1979 DFB-Pokal final

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox football match

| title = 1979 DFB-Pokal Final

| image = frameless

| caption = Match programme cover

| event = 1978–79 DFB-Pokal

| team1 = Hertha BSC

| team1score = 0

| team2 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| team2score = 1

| details = After extra time

| date = {{Start date|1979|6|23|df=y}}

| stadium = Niedersachsenstadion

| city = Hanover

| referee = Günter Linn (Altendiez){{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/dfb-pokal-final-referees |title=Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner |magazine=DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes |publisher=German Football Association |year=2015 |access-date=29 April 2017}}

| attendance = 56,000

| weather =

| previous = 1978

| next = 1980

}}

The 1979 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1978–79 DFB-Pokal, the 36th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 23 June 1979 at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/statistik/bisherige-sieger/ |title=Alle DFB-Pokalsieger |trans-title=All DFB-Pokal winners |website=dfb.de |date=27 November 2013 |publisher=German Football Association |access-date=6 June 2016 |language=German}} Fortuna Düsseldorf won the match 1–0 against Hertha BSC after extra time, to claim their 1st cup title.

Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal began with 128 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of six rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a replay would take place at the original away team's stadium. If still level after 90 minutes, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/modus/ |title=Modus |trans-title=Mode |website=dfb.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=15 August 2012 |access-date=11 June 2015 |language=German}}

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

style="width:80%; text-align:center;"
style="vertical-align:top; background:#99CCFF;"

! colspan="2" | Hertha BSC

! style="width:20%" | Round

! colspan="2" | Fortuna Düsseldorf

style="vertical-align:top; background:#C1E0FF;"

| style="width:20%" | Opponent

| style="width:10%" | Result

| 1978–79 DFB-Pokal

| style="width:20%" | Opponent

| style="width:10%" | Result

align="left" | FV 04 Würzburg (A)

| 2–0 {{aet}}

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Round 1

| align="left" | Stuttgarter Kickers (H)

| 7–2

align="left" | Wormatia Worms (A)
{{0|Wormatia Worms}} (H)

| 1–1 {{aet}}
2–0 (replay)

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Round 2

| align="left" | VfR Heilbronn (H)

| 3–0

align="left" | Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)

| 2–0

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Round 3

| align="left" | Alemannia Aachen (H)

| 2–1

align="left" | 1. FC Köln (H)

| 2–0 {{aet}}

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Round of 16

| align="left" | MSV Duisburg (A)

| 1–0

align="left" | Bayer Uerdingen (H)

| 6–0

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Quarter-finals

| align="left" | Bayer Leverkusen (H)

| 2–1

align="left" | Eintracht Frankfurt (H)

| 2–1

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Semi-finals

| align="left" | 1. FC Nürnberg (H)

| 4–1 {{aet}}

Match

=Details=

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|1979|6|23|df=y}}

|time = 16:00 CET

|team1 = Hertha BSC

|score = 0–1

|aet = yes

|report = https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/spieltag/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F561800

|team2 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Seel {{goal|116}}

|stadium = Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover

|attendance = 56,000

|referee = Günter Linn (Altendiez)

}}

width=92%
{{Football kit

|pattern_la = _whiteshoulders

|pattern_b = _collarwhite

|pattern_ra = _whiteshoulders

|pattern_sh =

|pattern_so =

|leftarm = 89A2FF

|body = 89A2FF

|rightarm = 89A2FF

|shorts = 000000

|socks = 89A2FF

|title = {{nowrap|Hertha BSC}}

}}

|{{Football kit

|pattern_la = _dusseldorf79

|pattern_b = _dusseldorf79

|pattern_ra = _dusseldorf79

|pattern_sh = _redsides

|pattern_so =

|leftarm = FFFFFF

|body = FFFFFF

|rightarm = FFFFFF

|shorts = FFFFFF

|socks = FFFFFF

|title = {{nowrap|Fortuna Düsseldorf}}

}}

width="100%"

|valign="top" width="40%"|

{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width=25|width=25|
GK1{{flagicon|FRG}} Norbert Nigbur
RB{{flagicon|FRG}} Michael Sziedat
CB{{flagicon|FRG}} Uwe Kliemann (c)
CB{{flagicon|FRG}} Hans Weiner
LB{{flagicon|DEN}} Ole Rasmussen
RM{{flagicon|FRG}} Holger Brück
CM{{flagicon|FRG}} Wolfgang Sidka
CM{{flagicon|FRG}} Dieter Nüssing
LM{{flagicon|FRG}} Erich Beer
CF{{flagicon|FRG}} Jürgen Milewski{{yel}}{{suboff|72}}
CF{{flagicon|FRG}} Dietmar Krämer{{suboff|91}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
FW{{flagicon|DEN}} Henrik Agerbeck{{subon|72}}
FW{{flagicon|FRG}} Thomas Remark{{subon|91}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|FRG}} Kuno Klötzer

|valign="top"|300px

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size:90%; margin:auto" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
width=25|width=25|
GK1{{flagicon|FRG}} Jörg Daniel
RB2{{flagicon|FRG}} Josef Weikl
CB3{{flagicon|FRG}} Gerd Zewe (c)
CB6{{flagicon|FRG}} Reinhold Fanz
LB5{{flagicon|FRG}} Heiner Baltes
RM4{{flagicon|FRG}} Egon Köhnen
CM7{{flagicon|FRG}} Hubert Schmitz
CM9{{flagicon|FRG}} Rudolf Bommer
LM8{{flagicon|FRG}} Thomas Allofs{{suboff|72}}
CF10{{flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Allofs
CF11{{flagicon|FRG}} Wolfgang Seel
colspan=3|Substitutes:
MF{{flagicon|FRG}} Ralf Dusend{{subon|72}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer

|}

style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"

|

Match rules

References

{{reflist}}