Western German Cup

Western German Cup
Organising body	Western German Football Association
Founded	1949
Abolished	1974
Region	North Rhine-Westphalia
Qualifier for	DFB-Pokal
Last champions	Arminia Bielefeld; (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Fortuna Düsseldorf; (5 titles)

The Western German Cup (German: Westdeutscher Pokal) was a cup competition organised by the Western German Football Association, which was played from the 1949–50 season up to the 1973–74 season. The best teams then qualified for the following season of the DFB-Pokal. In the years 1954 to 1960, only the Western German Cup winner participated in the DFB-Pokal. In the 1954–55 season, there was no competition.^[1]

From 1960–61, no final took place. Instead the club which finished best in the DFB-Pokal took the spot. With the introduction of the Bundesliga, the Western German Cup was only intended for clubs below the Bundesliga from the 1965–66 season.

The last Western German Cup took place in the 1973–74 season. Since the introduction of the 2. Bundesliga in the 1974–75 season, the teams playing in the top two leagues directly qualify for the DFB-Pokal. Since then, the amateur teams now qualify through the Verbandspokal.

Cup winners

(Final details listed if known)

1949–50: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (3–0 against Preussen Krefeld)^[2]
1950–51: Sportfreunde Wanne-Eickel (5–4 (a.e.t.) against Hombrucher FV 09)^[3]
1951–52: Rot-Weiss Essen (no final)

Qualification for the DFB-Pokal-Half-Final:

1952–53: 1. FC Köln (2–0 against Rot-Weiss Essen)
1953–54: Schalke 04 (no final)
1954–55: not played
1955–56: Fortuna Düsseldorf (4–2 against Rot-Weiss Essen)
1956–57: Fortuna Düsseldorf (2–1 against Wuppertaler SV)
1957–58: Fortuna Düsseldorf (4–1 against 1. FC Köln)
1958–59: Schwarz-Weiß Essen (3–2 against Westfalia Herne)
1959–60: Borussia Mönchengladbach (3–1 against 1. FC Köln)

After placing in the DFB-Pokal:

1960–61: Hamborn 07 (no final)
1961–62: Fortuna Düsseldorf (no final)
1962–63: Borussia Dortmund (no final)
1963–64: 1. FC Köln
1964–65: Borussia Dortmund

Non-Bundesliga:

1965–66: Arminia Bielefeld (3–2 against Alemannia Aachen)
1966–67: Alemannia Aachen (2–1 against Schwarz-Weiß Essen)
1967–68: VfL Bochum
1968–69: Preußen Münster
1969–70: Wuppertaler SV
1970–71: Fortuna Düsseldorf
1971–72: Wuppertaler SV
1972–73: Rot-Weiss Essen
1973–74: Arminia Bielefeld (2–1 against Borussia Dortmund)

Performance by club

Rank	Club	Wins	Year(s)
1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	5	1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1971
2	1. FC Köln	2	1953, 1964
	Borussia Dortmund		1963, 1965
	Arminia Bielefeld		1966, 1974
	Wuppertaler SV		1970, 1972
	Rot-Weiss Essen		1952, 1973
8	Schalke 04	1	1954
	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen		1950
	Borussia Mönchengladbach		1960
	VfL Bochum		1968
	Schwarz-Weiß Essen		1959
	Preußen Münster		1969
	Alemannia Aachen		1967
	Hamborn 07		1961
	Sportfreunde Wanne-Eickel		1951

References

^ "Fussball". fussball-am-niederrhein.de.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Hauptverein - KTSV Preussen 1855 Krefeld - Fußballabteilung". Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ "Confixx". sportfreunde-wanne.de.

General references

Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: Agon Sportverlag. ISBN 3-928562-85-1.
Weinrich, Matthias; Grüne, Hardy (2000). Deutsche Pokalgeschichte seit 1935. Kassel: Agon Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-146-0.

[1] "Fussball". fussball-am-niederrhein.de.^{[dead link‍]}

[2] "Hauptverein - KTSV Preussen 1855 Krefeld - Fußballabteilung". Archived from the original on 30 December 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[3] "Confixx". sportfreunde-wanne.de.

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Information	1984 semi-finals Finals Winning managers Top scorers Bundesliga clubs eliminated by amateur sides
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