2006–07 DFB-Pokal
The final round of the DFB - Pokal 2007, the men took place between September 2006 and May 2007. This competition was the 64th playout of the German Association Cup and ended with the final on 26 May 2007 at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Cup Winners' Cup was the 1st FC Nuremberg.
Many classified as strong teams dropped out relatively early. Werder Bremen and Hamburger SV lost in the first round, Schalke, Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund followed in the second. In the second round then defeated the defending champions Bayern Munich against Alemannia Aachen.
In the final of VfB Stuttgart played against 1 FC Nuremberg. Stuttgart had only a week earlier won the championship and the chance to the first double in their history. Nuremberg, however, the league had finished in sixth place, which meant the best season since 1987/88. Although Nuremberg had won both league games against Stuttgart, VfB was as favorite. Nuremberg won 3-2 after extra time, however, what the first title win for 39 years and the first Cup victory since 1962 meant for the " Club". Nuremberg had thus achieved four victories in six finals and moved with Eintracht Frankfurt the same as the fifth best team trophy. In addition, for the first time a finale in the extension was decided in 1979 again.
For the first time since 2002 there was no double than in the championship of Borussia Dortmund FC Schalke 04 Cup Winners Cup was.
As the Nuremberg Cup winner in the UEFA Cup took 2007/ 08, where she dropped out in the sixteenth final against Benfica.
Participating teams
For the first round the following 64 teams were qualified:
FC Bayern Munich ( TV)
Werder Bremen
Hamburger SV
FC Schalke 04
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Hertha BSC
Borussia Dortmund
1 FC Nuremberg
VfB Stuttgart
Borussia Mönchengladbach
1 FSV Mainz 05
Hannover 96
Arminia Bielefeld
Eintracht Frankfurt
VfL Wolfsburg
1 FC Kaiserslautern
1 FC Köln
MSV Duisburg
VfL Bochum
Alemannia Aachen
Energie Cottbus
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Karlsruher SC
FC Erzgebirge Aue
SC Paderborn 07
Hansa Rostock
Kickers Offenbach
Eintracht Braunschweig
TSV 1860 München
SpVgg Unterhaching
1 FC Dynamo Dresden
1 FC Saarbrücken
Sportfreunde Siegen
- Regionalliga Nord
- Regionalliga Süd
- Baden
- Bavaria
- Berlin
- Brandenburg
- Bremen
- Hamburg
- Hesse
- Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania
- Middle Rhine
- Lower Rhine
- Lower Saxony
- Rhineland
- Saarland
- Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Südbaden
- Southwest
- Thuringia
- Westphalia
- Württemberg:
Survey
The above each team has home advantage.
1 win after extra time 2 victory on penalties
1 Main Round
The games of the first main round took place on the 8th, 9th and 10th September 2006.
* Amateur teams always enjoy when meeting with a Bundesliga club venue
** Aet = after extra time, i = E. on penalties in brackets the score, if necessary, after the end of normal time and after the end of the first half
2 Main Round
The games of the second main round took place on 24 and 25 October 2006.
* Amateur teams always enjoy when meeting with a Bundesliga club venue
** Aet = after extra time, i = E. on penalties in brackets the score, if necessary, after the end of normal time and after the end of the first half
*** Match abandoned after 81 minutes at the registry of 0:2 ( 0:0). Assistant Referee Kai Voss had been hit and injured by a thrown from the fan block hard plastic cup. The DFB sports court declared the winner Hertha BSC 2-0 Goals and condemned the Kickers to a fine of 10,000 euros and play a match behind closed doors.
Second round
The second round games were held on 19 and 20 December 2006.
* Amateur teams always enjoy when meeting with a Bundesliga club venue
** Aet = after extra time, i = E. on penalties in brackets the score, if necessary, after the end of normal time and after the end of the first half
Quarterfinals
The quarter-finals were held on 27 and 28 February 2007.
** Aet = after extra time, i = E. on penalties in brackets the score, if necessary, after the end of normal time and after the end of the first half
Semifinal
The games of the semi finals were played on 17 and 18 April 2007.
Final
Winning team
(in brackets the matches and goals are specified)
- Goal: Raphael Schäfer (C ) (4 / - ), Daniel Klewer (3 / -)
- Defenders: Michael Beauchamp (3 / -), Honorato Gláuber (3 / -), Marek Nikl (2 / - ), Javier Pinola (6 / -), Dominik Reinhardt ( 5 / -), Matthew Spiranovic (2 / -) Andreas Wolf ( 5 / -)
- Midfielders: Ivica Banović (4/1 ), Marco Engelhardt ( 2/2), Tomáš Galásek ( 6/1), Vratislav Greško (2 / - ), Jan Kristiansen ( 3/1), Marek Mintal ( 4/2), Jawhar Mnari (4 / - ), Jan Polák (5 / -)
- Storm: Leon Benko (2 / -), Chhunly Pagenburg ( 2/1), Ivan Sajenko (6/1 ), Markus Schroth (4 / - ), Gerald Sibon (3 / -), Róbert Vittek ( 3/1)
- Coach: Hans Meyer
Top scorers
These 22 players with two gates and 118 players with one goal and four own goals.
See also: List of scorers of the DFB Cup