1964–65 FDGB-Pokal


The 1964-65 season saw the 14th competition for the FDGB-Pokal, the East German national football cup.
In a qualification round played on 2 August 1964, the 32 teams of the second-tier DDR-Liga of the past season and 28 finalists of the Bezirkspokal competitions faced each other. Empor Neustrelitz and ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg were cup finalists as well as DDR-Liga members. The 14 DDR-Oberliga clubs joined the competition in the second round on 1 November 1964, and BSG Motor Steinach, SG Dynamo Dresden as well as SC Dynamo Berlin were already eliminated there. No Bezirkspokal finalist was left by the third round, and three of the four remaining DDR-Liga sides were eliminated in the third round. Dessau forced a replay on Chemie Halle, but then lost 0–3.
While last year's finalist SC Leipzig was eliminated in the quarterfinals by SC Motor Jena, title holders Aufbau Magdeburg reached the final again. Two quarter finals were decided on extra time, DDR-Liga side Chemie Halle forced a replay on Oberliga side Motor Zwickau in the quarter final and surprisingly beat Zwickau 2–0. Only in the semi finals was Halle's high stopped.

Qualification round

Matches played on 2 August 1964.
Home teamAway teamResult
BSG Chemie Bitterfeld–SC Chemie Halle0–3
BSG Motor Hennigsdorf–SC Potsdam3–4 a.e.t.
BSG Aufbau Jüterbog–TSC Berlin3–2 a.e.t.
BSG Aktivist Laubusch–SC Cottbus0–1
SG Dynamo Adlershof–BSG Motor Dessau0–2
TSG Wismar–ASK Vorwärts Rostock4–3
BSG Einheit Gersdorf–SG Dynamo Hohenschönhausen1–4 a.e.t.
SG Adlershof Berlin–BSG Motor Köpenick0–1
BSG Traktor Lassan–BSG Motor Wolgast2–3
ZSG Seifhennersdorf–SC Einheit Frankfurt/Oder1–3
BSG Rotation Blankenstein–BSG Wismut Gera0–1 a.e.t.
BSG Empor Wurzen–SC Fortschritt Weißenfels2–3
ASG Vorwärts Beetzendorf–SG Dynamo Eisleben1–4
BSG Wismut Gera II–BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau1–5
BSG Einheit Reichenbach–BSG Motor West Karl-Marx-Stadt3–1
BSG Fortschritt Spremberg–BSG Motor Bautzen2–3
BSG Motor Oberlind–ASG Vorwärts Leipzig1–8
BSG Motor Breitungen–BSG Motor Eisenach0–2
BSG Aktivist Zwenkau–BSG Chemie Zeitz0–1
BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt–BSG Stahl Eisleben7–0
SG Dynamo Eisleben II–BSG Chemie Wolfen0–2
BSG Verkehrbetriebe Demmin–BSG Einheit Greifswald2–3 a.e.t.
BSG Empor Neustrelitz–ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg0–7
BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder–BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt3–3 a.e.t.
BSG Stahl Finow–SC Frankfurt/Oder2–2 a.e.t.
BSG Fortschritt Apolda–BSG Motor Weimar1–1 a.e.t.
SG Dynamo Dresden II–BSG Stahl Riesa4–4 a.e.t.
BSG Einheit Breitenbach–SC Turbine Erfurt0–2 a.e.t.
BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge–SG Dynamo Schwerin?–?
BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge–BSG Turbine Magdeburg?–?

Replays

Home teamAway teamResult
BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt–BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder6–1
SC Frankfurt/Oder–BSG Stahl Finow6–1
BSG Motor Weimar–BSG Fortschritt Apolda1–0
BSG Stahl Riesa–SG Dynamo Dresden II5–1

Byes: ASG Vorwärts Cottbus, BSG Stahl Lippendorf

First round

Match played in Altenburg.

Replay

Home teamAway teamResult
BSG Motor Köpenick Berlin–BSG Chemie Wolfen1–0

Second round

Matches played on 1 November 1964.
Home teamAway teamResult
SC Chemie Halle–BSG Motor Steinach6–0
BSG Wismut Gera–SC Aufbau Magdeburg1–2
BSG Chemie Zeitz–BSG Motor Zwickau2–3
SC Cottbus–SC Neubrandenburg0–2
TSG Wismar–SC Empor Rostock0–2
ASK Vorwärts Leipzig–SC Leipzig0–4
BSG Turbine Magdenburg–BSG Motor Dessau0–1
BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt–SC Karl-Marx-Stadt1–2 a.e.t.
ASG Vorwärts Cottbus–SG Dynamo Dresden2–1 a.e.t.
BSG Stahl Riesa–BSG Chemie Leipzig0–1
ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg–SC Dynamo Berlin1–0 a.e.t.
SG Dynamo Eisleben–BSG Lokomotive Stendal2–3
BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau–BSG Wismut Aue1–1 a.e.t.
BSG Motor Köpenick–ASK Vorwärts Berlin1–1 a.e.t.
BSG Motor Eisenach–SC Motor Jena0–0 a.e.t.

Match played in Waren.

Replays

Third round

Matches played on 12 December 1964.
Home teamAway teamResult
SC Empor Rostock–SC Motor Jena0–1
BSG Chemie Leipzig–ASK Vorwärts Berlin3–1
BSG Motor Zwickau–ASG Vorwärts Cottbus3–1
SC Leipzig–ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg5–2
BSG Lokomotive Stendal–BSG Wismut Aue2–5
BSG Motor Dessau–SC Chemie Halle2–2 a.e.t.
SC Neubrandenburg–SC Aufbau Magdeburg1–1 a.e.t.

Replays

Quarterfinals

All matches played on 31 March 1965.
Home teamAway teamResult
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt–SC Aufbau Magdeburg2–4 a.e.t.
BSG Wismut Aue–BSG Chemie Leipzig1–0
SC Motor Jena–SC Leipzig3–1
SC Chemie Halle–BSG Motor Zwickau0–0 a.e.t.

Replay

Match played on 7 April 1965.
Home teamAway teamResult
BSG Motor Zwickau–SC Chemie Halle0–2

Semifinals

Matches played on 2 May 1965.
Home teamAway teamResult
SC Chemie Halle–SC Motor Jena0–1
SC Aufbau Magdeburg–BSG Wismut Aue4–2 a.e.t.

Final

Statistics

Match report

The 14th FDGB-Pokal final saw the meeting of holders SC Aufbau Magdeburg and SC Motor Jena, then second in the DDR-Oberliga table. Due to their better league position, most experts favored Jena to win the match, with Magdeburg lying on a mere 7th place. But neither team was willing to adhere to these prognoses. While Magdeburg took the initiative and attacked relentlessly from the start, Jena could not force their usual passing play onto their opponents. Impressed by Magdeburg's offense, Jena withdrew to their own half, looking nervous and hesitating, the number of mistimed passes increasing. On the other side, Magdeburg had lots of opportunities to score, especially Klingbiel and agile forward Walter put Jena's defense under intense pressure. But all their play was too hasty, some nervousness was felt on Magdeburg's side as well. With the half-time score tied at nil-all, the title holders continued to control the match, with Stöcker gaining scoring opportunities by the minute, but no goal was scored. In the 65th then, Jena surprisingly scored: Lange outplayed Zapf and crossed into the penalty box where Müller hit a direct volley into the far corner. Magdeburg manager Kümmel reacted immediately, putting his right defender Wiedemann into the forward position occupied by Hirschmann and urging his team to keep on attacking. Jena tried to hang on to their narrow lead, but got pushed back into a defensive position again. In the end, Magdeburg were rewarded for their initiative, even though the reward came in the shape of two controversial goals. In the 82nd, Magdeburg's Walter scored off a header after seizing a misunderstanding between Jena's defender Stricksner and their goalkeeper Fritzsche, but most experts held Walter had been offside. In the last minute of the match, Jena's Marx had the bad luck of missing the ball and instead hitting Stöcker's knee inside the penalty area. Hirschmann's low shot off the penalty mark meant Magdeburg's victory. Jena's protest that Marx had indeed played the ball went unheard. While Magdeburg celebrated successfully defending their cup title, Jena bemoaned the referee's and their own performance. Günter Schneider, vice-president of the DFV summed it up: "I am disappointed by this match. Jena can play much better. You have to give Magdeburg their due for their morale. Altogether however, this match was not great advertising for football."