV Babelsberg 74

Bremen

  • ATS Buntentor

Hamburg

  • Walddörfer SV

Hesse

Lower Rhine
  • SV Büdberg

Lower Saxony

  • Jahn Delmenhorst

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Middle Rhine

Rhineland

  • SV Holzbach

Saarland

  • SV Göttelborn

Saxony

  • Phoenix Leipzig
Saxony-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein

South Baden

  • SV Gottenheim

Southwest

Thuringia

Westphalia

  • SSV Rhade

Württemberg

  • SV Alberweiier

Format

Clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals. Should both clubs play below the 2. Bundesliga, there will be no host club change anymore. In the first round, the matches are split into a "North" and "South" zone.

Schedule

The rounds of the 2020–21 competition are scheduled as follows:

RoundMatches
First round19–27 September 2020
Second round31 October – 1 November 2020
Round of 165–6 December 2020
Quarter-finals20–21 March 2021
Semi-finals4 April 2021
Final29 May 2021 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

First round

The draw was made on 25 August 2020.[7] [8] The matches were played on 19, 20, 26 and 27 September 2020.

Second round

The draw was made on 1 October 2020.[9] [10] The matches were played on 31 October and 1 November 2020.

Round of 16

The draw was made on 8 November 2020.[11] [12] The matches were played on 5 and 6 December 2020 and in early 2021.

Quarterfinals

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 3 January 2021.[13] [14] The matches took place from 19 to 21 March 2021.[1]

Semifinals

The draw was held on 28 February 2021.[15] [16] The matches took place on 3 and 4 April 2021.[1]

Final

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GK 1 Merle Frohms
RB 2 Letícia Santos
CB 4
CB 20
LB 23
RM 27 Laura Feiersinger
CM 8 Sjoeke Nüsken
CM 31 Tanja Pawollek (c)
LM 28
CF 10 Laura Freigang
CF 7 Lara Prašnikar
Substitutes:
GK 26 Cara Bösl
DF 13
DF 16
MF 5
MF 15 Sandrine Mauron
FW 9
FW 19 Theresa Panfil
Manager:
Niko Arnautis
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GK 1 Almuth Schult (c)
RB 24
CB 23 Sara Doorsoun
CB 6 Dominique Janssen
LB 13 Felicitas Rauch
CM 15 Ingrid Syrstad Engen
CM 5
RW 10 Svenja Huth
AM 16
LW 14
CF 17
Substitutes:
GK 27
MF 3
MF 9
MF 20
MF 21 Lara Dickenmann
MF 22 Shanice van de Sanden
MF 28 Lena Goeßling
Manager:
Stephan Lerch
<--Man of the Match:
NAME (CLUB)-->Assistant referees

[17]
Vanessa Arlt
Jacqueline Herrmann
Fourth official


Susann Kunkel

Match rules[18]
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals[19]
1 Nina HeiselSV 67 Weinberg8
Stefanie SandersSC Freiburg
3 Lea SchüllerBayern Munich7
4 Barbara DunstEintracht Frankfurt4
Jannelle FlawsSV Meppen
Laura FreigangEintracht Frankfurt
Zsanett JakabfiVfL Wolfsburg
Melissa KösslerTurbine Potsdam
Géraldine ReutelerEintracht Frankfurt
Lena OberdorfVfL Wolfsburg
Tabea Waßmuth1899 Hoffenheim

Notes and References

  1. News: Rahmenterminkalender der Frauen für 2020/2021 verabschiedet. DFB.de . . 6 July 2020 . 6 July 2020 . de.
  2. Web site: Video: Sieg vom Punkt – Wolfsburg feiert 6. Pokalsieg in Serie. German Football Association. dfb.de. 4 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Pajor trifft spät: Wolfsburg zum 7. Mal in Serie Pokalsieger. German Football Association. dfb.de. 30 May 2021.
  4. News: Fünf Auswechslungen: DFB verlängert Ausnahmeregelung . Five substitutions: DFB extends exceptional regulation . DFB.de . . 31 August 2020 . 3 September 2020 . de.
  5. News: Five-substitute option extended into 2021 in response to COVID-19 pandemic . . 15 July 2020 . 3 September 2020.
  6. News: BV Cloppenburg meldet sich vom Spielbetrieb ab. dfb.de. 3 October 2020 . 3 October 2020.
  7. News: Renate Lingor lost erste Pokalrunde aus. DFB.de . . 19 August 2020 . 19 August 2020 . de.
  8. News: DFB-Pokal der Frauen: Erste Runde ausgelost. DFB.de . . 25 August 2020 . 25 August 2020 . de.
  9. News: Im Livestream: Ullrich lost zweite Runde aus. DFB.de . . 29 September 2020 . 29 September 2020 . de.
  10. News: Titelverteidiger Wolfsburg reist zum Auftakt nach Bochum. DFB.de . . 1 October 2020 . 1 October 2020 . de.
  11. News: DFB-Pokalauslosungen am 8. November. DFB.de . . 1 October 2020 . 28 October 2020 . de.
  12. News: Achtelfinale: Wolfsburg gegen Duisburg, Bayern zu Regionalligisten. DFB.de . . 8 November 2020 . 8 November 2020 . de.
  13. News: Pokalauslosung mit Hannawald am 3. Januar. DFB.de . . 22 December 2020 . 22 December 2020 . de.
  14. News: Viertelfinale: Nordduell in Wolfsburg. DFB.de . . 3 January 2021. 3 January 2021. de.
  15. News: Nach Bremen gegen Meppen: Halbfinalauslosung live auf DFB-TV. DFB.de . . 24 February 2021. 24 February 2021. de.
  16. News: Halbfinale: Wolfsburg gegen Bayern möglich. DFB.de . . 28 February 2021. 28 February 2021. de.
  17. News: Derlin leitet Pokalfinale in Köln. DFB.de . . 30 May 2021 . 30 May 2021 . de.
  18. Web site: Spielordnung . Match rules . DFB.de . . PDF . 58 (60 of PDF) . 7 February 2020 . de.
  19. Web site: DFB-Pokal – Torjäger 2020/21 . weltfussball.de . 20 September 2020 . de.