2015–16 DFB-Pokal Frauen

Football tournament season

The DFB-Pokal 2015–16 was the 36th season of the cup competition, Germany's second-most important title in women's football.

Results

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 14 July 2015, it was divided into a Northern and Southern draw. The top seven teams from the last Bundesliga season received a bye to the second round.^[1][2]

VfL Bochum v SV Werder Bremen

Hallescher FC v Herforder SV

DJK-VfL Billerbeck v FFV Leipzig

Karlsruher SC v FC Köln

Blau-Weiß Hohen Neuendorf v SV Meppen

FFC Gera v FSV Gütersloh

Magdeburger FFC v GSV Moers

SV Union Meppen v SFC Stern

SV Hegnach v FC Nürnberg

SV Henstedt-Ulzburg v FF USV Jena

TuRa Meldorf v FC Neubrandenburg

ATS Buntentor v Holstein Kiel

Bramfelder SV v BV Cloppenburg

FC Union Berlin v FC Lübars

FSV Lokomotive Dresden v FSV Babelsberg

FFC Niederkirchen v Bayer Leverkusen

TSV Crailsheim v SC Sand

Fortuna Köln v FC Saarbrücken

SC Siegelbach v Borussia Mönchengladbach

SV Dirmingen v TuS Issel

TSG Neu-Isenburg v PSV Freiburg

TSV Schott v MSV Duisburg

FSV Hessen Wetzlar v SV Weinberg

VfL Sindelfingen v ETSV Würzburg

FFC Montabaur v Alemannia Aachen

Second round

The draw for the second round took place on 27 August 2015. The 25 teams which advanced from the first round were joined by the top seven teams from the last Bundesliga season (FC Bayern Munich, VfL Wolfsburg, FFC Frankfurt, FFC Turbine Potsdam, SGS Essen, TSG Hoffenheim and SC Freiburg).^[3][4]

PSV Freiburg v FFC Frankfurt

SV Hegnach v TuS Issel

DJK-VfL Billerbeck v VfL Wolfsburg

Alemannia Aachen v SC Sand

Borussia Mönchengladbach v FC Köln

BV Cloppenburg v FF USV Jena

TuRa Meldorf v SV Werder Bremen

Holstein Kiel v FFC Turbine Potsdam

SV Union Meppen v SGS Essen

Magdeburger FFC v Herforder SV

FSV Gütersloh v SV Meppen

FSV Babelsberg v FC Lübars

MSV Duisburg v FC Bayern Munich

VfL Sindelfingen v SC Freiburg

FC Saarbrücken v TSG Hoffenheim

FSV Hessen Wetzlar v Bayer Leverkusen

Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 was held on 10 October 2015.^[5][6]

FC Köln v FF USV Jena

VfL Wolfsburg v SGS Essen

SV Hegnach v FC Lübars

FFC Turbine Potsdam v TSG Hoffenheim

Herforder SV v SC Sand

FC Bayern Munich v FFC Frankfurt

SV Meppen v SV Werder Bremen

SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals draw took place on 15 November 2015. FC Lübars is the only remaining team not playing in the Bundesliga, being part of the 2. Bundesliga.^[7][8]

9 December 2015

13:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 232

Referee: Riem Hussein (Bad Harzburg)

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9 December 2015

18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

Weserstadion complex (field 11), Bremen

Attendance: 714

Referee: Mirka Derlin (Bad Schwartau)

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9 December 2015

18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

Stadion Finsterwalder Straße, Berlin

Attendance: 158

Referee: Christine Weigelt (Leipzig)

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9 December 2015

18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)

Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, Potsdam

Attendance: 1,580

Referee: Daniela Illing (Limbach-Oberfrohna)

Semifinals

The semifinals draw took place on 16 December 2015.^[9][10]

3 April 2016

12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

Kühnmatt-Stadion, Willstätt

Attendance: 2,215

Referee: Kathrin Heimann (Gladbeck)

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3 April 2016

14:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

AOK Stadion, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 1,719

Referee: Susann Kunkel (Hamburg)

Final

21 May 2016

15:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 16,542

Referee: Angelika Söder (Ingolstadt)

Topscorers

References

1. "25 PAARUNGEN DER ERSTEN RUNDE GEZOGEN" (in German). Retrieved 24 July 2015.
2. "1. RUNDE (22.08.2015 - 23.08.2015)" (in German). 27 March 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
3. "Meinert to draw pairings of the second round" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
4. "DFB Cup second round: Bayern travel to Duisburg". DFB. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
5. "Round of 16 draw to be held on 10 October" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
6. "Bayern gegen Frankfurt: Topspiel im Achtelfinale". dfb. 10 October 2015.
7. "Navina Omilade lost pokalviertelfinale aus" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
8. "Viertelfinale: Potsdam im Topspiel gegen Titelverteidiger Wolfsburg" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
9. "Lichtlein lost auch Frauen-Pokalhalbfinale aus" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
10. "Halbfinale ausgelost: Wolfsburg gegen Freiburg, Bayern in Sand" (in German). DFB. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
11. Topscorers