The 1972–73 DFB-Ligapokal was the first season of the DFB Ligapokal. It began on 5 July 1972 and ended on 6 June 1973.

Group stage

Group 1 TeamEintracht Braunschweig6501166+1010Hannover 966312129+37Eintracht Gelsenkirchen61231016−64Rot-Weiß Oberhausen61141017−73

Group 2 TeamHamburger SV64111711+69FC St. Pauli63121011−17Hertha BSC62041513+24Wacker 04 Berlin62041320−74

Group 3 TeamArminia Bielefeld6312138+57Borussia Dortmund6231119+27SV Werder Bremen62311417−37VfL Osnabrück6114711−43

Group 4 TeamFC Schalke 046501169+710VfL Bochum64021310+38SpVgg Erkenschwick6303109+16KSV Hessen Kassel6006718−110

Group 5 TeamBorussia Mönchengladbach6330145+99Rot-Weiss Essen6312159+67MSV Duisburg62221211+16Schwarz-Weiss Essen6105824−162

Group 6 TeamSC Fortuna Köln6411103+79Fortuna Düsseldorf6402149+581. FC Köln6312149+57Bayer 04 Leverkusen6006421−170

Group 7 TeamEintracht Frankfurt6501239+1410Borussia Neunkirchen63031418+461. FC Kaiserslautern62131112−151. FSV Mainz 056114817−93

Group 8 TeamFC Bayern Hof63212016+48VfB Stuttgart62311410+47FC Bayern Munich6303171706TSV 1860 Munich61141119−83

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References Kicker Fußball-Almanach 1974 [Kicker Football-Almanac 1974] p. 36, Kicker Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2001 [Kicker Football-Almanac 2001] p. 246, Kicker

External links Kicker.de

See also 1972–73 DFB-Pokal 1972–73 Fußball-Bundesliga 1972–73 Fußball-Regionalliga