Saxony-Anhalt Cup
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Saxony-Anhalt Cup
Founded
1991
Nation
State
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

Qualifying competition for
German Cup
Current Champions 2010-11
Hallescher FC
Hallescher FC
Hallescher FC is a German association football club based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club's roots are in the 1946 formation of SG Glaucha in Soviet-occupied East Germany around the core of Hallescher Fußball-Club Wacker which was founded in 1900...



The Saxony-Anhalt Cup (German: Landespokal Sachsen-Anhalt) is an annual football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 cup competition in Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

. The Football Association of Saxony-Anhalt (German: Fußballverband Sachsen-Anhalts, short: FSA) is its governing body. All non-professional sides that are members of the FSA may participate. Winners of the Saxony-Anhalt Cup will start in the first round of the DFB Cup. The cup final was played in Paul Greifzu Stadium
Paul Greifzu Stadium
The Paul Greifzu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dessau-Roßlau. It is one of the most modern stadia in Saxony-Anhalt.- Overview :Eight peace doves heralded the opening of the Paul Greifzu Stadium in Dessau in October 1952. It was named after German motorsport racer and constructor Paul...

 in Dessau
Dessau-Roßlau
' is an independent city and urban district in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Elbe and Mulde. The town was formed by merger of the independent city of Dessau with the town of Roßlau in the course of the Kreisreform Sachsen-Anhalt on 1 July 2007...

 from 1998 to 2005. Since then it has been played in Schönebeck (Elbe) in 2006, and in the newly-built Stadion Magdeburg
Stadion Magdeburg
MDCC-Arena is a multi-purpose stadium in Magdeburg, Germany. It has been completed and opened to the public in December 2006, replacing the old Ernst-Grube-Stadion. It is mostly used for football matches and hosts the home matches of 1. FC Magdeburg....

 since 2007. The cup is played in a one-leg mode, with extra time and penalty shoot-out when necessary. The teams share the revenue from the respective matches, and in the cup final, the Football Association also receives a share.
The cup has been played since 1991. Record winners are 1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...

 with 8 titles, two of which were won by the club's reserve team.

History

Since the establishment of the Football Association of Saxony-Anhalt in 1991 the cup has been played. However, there have been several reforms that changed the character of the competition. Until the 1993/94 two separate cup competitions were played in the areas formerly occupied by the Bezirke
Administrative division of the German Democratic Republic
The Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic were constituted in two different forms during the country's 41-year-long history. The Republic first retained the traditional German division into federated states called Länder, but in 1952 replaced them with arbitrarily-drawn...

 Magdeburg
Magdeburg (Bezirk)
The Bezirk Magdeburg was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Magdeburg.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

 and Halle
Halle (Bezirk)
The Bezirk Halle was a district of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Halle.-History:The district was established, with the other 13, on July 25, 1952, substituting the old German states...

. The two champions of these Bezirkspokale then faced each other in the Saxony-Anhalt Cup final.

From the 1994/95 season onwards the cup has been played as one competition with all teams down to the Landesklasse (tier VII) and the winners of the Kreispokal competitions participating. This led to up to 160 teams and 8 cup rounds to determine the winner.

In 2000/01 there was another reform to reduce the number of games. Since then all teams from the Regionalliga
Regionalliga
Regionalliga is a designation in Germany for sports leagues, which are led by one or more regional federations. Regionalligen often fall below the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga of a given sport...

, NOFV-Oberliga, Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt
Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt
The Verbandsliga Sachsen-Anhalt is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt,...

, the top five teams of the three Landesliga divisions (tier IV until 2007/08, tier VI from 2008/09) and the 24 Kreispokal winners are eligible for the cup.

Through a sponsorship agreement the competition has been called Lottopokal since the 2006/07 season.

Finals

Year Winner Finalist Result City Stadium Attendance
1991 Wernigeröder SV Rot-Weiß SV Merseburg 99 3-2 aet 
1992 FSV Lok/Altmark Stendal
Lok Stendal
1. FC Lok Stendal is a German association football club that plays in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt.- History :Founded in 1909, FC Viktoria Stendal was dissolved in the aftermath of World War II and re-established in Soviet-occupied East Germany in 1945 as SG Stendal-Nord. The club underwent a number of...

 
FC Anhalt Dessau  2-0
1993 1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg
1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...

 
Hallescher FC
Hallescher FC
Hallescher FC is a German association football club based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:The club's roots are in the 1946 formation of SG Glaucha in Soviet-occupied East Germany around the core of Hallescher Fußball-Club Wacker which was founded in 1900...

 
3-2 Hettstedt
Hettstedt
Hettstedt is a town in Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, on the Wipper.As of 1911, Hettstedt engaged in the manufacture of machinery, pianofortes, and artificial manure, and the surrounding district and villages were occupied with smelting due to the nearby mines of argentiferous...

 
Sportpark am Walzwerkhölzchen 1,100
1994 Hallescher FC 1.FC Magdeburg 4-3 Thale
Thale
Thale is a town in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt in central Germany.-Geography:It is situated on the river Bode, approximately 8 km west of Quedlinburg. It is the terminus of the Magdeburg–Thale railway.- History :...

 
Sportpark an der Neinstedter Straße 300
1995 FSV Lok/Altmark Stendal FC Anhalt Dessau 4-1 Schönebeck (Elbe) 
1996 FSV Lok/Altmark Stendal VfL Halle 96  3-0 Gommern
Gommern
Gommern is a town in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km southeast of Magdeburg. On January 1, 2005, the municipalities Dannigkow, Dornburg, Karith, Ladeburg, Leitzkau, Menz, Nedlitz, Vehlitz and Wahlitz have been incorporated into Gommern. On...

 
Sportforum Gommern
1997 VfL Halle 96 Schönebecker SV 1861  4-2 aet  Köthen  Stadion Rüsternbreite
1998 1. FC Magdeburg FSV Lok/Altmark Stendal 4-1 Dessau
Dessau
Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...

 
Paul Greifzu Stadium
Paul Greifzu Stadium
The Paul Greifzu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dessau-Roßlau. It is one of the most modern stadia in Saxony-Anhalt.- Overview :Eight peace doves heralded the opening of the Paul Greifzu Stadium in Dessau in October 1952. It was named after German motorsport racer and constructor Paul...

 
3,500
1999 VfL Halle 96 FC Anhalt Dessau 3-2 Dessau Paul Greifzu Stadium
2000 1. FC Magdeburg II  VfL Halle 96 3-2 Dessau Paul Greifzu Stadium 700
2001 1. FC Magdeburg VfB IMO Merseburg 3-0 Dessau Paul Greifzu Stadium 1,586
2002 Hallescher FC FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen
FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen
FC Grün-Weiß Wolfen is a German association football club from the industrial city of Bitterfeld-Wolfen in southern Saxony-Anhalt. They currently compete in the tier V NOFV-Oberliga Süd.-History:...

 
3-1 Dessau Paul Greifzu Stadium 2,483
2003 1. FC Magdeburg 1.FC Lok Stendal 2-0 Dessau Paul Greifzu Stadium 2,138
2004 TSV Völpke  SV Dessau 05
SV Dessau 05
SV Dessau 05 is a German association football club based in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. They distinguished themselves in 1949 as winners of the inaugural FDGB-Pokal .-History:...

 
3-2 Dessau Paul Greifzu Stadium 2,300
2005 Magdeburger SV 90 Preußen  VfB 1906 Sangerhausen  4-2 after penalties Dessau Paul Greifzu Stadium 1,200
2006 1. FC Magdeburg SV 09 Staßfurt 1-0 Schönebeck (Elbe) Sportforum an der Barbarastraße 4,500
2007 1. FC Magdeburg II Magdeburger SV 90 Preußen 3-0 Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....

 
Stadion Magdeburg  2,529
2008 Hallescher FC 1. FC Magdeburg 0-0 (4-3 pen.
Penalty shootout (football)
A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...

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Magdeburg Stadion Magdeburg 13,988
2009 1. FC Magdeburg Hallescher FC 1–0 Magdeburg Stadion Magdeburg 12,988
2010 Hallescher FC VfB Germania Halberstadt  3–2 Sangerhausen
Sangerhausen
Sangerhausen is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, without being part of it.It is situated southeast of the Harz, approx. 35 km east of Nordhausen, and 50 km west of Halle...

Friesenstadion 3,450
2011 Hallescher FC FC Grün-Weiß Piesteritz 2-0 Dessau Paul Greifzu Stadium 3,950

Record winners

Rank Club Number
1 1. FC Magdeburg 8
2 Hallescher FC 5
3 1. FC Lok Stendal 3
4 VfL Halle 96 2
5 Wernigeröder SV Rot-Weiß, TSV Völpke, Magdeburger SV 90 Preußen 1


Two titles were won by the club's reserves.

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