Thuringia Cup
Encyclopedia
| Thuringia Cup |
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| Founded |
| 1991 |
| Nation |
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| State |
.svg.png) Thuringia The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states.... |
| Qualifying competition for |
| German Cup |
| Current Champions 2010-11 |
| ZFC Meuselwitz ZFC Meuselwitz Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia.-History:The origins of the club go back to the establishment of Aktivist Zipsendorf in 1919... |
The Thuringia Cup (German: Thüringenpokal) is an annual football competition in Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
, Germany. The Thuringian Football Association (German: Thüringer Fußball-Verband, TFV) is its governing body. The cup winner qualifies for next season's DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
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Qualification and competition format
All Thuringian clubs competing in 3rd Liga3rd Liga
The 3rd Liga is the third division of football in Germany. The league started with the beginning of the 2008–09 season, when it replaced the Regionalliga as the third tier football league in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2...
, 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 Süd
NOFV-Oberliga Süd
The NOFV-Oberliga Süd is the fifth tier of the German football league system in the southern states of former East Germany. Until the introduction of the 3rd Liga in 2008, it was the fourth tier of the league system. It covers the German states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony...
, Thüringenliga
Landesliga Thüringen
The Thüringenliga is the sixth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Thuringia . Until the introduction of the 3...
and Landesklasse Thüringen are eligible to play in the cup. Additionally the winners of the Bezirkspokal competitions qualify. Starting with the 2007-08 season only one team per club may participate.
Thecompetition consists of 6 rounds played in a knock-out format. There is only one match per round, if scores are level after 90 minutes, there is a 2x15 minutes extra time followed by a penalty shootout, if necessary. Fixtures are determined by a draw. Clubs from 3rd Liga and several other teams (determined by a draw) get a first-round bye
Bye (sports)
A bye, in sports and other competitive activities, most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing...
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Finals
| Date | Host city | Winner | Finalist | Result |
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| 1991 | Gera Gera Gera, the third-largest city in the German state of Thuringia , lies in east Thuringia on the river Weiße Elster, approximately 60 kilometres to the south of the city of Leipzig and 80 kilometres to the east of Erfurt... |
SV 1910 Kahla | FV Zeulenroda | 4-3 after penalties |
| 1992 | Gotha Gotha (town) Gotha is a town in Thuringia, within the central core of Germany. It is the capital of the district of Gotha.- History :The town has existed at least since the 8th century, when it was mentioned in a document signed by Charlemagne as Villa Gotaha . Its importance derives from having been chosen in... |
FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia.-History:The football team FC Wacker 05 Nordhausen was founded on 1 November 1905 as an offshoot of a Protestant youth club in the city... |
FSV Wismut Gera | 2-1 |
| 1993 | Rudolstadt Rudolstadt Rudolstadt is a town in the German Bundesland of Thuringia, close to the Thuringian Forest to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north.... |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena II FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss... |
SV JENAer Glas | 5-3 after penalties |
| 1994 | Waltershausen Waltershausen Waltershausen is a city in the district of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany.The town has a population of 11475 .-Sister cities: Bruay-sur-l'Escaut, France Korbach, Germany Wolbrom, Poland Hanau, Germany -External links:*... |
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1. Suhler SV | 4-0 |
| 1995 | Weida Weida Weida can refer to the following:*Weida, Thuringia, a town in Thuringia, Germany*Weida , a river in Eastern Thuringia*Weida , a creek in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany*Weida-Land, a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany... |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | FV Zeulenroda | 1-0 |
| 1996 | Sondershausen Sondershausen Sondershausen is a town in Thuringia, Germany, capital of the Kyffhäuserkreis district, situated about 50 km north of Erfurt. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Schernberg was incorporated by Sondershausen.... |
FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia.-History:The football team FC Wacker 05 Nordhausen was founded on 1 November 1905 as an offshoot of a Protestant youth club in the city... |
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1-0 |
| 1997 | Heldrungen Heldrungen Heldrungen is a town in the Kyffhäuserkreis district, Thuringia, Germany.Nearby rivers are the Unstrut and the Wipper.It is known for its fortification with two water ditches, four vauban bastions and five rondells. In the center of the fortification is a renaissance castle, which was built within... |
FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 3-2 |
| 1998 | Bad Langensalza Bad Langensalza Bad Langensalza is a city in the County of Unstrut-Hainich, Thuringia, Germany, with a population of c. 18,500 .-History:... |
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen | 4-1 |
| 1999 | Suhl Suhl - Geography :Suhl sits on the south edge of the Suhler Scholle, an upthrust granite complex that is streaked by numerous dikes. This is part of the Ruhla-Schleusingen Horst that defines the southwest side of the Thuringian Forest... |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen | 3-1 |
| 2000 | Erfurt Erfurt Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian... |
FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | SSV Erfurt Nord | 3-1 |
| 2001 | Gera | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2-0 |
| 2002 | Gotha | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7-5 after penalties |
| 2003 | Gotha | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 2-0 a.e.t. |
| 2004 | Gotha | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt II | 5-3 after penalties |
| 2005 | Gera | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt II | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 7:6 after penalties |
| 2006 | Meuselwitz Meuselwitz Meuselwitz is a town in the Altenburger Land district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 12 km northwest of Altenburg and 11 km east of Zeitz.-History:... |
FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1. FC Gera 03 1. FC Gera 03 1. FC Gera 03 is a German association football club located in Gera, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in 2003 through the fusion of TSV 1880 Gera-Zwötzen and SV 1861 Liebschwitz. The club is made up largely of players who used to play in higher divisions wityh a large number coming from the... |
4-2 |
| 2007 | Pößneck Pößneck Pößneck is a town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 19 km east of Rudolstadt, and 26 km south of Jena.... |
1. FC Gera 03 | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1-0 |
| 2008 | Gera | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ZFC Meuselwitz ZFC Meuselwitz Zipsendorfer Fußballclub Meuselwitz is a German association football club from Meuselwitz, Thuringia.-History:The origins of the club go back to the establishment of Aktivist Zipsendorf in 1919... |
1-0 a.e.t. |
| 2009 | Erfurt | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 3-2 |
| 2010 | Pößneck | ZFC Meuselwitz | VfB 09 Pößneck | 2-0 |
| 2011 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 1. SC Heiligenstadt | 6-5 pen |
Records
Record winners are FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt having won the title 9 times, followed by FC Carl Zeiss Jena (5) and Wacker Nordhausen (3).The highest attendance record was set on 15 November 2005 in Erfurt. After rivals FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and FC Carl Zeiss Jena had only met in the final in the preceding years, they met in the quarter-final of the 2005-06 season. Jena took home a 4-2 penalty shootout win in front of 11,000 spectators.
Sources
- Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFSDeutscher Sportclub für FußballstatistikenThe Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken e.V., short DSFS is an association dedicated to collecting and publishing German football statistics, similar to the RSSSF, and is a member of the German Olympic Society.The club used to be best known for its annual publication, the Deutschlands...