2022–23 DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal 2022–23
Region	Germany
Championship venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Dates	29 July 2022–3 June 2023
Number of teams	64
Defending champions	RB Leipzig
Champions	RB Leipzig
Runner-up	Eintracht Frankfurt
Total matches played	63
Total goals scored	238
Top goal scorer	Randal Kolo Muani (6 goals)
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The 2022–23 DFB-Pokal was the 80th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams will participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The competition will begin on 29 July 2022 with the first of six rounds and will end on 3 June 2023 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985. The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).

The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification for the group stage of the 2023–24 edition of the UEFA Europa League. If they have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League through position in the Bundesliga, then the spot will go to the team in sixth, and the league's UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round spot will go to the team in seventh. The winner also will host the 2023 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and will face the champion of the 2022–23 Bundesliga.

Participating clubs

The following teams qualified for the competition:

Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2021–22 season	2. Bundesliga the 18 clubs of the 2021–22 season	3. Liga the top 4 clubs of the 2021–22 season
FC Augsburg Hertha BSC Union Berlin Arminia Bielefeld VfL Bochum Borussia Dortmund Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg Greuther Fürth 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen Mainz 05 Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart VfL Wolfsburg	Erzgebirge Aue Werder Bremen Darmstadt 98 Dynamo Dresden Fortuna Düsseldorf Hamburger SV Hannover 96 1. FC Heidenheim FC Ingolstadt Karlsruher SC Holstein Kiel 1. FC Nürnberg SC Paderborn Jahn Regensburg Hansa Rostock SV Sandhausen Schalke 04 FC St. Pauli	1. FC Magdeburg Eintracht Braunschweig 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1860 München
Representatives of the regional associations 24 representatives of 21 regional associations of the DFB, qualify (in general) through the 2021–22 Verbandspokal
Baden Waldhof Manheim Bavaria FV Illertissen (CW) SpVgg Bayreuth (RB) Berlin Viktoria Berlin Brandenburg Energie Cottbus Bremen Bremer SV Hamburg Teutonia Ottensen Hesse Kickers Offenbach	Lower Rhine SV Straelen Lower Saxony Schwarz-Weiß Rehden (3L/RL) Blau-Weiß Lohne (Am.) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern TSG Neustrelitz Middle Rhine Viktoria Köln Rhineland FV Engers Saarland SV Elversberg Saxony Chemnitzer FC	Saxony-Anhalt Einheit Wernigerode Schleswig-Holstein VfB Lübeck South Baden SV Oberachern Southwest Schott Mainz Thuringia Carl Zeiss Jena Westphalia SV Rödinghausen (CW) 1. FC Kaan-Marienborn (OL) Württemberg Stuttgarter Kickers

Format

Participation

The DFB-Pokal begins with a round of 64 teams. The 36 teams of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, along with the top 4 finishers of the 3. Liga are automatically qualified for the tournament. Of the remaining slots, 21 are given to the cup winners of the regional football associations, the Verbandspokal. The 3 remaining slots are given to the three regional associations with the most men's teams, which currently is Bavaria, Lower Saxony, and Westphalia. The best-placed amateur team of the Regionalliga Bayern is given the spot for Bavaria. For Lower Saxony, the Lower Saxony Cup is split into two paths: one for 3. Liga and Regionalliga Nord teams, and the other for amateur teams. The winners of each path qualify. For Westphalia, the best-placed team of the Oberliga Westfalen also qualifies. As every team is entitled to participate in local tournaments which qualify for the association cups, every team can in principle compete in the DFB-Pokal. Reserve teams and combined football sections are not permitted to enter, along with no two teams of the same association or corporation.

Draw

The draws for the different rounds are conducted as following:

For the first round, the participating teams will be split into two pots of 32 teams each. The first pot contains all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the best four teams of the 3. Liga, and the bottom four teams of the 2. Bundesliga. Every team from this pot will be drawn to a team from the second pot, which contains all remaining professional teams (all the teams of the Bundesliga and the remaining fourteen 2. Bundesliga teams). The teams from the first pot will be set as the home team in the process.

The two-pot scenario will also be applied for the second round, with the remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) in the first pot and the remaining Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga teams in the other pot. Once again, the 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) will serve as hosts. This time the pots do not have to be of equal size though, depending on the results of the first round. Theoretically, it is even possible that there may be only one pot, if all of the teams from one of the pots from the first round beat all the others in the second pot. Once one pot is empty, the remaining pairings will be drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts.

For the remaining rounds, the draw will be conducted from just one pot. Any remaining 3. Liga and/or amateur team(s) will be the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team will serve as hosts.

Match rules

Teams meet in one game per round. Matches take place for 90 minutes, with two-halves of 45 minutes. If still tied after regulation, 30 minutes of extra time will be played, consisting of two periods of 15 minutes. If the score is still level after this, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. A coin toss will decide who takes the first penalty. A total of seven players are allowed to be listed on the substitute bench, with up to three substitutions being allowed during regulation. After approval by the IFAB in 2016, the use of a fourth substitute is allowed in extra time as part of a pilot project. From the quarter-finals onward, a video assistant referee will be appointed for all DFB-Pokal matches. Though technically possible, VAR will not be used for home matches of Bundesliga clubs prior to the quarter-finals in order to provide a uniform approach to all matches.

Suspensions

If a player receives five yellow cards in the competition, he will then be suspended from the next cup match. Similarly, receiving a second yellow card suspends a player from the next cup match. If a player receives a direct red card, they will be suspended a minimum of one match, but the German Football Association reserves the right to increase the suspension.

Champion qualification

The winner of the DFB-Pokal earns automatic qualification for the group stage of next year's edition of the UEFA Europa League. If they have already qualified for the UEFA Champions League through position in the Bundesliga, then the spot will go to the team in sixth, and the league's UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round spot will go to the team in seventh. The winner also will host the DFL-Supercup at the start of the next season, and will face the champion of the previous year's Bundesliga, unless the same team wins the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal, completing a double. In that case, the runner up of the Bundesliga will take the spot and host instead.

Schedule

All draws will generally be held at the German Football Museum in Dortmund, on a Sunday evening after each round (unless noted otherwise). The draws will be televised on ARD's Sportschau, broadcast on Das Erste.

From the 2022–23 season, the schedule of the DFB-Pokal will be reformed, with fewer matches played simultaneously to increase attractiveness for television broadcasts. This includes the first round, in which two matches will be played on a Tuesday and Wednesday a month after the other matches in the round, and the round of 16, which will be split across two weeks.

The rounds of the 2022–23 competition are scheduled as follows:

Round	Draw date	Matches
First round	TBD 2022	29 July – 1 August & 30–31 August 2022
Second round	4 September 2022	18–19 October 2022
Round of 16	23 October 2022	31 January – 1 February & 7–8 February 2023
Quarter-finals	12 February 2023	4–5 April 2023
Semi-finals	9 April 2023	2–3 May 2023
Final		3 June 2023 at Olympiastadion, Berlin

Matches

A total of sixty-three matches will take place, starting with the first round on 29 July 2022 and culminating with the final on 3 June 2023 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Times up to 29 October 2022 and from 26 March 2023 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 30 October 2022 to 25 March 2023 are CET (UTC+1).

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 29 May 2022, with Kevin Großkreutz drawing the matches. Thirty of the thirty-two matches took place from 29 July to 1 August 2022. The remaining two matches, involving the participants of the 2022 DFL-Supercup (played on 30 July), took place on 30 and 31 August 2022.

29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)	TSG Neustrelitz	0–8	Karlsruher SC	Neustrelitz
18:00		Report	Schleusener  12', 14', 41' Gondorf  67' Batmaz  72' Gordon  73' Rapp  82', 87'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Konrad Oldhafer

29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)	1. FC Kaan-Marienborn	0–2	1. FC Nürnberg	Siegen
18:00		Report	Geis  45' Valentini  84'	Stadium: Leimbachstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Robert Kampka

29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)	Dynamo Dresden	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Dresden
18:00		Report	Churlinov  33'	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 22,644 Referee: Florian Badstübner

29 July 2022 (2022-07-29)	1860 Munich	0–3	Borussia Dortmund	Munich
20:45		Report	Malen  8' Bellingham  31' Adeyemi  35'	Stadium: Grünwalder Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	Viktoria Berlin	0–3	VfL Bochum	Berlin
13:00		Report	Zoller  18' Asano  22' Hofmann  65'	Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Attendance: 5,573 Referee: Patrick Alt

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	SV Straelen	3–4	FC St. Pauli	Duisburg
13:00	Vicario  19', 80' Nshimirimana  42'	Report	Smith  26' Medić  40', 90' Otto  62'	Stadium: MSV-Arena Attendance: 5,874 Referee: Tom Bauer

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	SV Elversberg	4–3	Bayer Leverkusen	Spiesen-Elversberg
15:30	Rochelt  2' Koffi  17' (pen.) Schnellbacher  37' Conrad  74'	Report	Hložek  5' Aránguiz  30' Schick  89'	Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Martin Petersen

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	Jahn Regensburg	2–2 (4–3 pen)	1. FC Köln	Regensburg
15:30	Albers  18' Owusu  27'	Report	Uth  28' Ljubičić  63'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 13,236 Referee: Felix Brych
		Penalties
	Makridis Thalhammer Saller Yıldırım Gimber		Ljubičić Chabot Maina Thielmann Ehizibue

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	FV Illertissen	0–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Illertissen
15:30		Report	Mainka  57' Beck  80'	Stadium: Vöhlinstadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Marco Fritz

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	VfB Lübeck	1–0	Hansa Rostock	Lübeck
15:31	Gözüsirin  78'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 10,351 Referee: Arne Aarnink

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	SpVgg Bayreuth	1–3	Hamburger SV	Bayreuth
15:31	Hemmerich  16'	Report	Königsdörffer  83', 111' Schonlau  97'	Stadium: Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion Attendance: 14,700 Referee: Michael Bacher

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	Einheit Wernigerode	0–10	SC Paderborn	Wernigerode
15:31		Report	Justvan  7', 46' Leipertz  10', 58' Pieringer  40', 50', 53', 90' Srbeny  49' Tachie  67'	Stadium: Sportforum Wernigerode Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Richard Hempel

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	Stuttgarter Kickers	2–0	Greuther Fürth	Stuttgart
18:01	Zagaria  9' Braig  89'	Report		Stadium: Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Timo Gerach

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	Kickers Offenbach	1–4	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Offenbach
18:01	Lemmer  57'	Report	Hoffmann  33' Lemmer  54' (o.g.) Ginczek  71', 79'	Stadium: Bieberer Berg Attendance: 16,620 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

30 July 2022 (2022-07-30)	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Jena
18:01		Report	Marmoush  90+2'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Florian Heft

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	Schwarz-Weiß Rehden	0–4	SV Sandhausen	Rehden
13:01		Report	Bachmann  23', 45' Kutucu  32' Zhirov  51'	Stadium: Sportplatz Waldsportstätten Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Florian Lechner

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	Bremer SV	0–5	Schalke 04	Oldenburg
13:01		Report	Zalazar  3' Drexler  12', 33' Kmiec  39' (o.g.) Kamiński  83'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Patrick Hanslbauer

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–2	SC Freiburg	Kaiserslautern
15:31	Ritter  33'	Report	Sallai  82' Dōan  111'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 38,317 Referee: Jörg Jablonksi

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	SV Oberachern	1–9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Freiburg im Breisgau
15:31	Huber  61'	Report	Thuram  2', 22', 36' Hofmann  37', 45+3' Bensebaini  45' Stindl  47' Scally  59' Neuhaus  78'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 13,558 Referee: Nicolas Winter

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	Blau-Weiß Lohne	0–4	FC Augsburg	Lohne
15:31		Report	Maier  51' Jensen  69' Niederlechner  81' Malone  89'	Stadium: Heinz-Dettmer-Stadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Sven Waschitzki-Günther

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	Schott Mainz	0–3	Hannover 96	Mainz
15:31		Report	Ahlbach  36' (o.g.) Beier  42' Haas  50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bruchwegstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Florian Exner

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	FV Engers	1–7	Arminia Bielefeld	Koblenz
15:31	Kap  54'	Report	Serra  9', 70' Klos  24', 50' Okugawa  56' Lasme  86' Hack  90+1'	Stadium: Stadion Oberwerth Attendance: 3,558 Referee: Wolfgang Haslberger

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	SV Rödinghausen	0–2	1899 Hoffenheim	Rödinghausen
15:31		Report	Kabak  115' Prömel  118'	Stadium: Häcker Wiehenstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Robin Braun

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	Eintracht Braunschweig	4–4 (6–5 pen)	Hertha BSC	Braunschweig
18:01	Behrendt  63' (pen.) Lauberbach  66' Pherai  91' Henning  118'	Report	Selke  10' Maolida  42' Tousart  103' Lukebakio  106'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 14,126 Referee: Tobias Stieler
		Penalties
	Pherai Marx Nikolaou Donkor Behrendt Krauße Henning		Darida Kenny Plattenhardt Jovetić Ejuke Šunjić Kempf

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	Erzgebirge Aue	0–3	Mainz 05	Aue-Bad Schlema
18:01		Report	Kohr  41' Burgzorg  70' Ingvartsen  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Erzgebirgsstadion Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

31 July 2022 (2022-07-31)	Waldhof Mannheim	0–0 (5–3 pen)	Holstein Kiel	Mannheim
18:01		Report		Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 13,137 Referee: Tobias Reichel
		Penalties
	Bahn Rossipal Russo Sohm Wagner		Erras Komenda Schulz Okyere Wriedt

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)	Chemnitzer FC	1–2	Union Berlin	Chemnitz
18:01	Müller  62'	Report	Pefok  64' Behrens  114'	Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße Attendance: 13,465 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)	Energie Cottbus	1–2	Werder Bremen	Cottbus
18:01	Heike  79'	Report	Schmid  43' Weiser  73'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 20,078 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)	FC Ingolstadt	0–3	Darmstadt 98	Ingolstadt
18:01		Report	Tietz  15' Kempe  42' (pen.) Warming  84'	Stadium: Audi Sportpark Attendance: 5,298 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1 August 2022 (2022-08-01)	1. FC Magdeburg	0–4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Magdeburg
20:46		Report	Kamada  4', 59' Lindstrøm  31' Alario  90'	Stadium: MDCC-Arena Attendance: 26,350 Referee: Felix Zwayer

30 August 2022 (2022-08-30)	Teutonia Ottensen	0–8	RB Leipzig	Leipzig
20:46		Report	Werner  19', 20', 43' Silva  40', 53' Forsberg  56' Nkunku  77' Olmo  80'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13,084 Referee: Harm Osmers

31 August 2022 (2022-08-31)	Viktoria Köln	0–5	Bayern Munich	Cologne
20:46		Report	Gravenberch  35' Tel  45+1' Mané  53' Musiala  67' Goretzka  82'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 4 September 2022, with Josia Topf drawing the matches. The sixteen matches took place from 18 to 19 October 2022.

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	VfB Lübeck	0–3	Mainz 05	Lübeck
18:00		Report	Hack  16' Ingvartsen  43' Barkok  88'	Stadium: Stadion Lohmühle Attendance: 9,974 Referee: Robin Braun

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	Stuttgarter Kickers	0–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
18:00		Report	Kolo Muani  11' Smolčić  17'	Stadium: Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	Waldhof Mannheim	0–1	1. FC Nürnberg	Mannheim
18:00		Report	Gohlke  63' (o.g.)	Stadium: Carl-Benz-Stadion Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	RB Leipzig	4–0	Hamburger SV	Leipzig
18:00	Poulsen  33', 36' Simakan  69' Henrichs  81'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 44,787 Referee: Benjamin Cortus

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	SV Elversberg	0–1	VfL Bochum	Spiesen-Elversberg
20:45		Report	Losilla  85'	Stadium: Waldstadion an der Kaiserlinde Attendance: 6,911 Referee: Sven Waschitzki-Günther

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Braunschweig
20:45	Multhaup  40'	Report	Svanberg  8' Kamiński  65'	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	1899 Hoffenheim	5–1	Schalke 04	Sinsheim
20:45	Dabbur  5', 43' Angeliño  16' Kabak  51' Kadeřábek  63'	Report	Drexler  69'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 15,633 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck

18 October 2022 (2022-10-18)	Darmstadt 98	2–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Darmstadt
20:45	Tietz  23' Seydel  79'	Report	Netz  48'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 15,850 Referee: Robert Schröder

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)	Hannover 96	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	Hanover
18:00		Report	Arrey-Mbi  11' (o.g.) Bellingham  71' (pen.)	Stadium: Heinz von Heiden-Arena Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)	SC Freiburg	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Freiburg
18:00	Ginter  90+3' Gregoritsch  119'	Report	Daschner  42'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Felix Brych

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)	SV Sandhausen	2–2 (8–7 pen)	Karlsruher SC	Sandhausen
18:00	Ambrosius  8' (o.g.) Schirow  44'	Report	Wanitzek  58' (pen.) Breithaupt  72'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 8,644 Referee: Martin Petersen
		Penalties
	Ochs Soukou Papela Bachmann Ritzmaier Đumić Höhn Kutucu		Wanitzek Gondorf Heise Breithaupt Rapp Kaufmann Choi Franke

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)	SC Paderborn	2–2 (5–4 pen)	Werder Bremen	Paderborn
18:00	Platte  22' Conteh  42'	Report	Bittencourt  65' Weiser  84'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Frank Willenborg
		Penalties
	Leipertz Justvan Muslija Srbeny Tachie		Füllkrug Veljković Schmidt Gruev Bittencourt

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)	FC Augsburg	2–5	Bayern Munich	Augsburg
20:45	Pedersen  9' Upamecano  65' (o.g.)	Report	Choupo-Moting  27', 59' Kimmich  53' Musiala  74' Davies  90+1'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Bastian Dankert

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)	VfB Stuttgart	6–0	Arminia Bielefeld	Stuttgart
20:45	Stenzel  20' Endo  24' Pfeiffer  29', 52' Silas  39' Guirassy  67'	Report		Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)	Union Berlin	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
20:45	Puchacz  7' Michel  52'	Report		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Florian Badstübner

19 October 2022 (2022-10-19)	Jahn Regensburg	0–3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Regensburg
20:45		Report	Peterson  5' Kownacki  16' Iyoha  45+1'	Stadium: Jahnstadion Regensburg Attendance: 7,892 Referee: Timo Gerach

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 23 October 2022, with Maria Asnaimer drawing the matches. The eight matches took place from 31 January to 1 February and 7 to 8 February 2023.

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31)	SC Paderborn	1–2	VfB Stuttgart	Paderborn
18:00	Mavropanos  4' (o.g.)	Report	Dias  86' Guirassy  90+5'	Stadium: Home Deluxe Arena Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31)	Union Berlin	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Berlin
20:45	Knoche  12' Behrens  79'	Report	Waldschmidt  5'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

1 February 2023 (2023-02-01)	RB Leipzig	3–1	1899 Hoffenheim	Leipzig
18:00	Forsberg  8' Laimer  41' Werner  83'	Report	Dolberg  76'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 34,822 Referee: Christian Dingert

1 February 2023 (2023-02-01)	Mainz 05	0–4	Bayern Munich	Mainz
20:45		Report	Choupo-Moting  17' Musiala  30' Sané  44' Davies  83'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 33,305 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

7 February 2023 (2023-02-07)	SV Sandhausen	0–2	SC Freiburg	Sandhausen
18:00		Report	Lienhart  87' Petersen  90+5'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Attendance: 11,782 Referee: Marco Fritz

7 February 2023 (2023-02-07)	Eintracht Frankfurt	4–2	Darmstadt 98	Frankfurt
20:45	Kolo Muani  6', 90' Borré  44' Kamada  62'	Report	Honsak  29', 31'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Felix Zwayer

8 February 2023 (2023-02-08)	1. FC Nürnberg	1–1 (5–3 pen)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Nuremberg
18:00	Duman  90+3'	Report	Kownacki  33'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck
		Penalties
	Geis Duman Gyamerah Schindler Shuranov		Kastenmeier Klarer Hendrix Niemiec

8 February 2023 (2023-02-08)	VfL Bochum	1–2	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
20:45	Stöger  64' (pen.)	Report	Can  45' Reus  70'	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 19 February 2023, with Jacqueline Meißner drawing the matches. The four matches took place from 4 to 5 April 2023.

4 April 2023 (2023-04-04)	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	Union Berlin	Frankfurt
18:00	Kolo Muani  11', 12'	Report		Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

4 April 2023 (2023-04-04)	Bayern Munich	1–2	SC Freiburg	Munich
20:45	Upamecano  19'	Report	Höfler  27' Höler  90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)	1. FC Nürnberg	0–1	VfB Stuttgart	Nuremberg
18:00		Report	Millot  83'	Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05)	RB Leipzig	2–0	Borussia Dortmund	Leipzig
20:45	Werner  22' Orbán  90+8'	Report		Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 47,069 Referee: Felix Brych

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 9 April 2023 with Alfreð Gíslason drawing the matches. The two matches will take place from 2 to 3 May 2023.

2 May 2023 (2023-05-02)	SC Freiburg	1–5	RB Leipzig	Freiburg
20:45	Gregoritsch  75'	Report	Olmo  13' Henrichs  14' Szoboszlai  37', 90+7' (pen.) Nkunku  45+1'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 34,700 Referee: Sven Jablonski

3 May 2023 (2023-05-03)	VfB Stuttgart	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Stuttgart
20:45	Tomás  19' Millot  83'	Report	Ndicka  51' Kamada  55' Kolo Muani  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Daniel Schlager

Final

Main article:2023 DFB-Pokal final

The final took place on 3 June 2023 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

3 June 2023 (2023-06-03) 20:00 CEST	RB Leipzig	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 74,322 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)
	Nkunku  71' Szoboszlai  85'	Report

External links

• Official website (German)
• DFB-Pokal on kicker.de (German)