| DFB-Pokal | |
| Year: | 1981–82 |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Num Teams: | 128 |
| Defending Champions: | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Winners: | Bayern Munich |
| Second: | 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Matches: | 137 |
| Scoring Leader: | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (7) |
| Prev Season: | 1980–81 |
| Next Season: | 1982–83 |
The 1981–82 DFB-Pokal was the 39th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 28 August 1981 and ended on 1 May 1982. In the final Bayern Munich defeated 1. FC Nürnberg 4–2.[1] Bayern thus won the trophy for the sixth time. It was the last season, that the cup was held with 128 teams participating. Afterwards the competition was scaled down to 64 teams.
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| 8 September 1981 | ||||||
| Alemannia Aachen | 2 – 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | ||||
| FSV Salmrohr | 3 – 1 | ASC Dudweiler | ||||
| Viktoria Köln | 3 – 0 | Rendsburger TSV | ||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg II | 1 – 3 | SSV Ulm 1846 | ||||
| VfR 1910 Bürstadt | 4 – 0 | SC Geislingen |
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| 27 October 1981 | ||||||
| Hannover 96 | 6 – 0 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | ||||
| 18 November 1981 | ||||||
| VfR 1910 Bürstadt | 1 – 0 | Viktoria Köln | (AET) | |||
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5 – 0 | 1. FC Köln II |
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| 4 December 1981 | ||||||
| Alemannia Aachen | 0 – 3 | Hamburger SV | ||||
| Hannover 96 | 2 – 0 | VfL Osnabrück | ||||
| Hertha BSC | 1 – 2 | SSV Ulm 1846 | ||||
| MSV Duisburg | 1 – 2 | Karlsruher SC | (AET) | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | 0 – 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||||
| FC Bayern Munich | 4 – 0 | Borussia Dortmund | ||||
| SV Darmstadt 98 | 1 – 3 | SV Werder Bremen | ||||
| KSV Hessen Kassel | 1 – 2 | VfL Bochum | ||||
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 3 – 1 | VfB Eppingen | ||||
| Freiburger FC | 2 – 0 | Holstein Kiel | ||||
| Urania Hamburg | 1 – 3 | Göttingen 05 | ||||
| 1. FC Bocholt | 3 – 1 | VfR Bürstadt | ||||
| 15 December 1981 | ||||||
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 4 – 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||
| 22 December 1981 | ||||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2 – 0 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||
| 30 December 1981 | ||||||
| VfR Wormatia Worms | 0 – 2 | FSV Frankfurt | ||||
| SpVgg Bayreuth | 2 – 0 | VfB Oldenburg | (AET) |
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| 9 January 1982 | ||||||
| Hannover 96 | 1 – 3 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||||
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 0 – 4 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||||
| SV Werder Bremen | 2 – 0 | SpVgg Bayreuth | ||||
| SV Waldhof Mannheim | 1 – 1 | VfL Bochum | (AET) | |||
| 1. FC Bocholt | 3 – 3 | Göttingen 05 | (AET) | |||
| 9 January 1982 | ||||||
| SSV Ulm 1846 | 1 – 0 | FSV Frankfurt | ||||
| 19 January 1982 | ||||||
| Freiburger FC | 0 – 3 | FC Bayern Munich | ||||
| 26 January 1982 | ||||||
| Hamburger SV | 6 – 1 | Karlsruher SC |
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| 16 January 1982 | ||||||
| Göttingen 05 | 3 – 2 | 1. FC Bocholt | ||||
| 26 January 1982 | ||||||
| VfL Bochum | 3 – 1 | SV Waldhof Mannheim |
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| 20 February 1982 | ||||||
| Göttingen 05 | 2 – 4 | Hamburger SV | ||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 3 – 1 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||||
| SV Werder Bremen | 1 – 2 | FC Bayern Munich | (AET) | |||
| VfL Bochum | 3 – 1 | SSV Ulm 1846 | (AET) |
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| 10 April 1982 | ||||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2 – 0 | Hamburger SV | ||||
| VfL Bochum | 1 – 2 | FC Bayern Munich |
See main article: article and 1982 DFB-Pokal Final.