1956_FDGB-Pokal

1956 FDGB-Pokal

1956 FDGB-Pokal

Football tournament season


The 1956 FDGB-Pokal started with 148 teams. It was the sixth time that the East German national cup in association football was contested. Due to the switch to a calendar year season the final took place at the end of the year.

Quick Facts

Two qualifying rounds were played before the first round. All rounds were played as knock-out matches with extra time following a draw after 90 minutes. If extra time yielded no winner, the teams faced each other again in a replay.[citation needed]

120 quarter-finalist of the DDR-Bezirkspokal competitions were joined by 21 members of the third-tier 2nd DDR-Liga that had been created in 1955. After the second qualifying round, the remaining 36 teams were joined by the 28 teams from the top-tier DDR-Oberliga and the second-tier DDR-Liga.
By the third round proper none of the Bezirkspokal or 2nd DDR-Liga sides remained. In addition Oberliga sides Rotation Babelsberg, Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, SC Rotation Leipzig and Motor Zwickau had been eliminated. Three DDR-Liga teams entered the quarter-finals Chemie Wolfen, Chemie Halle-Leuna and BSG Chemie Zeitz but only Halle went through to the semi-finals after a 4–3 extra time win over Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg. In the semi-final the underdogs from Halle held Oberliga side Turbine Erfurt to a 1-all draw after extra time and won the replay 5–0 to reach the final in Magdeburg. Their opponents were ZASK Vorwärts Berlin who had eliminated holders and Oberliga champions Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.[citation needed]

First qualifying round

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a Wacker walkover; Stahl withdrew[1]
b Chemie walkover; Einheit withdrew[1]

BSG Wismut Auerbach, BSG Wismut Schneeberg, BSG Stahl Lippendorf were given byes to the second qualifying round.[1]

Replay

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Second qualifying round

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Replay

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First round

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c Berlin walkover; Halle withdrew[1]

Replays

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d Result unknown, Schneeberg advanced[1]

Second round

(played on 18 November 1956)

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Replay

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Third round

(played on 25 November 1956)

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Quarter-finals

(played on 2 December 1956)

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Semi-finals

(played on 9 December 1956)

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Replay

(played on 12 December 1956)

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Final

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Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Fritz Köpcke (Wusterhausen)
HALLE-LEUNA:
GKGünter Melchior
DFHans-Joachim Oelze
DFKlaus Hoffmann
DFRobert Heyer
MFWilli Streit
MFGünter Imhof
FWAlfred Jaukus
FWWerner Lehrmann
FWJoachim Lehmann
FWWalter Schmidt
FWKlaus Büchnerdownward-facing red arrow 84'
Substitutes:
FWRolf Hoffmannupward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
East GermanyHorst Sockoll
BERLIN:
GKKarl-Heinz Spickenagel
DFPeter Kalinke
DFGerhard Marotzke
DFWerner Eilitz
MFHans Küchler
MFWerner Unger
FWHorst Assmy
FWHeinz Kaulmann
FWGerhard Reicheltdownward-facing red arrow 59'
FWLothar Meyer
FWGünther Wirth
Substitutes:
FWSiegfried Wachtelupward-facing green arrow 59'
Manager:
Hungary János Gyarmati



References

  1. Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "East Germany 1956". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 July 2010.

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