| DFB-Pokal Frauen | |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Dates: | 17 August 2024 – 1 May 2025 |
| Matches: | 42 |
| Goals: | 178 |
| Scoring Leader: | Nina Lange (5 goals) |
| Extra Information: | Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included. |
| Updated: | 24 November 2024 |
| Prev Season: | 2023–24 |
| Next Season: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 DFB-Pokal is the 43rd season of the annual German football cup competition. Several teams participate in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Frauen-Bundesliga and the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, excluding second teams. The competition will begin on 17 August 2024 with the first of six rounds and will end on 1 May 2025 with the final at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 2010.[1]
VfL Wolfsburg are the ten-time defending champions.[2]
The following clubs qualified for the competition:
| Bundesliga the 12 clubs of the 2023–24 season | 2. Bundesliga 10 of the 14 clubs of the 2023–24 season | Regionalliga the 2 promoted teams and the 5 champions of the 2023–24 season | |
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| Verbandspokal the 21 winners of the regional association cups | |||
Baden
Berlin Brandenburg Bremen
Hamburg Hesse
| Lower Rhine
Lower Saxony
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Middle Rhine Rhineland
Saarland Saxony
| Saxony-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
South Baden
Southwest
Thuringia Westphalia
Württemberg | |
All clubs from the 2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga and the four best-placed teams from the 2023–24 2. Frauen-Bundesliga receive a bye in the first round. Clubs from lower leagues will host against clubs from higher leagues until the quarter-finals.
The rounds of the 2024–25 competition are scheduled as follows:
| Round | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| First round | 17–20 August 2024 | |
| Second round | 6–11 September 2024 | |
| Round of 16 | 22–24 November 2024 | |
| Quarter-finals | 11–13 February 2025 | |
| Semi-finals | 22–23 March 2025 | |
| Final | 1 May 2025 at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne |
Times up to 27 October 2024 and from 30 March 2025 are CEST (UTC+2). Times from 28 October 2024 to 29 March 2025 are CET (UTC+1).
The draw took place on 27 June 2024, with Ulrike Ballweg drawing the matches.[3] [4] The teams are split into a North and a South group. The Bundesliga and the two best-placed teams from the 2. Bundesliga had a bye.[5] The matches will take place between 17 and 20 August 2024.
The draw took place on 20 August 2024, with Verena Schweers drawing the matches.[6] [7] The matches will take place between 6 and 11 September 2024.
The draw took place on 16 September 2024, with Lena Lotzen drawing the matches.[8] [9] The matches took place between 22 and 24 November 2024.
The draw will be held on 15 December 2024. The matches will take place between 11 and 13 February 2025.
Qualified teams
The matches will take place on 22 and 23 March 2025.
The final take place on 1 May 2025.
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not included.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina Lange | VfL Bochum | 5 |
| 2 | Alina Angerer | VfL Bochum | 4 |
| 3 | Flaka Aslanaj | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 |
| Emma Ballay | Kieler MTV | ||
| Carolin Corres | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Laura Freigang | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Anna Marques | VfL Bochum | ||
| Christin Meyer | Hamburger SV | ||
| Vivien Schwing | Fortuna Köln | ||
| 10 | 23 players | 2 |