Lower Saxony Cup
{{Infobox football tournament
|name = Lower Saxony Cup
|image = Image:Deutschland Lage von Niedersachsen.svg
|region = Lower Saxony, Germany
|founded = 1956
|qualifier for = DFB-Pokal
|champion = SV Meppen (2023–24)
|most successful club = VfL Osnabrück (5 titles)
}}
The Lower Saxony Cup ({{langx|de|Niedersächsischer Pokal}}) is an annual football cup competition, held by the {{lang|de|Niedersächsischer Fußball-Verband}} ({{langx|en|Lower Saxony Football Association}}) since 1956. For sponsorship reasons, the official name of the competition is Krombacher-Pokal.[http://www.nfv-www.de/page.php?id=124 Krombacher-Pokal Herren des NFV] {{in lang|de}} Lower Saxony football association website. Retrieved 30 June 2011 The Krombacher brewery, sponsor of the competition since 2010, also sponsored, at the time, the cup competitions in Thuringia, Westphalia, Hesse and Rhineland.[http://www.nfv-www.de/page.php?id=47%C3%83%C6%92%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%A1%C3%83%E2%80%9A%C3%82%C2%A8mld=3389&mld=3978 Krombacher-Brauerei ist neuer Premium-Partner] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314172834/http://www.nfv-www.de/page.php?id=47%C3%83%C6%92%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%A1%C3%83%E2%80%9A%C3%82%C2%A8mld=3389&mld=3978 |date=2012-03-14 }} {{in lang|de}} Lower Saxony football association website, published: 21 December 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2011 It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany and a qualifying competition for the German Cup, with the winner and runners-up of the competition being automatically qualified for the first round of the German Cup in the following season.[https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=460546 DFB Cup Men – Mode] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609211623/https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=460546 |date=9 June 2009 }} DFB website. Retrieved 28 June 2011
The record winners of the competition are VfL Osnabrück with five titles, followed by Sportfreunde Salzgitter with four titles and Kickers Emden, VfL Wolfsburg, and Hannover 96 with three titles each to their name.
Mode
The competition is open for all member clubs of the Lower Saxony FA playing in the 3. Liga, Regionalliga Nord and Niedersachsenliga. Additionally, the four regional cup winners in the state are also qualified. Reserve teams are not permitted to compete anymore. Regardless of which club has been drawn first, clubs from a lower league will always have home advantage when playing a club from a higher league. In case of a draw after regular time, no extra time is played and the game instead decided by a penalty shoot out. The two cup finalists automatically qualify for the first round of the German Cup.[http://www.nfv-www.de/downloads/s_124/Kopie%20von%20Ausschreibung%20Krombacher%20Pokal%20Herren%20des%20NFV%202010-2011%20Entwurf%203.pdf Ausschreibung Krombacher Pokal Herren des NFV 2010/11] {{in lang|de}} Lower Saxony football association website – competition rules. Retrieved 1 July 2011
Winners
The winners of the competition:
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| align="center"| 5 | 2005, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2023 |
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| align="center"| 4 | 1957, 1961, 1964, 1975 |
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| align="center"| 3 | 1996, 2000, 2009 |
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| align="center"| 3 | 1962, 2002‡, 2003‡ |
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| align="center"| 3 | 1982‡, 1997, 1998 |
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| align="center"| 3 | 2016, 2018, 2019 |
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| align="center"| 3 | 1999, 2021, 2024 |
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| align="center"| 2 | 2004, 2011 |
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| align="center"| 2 | 2007, 2010 |
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| align="center"| 2 | 1974, 2008 |
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| align="center"| 2 | 1992, 1993 |
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| align="center"| 2 | 1987, 1988 |
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| align="center"| 2 | 1956, 1976 |
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| align="center"| 2 | 1963, 1967‡ |
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| align="center"| 2 | 2012, 2020 |
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| align="center"| 2 | 2014, 2022 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 2006 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 2001 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1995 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1994 |
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| TSV Krähenwinkel/Kaltenweide | align="center"| 1 | 1991 |
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| width=200|Club | width=40|Wins | width=150|Years |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1990 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1989 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1986 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1985 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1984 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1983 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1981 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1980 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1978 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1977 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1973 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1972 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1971 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1970 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1969 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1968 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1966 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1965 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1960 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1959 |
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| align="center"| 1 | 1958 |
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- ‡ Won by reserve team.
- 1 Known as Sportfreunde Lebenstedt before 1964.
- No competition held in 1979.
References
{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, {{in lang|de}} An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
External links
- [http://www.nfv.de NFV – Lower Saxony football association] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.fussball.de/amateurfussball-fussballergebnisse-der-amateurligen-bei-fussball-de/id_17266550/index Official DFB results website] {{in lang|de}}
{{German football cup competitions}}
{{Football in Lower Saxony}}
Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1956
Category:Football cup competitions in Germany