The 2001–02 DFB-Pokal was the 59th season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 24 August 2001 and ended on 11 May 2002. In the final Schalke 04 defeated Bayer Leverkusen 4–2, defending their title from the previous season and thereby claiming their fourth title.^[1]

Matches

Times up to 27 October 2001 and from 31 March 2002 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 28 October 2001 to 30 March 2002 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

Rot-Weiss Erfurt v LR Ahlen

24 August 2001	Rot-Weiss Erfurt	2–2 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p)	LR Ahlen	Erfurt
	Bach 54' (pen.) Pätz 87'	Report (in German)	Feinbier 13' Fengler 18'	Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
	Penalties
	Oswald Hartung Ziegner Bach Seifert Gansauge Pätz Bancic Szewczuk Twardzik Oswald Hartung		Dama Daschner Vasiljevic Schuster Rösele Feinbier Zimmermann Hamann Simon Langerbein Dama Rösele

VfB Stuttgart (A) v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

24 August 2001	VfB Stuttgart (A)	0–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Stuttgart
		Report (in German)	Azzouzi 60'	Stadium: Robert-Schlienz-Stadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Kammmerer (Karlsruhe)

VfR Mannheim v Hannover 96

24 August 2001	VfR Mannheim	1–3	Hannover 96	Mannheim
	Benda 89' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Keita 6' Stendel 46' Kaufman 63'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

Stuttgarter Kickers v SpVgg Unterhaching

24 August 2001	Stuttgarter Kickers	1–5	SpVgg Unterhaching	Stuttgart
	Njock 82'	Report (in German)	Zimmermann 6' Spiżak 48', 49', 57' Schwarz 60'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stefan Trautmann (Bodenwerder)

SV Yeşilyurt v SC Freiburg

24 August 2001	SV Yeşilyurt	2–4	SC Freiburg	Berlin
	Yakut 40' Perktas 71'	Report (in German)	Tanko 28' Iashvili 57' Müller 76' Bruns 78'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

SV Babelsberg 03 v Hertha BSC

25 August 2001	SV Babelsberg 03	1–2	Hertha BSC	Potsdam
	Röver 3'	Report (in German)	Marcelinho 55' Alves 89'	Stadium: Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion Attendance: 14,700 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

FC Homburg v Hamburger SV

25 August 2001	FC Homburg	2–5	Hamburger SV	Homburg
	Sorg 52' Jung 53'	Report (in German)	Meijer 1' Hoogma 11', 30' Groth 23' Bester 40'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

FC St. Pauli (A) v Eintracht Frankfurt

25 August 2001	FC St. Pauli (A)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg
		Report (in German)	Skela 118' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

KFC Uerdingen v Energie Cottbus

25 August 2001	KFC Uerdingen	1–0	Energie Cottbus	Krefeld
	Fiore 63'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ralf Späker (Marl)

Würzburger FV v 1860 München

25 August 2001	Würzburger FV	0–10	1860 München	Würzburg
		Report (in German)	Schroth 19' Weissenberger 25', 74', 75', 89' Max 45', 48' Häßler 47' Borimirov 68' Ipoua 74'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)

VfR Aalen v Rot-Weiss Oberhausen

25 August 2001	VfR Aalen	0–2	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	Aalen
		Report (in German)	Lipinski 20' (pen.) Beliakov 87'	Stadium: Städtisches Waldstadion Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

Erzgebirge Aue v Mainz 05

25 August 2001	Erzgebirge Aue	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mainz 05	Aue
	Hasse 29'	Report (in German)	Hock 10' Voronin 114'	Stadium: Erzgebirgssstadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Stefan Weber (Eisenach)

BW Brühl v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

25 August 2001	BW Brühl	1–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Brühl
	Morig 18' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Lokvenc 28', 44' Knavs 42' Lincoln 89'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Günter Perl (Munich)

VfL Osnabrück v Hansa Rostock

25 August 2001	VfL Osnabrück	2–1	Hansa Rostock	Osnabrück
	Poutilo 35' Everson 70'	Report (in German)	Arvidsson 72'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

VfB Lübeck v Werder Bremen

25 August 2001	VfB Lübeck	2–3	Werder Bremen	Lübeck
	Scharping 15' Kruppke 80'	Report (in German)	Aílton 20', 27' Tjikuzu 53'	Stadium: Lohmühle Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

Eintracht Trier v Alemannia Aachen

25 August 2001	Eintracht Trier	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Alemannia Aachen	Trier
	Keller 69' Aziz 113'	Report (in German)	Ivanović 15' Xiaorui 99' Diané 103' Lämmermann 111'	Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Kai Voss (Großhansdorf)

Karlsruher SC v Waldhof Mannheim

25 August 2001	Karlsruher SC	2–5	Waldhof Mannheim	Karlsruhe
	Fuchs 20', 69' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Grimm 30' (o.g.) Klausz 35', 64' Ćatić 55' Ivanov 72'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Peter Lange (Filderstadt)

VfL Wolfsburg (A) v Borussia Dortmund

25 August 2001	VfL Wolfsburg (A)	1–0	Borussia Dortmund	Wolfsburg
	Vandreike 64'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Christian Schößling (Leipzig)

Darmstadt 98 v FC St. Pauli

26 August 2001	Darmstadt 98	3–1	FC St. Pauli	Darmstadt
	Kolb 11' Maier 21' Musci 90'	Report (in German)	Patschinski 13'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Detlef Scheppe (Wenden)

Werder Bremen (A) v 1. FC Saarbrücken

26 August 2001	Werder Bremen (A)	5–0	1. FC Saarbrücken	Bremen
	Mamoum 16' Kern 43' Schulz 60' Borowski 79' Rolfes 90'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Weserstadion, Platz 2 Attendance: 700 Referee: Thomas Frank (Hannover)

Energie Cottbus (A) v Arminia Bielefeld

26 August 2001	Energie Cottbus (A)	0–4	Arminia Bielefeld	Cottbus
		Report (in German)	Borges 11' Kauf 13' Van der Ven 74' Flock 88'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Babak Rafati (Hannover)

FC Schüttorf 09 v SSV Reutlingen

26 August 2001	FC Schüttorf 09	1–4	SSV Reutlingen	Schüttorf
	Böger 74'	Report (in German)	Becker 22' Garcia 36' Djappa 58' Hoffmann 88'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Schalke 04 (A) v VfL Bochum

26 August 2001	Schalke 04 (A)	0–1	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
		Report (in German)	Christiansen 22'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Gelsenkirchen)

FC Schönberg 95 v VfB Stuttgart

26 August 2001	FC Schönberg 95	2–4	VfB Stuttgart	Schönberg
	Urgast 12' Neitzel 15'	Report (in German)	Gerber 59' Adhemar 65', 89' Kurányi 87'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Matthias Anklam (Buchholz in der Nordheide)

SSV Jahn Regensburg v Bayer Leverkusen

26 August 2001	SSV Jahn Regensburg	0–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Regensburg
		Report (in German)	Kirsten 13' Lúcio 54' Schneider 61'	Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)

Chemnitzer FC v 1. FC Köln

26 August 2001	Chemnitzer FC	2–5	1. FC Köln	Chemnitz
	Fröhlich 7' Krieg 8'	Report (in German)	Scherz 9', 66', 75' Donkov 19' Kreuz 42'	Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Frank Minskowski (Hanstedt)

Mainz 05 (A) v Borussia Mönchengladbach

26 August 2001	Mainz 05 (A)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mainz
		Report (in German)		Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
	Penalties
	Eichinger Azaouagh Maas Steffgen		Van Lent Küntzel Ulich Van Houdt

SC Freiburg (A) v Schalke 04

26 August 2001	SC Freiburg (A)	0–1	Schalke 04	Freiburg
		Report (in German)	Sand 70'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

1. FC Magdeburg v VfL Wolfsburg

26 August 2001	1. FC Magdeburg	1–5	VfL Wolfsburg	Magdeburg
	Scholze 15'	Report (in German)	Munteanu 17' Kennedy 23', 47' Petrov 36' Marić 83'	Stadium: Ernst-Grube-Stadion Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

1. FC Union Berlin v MSV Duisburg

26 August 2001	1. FC Union Berlin	1–0	MSV Duisburg	Berlin
	Vidolov 66' (pen.)	Report (in German)		Stadium: Alte Försterei Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

SSV Ulm 1846 v 1. FC Nürnberg

26 August 2001	SSV Ulm 1846	2–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Ulm
	Skowranek 25' Trkulja 60' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Stoilov 40'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

SC Paderborn v Bayern Munich

27 August 2001	SC Paderborn	1–5	Bayern Munich	Paderborn
	Karpowicz 89'	Report (in German)	Jancker 6' Santa Cruz 23' Zickler 51', 71' N. Kovač 65'	Stadium: Hermann Löns Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

Second round

Rot-Weiss Erfurt v Hertha BSC

27 November 2001	Rot-Weiss Erfurt	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Hertha BSC	Erfurt
	Hebestreit 44'	Report (in German)	Beinlich 1' Dárdai 92'	Stadium: Steigerwaldstadion Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

Hamburger SV v VfB Stuttgart

27 November 2001	Hamburger SV	0–2	VfB Stuttgart	Stuttgart
		Report (in German)	Seitz 41' Ganea 58'	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

Arminia Bielefeld v Schalke 04

27 November 2001	Arminia Bielefeld	1–2	Schalke 04	Bielefeld
	Wichniarek 57'	Report (in German)	Sand 27' Möller 90'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 26,600 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

VfL Wolfsburg v SpVgg Unterhaching

27 November 2001	VfL Wolfsburg	3–0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Wolfsburg
	Müller 41' Rische 63' Plassnegger 90'	Report (in German)		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

KFC Uerdingen v Werder Bremen

27 November 2001	KFC Uerdingen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Werder Bremen	Krefeld
	Schmugge 80' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Borowski 17'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mike Pickel (Mendig)
	Penalties
	Schmugge Maaß Janota Rodríguez Vriesde		Bode Borowski Skripnik Banović Verlaat

Mainz 05 v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

27 November 2001	Mainz 05	3–2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Mainz
	Thurk 44' Kramny 47' Babatz 90'	Report (in German)	Dworrak 16' Ruman 87'	Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

1860 München v Borussia Mönchengladbach

28 November 2001	1860 München	4–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Munich
	Weissenberger 8' Max 48' Šuker 57' Wiesinger 74'	Report (in German)	Hausweiler 29' Van Lent 33' Korzynietz 38'	Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

Waldhof Mannheim v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

28 November 2001	Waldhof Mannheim	2–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Mannheim
	Teber 11', 53'	Report (in German)	Ramzy 27' Lokvenc 42' Marschall 90'	Attendance: 21,100 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

Alemannia Aachen v 1. FC Köln

28 November 2001	Alemannia Aachen	1–2	1. FC Köln	Aachen
	Zernicke 60'	Report (in German)	Kurth 5' Reich 29'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

Darmstadt 98 v SC Freiburg

28 November 2001	Darmstadt 98	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	SC Freiburg	Darmstadt
	Maier 32', 96' Hasa 79'	Report (in German)	Kobiashvili 23' Iashvili 83' Gerber 116'	Attendance: 14,200 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)
	Penalties
	Mihajlović Maier Costa		Hermel Kobiashvili But Gerber

SSV Reutlingen v Rot-Weiss Oberhausen

28 November 2001	SSV Reutlingen	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	Reutlingen
	Djappa 75' Hoffmann 110'	Report (in German)	Judt 27' Vier 95'	Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
	Penalties
	Kovář Schmiedel Hoffmann Djappa Ćurko		Lipinski Hayer Judt Vier

Werder Bremen (A) v Eintracht Frankfurt

28 November 2001	Werder Bremen (A)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bremen
	Mamoum 19' Kern 46', 65'	Report (in German)	Ćirić 45', 72', 90'	Stadium: Sportpark Vinnenweg Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)
	Penalties
	Schierenbeck Schulz Kern Borel		Kryszałowicz Ćirić Rada Skela Bindewald

VfL Wolfsburg (A) v Hannover 96

28 November 2001	VfL Wolfsburg (A)	0–4	Hannover 96	Wolfsburg
		Report (in German)	Simak 11' Kaufman 31', 42' Däbritz 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Stefan Weber (Emmerich)

SSV Ulm 1846 v 1. FC Union Berlin

28 November 2001	SSV Ulm 1846	0–3	1. FC Union Berlin	Ulm
		Report (in German)	Fiél 78' Đurković 80' Menze 86'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Kammerer (Karlsruhe)

VfL Bochum v Bayer Leverkusen

11 December 2001	VfL Bochum	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Bochum
	Freier 28' Colding 75'	Report (in German)	Berbatov 27', 77', 90'	Stadium: Ruhrstadion Attendance: 11,900 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

VfL Osnabrück v Bayern Munich

12 December 2001	VfL Osnabrück	0–2	Bayern Munich	Osnabrück
		Report (in German)	Jancker 49' Scholl 62'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

Round of 16

VfB Stuttgart v 1860 München

11 December 2001	VfB Stuttgart	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	1860 München	Stuttgart
	Balakov 67' (pen.) Carnell 93'	Report (in German)	Pürk 7' Šuker 103'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
	Penalties
	Adhemar Meißner Soldo Bordon		Wiesinger Max Šuker Hoffmann

1. FC Union Berlin v Rot-Weiss Oberhausen

11 December 2001	1. FC Union Berlin	1–2	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	Berlin
	Divić 86'	Report (in German)	Lipinski 41' (pen.) Hayer 89'	Stadium: Alte Försterei Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Mainz 05 v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

11 December 2001	Mainz 05	2–3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Mainz
	Babatz 71' N'Kufo 84' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Lokvenc 23' Lincoln 31', 42'	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha BSC

12 December 2001	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Hertha BSC	Frankfurt
	Yang 22'	Report (in German)	Šimunić 76' Dárdai 96'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

KFC Uerdingen v 1. FC Köln

12 December 2001	KFC Uerdingen	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	1. FC Köln	Krefeld
	Rodríguez 72'	Report (in German)	Kurth 62'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
	Penalties
	Schmugge Maaß Rodríguez Emerson		Keller Baranek Lottner Donkov Cichon

Darmstadt 98 v Schalke 04

12 December 2001	Darmstadt 98	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Schalke 04	Darmstadt
		Report (in German)	Sand 115'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

Hannover 96 v Bayer Leverkusen

22 December 2001	Hannover 96	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Hannover
	Keita 47'	Report (in German)	Neuville 20' Kirsten 47'	Stadium: Niedersachsenstadion Attendance: 46,100 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

Bayern Munich v VfL Wolfsburg

23 December 2001	Bayern Munich	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Munich
	Tarnat 43' Giovane Élber 44'	Report (in German)	Ponte 13'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

Quarter-finals

Hertha BSC v 1. FC Köln

30 January 2002	Hertha BSC	1–2 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln	Berlin
	Goor 47'	Report (in German)	Zellweger 85' Lottner 105'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

Bayer Leverkusen v 1860 München

30 January 2002	Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	1860 München	Leverkusen
	Berbatov 66', 73' Brdarić 80'	Report (in German)		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Schalke 04 v Rot-Weiss Oberhausen

30 January 2002	Schalke 04	2–0	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	Gelsenkirchen
	Böhme 30' (pen.) Möller 86'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 54,600 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Bayern Munich

30 January 2002	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Bayern Munich	Kaiserslautern
		Report (in German)		Stadium: Betzenberg Attendance: 37,600 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
	Penalties
	Koch Hengen Bjelica Hristov		Effenberg Jeremies Hargreaves Scholl Pizarro

Semi-finals

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Köln

5 March 2002	Bayer Leverkusen	3–1 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln	Leverkusen
	Zellweger 59' (o.g.) Živković 100' Schneider 114'	Report (in German)	Song 90'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

Schalke 04 v Bayern Munich

6 March 2002	Schalke 04	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Bayern Munich	Gelsenkirchen
	Van Hoogdalem 100' Böhme 115'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Arena AufSchalke Attendance: 60,700 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

References

External links

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