Bremen Cup Explained

Bremer Pokal
Region:Bremen, Germany
Founded:1951
Qualifier For:DFB-Pokal
Champion:Bremer SV (2023–24)
Most Successful Club:Werder Bremen II (20 titles)

The Bremer Pokal ('Bremen Cup') is an annual football cup competition, held by the German: Bremer Fußball-Verband (English: Bremen Football Association). It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany and a qualifying competition for the German Cup, with the winner of the competition being automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season.[1] For sponsorship reasons, the competition is known as the Lotto-Pokal.

The record winners of the competition are SV Werder Bremen II, with 20 titles to their name,[2] but the team is now barred from entering the cup competition, like all reserve teams in Germany since 2008.

Mode

The competition is open for all member clubs of the Bremen FA from the Regionalliga Nord, Bremen-Liga, Landesliga Bremen and the Bezirks- and Kreisligen. Reserve teams are not permitted to compete anymore, making it impossible for SV Werder Bremen II to add to its record total of 20 wins. The competition is staged separately for Bremen and Bremerhaven, with the two regions joining from the quarter-finals onwards, whereby two slots are allocated to Bremerhaven for this round while the remaining six clubs come from Bremen. Regardless of which club has been drawn first, clubs from a lower league will always have home advantage when playing a club from a higher league. In case of a draw after regular time, no extra time is played and the game instead decided through a penalty shoot out.[3]

The cup final is to be held at a neutral venue with the location to be determined by the Bremen FA. The cup winner automatically qualifies for the first round of the German Cup.

Winners

The winners of the competition:[2]

ClubWinsYears
SV Werder Bremen II201969, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007
FC Oberneuland101993, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2023
Bremer SV101980, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024
Blumenthaler SV81953, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1978
FC Bremerhaven31996, 2005, 2006
SGO Bremen31958, 1966, 1975
TuS Eintracht Bremen31956, 1964, 1967
OSC Bremerhaven121981, 1984
TuS Bremerhaven 93 II121959, 1968
SV Hemelingen21951, 1952
BSC Hastedt12018
Leher TS12017
SG Aumund-Vegesack12013
TSV Osterholz-Tenever11988
Polizei SV Bremen11973
Hastedter TSV11972
SV Grohn11957
ATSV 1860 Bremen11955
TSV Wulsdorf11954

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=460546 DFB Cup Men – Mode
  2. http://www.dsfs.de/uploads/media/Bremen_Meister_und_Pokalsieger.pdf Bremen: Meister und Pokalsieger
  3. http://www.bremerfv.de/fileadmin/Statuten/dufuebeherren.pdf Durchführungsbestimmungen Herren