The 1952–53 DFB-Pokal was the 10th season of the annual German football cup competition. The DFB-Pokal was formerly known as Tschammer und Osten Pokal, or Tschammerpokal. It was the first time the cup was held after World War II. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. The competition began on 17 August 1952 and ended on 11 May 1953. In the final Rot-Weiss Essen defeated Alemannia Aachen 2–1.
The replay match between Hamborn and St. Pauli was the first football match in Germany covered live by television.Uwe Bahnsen, Kerstin von Stürmer: "Trümmer - Träume - Tor zur Welt: Die Geschichte Hamburgs von 1945 bis heute", Sutton Verlag GmbH, 2012, Hamburg (Germany)
Matches
First round 17 August 1952 VfB Stuttgart 0 – 3 Kickers Offenbach Rot-Weiss Essen 5 – 0 SSV Jahn Regensburg SV Waldhof Mannheim 2 – 1 Eintracht Braunschweig Eintracht Osnabrück 1 – 2 Preußen Dellbrück 1. FC Saarbrücken 1 – 2 FC St. Pauli Borussia Neunkirchen 2 – 1 FC Schalke 04 SpVgg Fürth 6 – 1 VfR Kaiserslautern Wacker 04 Berlin 2 – 6 1. FC Nürnberg Concordia Hamburg 4 – 3 Borussia Dortmund Hamburger SV 6 – 1 Victoria Hamburg Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 0 – 1 Eintracht Trier VfB Mühlburg 5 – 3 Preußen Münster (AET) Alemannia Aachen 5 – 2 SC Essen West SSV Reutlingen 4 – 5 VfR Wormatia Worms (AET) Hamborn 07 4 – 1 SC Göttingen 05 (AET) VfL Osnabrück 2 – 2 SV Phönix 03 Ludwigshafen (AET)
Replay 5 October 1952 SV Phönix 03 Ludwigshafen 0 – 2 VfL Osnabrück
Round of 16 11 November 1952 SV Waldhof Mannheim 5 – 2 SpVgg Fürth Concordia Hamburg 4 – 3 VfB Mühlburg Preußen Dellbrück 2 – 3 Kickers Offenbach (AET) VfR Wormatia Worms 4 – 1 Eintracht Trier 1. FC Nürnberg 3 – 3 Alemannia Aachen Hamburger SV 2 – 0 Borussia Neunkirchen Hamborn 07 1 – 1 FC St. Pauli (AET) Rot-Weiss Essen 2 – 0 VfL Osnabrück
Replays Alemannia Aachen 2 – 0 1. FC Nürnberg FC St. Pauli 3 – 4 Hamborn 07
Quarter-finals 1 February 1953 Rot-Weiss Essen 6 – 1 Hamburger SV Kickers Offenbach 1 – 2 VfR Wormatia Worms SV Waldhof Mannheim 2 – 1 Concordia Hamburg Alemannia Aachen 3 – 1 Hamborn 07
Semi-finals 1 March 1953 Rot-Weiss Essen 3 – 2 SV Waldhof Mannheim Alemannia Aachen 3 – 1 VfR Wormatia Worms
Final
References
External links Official site of the DFB Kicker.de 1952–53 results at Fussballdaten.de