Baden Cup


The North Baden Cup is one of the 21 regional cup competitions of German football. The winner of the competition gains entry to the first round of the German Cup.

History

The Cup was established in 1949, after the end of the Second World War, in the US occupation zone in the northern half of the state of Baden, which existed as part of the state of Württemberg-Baden from 1945 to 1952, when the state of Baden-Württemberg was formed. Due to the southern half of the state being under French occupation, the Baden football association was cut in half and a northern and southern federation was formed. The same happened with the regional cup competition.
The North Baden Cup is played annually, with the exception of 1950 to 1956, when it was not held.
From 1974 onwards, the winner of the South Baden Cup qualified for the first round of the German Cup. At times, the BFV was permitted to send both, winner and finalist to the first round of the German Cup, currently, it is only the winner as North Baden is not one of the three largest federations, which are permitted to send two clubs.
The cup has been sponsored by the brewery Privatbrauerei Hoepfner since 1996 and therefore currently carries the name BFV-Hoepfner-Cup.
The North Baden cup winners have at times performed quite well in the national cup competition. In 1974–75, the first season the regional cup winners entered the DFB-Pokal directly, VfB Eppingen, the North Baden Cup winner, reached the fourth round of the cup, beating Bundesliga side Hamburger SV 2–1 on the way.
In 1990–91, the North Baden Cup winners FV 09 Weinheim defeated FC Bayern Munich 1–0 in the first round of the German Cup.

Modus

Professional clubs are not permitted to enter the competition, meaning, no teams from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga can compete.
All clubs from North Baden playing in the 3. Liga, Regionalliga Süd and Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, Verbandsliga Nordbaden and the three Landesligas gain direct entry to the first round. Additionally, the best teams of the regional cup competitions in North Baden also qualify for the competition.

Cup finals

Held annually at the end of season, these were the cup finals since 1949:
Listed in order of wins, the Cup winners are:
ClubWins
SV Sandhausen121
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim4
Karlsruher SC II4
VfR Mannheim3
1. FC Pforzheim3
Karlsruher FV3
FV Hockenheim3
FC Nöttingen3
Karlsruher SC3
SV Waldhof Mannheim2
SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim2
FV 09 Weinheim2
SV Schwetzingen2
FC Östringen2
VfB Eppingen2
ASV Feudenheim2
VfL Neckarau2
FC Astoria Walldorf2
SpVgg Neckarelz1
ASV Durlach1
FV Lauda1
SV Neckargerach1
FC Germania Friedrichsfeld1
FV Wiesental1
FC 08 Neureut1
1. FC Eutingen1