1978–79 DFB-Pokal
DFB Cup winner 1979 Fortuna Dusseldorf was. The Düsseldorf Fortuna was a year before the German champions 1.FC Cologne inferior in finale 0-2, could, however, also compete representative of the Cologne in the European Cup Winners in the year of this DFB Cup victory and also reached the final, the however lost to FC Barcelona 3:4 after extra time went. On this performance they could as cup winners but unable to match and eliminated in the first round against the Scottish Cup winners Glasgow Rangers from. Scorer of the competition was Dieter Hoeness of VfB Stuttgart with eight gates, of which he alone had seven shot in the first game against the Spandau SV.
It was Düsseldorf's first win in six finals after the defeats in 1937, 1957, 1958, 1962 and the previous year. Holders 1 FC Köln was eliminated by eventual finalists Hertha BSC in the second round.
- 3.1 Replays
- 4.1 Replays
- 5.1 Replay
Participating teams
- For the first main round following teams were qualified.
- North:
- South:
- North:
- Berlin:
- Westphalia:
- Nordrhein:
- Hesse:
- Southwest:
- Baden- Württemberg:
- Bavaria:
1 Main Round
Replay
2 Main Round
Replays
3 Main Round
Replays
Second round
Replay
Quarterfinals
Semifinal
Final
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- Football in 1978
- Football in 1979