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The 2024–25 DFB-Pokal is the 43rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Several teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition will begin on 17 August 2024 with the first of six rounds and will end on 1 May 2025 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.

VfL Wolfsburg are the ten-time defending champions.

Participating clubs

The following clubs qualified for the competition:

Format

All clubs from the 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga and the four best-placed teams from the 2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga receive a bye in the first round. Clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals.

Schedule

The rounds of the 2024–25 competition are scheduled as follows:

Matches

Times up to 27 October 2024 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 28 October 2024 to 29 March 2025 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

The draw took place on 27 June 2024, with Ulrike Ballweg drawing the matches. The teams are split into a North and a South group. The Bundesliga and the two best-placed teams from the 2. Bundesliga had a bye. The matches will take place between 17 and 20 August 2024.

17 August 2024	Fortuna Köln	3–1	TuS Issel	Cologne
16:30	Schwing 28', 37' Fohrer 90+4'	Report	Blesius 11'	Stadium: Merian Stadion Attendance: 298 Referee: Nadine Westerhoff

17 August 2024	VfR Warbeyen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Wacker Mecklenbeck	Kleve
18:00	Dallmann 90+8'	Report	Haack 71'	Stadium: Eroglu-Arena Attendance: 710 Referee: Anna-Lena Weiss
	Penalties
	Van Waisem Dallmann Opladen		Große-Scharmann Iliadi Haack Kesse

Second round

The draw took place on 20 August 2024, with Verena Schweers drawing the matches. The matches will take place between 6 and 11 September 2024.

7 September 2024	SV Meppen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Carl Zeiss Jena	Meppen
14:00	Lux 48'	Report	Reuter 64'	Stadium: Hänsch-Arena Attendance: 446 Referee: Sarah Willms
	Penalties
	Lux Rolfes Seyen Kossen Preuss		Ihlenburg Mesch Woldmann

7 September 2024	1. FC Nürnberg	1–2	SC Freiburg	Nuremberg
14:00	Guttenberger 43'	Report	Steuerwald 6' Stegemann 20'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Platz Attendance: 385 Referee: Davina Lutz

8 September 2024	Fortuna Köln	3–1	SV 67 Weinberg	Cologne
13:00	Streller 32', 48' Schwing 90'	Report	Schneider 7'	Stadium: BZA Chorweiler Attendance: 100 Referee: Anna-Lena Weiss

8 September 2024	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	1. FC Köln	Mönchengladbach
14:00	Aslanaj 48'	Report	Leimenstoll 85'	Stadium: Grenzlandstadion Attendance: 878 Referee: Nadine Westerhoff
	Penalties
	Bartsch Van Leeuwe Klensmann Guyens Arici Zielinski Van der Drift Drissen Brietzke		Feiersinger Hechler Achcińska Bienz Billa Agrež Leimenstoll Gerhardt Degen

8 September 2024	Union Berlin	1–0	RB Leipzig	Berlin
16:00	Orschmann 40'	Report		Stadium: An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 4,186 Referee: Riem Hussein

Round of 16

The draw took place on 16 September 2024, with Lena Lotzen drawing the matches. The matches took place between 22 and 24 November 2024.

22 November 2024	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0	Turbine Potsdam	Leverkusen
18:00	Zdebel 74'	Report		Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 838 Referee: Nadine Westerhoff

23 November 2024	Mainz 05	1–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Mainz
17:00	Bathmann 30'	Report	Beerensteyn 82' Jónsdóttir 85', 90+3' Kalma 89'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion auf dem Wolfgang Frank Campus Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Naemi Breier

24 November 2024	SC Freiburg	1–2	Bayern Munich	Freiburg
16:00	Zicai 62'	Report	Felde 27' (o.g.) Schüller 55'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 7,755 Referee: Davina Lutz

Quarterfinals

The draw was held on 15 December 2024, with Julian Köster drawing the matches. The matches will take place between 11 and 13 February 2025.

Semifinals

The matches will take place on 22 and 23 March 2025.

Final

The final take place on 1 May 2025.

Top goalscorers

As of 24 November 2024

Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Nina Lange	VfL Bochum	5
2	Alina Angerer	VfL Bochum	4
3	Flaka Aslanaj	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3
	Emma Ballay	Kieler MTV
	Carolin Corres	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Laura Freigang	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Anna Marques	VfL Bochum
	Christin Meyer	Hamburger SV
	Vivien Schwing	Fortuna Köln
10	23 players		2

Notes

1. Second teams are not eligible.
2. SV Hegnach qualified as runners-up of the Regionalliga Süd as champions SC Freiburg II were ineligible.
3. FC Forstern qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Baden Cup, as 1. FC Nürnberg II, the other finalists, were ineligible.
4. Viktoria Berlin qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Berlin Cup, as Union Berlin, the other finalists, already qualified through their Regionalliga Nordost position.
5. Eintracht Leipzig-Süd qualified regardless of the outcome of the Saxony Cup final, as RB Leipzig II, the other finalists, were ineligible.
6. SC Siegelbach qualified regardless of the outcome of the final of the Southwest Cup, as Mainz 05, the other finalists, already qualified through their Regionalliga Südwest position.
7. 1. FFV Erfurt qualified regardless of the outcome of the Thuringian Cup final, as Carl Zeiss Jena II, the other finalists, were ineligible.

References

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2. "Wolfsburg feiert zehnten Pokalsieg in Folge". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
3. "Ulrike Ballweg lost erste Pokalrunde aus". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
4. ""Interessante Begegnungen": Erste Runde im Pokal der Frauen steht". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
5. "Teilnehmerfeld im DFB-Pokal der Frauen steht fest". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
6. "Verena Schweers lost zweite Pokalrunde aus". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
7. "Zweite Runde: Wolfsburg zur Hertha, FC Bayern nach Sand" (in German). DFB. 20 August 2024. Archived from the original on 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
8. "Lotzen lost Achtelfinale aus, Wück Ziehungsleiter". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
9. "Achtelfinale: Mainz empfängt Wolfsburg". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 16 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
10. "Handball-Nationalspieler Köster lost DFB-Pokalviertelfinale aus". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
11. "Topspiel im Viertelfinale: FC Bayern erwartet Frankfurt". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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• 2024–25 in German football cups
• DFB-Pokal Frauen seasons
• Current association football seasons