1963–64 FDGB-Pokal explained
| FDGB-Pokal |
| Year: | 1963–64 |
| Prev Season: | 1962–63 |
| Next Season: | 1964–65 |
The 13th competition for the East German national football cup, the FDGB-Pokal, was held in the 1963–64 season.
The competition began with a qualifying round for the 65 clubs of the 2nd DDR-Liga that had been dissolved at the end of the previous season. They were joined by 17 finalists of the Bezirkspokal competitions. 31 teams from the DDR-Liga joined in the first round, the 14 DDR-Oberliga teams only joined in the third round. By then all but two Bezirkspokal and 2nd DDR-Liga teams each had been eliminated.
The fourth round saw the eleven remaining Oberliga teams, four DDR-Liga sides and BSG Empor Neustrelitz as the last club of those that had qualified via the Bezirkspokal. Neustrelitz went out following a 1–2 defeat at the hands of SC Motor Jena, as well as last year's finalist BSG Chemie Zeitz who were eliminated by a 0–2 loss against SC Aufbau Magdeburg. ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg were the only DDR-liga side to reach the quarter finals.
Here Neubrandenburg suffered a 2–7 defeat against SC Leipzig who went on to eliminate defending cup winners Motor Zwickau by a 3–2 extra time win. The second finalist was SC Aufbau Magdeburg who had beaten SC Dynamo Berlin in the quarter finals and SC Motor Jena in the semis.
Qualification round
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
|---|
| – | BSG Motor Stralsund | 2–5 |
| SC Cottbus II | – | BSG Motor Schkeuditz | 4–3 |
| BSG Einheit Wernigerode | – | TSG Wismar | 5–4 |
| BSG Empor Halle | – | BSG Glückauf Bleicherode | 4–0 |
| BSG Motor Gispersleben | – | BSG Lokomotive Meiningen | 5–3 |
| SG Dynamo Gera | – | BSG Motor Sonneberg | 4–1 |
| – | BSG Motor Rudisleben | 1–5 |
| BSG Motor Dresden/Niedersedlitz | – | BSG Chemie Glauchau | 1–3 a.e.t. |
| BSG Rotation Berlin | – | BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt II | 5–3 |
| BSG Empor Wurzen | – | BSG Chemie Bitterfeld | 2–4 |
| BSG Chemie Lauscha | – | BSG Einheit Reichenbach | 3–0 |
| BSG Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin | – | BSG Motor Süd Brandenburg | 4–3 |
| BSG Motor Aschersleben | – | BSG Motor Schönebeck | 3–2 |
| BSG Einheit Elsterberg | – | BSG Motor Mitte Suhl | 4–3 |
| BSG Motor Nord Erfurt | – | BSG Motor Köthen | 1–2 |
| BSG Aufbau Großräschen | – | BSG Motor Görlitz | 1–4 |
| – | SG Dynamo Erfurt | 0–3 |
| BSG Lokomotive Zittau | – | BSG Aktivist Laubusch | 5–1 |
| BSG Motor Veilsdorf | – | BSG Motor Eisenach | 6–2 |
| – | BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge | 3–6 |
| BSG Stahl Thale | – | BSG Aktivist Kali-Werra Tiefenort | 3–2 |
| TSG Gröditz | – | | 2–0 |
| ASG Vorwärts Rostock II | – | SC Traktor Schwerin | 1–2 |
| – | BSG Chemie Schwarzheide | 2–4 |
| BSG Motor Neuhaus/Schierschitz | – | BSG Motor WeMa Plauen | 2–3 |
| BSG Motor Ammendorf | – | BSG Motor Zeiss Jena | 3–0 |
| ASG Vorwärts Schwerin | – | | 2–1 |
| – | BSG Lokomotive Ost Leipzig | 2–4 |
| BSG Motor Gohlis Nord Leipzig | – | BSG Motor Brand Langenau | Walkover |
| – | BSG Motor Hennigsdorf | 1–3 |
| BSG Empor Neustrelitz | – | BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde | 3–2 |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin II | – | BSG Lokomotive Kirchmöser | 0–2 |
| HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg | – | BSG Fortschritt Greiz | 2–0 |
| ASG Vorwärts Karpin | – | BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf | 4–0 |
| BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge | – | | 2–1 |
| ASG Vorwärts Perleberg | – | BSG Einheit Burg | 2–3 |
| BSG Motor Werdau | – | BSG Chemie Schwarza | 1–0 |
| – | | 4–4 a.e.t. |
| – | | 1–1 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Dessau | – | | 3–0 |
| TSG Velten | – | BSG Lokomotive Waren | ?–? | |
Replays
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
|---|
| SG Lichtenberg 47 Berlin | – | TSG Fürstenwalde | 5–2 |
| BSG Motor Eberswalde | – | BSG Motor Rathenow | 9–2 | |
First round
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
|---|
| SC Einheit Dresden | – | BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | 0–1 a.e.t. |
| SG Dynamo Erfurt | – | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 0–3 |
| BSG Motor Bautzen | – | ASG Vorwärts Cottbus | 2–1 |
| BSG Motor Dessau | – | SG Dynamo Eisleben | 0–4 |
| BSG Motor Hennigsdorf | – | SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen | 3–4 |
| BSG Motor Stralsund | – | ASG Vorwärts Rostock | 1–4 |
| SG Lichtenberg 47 Berlin | – | TSC Berlin | 1–2 |
| BSG Motor Rudisleben | – | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 0–2 |
| BSG Chemie Glauchau | – | BSG Motor Ammendorf | 1–2 |
| TSG Velten | – | BSG Einheit Greifswald | 0–4 |
| BSG Motor Brand Langenau | – | BSG Wismut Gera | 1–2 |
| BSG Chemie Bitterfeld | – | SC Potsdam | 0–1 |
| BSG Motor Köthen | – | BSG Stahl Riesa | 0–1 |
| BSG Lokomotive Kirchmöser | – | ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | 1–3 |
| BSG Motor Eberswalde | – | ASG Vorwärts Karpin | 3–2 |
| BSG Chemie Schwarzheide | – | SG Dynamo Dresden | 0–1 |
| BSG Motor Görlitz | – | SC Cottbus | 3–2 |
| SC Cottbus II | – | BSG Lokomotive Zittau | 0–1 |
| SG Dynamo Gera | – | BSG Motor Werdau | 1–2 |
| BSG Empor Neustrelitz | – | SC Frankfurt/Oder | 3–1 a.e.t. |
| BSG Einheit Burg | – | BSG Stahl Thale | 3–4 a.e.t. |
| BSG Einheit Wernigerode | – | BSG Motor Aschersleben | 1–4 |
| BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge | – | BSG Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin | 4–0 |
| SC Traktor Schwerin | – | | 4–2 |
| BSG Motor WeMa Plauen | – | BSG Stahl Lippendorf | 4–0 |
| BSG Lokomotive Ost Leipzig | – | TSG Gröditz | 1–2 |
| BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt | – | SG Dynamo Schwerin | 3–2 |
| BSG Motor Nordhausen West | – | BSG Motor Veilsdorf | 4–1 |
| BSG Empor Halle | – | BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau | 1–4 |
| BSG Motor Gispersleben | – | BSG Motor West Karl-Marx-Stadt | 2–1 |
| BSG Motor Köpenick Berlin | – | ASG Vorwärts Schwerin | 4–2 |
| SC Neubrandenburg | – | BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge | 7–0 |
| BSG Stahl Eisleben | – | BSG Einheit Elsterberg | 2–1 |
| BSG Chemie Lauscha | – | BSG Motor Weimar | 1–2 |
| BSG Rotation Berlin | – | BSG Chemie Wolfen | 1–4 |
| HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg | – | ASG Vorwärts Leipzig | 2–1 | |
Second round
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
|---|
| BSG Lokomotive Zittau | – | SG Dynamo Dresden | 2–1 |
| BSG Wismut Gera | – | BSG Motor Nordhausen West | 3–1 |
| BSG Chemie Wolfen | – | SC Neubrandenburg | 3–5 |
| BSG Stahl Thale | – | BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt | 0–1 aet |
| BSG Motor Werdau | – | BSG Motor Bautzen | 0–2 |
| SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen | – | BSG Stahl Eisleben | 4–3 aet |
| ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | – | BSG Motor Eberswalde | 4–0 |
| ASG Vorwärts Rostock | – | BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge | 2–1 |
| BSG Chemie Zeitz | – | BSG Motor Gispersleben | 4–0 |
| BSG Motor Weimar | – | BSG Motor WeMa Plauen | 7–2 aet |
| BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | – | BSG Motor Görlitz | 3–1 |
| SG Dynamo Eisleben | – | BSG Motor Köpenick Berlin | 2–1 |
| BSG Motor Ammendorf | – | SC Fortschritt Weißenfels | 2–0 |
| BSG Einheit Greifswald | – | SC Traktor Schwerin | 3–2 |
| TSG Gröditz | – | BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau | 0–0 aet |
| BSG Motor Aschersleben | – | TSC Berlin | 1–1 aet |
| SC Potsdam | – | BSG Empor Neustrelitz | 2–2 aet |
| BSG Stahl Riesa | – | HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg | 1–1 aet | |
Replays
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
|---|
| BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau | – | TSG Gröditz | 5–1 |
| TSC Berlin | – | BSG Motor Aschersleben | 4–0 |
| BSG Empor Neustrelitz | – | SC Potsdam | 1–0 |
| HSG Wissenschaft Freiberg | – | BSG Stahl Riesa | ?–? | |
Third round
Replay
Fourth round
(played on 15 March 1964)
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
|---|
| SC Leipzig | – | SC Chemie Halle | 4–0 |
| SG Dynamo Eisleben | – | SC Dynamo Berlin | 0–1 |
| BSG Empor Neustrelitz | – | SC Motor Jena | 1–2 |
| ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | – | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 2–1 |
| BSG Motor Zwickau | – | BSG Motor Weimar | 2–0 |
| SC Aufbau Magdeburg | – | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 2–0 |
| BSG Lokomotive Stendal | – | SC Empor Rostock | 2–5 |
| ASK Vorwärts Berlin | – | SV 08 Steinach | BSG Motor Steinach | 4–2 | |
Quarter finals
(22 April 1964)
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
|---|
| SC Empor Rostock | – | BSG Motor Zwickau | 0–1 |
| SC Motor Jena | – | ASK Vorwärts Berlin | 2–1 |
| SC Dynamo Berlin | – | SC Aufbau Magdeburg | 1–4 |
| SC Leipzig | – | ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg | 7–2 | |
Semi finals
(20 May 1964)
| Home team | | Away team | Result |
|---|
| SC Aufbau Magdeburg | – | SC Motor Jena | 3–2 |
| BSG Motor Zwickau | – | SC Leipzig | 2–3 a.e.t. | |
Final
Statistics
Match report
The cup final, played 5 weeks after the end of the DDR-Oberliga saw the third-placed team of SC Leipzig play eleventh-placed SC Aufbau Magdeburg. Despite the intense heat—Neues Deutschland called the match the "heat final" with 33C in the shade,[1] Berliner Zeitung talks about heat near 40C[2] —Leipzig was in control from the start, playing a faster, more flexible and better thought-out game than their opposition. After Leipzig's second goal, following a solo effort from Frenzel, finished by winger Engelhardt, Magdeburg pushed to avert the impending defeat and scored after a lonely run by Hermann Stöcker and a finish by Walter. This goal rallied Magdeburg and a short freekick was used to equalize, again by Walter. As two players had had to be treated for injuries, referee Kunze—described as heavy-set[1] and not always at the top of the game[2] added some more time. And with just seconds left, Stöcker capitalized on a bad clearance by Leipzig's goalkeeper to score the winning goal.
Notes and References
- News: Joachim Pfitzner. Magdeburgs Pokalsieg Sekunden vor Schluss. Magdeburg's cup win seconds before the end. 19. Neues Deutschland. 162. 14 June 1964. 8. German.
- News: FDGB-Pokal nach Magdeburg. FDGB Cup to Magdeburg. Werner Fischer. Bodo Radtke. Berliner Zeitung. 20. 162. 14 June 1964. 7. German.
