1972–73 DFB-Pokal

1972–73 DFB-Pokal
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	32
Defending champions	Schalke 04
Final positions
Champions	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Runner-up	FC Köln
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Borussia Mönchengladbach won the DFB-Pokal 1972–73. As in the year before, the knock-out rounds were played over two legs, but the final was decided in a single game.

The final was supposed to be Günter Netzer's farewell game prior to his transfer to Real Madrid. However, Borussia's manager Hennes Weisweiler left him out of the starting lineup as he was already preparing for the time after Netzer's departure, so he brought on Herbert Wimmer as central midfielder and team captain. During the entire first half the spectators at Düsseldorf's Rheinstadion demanded to see Netzer subbed in. Weisweiler wanted to bring Netzer on at half-time, but he refused. Only in extra time of the dramatic final against rivals FC Köln Netzer practically subbed himself in: He got out of his training jacket, went to Weisweiler and told him: "Ich spiel dann jetzt." (English: I'll play now then.). He had talked to Christian Kulik before, who was completely drained. Just after his substitution, with his second touch, Netzer scored the winning goal. Later he admitted that he had hit the ball wrong and the goal had been an accident. It was later voted goal of the year.^[1]

First round

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
December 10, 1972	Hannover 96	1 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt
December 20, 1972	Eintracht Frankfurt	4 – 2	Hannover 96
Eintracht Frankfurt won 4 – 3 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 2	VfB Stuttgart
December 20, 1972	VfB Stuttgart	3 – 2	VfL Wolfsburg
VfB Stuttgart won 5 – 4 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	OSV Hannover	0 – 6	Hertha BSC
December 20, 1972	Hertha BSC	3 – 0	OSV Hannover
Hertha BSC won 9 – 0 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	FK Pirmasens	4 – 1	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
December 20, 1972	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	4 – 0	FK Pirmasens
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen won 5 – 4 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	Stuttgarter Kickers	1 – 1	Eintracht Braunschweig
December 20, 1972	Eintracht Braunschweig	5 – 1	Stuttgarter Kickers
Eintracht Braunschweig won 6 – 2 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	Wacker 04 Berlin	1 – 5	SV Werder Bremen
December 20, 1972	SV Werder Bremen	4 – 0	Wacker 04 Berlin
SV Werder Bremen won 9 – 1 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	Rot-Weiß Essen	5 – 3	Hamburger SV
December 20, 1972	Hamburger SV	5 – 0 aet	Rot-Weiß Essen
Hamburger SV won 8 – 5 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	FC St. Pauli	3 – 1	Kickers Offenbach
December 20, 1972	Kickers Offenbach	3 – 0	FC St. Pauli
Kickers Offenbach won 4 – 3 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	VfR Wormatia Worms	4 – 4	VfL Bochum
December 20, 1972	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	VfR Wormatia Worms
VfL Bochum won 7 – 5 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	SV Südwest Ludwigshafen	1 – 3	FC Schalke 04
December 20, 1972	FC Schalke 04	3 – 1	SV Südwest Ludwigshafen
FC Schalke 04 won 6 – 2 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	Preußen Münster	2 – 1	MSV Duisburg
December 20, 1972	MSV Duisburg	3 – 0	Preußen Münster
MSV Duisburg won 4 – 2 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst	1 – 4	FC Bayern Munich
December 20, 1972	FC Bayern Munich	7 – 0	HSV Barmbek-Uhlenhorst
FC Bayern Munich won 11 – 1 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	Freiburger FC	3 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
December 20, 1972	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7 – 1	Freiburger FC
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 8 – 4 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	SpVgg Bayreuth	4 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
December 20, 1972	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4 – 0	SpVgg Bayreuth
1. FC Kaiserslautern won 6 – 4 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	SC Fortuna Köln	2 – 1	1. FC Köln
December 20, 1972	1. FC Köln	4 – 0 aet	SC Fortuna Köln
1. FC Köln won 5 – 2 on aggregate
December 10, 1972	Wuppertaler SV	3 – 0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
December 20, 1972	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2 – 0	Wuppertaler SV
Wuppertaler SV won 3 – 2 on aggregate

Second round

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
March 3, 1973	Eintracht Braunschweig	1 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt
March 14, 1973	Eintracht Frankfurt	2 – 2	Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig won 3 – 2 on aggregate
March 3, 1973	Wuppertaler SV	3 – 2	Kickers Offenbach
March 14, 1973	Kickers Offenbach	3 – 0	Wuppertaler SV
Kickers Offenbach won 5 – 2 on aggregate
March 3, 1973	MSV Duisburg	1 – 2	Hertha BSC
March 14, 1973	Hertha BSC	4 – 2	MSV Duisburg
Hertha BSC won 6 – 3 on aggregate
March 3, 1973	FC Schalke 04	0 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
March 14, 1973	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 – 1	FC Schalke 04
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3 – 1 on aggregate
March 3, 1973	Hamburger SV	2 – 2	1. FC Köln
March 14, 1973	1. FC Köln	4 – 1	Hamburger SV
1. FC Köln won 6 – 3 on aggregate
March 3, 1973	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	1 – 2	FC Bayern Munich
March 14, 1973	FC Bayern Munich	3 – 1	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
FC Bayern Munich won 5 – 2 on aggregate
March 3, 1973	VfL Bochum	4 – 4	SV Werder Bremen
March 14, 1973	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 1	VfL Bochum
SV Werder Bremen won 6 – 5 on aggregate
March 3, 1973	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
March 14, 1973	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2 – 0 aet	VfB Stuttgart
1. FC Kaiserlautern won 3 – 2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
April 14, 1973	Eintracht Braunschweig	0 – 5	1. FC Köln
April 18, 1973	1. FC Köln	3 – 2	Eintracht Braunschweig
1. FC Köln won 8 – 2 on aggregate
April 14, 1973	Kickers Offenbach	2 – 2	FC Bayern Munich
April 18, 1973	FC Bayern Munich	2 – 4	Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach won 6 – 4 on aggregate
March 3, 1973	SV Werder Bremen	2 – 0	Hertha BSC
March 14, 1973	Hertha BSC	2 – 2	SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen won 4 – 2 on aggregate
March 3, 1973	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
March 14, 1973	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5 – 2 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
May 1, 1973	1. FC Köln	5 – 0	Kickers Offenbach
May 16, 1973	Kickers Offenbach	1 – 1	1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln won 6 – 1 on aggregate
May 2, 1973	Werder Bremen	1 – 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach
May 16, 1973	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4 – 2	Werder Bremen
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7 – 3 on aggregate

Final

June 23, 1973

Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Köln
Wimmer 24' Netzer 94'		Neumann 40'

Rheinstadion (Düsseldorf)

Attendance: 69,600

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (Mannheim)


BORUSSIA VFL MÖNCHENGLADBACH:
GK	1	Wolfgang Kleff
DF		Heinz Michallik
DF		Berti Vogts
DF		Klaus-Dieter Sieloff
MF		Rainer Bonhof
MF		Dietmar Danner
MF		Herbert Wimmer (c)
MF		Christian Kulik	91'
FW		Henning Jensen
FW		Bernd Rupp	117'
FW		Jupp Heynckes
Substitutes:
MF		Günter Netzer	91'
MF		Ulrich Stielike	117'
Manager:
Hennes Weisweiler


1. FC KÖLN 01/07:
GK	1	Gerhard Welz
DF		Herbert Hein
DF		Wolfgang Weber
DF		Jupp Kapellmann
MF		Herbert Neumann
MF		Bernhard Cullmann
MF		Heinz Simmer
MF		Heinz Flohe
MF		Wolfgang Overath	71'
FW		Jürgen Glowacz	71'
FW		Hennes Löhr
Substitutes:
DF		Harald Konopka	71'
FW		Rainer Gebauer	71'
Manager:
Rudi Schlott

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.

References

^ "Die zehn wichtigsten Pokalfinals aller Zeiten" (in German). sportal.de. April 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-07.

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