1977–78 DFB-Pokal
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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = DFB-Pokal
| year = 1977–78
| other_titles =
| image =
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| country = West Germany
| num_teams = 128
| defending_champions = 1. FC Köln
| winners = 1. FC Köln
| second = Fortuna Düsseldorf
| matches = 138
| goals =
| scoring_leader =
| award =
| prev_season = 1976–77
| next_season = 1978–79
}}
The 1977–78 DFB-Pokal was the 35th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 29 July 1977 and ended on 15 April 1978. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final FC Köln defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 2–0,{{cite web | title = DFB-Pokal 1977-78 | publisher = fussballdaten.de | access-date = 9 October 2008 | year = 2008 | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/dfb/1978/ | language = de}} thus defending their title from the last season.
Mode
The tournament consisted of seven single elimination rounds. In case a game ended with a draw 30 minutes of extra time were played. If the score was still level the game was replayed with 30 minutes of extra time in case of another draw. If still no winner could be determined, a penalty shootout decided which team advanced to the next round.
For the first time the final was not to be replayed in case of a draw after 120 minutes. In that case a penalty shootout would decide the winner of the DFB-Pokal.
Matches
=First round=
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29 July 1977 |
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| align=right| TSV 1860 München | align=center| 4 – 2 |
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| align=right| Kickers Offenbach | align=center| 0 – 4 |
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| align=right| Göttingen 05 | align=center| 0 – 2 |
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| align=right| TSV Ofterdingen | align=center| 0 – 5 |
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| align=right| Eintracht Braunschweig | align=center| 10 – 1 |
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| align=right| VfB Stuttgart | align=center| 10 – 0 |
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| align=right| RSV Rehburg | align=center| 1 – 6 |
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| align=right| FC Konstanz | align=center| 1 – 6 |
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| align=right| FC St. Wendel | align=center| 1 – 6 |
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| align=right| Blumenthaler SV 1919 | align=center| 1 – 5 |
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| align=right| SG Ellingen-Bonefeld | align=center| 1 – 6 |
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| align=right| 1. FC Viersen 05 | align=center| 0 – 8 |
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| align=right| FSV Ludwigshafen | align=center| 0 – 3 |
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| align=right| TuS Sulzbach-Rosenberg | align=center| 1 – 11 |
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| align=right| VfB Oldenburg | align=center| 0 – 2 |
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| align=right| TSV Ottobrunn | align=center| 0 – 9 |
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| align=right| Rot-Weiß Essen | align=center| 3 – 2 |
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| align=right| Wuppertaler SV Borussia | align=center| 2 – 2 | (AET) |
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| align=right| OSC Bremerhaven | align=center| 3 – 2 |
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| align=right| KSV Baunatal | align=center| 2 – 3 |
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| align=right| Karlsruher SC | align=center| 2 – 1 |
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| align=right| SG Union Solingen | align=center| 2 – 2 | (AET) |
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| align=right| FC 1908 Villingen | align=center| 0 – 1 |
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| align=right| Heidenheimer SB | align=center| 1 – 2 |
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| align=right| SV Chio Waldhof | align=center| 12 – 0 |
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| align=right| SG Wattenscheid 09 | align=center| 1 – 2 | (AET) |
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| align=right| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | align=center| 5 – 0 |
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| align=right| FV Würzburg 04 | align=center| 1 – 0 |
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| align=right| Rendsburger TSV | align=center| 0 – 2 |
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| align=right| 1. FC Normannia Gmünd | align=center| 2 – 0 |
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| align=right| Eintracht Trier | align=center| 3 – 0 |
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| align=right| Arminia Hannover | align=center| 0 – 1 |
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| align=right| Südwest Nürnberg | align=center| 1 – 3 |
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| align=right| FV Hassia Bingen | align=center| 0 – 1 |
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| align=right| BV 08 Lüttringhausen | align=center| 1 – 2 |
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| align=right| Concordia Hamburg | align=center| 2 – 0 |
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| align=right| OSV Hannover | align=center| 2 – 5 |
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| align=right| Westfalia Herne | align=center| 6 – 1 |
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| align=right| SpVgg Bad Homburg | align=center| 1 – 2 |
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| align=right| FC Olympia Kirrlach | align=center| 0 – 6 |
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| align=right| Hummelsbütteler SV | align=center| 0 – 2 |
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| align=right| BV 04 Düsseldorf | align=center| 3 – 0 |
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| align=right| 1. Schleswiger SV 06 | align=center| 0 – 1 | (AET) |
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| align=right| VfV Hildesheim | align=center| 4 – 1 |
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| align=right| Itzehoer SV 1909 | align=center| 2 – 1 |
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| align=right| VfL Wolfsburg | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken | align=center| 0 – 0 | (AET) |
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| align=right| TuRa Harksheide | align=center| 1 – 1 | (AET) |
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| align=right| Horner TV | align=center| 2 – 1* |
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| align=right| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | align=center| 7 – 1 |
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| align=right| Viktoria Köln | align=center| 0 – 2 |
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| align=right| SC Gladenbach | align=center| 2 – 1 |
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| align=right| SpVgg EGC Wirges | align=center| 2 – 3 |
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| align=right| Viktoria 89 Berlin | align=center| 2 – 3 | (AET) |
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| align=right| Bonner SC | align=center| 5 – 1 |
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| align=right| SV 1916 Sandhausen | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| FC Rastatt 04 | align=center| 2 – 1 |
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| align=right| Lichterfelder SU | align=center| 2 – 2 | (AET) |
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| align=right| Warendorfer SU | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| TuS 08 Langerwehe | align=center| 3 – 0 |
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| align=right| FC Augsburg | align=center| 1 – 0 |
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| align=right| Hannover 96 | align=center| 0 – 2 |
10 August 1977 |
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| align=right| 1. FC Saarbrücken | align=center| 1 – 2 |
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| align=right| FC Tailfingen | align=center| 3 – 2 |
* Eggenstein objected formally against the result. A DFB-jury annulled the game and decided to hold a replay after Horner TV had already played their second round match against 1860 Munich. As Eggenstein won the replay the match Munich vs. Horner TV was also annulled and Munich had to play against Eggenstein.
==Replays==
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10 August 1977 |
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| align=right| SC Herford | align=center| 3 – 0 |
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| align=right| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | align=center| 2 – 0 |
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| align=right| Wacker 04 Berlin | align=center| 1 – 1 |
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| align=right| SV Ottweiler | align=center| 2 – 1 |
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| align=right| Alemannia Eggenstein | align=center| 8 – 0 |
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| align=right| Alemannia Plaidt | align=center| 3 – 1 |
=Second round=
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19 August 1977 |
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| align=right| FC Bayern Munich | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | align=center| 4 – 1 |
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| align=right| BV 04 Düsseldorf | align=center| 1 – 4 |
20 August 1977 |
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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| MSV Duisburg | align=center| 3 – 0 |
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| align=right| FC St. Pauli | align=center| 0 – 3 |
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| align=right| SV Chio Waldhof | align=center| 1 – 3 |
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| align=right| Eintracht Braunschweig | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| TuS Schloß Neuhaus | align=center| 2 – 2 | (AET) |
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| align=right| 1. FC Köln | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| 1. FSV Mainz 05 | align=center| 1 – 4 |
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| align=right| Röchling Völklingen | align=center| 0 – 4 |
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| align=right| Karlsruher SC | align=center| 4 – 3 | (AET) |
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| align=right| Bayer Uerdingen | align=center| 0 – 3 |
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| align=right| Tennis Borussia Berlin | align=center| 1 – 3 |
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| align=right| VfL Osnabrück | align=center| 2 – 1 |
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| align=right| FC 08 Homburg | align=center| 3 – 0 |
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| align=right| OSC Bremerhaven | align=center| 0 – 1 |
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| align=right| FC Tailfingen | align=center| 1 – 2 |
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| align=right| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | align=center| 2 – 0 |
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| align=right| Warendorfer SU | align=center| 1 – 4 |
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| align=right| TuS 08 Langerwehe | align=center| 1 – 0 | (AET) |
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| align=right| VfV Hildesheim | align=center| 3 – 0 |
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| align=right| Itzehoer SV 1909 | align=center| 1 – 6 |
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| align=right| 1. FC Normannia Gmünd | align=center| 1 – 2 |
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| align=right| SC Gladenbach | align=center| 1 – 5 |
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| align=right| DSC Wanne-Eickel | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| Alemannia Plaidt | align=center| 1 – 2 |
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| align=right| BSV Schwenningen | align=center| 4 – 0 |
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| align=right| FC Schalke 04 | align=center| 8 – 1 |
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| align=right| TSV 1860 München | align=center| 15 – 0 | Horner TV* |
* Horner TV's first round match was annulled and replayed. As Horner TV lost the replay against Eggenstein, Eggenstein advanced to the second round and played against Munich.
==Replays==
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24 August 1977 |
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| align=right| Eintracht Frankfurt | align=center| 4 – 0 |
15 October 1977 |
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| align=right| TSV 1860 München | align=center| 7 – 1 |
=Third round=
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14 October 1977 |
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| align=right| MSV Duisburg | align=center| 2 – 1 |
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| align=right| FC Schalke 04 | align=center| 1 – 0 |
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| align=right| FC 08 Homburg | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf | align=center| 4 – 1 |
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| align=right| Freiburger FC | align=center| 2 – 6 |
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| align=right| FSV Frankfurt | align=center| 0 – 3 |
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| align=right| FC Augsburg II | align=center| 0 – 4 |
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| align=right| SV 1916 Sandhausen | align=center| 0 – 4 |
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| align=right| DSC Wanne-Eickel | align=center| 0 – 2 |
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| align=right| Hamburger SV | align=center| 6 – 0 |
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| align=right| Borussia Mönchengladbach | align=center| 3 – 0 |
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| align=right| Bayer 04 Leverkusen | align=center| 1 – 5 |
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| align=right| Karlsruher SC | align=center| 2 – 0 |
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| align=right| TuS 08 Langerwehe | align=center| 2 – 0 |
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| align=right| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | align=center| 2 – 1 | (AET) |
26 October 1977 |
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| align=right| TSV 1860 München | align=center| 3 – 0 |
=Round of 16=
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19 November 1977 |
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| align=right| FC Schalke 04 | align=center| 4 – 2 |
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| align=right| SV Werder Bremen | align=center| 2 – 1 |
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| align=right| 1. FC Köln | align=center| 4 – 0 |
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| align=right| TuS 08 Langerwehe | align=center| 1 – 3 |
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| align=right| Borussia Mönchengladbach | align=center| 3 – 0 |
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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf | align=center| 3 – 1 |
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| align=right| FC 08 Homburg | align=center| 1 – 1 | (AET) |
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| align=right| Schwarz-Weiß Essen | align=center| 0 – 0 | (AET) |
==Replays==
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29 November 1977 |
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| align=right| Hertha BSC | align=center| 4 – 1 | (AET) |
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| align=right| Westfalia Herne | align=center| 0 – 1 |
=Quarter-finals=
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20 December 1977 |
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| align=right| 1. FC Köln | align=center| 9 – 0 |
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| align=right| MSV Duisburg | align=center| 1 – 0 |
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| align=right| SV Werder Bremen | align=center| 2 – 1 |
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| align=right| FC Schalke 04 | align=center| 1 – 1 | (AET) |
==Replay==
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29 November 1977 |
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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf | align=center| 1 – 0 |
=Semi-finals=
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25 January 1978 |
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| align=right| 1. FC Köln | align=center| 1 – 0 |
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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf | align=center| 4 – 1 |
=Final=
{{main article|1978 DFB-Pokal Final}}
{{:1978 DFB-Pokal Final}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.dfb.de/ Official site of the DFB] {{in lang|de}}
- [https://www.kicker.de/ Kicker.de] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.fussballdaten.de/dfb/1978/ 1977–78 results at Fussballdaten.de] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielplan/dfb-pokal-1977-1978/ 1977–78 results at Weltfussball.de] {{in lang|de}}
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{{1977–78 in European football (UEFA)}}
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