| DFB-Pokal Frauen | |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Dates: | 17 August 2024 – 1 May 2025 |
| Matches: | 18 |
| Goals: | 84 |
| Scoring Leader: | Nina Lange (4 goals) |
| Extra Information: | Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included. |
| Updated: | 20 August 2024 |
| Prev Season: | 2023–24 |
| Next Season: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 DFB-Pokal is the 43rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Several teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition will begin on 17 August 2024 with the first of six rounds and will end on 1 May 2025 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.[1]
VfL Wolfsburg are the ten-time defending champions.[2]
The following clubs qualified for the competition:
| Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2023–24 season | 2. Bundesliga 10 of the 14 clubs of the 2023–24 season | Regionalliga the 2 promoted teams and the 5 champions of the 2023–24 season | |
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| Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups | |||
Baden
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 | |
All clubs from the 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga and the four best-placed teams from the 2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga receive a bye in the first round. Clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals.
The rounds of the 2024–25 competition are scheduled as follows:
| Round | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| First round | 17–20 August 2024 | |
| Second round | 7–9 September 2024 | |
| Round of 16 | 22–24 November 2024 | |
| Quarter-finals | 11–13 February 2025 | |
| Semi-finals | 22–23 March 2025 | |
| Final | 1 May 2025 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
Times up to 27 October 2024 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 28 October 2024 to 29 March 2025 are CET (UTC+1).
The draw took place on 27 June 2024, with Ulrike Ballweg drawing the matches.[3] [4] The teams are split into a North and a South group. The Bundesliga and the two best-placed teams from the 2. Bundesliga will have a bye.[5] The matches will take place between 17 and 20 August 2024.
The draw took place on 20 August 2024, with Verena Schweers drawing the matches.[6] [7] The matches will take place between 7 and 9 September 2024.