| DFB-Pokal | |
| Year: | 1988–89 |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Num Teams: | 64 |
| Defending Champions: | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Winners: | Borussia Dortmund |
| Second: | Werder Bremen |
| Matches: | 72 |
| Scoring Leader: | Christian Schreier (7 goals) |
| Prev Season: | 1987–88 |
| Next Season: | 1989–90 |
The 1988–89 DFB-Pokal was the 46th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 6 August 1988 and ended on 24 June 1989. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds. In the final Borussia Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 4–1.[1]
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| 17 August 1988 | ||||||
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1 – 2 | FC Schalke 04 | ||||
| VfL Osnabrück | 2 – 1 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | ||||
| SG Union Solingen | 5 – 1 | STV Horst-Emscher | ||||
| 25 September 1988 | ||||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 – 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||
| VfL Bochum | 4 – 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | (AET) |
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| 24 September 1988 | ||||||
| VfL Osnabrück | 0 – 1 | Hamburger SV | ||||
| SV Werder Bremen | 6 – 1 | SpVgg Bayreuth | ||||
| TuS Hoisdorf | 0 – 4 | FC Bayern Munich | ||||
| SG Union Solingen | 2 – 2 | SC Fortuna Köln | (AET) | |||
| SSV Reutlingen | 1 – 1 | Rot-Weiß Essen | (AET) | |||
| SpVgg Landshut | 1 – 2 | Alemannia Aachen | ||||
| FSV Salmrohr | 0 – 1 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | (AET) | |||
| SV Emmendingen | 1 – 3 | SV Wehen | ||||
| 12 October 1988 | ||||||
| Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 5 – 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | (AET) | |||
| 30 October 1988 | ||||||
| TSV Osterholz-Tenever | 0 – 6 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | ||||
| 1 November 1988 | ||||||
| 1. FC Köln | 1 – 2 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | ||||
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 1 – 1 | Karlsruher SC | (AET) | |||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2 – 1 | FC 08 Homburg | ||||
| Saar 05 Saarbrücken | 3 – 3 | FC Schalke 04 | (AET) | |||
| 2 November 1988 | ||||||
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 5 – 0 | Kickers Offenbach | ||||
| 29 November 1988 | ||||||
| VfB Stuttgart | 3 – 2 | VfL Bochum | (AET) |
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| 12 October 1988 | ||||||
| Rot-Weiß Essen | 3 – 1 | SSV Reutlingen | ||||
| 16 October 1988 | ||||||
| SC Fortuna Köln | 5 – 2 | SG Union Solingen | ||||
| 29 November 1988 | ||||||
| Karlsruher SC | 1 – 0 | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||||
| FC Schalke 04 | 7 – 1 | Saar 05 Saarbrücken |
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| 16 November 1988 | ||||||
| Hamburger SV | 3 – 1 | Rot-Weiß Essen | ||||
| 10 December 1988 | ||||||
| FC Schalke 04 | 2 – 3 | Borussia Dortmund | ||||
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 5 – 2 | SV Waldhof Mannheim | ||||
| SV Wehen | 2 – 3 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||||
| FC Bayern Munich | 3 – 4 | Karlsruher SC | ||||
| Alemannia Aachen | 1 – 4 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | ||||
| SV Werder Bremen | 3 – 1 | SC Fortuna Köln | (AET) | |||
| VfB Stuttgart | 2 – 0 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | (AET) |
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| 29 March 1989 | ||||||
| Borussia Dortmund | 1 – 0 | Karlsruher SC | ||||
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2 – 0 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | ||||
| VfB Stuttgart | 4 – 0 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||||
| Hamburger SV | 0 – 1 | SV Werder Bremen | (AET) |
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| 9 May 1989 | ||||||
| Borussia Dortmund | 2 – 0 | VfB Stuttgart | ||||
| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 1 – 2 | SV Werder Bremen |
See main article: article and 1989 DFB-Pokal Final.