| 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]
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]
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 | |
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| Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups | |||
| Baden
Bavaria
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse | Lower Rhine
Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Middle Rhine Rhineland
Saarland
Saxony
| Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein South Baden
Southwest Thuringia Westphalia
Württemberg
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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.
The rounds of the 2020–21 competition are scheduled as follows:
| Round | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| First round | 19–27 September 2020 | |
| Second round | 31 October – 1 November 2020 | |
| Round of 16 | 5–6 December 2020 | |
| Quarter-finals | 20–21 March 2021 | |
| Semi-finals | 4 April 2021 | |
| Final | 29 May 2021 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
The draw was made on 25 August 2020.[7] [8] The matches were played on 19, 20, 26 and 27 September 2020.
The draw was made on 1 October 2020.[9] [10] The matches were played on 31 October and 1 November 2020.
The draw was made on 8 November 2020.[11] [12] The matches were played on 5 and 6 December 2020 and in early 2021.
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]
The draw was held on 28 February 2021.[15] [16] The matches took place on 3 and 4 April 2021.[1]
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| Rank | Player | Team | Goals[19] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina Heisel | SV 67 Weinberg | 8 |
| Stefanie Sanders | SC Freiburg | ||
| 3 | Lea Schüller | Bayern Munich | 7 |
| 4 |  Barbara Dunst | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 |
 Jannelle Flaws | SV Meppen | ||
| Laura Freigang | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
 Zsanett Jakabfi | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Melissa Kössler | Turbine Potsdam | ||
| Géraldine Reuteler | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Lena Oberdorf | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Tabea Waßmuth | 1899 Hoffenheim |
