2006–07 DFB-Pokal

2006–07 DFB-Pokal

Country	Germany
Teams	64
Defending champions	Bayern Munich
Champions	1. FC Nuremberg
Runners-up	VfB Stuttgart
Matches played	63
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Fans of the winner 1. FC Nuremberg in the final, whose banner reads: "Even in 39 years without a title, we were always proud and loyal! But as we're already here, we will take the cup home with us."

The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2006–07 was the 64th season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on September 8, 2006 and ended on 26 May 2007. In the final, FC Nuremberg defeated VfB Stuttgart 3–2 after extra time,^[1] thereby claiming their fourth title.

1st round

September 8, 2006
SV Sandhausen	0–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
VfL Osnabrück	3–1	Eintracht Braunschweig
September 9, 2006
SpVgg Bayreuth	0–2	Kickers Offenbach
Tennis Borussia Berlin	1–3	Karlsruher SC
1. FC Magdeburg	1–1	Paderborn 07	(AET) (Paderborn 07 won 7–6 on penalties)
Westfalia Herne	1–2	Erzgebirge Aue
Dynamo Dresden	2–3	Hannover 96
Delbrücker SC	2–4	SC Freiburg
Hansa Rostock II	1–9	Schalke 04
TSG Thannhausen	0–3	Borussia Dortmund
FK Pirmasens	1–1	Werder Bremen	(AET) (Pirmasens won 4–2 on penalties)
BV Cloppenburg	0–1	1. FC Nuremberg
Gera 03	0–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Rot-Weiss Essen	1–0	Energie Cottbus
Stuttgarter Kickers	4–3	Hamburger SV	(AET)
TuS Koblenz	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen	(AET) (Bayer Leverkusen won 3–1 on penalties)
FC Augsburg	3–4	Wacker Burghausen	(AET)
Alemannia Aachen II	0–4	VfB Stuttgart
Sportfreunde Siegen	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Homburg	1–2	VfL Bochum
FC St. Pauli	1–2	Bayern Munich	(AET)
September 10, 2006
SSVg Velbert	0–3	SpVgg Unterhaching
SV Rossbach	1–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Rot-Weiß Ahlen	1–2	MSV Duisburg
Babelsberg 03	2–1	Hansa Rostock
Carl Zeiss Jena	1–2	1. FC Köln
VfB Lübeck	1–0	1860 Munich
FC Bremerhaven	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg
1. FC Saarbrücken	1–0	FSV Mainz 05
Chemnitzer FC	0–2	Alemannia Aachen
Darmstadt 98	0–1	Hertha BSC	(AET)
SC Pfullendorf	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld

2nd round

October 24, 2006
Babelsberg 03	2–4	VfB Stuttgart
1. FC Saarbrücken	0–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
FK Pirmasens	0–3	SpVgg Unterhaching
VfB Lübeck	0–0	Wacker Burghausen	(AET) (Wacker Burghausen won 5–4 on penalties)
VfL Bochum	3–2	Karlsruher SC
VfL Wolfsburg	1–0	SC Freiburg
Borussia Dortmund	0–1	Hannover 96
1. FC Köln	4–2	Schalke 04	(AET)
October 25, 2006
Alemannia Aachen	4–2	Erzgebirge Aue	(AET)
SC Pfullendorf	0–2	Kickers Offenbach
VfL Osnabrück	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Paderborn 07	1–2	1. FC Nuremberg	(AET)
Rot-Weiss Essen	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt
MSV Duisburg	3–2	Bayer Leverkusen	(AET)
Stuttgarter Kickers	0–2^*	Hertha BSC
Bayern Munich	1–0	1. FC Kaiserslautern

^*Match abandoned on 86' after linesman was struck from the crowd; Result stood

3rd round

December 19, 2006
VfL Osnabrück	0–3	Hertha BSC
VfL Bochum	1–4	VfB Stuttgart
Eintracht Frankfurt	3–1	1. FC Köln	(AET)
1. FC Nuremberg	0–0	SpVgg Unterhaching	(AET) (Nuremberg won 2–1 on penalties)
December 20, 2006
Kickers Offenbach	2–1	Wacker Burghausen
SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1–3	VfL Wolfsburg
Hannover 96	1–0	MSV Duisburg
Alemannia Aachen	4–2	Bayern Munich

Quarter-finals

February 27, 2007
1. FC Nuremberg	0–0	Hannover 96	(AET) (Nuremberg won 4–2 on penalties)
VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Alemannia Aachen
Kickers Offenbach	0–3	Eintracht Frankfurt
February 28, 2007
VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Hertha BSC

Semi-finals

April 17, 2007
1. FC Nuremberg	4–0	Eintracht Frankfurt
April 18, 2007
VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	VfB Stuttgart

Final

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Nürnberg

26 May 2007 20:00 CEST

VfB Stuttgart	2–3 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Nürnberg
Cacau  20' Pardo  80' (pen.)	Report	Mintál  28' Engelhardt  47' Kristiansen  109'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 74,220 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

References

1. "DFB-Pokal 2006-07" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-14.

External links

• Official site of the DFB (German)
• Kicker.de (German)