1974–75 FDGB-Pokal

1974–75 FDGB-Pokal

Tournament details
Country	East Germany
Defending champions	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Final positions
Champions	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau
Runner-up	Dynamo Dresden

The 1974–75 season saw the 24th competition for the FDGB-Pokal.

89 teams participated. After a qualifying round pitting 6 clubs from the second-tier DDR-Liga against each other, the first round and an additional intermediate round were played with 55 teams from the 1973-74 DDR-Liga, the teams relegated from the first-tier DDR-Oberliga after the 1973-74 season and the 15 winners of the various 1973-74 Bezirkspokal competitions.

By the round of the last 16, all Bezirkspokal winners had been eliminated, and only two second-tier teams, 1. FC Union Berlin and Motor Nordhausen remained in the competition. As had been done in the past two competitions, fixtures were played over two legs from the round of 16 to the semifinals.

The semifinal saw a repeat of last year's final, with Dynamo Dresden and FC Carl Zeiss Jena playing each other. Dresden won through and met BSG Sachsenring Zwickau who had beaten BSG Wismut Aue in the semifinal. For the first time since 1950 the final was held in East Berlin's Stadion der Weltjugend. For the first time ever an FDGB-Pokal final was decided on penalties.

Preliminary round

Home team	Away team	Result
BSG Stahl Maxhütte	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig II	0 – 8
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt II	ASG Vorwärts Plauen	3 – 1 a.e.t.
BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe	SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde	4 – 0

Round 1

Home team	Away team	Result
1. FC Union Berlin II	BSG Aufbau Schwedt	4 – 0
SG Dynamo Lübben	BSG EAB 47 Lichtenberg Berlin	2 – 1 aet
BSG WaMa Görlitz	SG Dynamo Dresden II	1 – 5
BSG Lokomotive Erfurt	BSG Motor Steinach	2 – 1
BSG Aufbau Eisenhüttenstadt	BSG Motor Eberswalde	0 – 1 aet
FC Carl Zeiss Jena III	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt II	1 – 0
SG Dynamo Eisleben	BSG Zentronik Sömmerda	2 – 1
BSG Fortschritt Krumhermersdorf	FSV Lokomotive Dresden	1 – 2
SC DHfK Leipzig	BSG Wismut Gera	2 – 4 aet
BSG Stahl Blankenburg	1. FC Magdeburg II	1 – 5 aet
BSG Lokomotive Malchin	BSG Post Neubrandenburg	2 – 1
BSG Motor Hennigsdorf	BSG Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt	3 – 2
BSG Lokomotive Bergen	FC Hansa Rostock II	1 – 2
BSG Aufbau Boitzenburg	SG Dynamo Schwerin	1 – 2
BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort	BSG Motor Ernst Thälmann Suhl	4 – 0
ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg	FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder II	1 – 5
BSG Demminer Verkehrsbetriebe	Berliner FC Dynamo II	0 – 5
BSG Motor Schwerin	BSG Stahl Brandenburg	1 – 4
BSG Motor Köpenick Berlin	BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge	0 – 2
BSG Rotation 1950 Leipzig	BSG Chemie Zeitz	4 – 4 aet, 4 – 3 pen
BSG Chemie Wolfen	BSG Motor Germania Karl-Marx-Stadt	2 – 4
TSG Bau Rostock	TSG Wismar	2 – 3
ASG Vorwärts Löbau	TSG Gröditz	2 – 1
BSG Motor Eisenach	BSG Lokomotive/Vorwärts Halberstadt	2 – 3 aet
BSG Chemie Schwarza	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau II	2 – 0
BSG Motor Schönebeck	BSG Motor Babelsberg	1 – 5
BSG Lokomotive Stendal	BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf	1 – 0
FC Energie Cottbus	ASG Vorwärts Dessau	1 – 0
BSG Motor Nordhausen West	BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau	5 – 2
ASG Vorwärts Kamenz	BSG Motor Werdau	3 – 1
BSG KKW Nord Greifswald	1. FC Union Berlin	3 – 3 aet, 4 – 5 pen
BSG Einheit Güstrow	BSG Schiffahrt/Hafen Rostock	3 – 1
BSG Stahl Riesa II	FC Carl Zeiss Jena II	3 – 1
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig II	BSG Chemie Leipzig	4 – 5
FC Karl-Marx-Stadt II	BSG Chemie Böhlen	1 – 2
BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe	BSG Akt. Brieske/Senftenberg	3 – 0

Intermediate round

Home team	Away team	Result
BSG Lokomotive Malchin	FC Hansa Rostock II	0 – 1
BSG Einheit Güstrow	TSG Wismar	3 – 1
BSG Chemie Veritas Wittenberge	SG Dynamo Schwerin	1 – 2
BSG Rotation 1950 Leipzig	BSG Lokomotive Stendal	3 – 2
BSG Lokomotive/Vorwärts Halberstadt	BSG Chemie Leipzig	0 – 4
1. FC Magdeburg II	SG Dynamo Eisleben	3 – 2
BSG Stahl Brandenburg	BSG Chemie Böhlen	1 – 1 aet, 5 – 6 pen
FC Carl Zeiss Jena III	BSG Motor Nordhausen West	0 – 3
BSG Lokomotive Erfurt	BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort	2 – 1
BSG Chemie Schwarza	BSG Wismut Gera	0 – 1
1. FC Union Berlin II	BSG Motor Babelsberg	3 – 2
SG Dynamo Lübben	FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder II	0 – 2
BSG Motor Eberswalde	Berliner FC Dynamo II	1 – 2
BSG Motor Hennigsdorf	1. FC Union Berlin	0 – 4
BSG Stahl Riesa II	BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe	1 – 0
ASG Vorwärts Löbau	FSV Lokomotive Dresden	4 – 1
ASG Vorwärts Kamenz	FC Energie Cottbus	0 – 2
BSG Motor Germania Karl-Marx-Stadt	SG Dynamo Dresden II	1 – 2

Round 2

Home team	Away team	Result
FC Energie Cottbus	SG Dynamo Dresden	1 – 2 aet
FC Hansa Rostock II	1. FC Magdeburg	1 – 2
BSG Motor Nordhausen West	BSG Chemie Leipzig	2 – 0
ASG Vorwärts Löbau	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	0 – 1*
1. FC Magdeburg II	FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder	0 – 2
BSG Chemie Böhlen	BSG Wismut Aue	1 – 3
BSG Lokomotive Erfurt	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	0 – 2
BSG Stahl Riesa II	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	0 – 5
Berliner FC Dynamo II	FC Hansa Rostock	0 – 4
BSG Einheit Güstrow	Berliner FC Dynamo	0 – 4
FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder II	BSG Stahl Riesa	0 – 2
SG Dynamo Dresden II	FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt	0 – 2
SG Dynamo Schwerin	ASG Vorwärts Stralsund	2 – 4
BSG Rotation 1950 Leipzig	BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	1 – 3
1. FC Union Berlin II	Hallescher FC Chemie	0 – 3
BSG Wismut Gera	1. FC Union Berlin	0 – 3

^* The match was counted as a loss for FCK as they had fielded an ineligible player. However, as Löbau failed to spot the infraction while reviewing the opposition's lineup as is customary, they were not awarded a win. Neither team progressed.

Last 16

SG Dynamo Dresden – 1. FC Magdeburg	3 – 3, 1 – 0
BSG Wismut Aue – Hallescher FC Chemie	4 – 0, 1 – 3
FC Vorwärts Frankfurt/Oder – FC Hansa Rostock	1 – 5, 1 – 1
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt – 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	1 – 1, 1 – 3
Berliner FC Dynamo – BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	2 – 3, 2 – 4
FC Carl Zeiss Jena – 1. FC Union Berlin	1 – 0, 1 – 1
BSG Stahl Riesa – BSG Motor Nordhausen West	1 – 0, 1 – 0
ASG Vorwärts Stralsund – FC Karl-Marx-Stadt	walkover

Quarter finals

SG Dynamo Dresden - BSG Stahl Riesa	2 – 0, 2 – 1
ASG Vorwärts Stralsund - BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	1 – 1, 2 – 4
FC Carl Zeiss Jena - 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	3 – 1, 0 – 1
BSG Wismut Aue - FC Hansa Rostock	2 – 0, 2 – 1

Semifinals

(15 and 22 March 1975)

SG Dynamo Dresden - FC Carl Zeiss Jena	3 – 1, 0 – 1
BSG Sachsenring Zwickau - BSG Wismut Aue	1 – 0, 1 – 2

Final

Statistics

14 May 1975

BSG Sachsenring Zwickau	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Dynamo Dresden
Schykowski 73' Nestler 119'		Heidler 65' Richter 110'
Penalties
Dietzsch Blank Bräutigam H. Schykowski Croy	4 – 3	Wätzlich Weber Geyer Dörner Kotte

Stadion der Weltjugend, East Berlin

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Heinz Einbeck (East Berlin)

ZWICKAU: GK Jürgen Croy DF Hans Schykowski DF Roland Stemmler DF Peter Henschel  74' DF Joachim Schykowski MF Dieter Leuschner  11' MF Heinz Dietzsch MF Michael Braun FW Ludwig Blank FW Werner Bräutigam FW Peter Nestler Substitutes: MF Andreas Reichelt  11' DF Dieter Schubert  74' Manager: Karl-Heinz Kluge

DRESDEN: GK Claus Boden DF Hans-Jürgen Dörner DF Gerd Weber DF Udo Schmuck DF Siegmar Wätzlich MF Reinhard Häfner MF Eduard Geyer MF Frank Ganzera FW Dieter Riedel FW Peter Kotte FW Gert Heidler  80' Substitutes: DF Frank Richter  80' Manager: Walter Fritzsch

Match review

Zwickau's players celebrate their cup win

Dynamo Dresden were clear cut favorites in this Saxon derby. They had finished third in the league and had three East German internationals in their line-up: Dörner, Wätzlich and Häfner. Sachsenring Zwickau had finished 7th in the league and their only international player was goalkeeper Jürgen Croy. But in front of a crowd of 55,000 Dresden could not cope with their role as favorites from the beginning. Their famous midfield with Häfner, Geyer and Ganzera couldn't find their rhythm, instead Dynamo's play was dominated by nervousness. On the other hand, Zwickau failed to put their opponents under pressure, despite valiant efforts. Additionally, bad luck struck them when midfielder Leuschner had to be substituted due to injury in the 11th minute. When Heidler eventually put Dresden in the lead after 65 minutes, the match seemed to go in the expected direction, but Zwickau struck back. Eight minutes later, their goalscorer Schykowski equalised and the match went into extra time. Ten minutes before the end of extra time, Dresden again took the lead through a goal by Richter who had been subbed in after 80 minutes, but just before the final whistle Zwickau's left winger Nestler could equalise once more. Therefore, the final, for the first time in FDGB-Pokal history, had to be decided by penalty kicks. Here Zwickau's goalkeeper Croy became the hero of the day, first saving two penalty kicks and then converting the final kick for the 4–3 victory.