1953–54 FDGB-Pokal
The FDGB-Pokal 1953–54 was the fourth competition for the national cup title in association football in East Germany.
This competition continued the 1952-53 competition[1] which had been abandoned after two qualifying rounds and the First Round in June 1953 due to the events around the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany. The competition began with 84 teams from the third-tier Bezirksliga and fourth-tier Bezirksklasse competitions of the 15 Bezirke. After two qualifying rounds, the First Round was played with 64 teams on 7 June 1953. These 64 teams were the 21 remaining teams from the qualifying rounds, 26 teams from the second-tier DDR-Liga and 17 teams from the DDR-Oberliga 1952–53. In the spring of 1954, the Second Round, which already had been drawn in 1953, was drawn again and the matches were played on 25 April 1954.
By the Third Round, 13 of the Oberliga teams had been eliminated, but two Bezirksliga sides were still in the competition: BSG Chemie Apolda and Aktivist Welzow. While they were eliminated in this round, three second-tier teams reached the quarterfinals: Empor Wurzen-West, BSG Chemie Zeitz and Vorwärts Berlin. Vorwärts, who just had secured promotion to the Oberliga, and Oberliga side Motor Zwickau eventually reached the final.
Second round
(played on 25 April 1954)
| Home team | Away team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSG Motor Wismar | – | BSG Motor Oberschöneweide Berlin | 5–1 |
| BSG Turbine Erfurt | – | BSG Rotation Plauen | 1–4 |
| BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt | – | BSG Einheit Spremberg | 4–1 |
| BSG Empor Lauter | – | BSG Rotation Nordost Leipzig | 4–1 |
| BSG Motor Zwickau | – | BSG Aktivist Laubusch | 5–1 |
| BSG Turbine Halle | – | BSG Motor Jena | 1–0 a.e.t. |
| BSG Rotation Babelsberg | – | BSG Einheit Wismar | 6–2 |
| BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | – | BSG Einheit Nauen | 4–2 |
| BSG Aktivist Welzow | – | BSG Empor Tabak Dresden | 2–0 |
| BSG Aktivist Kaiseroda-Tiefenort | – | BSG Empor Wurzen-West | 3–5 a.e.t. |
| BSG Einheit Ost Leipzig | – | BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau | 1–0 a.e.t. |
| BSG Chemie Zeitz | – | BSG Wismut Bärenstein | 10–0 |
| BSG Einheit Greifswald | – | BSG Einheit Schwerin | 2–1 |
| BSG Motor Altenburg | – | BSG Fortschritt Guben | 8–1 |
| ZSK Vorwärts Berlin | – | BSG Turbine Weimar | 4–1 |
| BSG Chemie Apolda | – | BSG Wismut Gera | 3–2 |
Third round
(played on 16/19 May 1954)
| Home team | Away team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSG Rotation Plauen | – | BSG Chemie Apolda | 3–2 a.e.t. |
| BSG Empor Wurzen-West | – | BSG Chemie Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3–0 |
| BSG Empor Lauter | – | BSG Aktivist Welzow | 3–1 |
| BSG Turbine Halle | – | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 0–1 |
| BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | – | BSG Rotation Babelsberg | 4–1 |
| BSG Motor Altenburg | – | BSG Motor Wismar | 4–6 a.e.t. |
| BSG Motor Zwickau | – | BSG Einheit Greifswald | 1–0 |
| BSG Einheit Ost Leipzig | – | ZSK Vorwärts Berlin | 1–4 |
Quarterfinals
(played on 23 May 1954)
| Home team | Away team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSG Chemie Zeitz | – | BSG Motor Nordhausen-West | 4–1 |
| BSG Motor Wismar | – | BSG Motor Zwickau | 1–3 |
| ZSK Vorwärts Berlin | – | BSG Rotation Plauen | 5–0 |
| BSG Empor Wurzen-West | – | BSG Empor Lauter | 3–1 |
Semifinals
(played on 2 June 1954)
| Home team | Away team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZSK Vorwärts Berlin | – | BSG Chemie Zeitz | 1–0 |
| BSG Motor Zwickau | – | BSG Empor Wurzen-West | 2–0 |
Final
1954-07-03 |
| ZSK Vorwärts Berlin | 2 – 1 (1 – 1) |
BSG Motor Zwickau |
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Mitzschke  18'Fröhlich 79' (pen.) |
Baumann 27' |
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References
- 1 2 3 Alexander Mastrogiannopoulos (2005-10-16). "East Germany 1953/54". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
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