1978–79 FDGB-Pokal

July 2020 FDGB-Pokal 1978–79 East Germany 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 season saw the 28th competition for the FDGB-Pokal, the East German national football cup. Starting from the third round, the fixtures were played over two legs, culminating in a one-legged final. The competition began with three qualifying matches between three second-tier DDR-Liga clubs and three Bezirkspokal finalists. Two of the finalists, Dynamo Gera and BSG Stahl Thale, qualified for the first round.July 2020 The first round pitted 48 DDR-Liga sides and 24 Bezirkspokal finalists against each other. After an intermediate round with 36 teams, the 14 DDR-Oberliga clubs joined in the second round. The two remaining Bezirkspokal finalists Stahl Thale and Dynamo Fürstenwalde were eliminated in this round, along with no fewer than five Oberliga sides: Wismut Aue, Chemie Böhlen, Chemie Halle, BSG Stahl Riesa and BSG Sachsenring Zwickau.July 2020 Of the 6 DDR-Liga teams that had reached the third round, only two survived to reach the quarter-finals, FC Energie Cottbus and BSG Motor Suhl. However, both were then eliminated by last year's finalists 1. FC Magdeburg and Dynamo Dresden, respectively. Dresden went out to Berliner FC Dynamo in the semifinals, while 1. FC Magdeburg went on to reach the final with two wins over 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.July 2020 Qualification round Home team Away team ResultBSG Motor Hermsdorf – SG Dynamo Gera 0–3BSG Stahl Thale – BSG Aktivist Espenhain 3–0BSG Motor Steinach – SG Dynamo Eisleben 1–6 First round Home team Away team ResultBSG Fortschritt Weida – BSG Motor Werdau 3–2 a.e.t.ISG Schwerin Süd – BSG Stahl Blankenburg 3–2BSG Akt. Kali Werra Tiefenort II – BSG Motor Weimar 2–0BSG Demminer Verkehrsbetriebe – ASG Vorwärts Stralsund 1–6BSG Einheit Güstrow – BSG Schiffahrt/Hafen Rostock 3–3 a.e.t. 3–4 pen.BSG Rotes Banner Trinwillershagen – BSG KK-Werk Greifswald 1–1 a.e.t. 3–2 pen.BSG Traktor Groß Lindow – BSG Stahl Brandenburg 1–4BSG Motor Hennigsdorf – FC Energie Cottbus 0–2SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde – ASG Vorwärts Dessau 2–0BSG Chemie Schönebeck – BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf 1–2BSG MAB Schkeuditz – TSG Gröditz 2–3ASG Vorwärts Plauen – SG Dynamo Eisleben 1–4BSG Chemie Zeitz – BSG Chemie Leipzig 0–3BSG Motor Ascota Karl-Marx-Stadt – BSG Chemie Wolfen 1–2SG Dynamo Lübben – FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder 0–5BSG Landbau Bad Langensalza – BSG Einheit Wernigerode 3–4BSG NARVA Berlin – BSG Motor Eberswalde 2–3BSG Aktivist Brieske/Senftenberg II – BSG Motor WaMa Görlitz 2–2 a.e.t. 3–5 pen.ASG Vorwärts Kamenz – BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe 0–0 a.e.t. 1–3 pen.BSG Motor Rudisleben – BSG Motor Suhl 3–5BSG Ingenieurhochbau Frankfurt/Oder – BSG Motor Babelsberg 1–3 a.e.t.BSG Motor Zeulenroda – BSG Robotron Sömmerda 1–3BSG ZWK Nebra – BSG Akt. Kali Werra Tiefenort 0–3BSG Wismut Aue II – SG Dynamo Gera 0–2BSG Chemie Eilenburg – BSG Stahl Thale 0–0 a.e.t. 0–2 pen.BSG Lokomotive Stendal – BSG Bergmann Borsig Pankow 1–0BSG Lokomotive Malchin – SG Dynamo Schwerin 2–3BSG Motor Rathenow – BSG Chemie Premnitz 1–4BSG Einheit Grimmen II – ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg 1–4BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge – TSG Wismar 1–0BSG Motor Nordhausen – BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau 1–4 a.e.t.BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt – FSV Lokomotive Dresden 4–2TSG Bau Rostock – BSG Post Neubrandenburg 2–1BSG Motor Wolgast – BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt 1–2BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda – BSG Wismut Gera 1–1 a.e.t. 3–4 pen.BSG Rotation Berlin – BSG Aktivist Brieske/Senftenberg 0–2 Intermediate round Home team Away team ResultBSG Stahl Thale – BSG Wismut Gera 2–1BSG Lokomotive Stendal – ISG Schwerin Süd 2–1 a.e.t.BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge – BSG Einheit Wernigerode 1–3 a.e.t.BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort II – BSG Motor Suhl 1–3 a.e.t.SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde – BSG Chemie Premnitz 3–0SG Dynamo Gera – BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort 1–2BSG Rotes Banner Trinwillershagen – TSG Bau Rostock 0–1 a.e.t.SG Dynamo Eisleben – BSG Fortschritt Weida 7–1BSG Motor WaMa Görlitz – BSG Aktivist Brieske/Senftenberg 0–1ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg – FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder 0–1 a.e.t.ASG Vorwärts Stralsund – BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt 1–2BSG Schiffahrt/Hafen Rostock – BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf 0–3BSG Motor Babelsberg – TSG Gröditz 2–1BSG Chemie Leipzig – BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe 1–0FC Energie Cottbus – BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 3–2BSG Robotron Sömmerda – BSG Chemie Wolfen 1–3 a.e.t.SG Dynamo Schwerin – BSG Motor Eberswalde 2–0 Second round Home team Away team ResultBSG Stahl Thale – 1. FC Magdeburg 1–4 a.e.t.BSG Chemie Wolfen – BSG Sachsenring Zwickau 1–0BSG Aktivist Brieske/Senftenberg – SG Dynamo Dresden 0–3BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt – Berliner FC Dynamo 0–6BSG Motor Babelsberg – 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 0–2BSG Motor Suhl – BSG Wismut Aue 3–1SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde – FC Hansa Rostock 0–2BSG Einheit Wernigerode – FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt 3–5BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf – Hallescher FC Chemie 1–0BSG Chemie Leipzig – BSG Stahl Riesa 1–1 a.e.t. 4–3 pen.BSG Stahl Brandeburg – SG Dynamo Schwerin 2–1FC Energie Cottbus – BSG Chemie Böhlen 2–1TSG Bau Rostock – FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder 0–4BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort – FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 0–1SG Dynamo Eisleben – FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1–5BSG Lokomotive Stendal – 1. FC Union Berlin 1–2 Third round Home team Away team Result1. FC Union Berlin – Berliner FC Dynamo 1–8, 1–71. FC Lokomotive Leipzig – FC Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–2, 4–1FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder – 1. FC Magdeburg 0–1, 2–2FC Hansa Rostock – BSG Chemie Leipzig 4–0, 1–1SG Dynamo Dresden – FC Carl Zeiss Jena 5–0, 3–0FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt – BSG Stahl Brandenburg 4–0, 3–1BSG Chemie Wolfen – BSG Motor Suhl 0–5, 1–4FC Energie Cottbus – BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf 3–0, 0–2 Quarter-finals Home team Away team ResultBerliner FC Dynamo – FC Hansa Rostock 4–1, 7–1FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt – 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1–1, 2–31. FC Magdeburg – BSG Motor Suhl 3–1, 5–2FC Energie Cottbus – SG Dynamo Dresden 1–4, 0–2 Semifinals Home team Away team Result1. FC Magdeburg – 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 5–1, 2–0Berliner FC Dynamo – SG Dynamo Dresden 1–0, 1–1 Final 28 April 1979 1. FC Magdeburg 1 – 0 a.e.t. Berliner FC Dynamo Seguin 101 Stadion der Weltjugend, East Berlin 50,000 Widukind Herrmann (Leipzig) MAGDEBURG: GK GDR Dirk Heyne SW GDR Manfred Zapf DF GDR Detlef Raugust DF GDR Wolfgang SeguinDF GDR Klaus DeckerMF GDR Jürgen PommerenkeMF GDR Axel Tyll 106MF GDR Wolfgang Steinbach FW GDR Jürgen Sparwasser 106FW GDR Joachim StreichFW GDR Martin Hoffmann Substitutes:MF GDR Siegmund Mewes 106FW GDR Holger Döbbel 106Manager:GDR Klaus UrbanczykBFC DYNAMO: GK GDR Bodo RudwaleitSW GDR Norbert TrieloffDF GDR Michael NoackDF GDR Rainer TroppaDF GDR Artur UllrichMF GDR Frank TerletzkiMF GDR Reinhard LauckMF GDR Roland Jüngling 102MF GDR Hans-Jürgen RiedigerFW GDR Ralf Sträßer 70FW GDR Wolf-Rüdiger Netz Substitutes:FW GDR Hartmut Pelka 70MF GDR Bernd Brillat 102Manager:GDR Jürgen Bogs References https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/ddr79.html 1978-79 East Cup