2015–16 DFB-Pokal

Country

Germany

Teams

← 2014–15

The 2015–16 DFB-Pokal will be the 73rd season of the annual German football cup competition. It will begin on 7 August 2015 with the first of six rounds and will end on 21 May 2016 with the final at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.^[1]

Participating clubs

The following 64 teams qualified for the competition:

2014–15 Bundesliga all clubs	2014–15 2. Bundesliga all clubs	2014–15 3. Liga best four teams	24 representatives of regional associations, qualified through the 2014–15 Verbandspokale¹
1899 Hoffenheim FC Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund Borussia Mönchengladbach Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Hamburger SV Hannover 96 Hertha BSC 1. FC Köln Mainz 05 SC Paderborn Schalke 04 VfB Stuttgart Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg	1860 Munich VfR Aalen VfL Bochum Eintracht Braunschweig SV Darmstadt 98 Fortuna Düsseldorf Erzgebirge Aue FSV Frankfurt Greuther Fürth 1. FC Heidenheim Ingolstadt 04 Karlsruher SC 1. FC Kaiserslautern RB Leipzig 1. FC Nürnberg SV Sandhausen FC St. Pauli Union Berlin	Arminia Bielefeld TBD TBD TBD	North Baden Cup winners: Bavarian Cup winners: Best amateur team of Regionalliga Bayern 2014/15¹: Würzburger Kickers^[2] Berlin Cup winners: Brandenburg Cup winners: Bremen Cup winners: Hamburg Cup winners: Hesse Cup winners: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cup winners: Middle Rhine Cup winners: Lower Rhine Cup winners: Lower Saxony Cup finalists¹: VfL Osnabrück^[2] Lower Saxony Cup finalists¹: SV Meppen^[2] Rhineland Cup winners: Saarland Cup winners: Saxony Cup winners: Saxony-Anhalt Cup winners: Schleswig-Holstein Cup winners: South Baden Cup winners: South West Cup winners: Thuringia Cup winners: Westphalia Cup winners: Best amateur team of Oberliga Westfalen 2014–15¹ Württemberg Cup winners:

¹ The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.

References

↑ Rahmenterminkalender 2015/2016
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Würzburg und Meppen für Pokal qualifiziert". dfb.de. 17 April 2015.

External links

DFB-Pokal on kicker.de

DFB-Pokal

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2015–16 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '15 '16 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Latvia '15 '16 Lithuania '15 '16 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '15 '16 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '15 '16 Finland '15 '16 France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '15 '16 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '15 '16 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '15 '16 France Hungary Iceland '15 '16 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Scotland Wales

Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Malta Moldova Netherlands Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine

UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League Women's Champions League qualifying knock-out stage Final

International competitions	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2016 Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Euro Under-17 qualification 2017 Women's Euro qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics