1977–78 DFB-Pokal

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{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = DFB-Pokal

| year = 1977–78

| other_titles =

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| 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

| Arminia Bielefeld

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| align=right| Kickers Offenbach

| align=center| 0 – 4

| 1. FC Köln

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| align=right| Göttingen 05

| align=center| 0 – 2

| FC Schalke 04

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| align=right| TSV Ofterdingen

| align=center| 0 – 5

| Hamburger SV

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| align=right| Eintracht Braunschweig

| align=center| 10 – 1

| Eintracht Nordhorn

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| align=right| VfB Stuttgart

| align=center| 10 – 0

| TuS Eintracht Bremen

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| align=right| RSV Rehburg

| align=center| 1 – 6

| Hertha BSC

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| align=right| FC Konstanz

| align=center| 1 – 6

| Eintracht Frankfurt

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| align=right| FC St. Wendel

| align=center| 1 – 6

| Fortuna Düsseldorf

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| align=right| Blumenthaler SV 1919

| align=center| 1 – 5

| SV Werder Bremen

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| align=right| SG Ellingen-Bonefeld

| align=center| 1 – 6

| FC St. Pauli

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| align=right| 1. FC Viersen 05

| align=center| 0 – 8

| Borussia Mönchengladbach

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| align=right| FSV Ludwigshafen

| align=center| 0 – 3

| 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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| align=right| TuS Sulzbach-Rosenberg

| align=center| 1 – 11

| MSV Duisburg

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| align=right| VfB Oldenburg

| align=center| 0 – 2

| VfL Bochum

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| align=right| TSV Ottobrunn

| align=center| 0 – 9

| Borussia Dortmund

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| align=right| Rot-Weiß Essen

| align=center| 3 – 2

| VfR 1910 Bürstadt

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| align=right| Wuppertaler SV Borussia

| align=center| 2 – 2

| SC Herford

| (AET)

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| align=right| OSC Bremerhaven

| align=center| 3 – 2

| Preußen Münster

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| align=right| KSV Baunatal

| align=center| 2 – 3

| Alemannia Aachen

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| align=right| Karlsruher SC

| align=center| 2 – 1

| 1. FC Nürnberg

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| align=right| SG Union Solingen

| align=center| 2 – 2

| Schwarz-Weiß Essen

| (AET)

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| align=right| FC 1908 Villingen

| align=center| 0 – 1

| SpVgg Bayreuth

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| align=right| Heidenheimer SB

| align=center| 1 – 2

| FK Pirmasens

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| align=right| SV Chio Waldhof

| align=center| 12 – 0

| Lüssumer TV 1898

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| align=right| SG Wattenscheid 09

| align=center| 1 – 2

| TSV Bleidenstadt

| (AET)

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| align=right| Bayer 04 Leverkusen

| align=center| 5 – 0

| FSV Salmrohr

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| align=right| FV Würzburg 04

| align=center| 1 – 0

| Jahn Regensburg

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| align=right| Rendsburger TSV

| align=center| 0 – 2

| VfL Osnabrück

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| align=right| 1. FC Normannia Gmünd

| align=center| 2 – 0

| SC Fortuna Köln

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| align=right| Eintracht Trier

| align=center| 3 – 0

| Blau-Weiß Wulfen

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| align=right| Arminia Hannover

| align=center| 0 – 1

| FC Augsburg II

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| align=right| Südwest Nürnberg

| align=center| 1 – 3

| SV Darmstadt 98

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| align=right| FV Hassia Bingen

| align=center| 0 – 1

| Stuttgarter Kickers

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| align=right| BV 08 Lüttringhausen

| align=center| 1 – 2

| Freiburger FC

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| align=right| Concordia Hamburg

| align=center| 2 – 0

| FC Bayern Hof

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| align=right| OSV Hannover

| align=center| 2 – 5

| FSV Frankfurt

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| align=right| Westfalia Herne

| align=center| 6 – 1

| BC Efferen 1920

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| align=right| SpVgg Bad Homburg

| align=center| 1 – 2

| FC 08 Homburg

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| align=right| FC Olympia Kirrlach

| align=center| 0 – 6

| Bayer Uerdingen

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| align=right| Hummelsbütteler SV

| align=center| 0 – 2

| TuS Schloß Neuhaus

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| align=right| BV 04 Düsseldorf

| align=center| 3 – 0

| VfL Bad Schwartau

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| align=right| 1. Schleswiger SV 06

| align=center| 0 – 1

| Röchling Völklingen

| (AET)

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| align=right| VfV Hildesheim

| align=center| 4 – 1

| TV Unterboihingen

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| align=right| Itzehoer SV 1909

| align=center| 2 – 1

| Borussia Brand

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| align=right| VfL Wolfsburg

| align=center| 3 – 1

| FSV Bad Orb

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| align=right| SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken

| align=center| 0 – 0

| Wacker 04 Berlin

| (AET)

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| align=right| TuRa Harksheide

| align=center| 1 – 1

| SV Ottweiler

| (AET)

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| align=right| Horner TV

| align=center| 2 – 1*

| Alemannia Eggenstein

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| align=right| 1. FSV Mainz 05

| align=center| 7 – 1

| FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf

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| align=right| Viktoria Köln

| align=center| 0 – 2

| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach

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| align=right| SC Gladenbach

| align=center| 2 – 1

| SuS Elspe

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| align=right| SpVgg EGC Wirges

| align=center| 2 – 3

| DSC Wanne-Eickel

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| align=right| Viktoria 89 Berlin

| align=center| 2 – 3

| BSV Schwenningen

| (AET)

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| align=right| Bonner SC

| align=center| 5 – 1

| Sportfreunde Eisbachtal

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| align=right| SV 1916 Sandhausen

| align=center| 3 – 1

| Traber SC Berlin

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| align=right| FC Rastatt 04

| align=center| 2 – 1

| TuS Struck

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| align=right| Lichterfelder SU

| align=center| 2 – 2

| Alemannia Plaidt

| (AET)

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| align=right| Warendorfer SU

| align=center| 3 – 1

| FSV Hemmersdorf

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| align=right| TuS 08 Langerwehe

| align=center| 3 – 0

| VfB Coburg

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| align=right| FC Augsburg

| align=center| 1 – 0

| SpVgg Fürth

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| align=right| Hannover 96

| align=center| 0 – 2

| Tennis Borussia Berlin

10 August 1977
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| align=right| 1. FC Saarbrücken

| align=center| 1 – 2

| FC Bayern Munich

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| align=right| FC Tailfingen

| align=center| 3 – 2

| SpVgg Neckargemünd

* 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

| Wuppertaler SV Borussia

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| align=right| Schwarz-Weiß Essen

| align=center| 2 – 0

| SG Union Solingen

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| align=right| Wacker 04 Berlin

| align=center| 1 – 1

| SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken

| (AET) (won 5–4 on penalties)

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| align=right| SV Ottweiler

| align=center| 2 – 1

| TuS Harksheide

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| align=right| Alemannia Eggenstein

| align=center| 8 – 0

| Horner TV

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| align=right| Alemannia Plaidt

| align=center| 3 – 1

| Lichterfelder SU

=Second round=

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19 August 1977
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| align=right| FC Bayern Munich

| align=center| 3 – 1

| Eintracht Trier

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| align=right| 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| align=center| 4 – 1

| Wacker 04 Berlin

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| align=right| BV 04 Düsseldorf

| align=center| 1 – 4

| Borussia Mönchengladbach

20 August 1977
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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf

| align=center| 3 – 1

| Borussia Dortmund

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| align=right| MSV Duisburg

| align=center| 3 – 0

| VfB Stuttgart

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| align=right| FC St. Pauli

| align=center| 0 – 3

| VfL Bochum

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| align=right| SV Chio Waldhof

| align=center| 1 – 3

| Hertha BSC

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| align=right| Eintracht Braunschweig

| align=center| 3 – 1

| Stuttgarter Kickers

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| align=right| TuS Schloß Neuhaus

| align=center| 2 – 2

| Eintracht Frankfurt

| (AET)

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| align=right| 1. FC Köln

| align=center| 3 – 1

| Eintracht Bad Kreuznach

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| align=right| 1. FSV Mainz 05

| align=center| 1 – 4

| Hamburger SV

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| align=right| Röchling Völklingen

| align=center| 0 – 4

| SV Werder Bremen

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| align=right| Karlsruher SC

| align=center| 4 – 3

| FK Pirmasens

| (AET)

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| align=right| Bayer Uerdingen

| align=center| 0 – 3

| FSV Frankfurt

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| align=right| Tennis Borussia Berlin

| align=center| 1 – 3

| Westfalia Herne

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| align=right| VfL Osnabrück

| align=center| 2 – 1

| SV Darmstadt 98

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| align=right| FC 08 Homburg

| align=center| 3 – 0

| SC Herford

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| align=right| OSC Bremerhaven

| align=center| 0 – 1

| FC Augsburg

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| align=right| FC Tailfingen

| align=center| 1 – 2

| Rot-Weiß Essen

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| align=right| Bayer 04 Leverkusen

| align=center| 3 – 1

| FC Rastatt 04

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| align=right| Schwarz-Weiß Essen

| align=center| 2 – 0

| Concordia Hamburg

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| align=right| Warendorfer SU

| align=center| 1 – 4

| Freiburger FC

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| align=right| TuS 08 Langerwehe

| align=center| 1 – 0

| FV Würzburg 04

| (AET)

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| align=right| VfV Hildesheim

| align=center| 3 – 0

| Alemannia Aachen

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| align=right| Itzehoer SV 1909

| align=center| 1 – 6

| SpVgg Bayreuth

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| align=right| 1. FC Normannia Gmünd

| align=center| 1 – 2

| FC Augsburg II

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| align=right| SC Gladenbach

| align=center| 1 – 5

| SV 1916 Sandhausen

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| align=right| DSC Wanne-Eickel

| align=center| 3 – 1

| VfL Wolfsburg

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| align=right| Alemannia Plaidt

| align=center| 1 – 2

| Bonner SC

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| align=right| BSV Schwenningen

| align=center| 4 – 0

| SV Ottweiler

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| align=right| FC Schalke 04

| align=center| 8 – 1

| TSV Bleidenstadt

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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

| TuS Schloß Neuhaus

15 October 1977
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| align=right| TSV 1860 München

| align=center| 7 – 1

| Alemannia Eggenstein

=Third round=

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14 October 1977
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| align=right| MSV Duisburg

| align=center| 2 – 1

| 1. FC Kaiserslautern

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| align=right| FC Schalke 04

| align=center| 1 – 0

| Eintracht Frankfurt

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| align=right| FC 08 Homburg

| align=center| 3 – 1

| FC Bayern Munich

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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf

| align=center| 4 – 1

| Rot-Weiß Essen

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| align=right| Freiburger FC

| align=center| 2 – 6

| VfL Bochum

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| align=right| FSV Frankfurt

| align=center| 0 – 3

| 1. FC Köln

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| align=right| FC Augsburg II

| align=center| 0 – 4

| Hertha BSC

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| align=right| SV 1916 Sandhausen

| align=center| 0 – 4

| Eintracht Braunschweig

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| align=right| DSC Wanne-Eickel

| align=center| 0 – 2

| SV Werder Bremen

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| align=right| Hamburger SV

| align=center| 6 – 0

| VfV Hildesheim

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| align=right| Borussia Mönchengladbach

| align=center| 3 – 0

| Bonner SC

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| align=right| Bayer 04 Leverkusen

| align=center| 1 – 5

| Westfalia Herne

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| align=right| Karlsruher SC

| align=center| 2 – 0

| SpVgg Bayreuth

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| align=right| TuS 08 Langerwehe

| align=center| 2 – 0

| VfL Osnabrück

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| align=right| Schwarz-Weiß Essen

| align=center| 2 – 1

| BSV Schwenningen

| (AET)

26 October 1977
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| align=right| TSV 1860 München

| align=center| 3 – 0

| FC Augsburg

=Round of 16=

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19 November 1977
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| align=right| FC Schalke 04

| align=center| 4 – 2

| Hamburger SV

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| align=right| SV Werder Bremen

| align=center| 2 – 1

| TSV 1860 München

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| align=right| 1. FC Köln

| align=center| 4 – 0

| Karlsruher SC

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| align=right| TuS 08 Langerwehe

| align=center| 1 – 3

| MSV Duisburg

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| align=right| Borussia Mönchengladbach

| align=center| 3 – 0

| VfL Bochum

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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf

| align=center| 3 – 1

| Eintracht Braunschweig

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| align=right| FC 08 Homburg

| align=center| 1 – 1

| Hertha BSC

| (AET)

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| align=right| Schwarz-Weiß Essen

| align=center| 0 – 0

| Westfalia Herne

| (AET)

==Replays==

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29 November 1977
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| align=right| Hertha BSC

| align=center| 4 – 1

| FC 08 Homburg

| (AET)

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| align=right| Westfalia Herne

| align=center| 0 – 1

| Schwarz-Weiß Essen

=Quarter-finals=

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20 December 1977
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| align=right| 1. FC Köln

| align=center| 9 – 0

| Schwarz-Weiß Essen

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| align=right| MSV Duisburg

| align=center| 1 – 0

| Hertha BSC

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| align=right| SV Werder Bremen

| align=center| 2 – 1

| Borussia Mönchengladbach

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| align=right| FC Schalke 04

| align=center| 1 – 1

| Fortuna Düsseldorf

| (AET)

==Replay==

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29 November 1977
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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf

| align=center| 1 – 0

| FC Schalke 04

=Semi-finals=

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25 January 1978
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| align=right| 1. FC Köln

| align=center| 1 – 0

| SV Werder Bremen

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| align=right| Fortuna Düsseldorf

| align=center| 4 – 1

| MSV Duisburg

=Final=

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