It was a big surprise that neither record cup winners FC Bayern Munich nor defending champions Borussia Dortmund were represented in the most recent edition of the DFB Cup final. For eleven years there had not been a final without the participation of the two national heavyweights. But there were far greater sensations in the history of the most important German cup competition. Because: With a look at the history of the cup, the phrase “The cup has its own laws” has its right to exist.
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So underdogs kept preparing to bowl big favorites from the competition. This season, SV Oberachern (Borussia Mönchengladbach’s first-round opponent), FC Engers (meets Arminia Bielefeld) and Stuttgarter Kickers (hosts Greuther Fürth) are top division teams who want to defy the class differences. Who walks in the footsteps of TSV Vestenbergsgreuth, Eintracht Trier or Dynamo Dresden? Of the SPORTBUZZER, the sports portal of the editorial network Germany (RND), has brought together some of the greatest sensations in the history of the cup.
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Cup miracle: The biggest sensations in DFB Cup history
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The Berlin AK sweeps Hoffenheim 4-0 off the pitch in 2012, Vestenbergsgreuth defeats the German champions FC Bayern with goalkeeper Oliver Kahn 1-0 in 1994. SPORTBUZZER shows the biggest sensations in the history of the DFB Cup.
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The first main round of the cup also offered a few surprises last year. For example, the later Europa League winner Eintracht Frankfurt was eliminated against third division Waldhof Mannheim. SV Babelsberg 03 from the Regionalliga Nordost beat Greuther Fürth, who had recently been promoted to the Bundesliga. And thanks to a curiosity, western regional league club Preußen Münster was also able to beat VfL Wolfsburg: VfL actually averted the end in extra time. But Wolfsburg coach Mark van Bommel made six illegal changes. Prussia appealed and progressed to the next round at the Green Table. The coaches of this year’s favorites may have learned from this mishap.
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