Württemberg Cup
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The Bitburger-wfv-Pokal 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. It was introduced in 1945. In 2011 the cup was renamed from WFV-Pokal into Bitburger-wfv-Pokal because of a new name sponsoring by the brewery Bitburger
Bitburger
Bitburger brewery is a large German brewery founded in 1817 by Johann Wallenborn.Bitburger ranks number 3 among Germany's best selling breweries with annual sales of 3.86 million hectolitres in 2008, the best known product being Bitburger Premium Pils.-History:Johann Peter Wallenborn founded the...

. Current champion from season 2010–11 is the 3rd league club 1. FC Heidenheim. WFV stands for Württembergischer Fußball-Verband (football association of the region Württemberg).

History

The competition was established in 1945 in the Württemberg part of Württemberg-Baden
Württemberg-Baden
Württemberg-Baden is a former state of Federal Republic of Germany. It was created in 1945 by the U.S. occupation forces, after the previous states of Baden and Württemberg had been split up between the US and French occupation zones. Its capital was Stuttgart...

 and in Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Württemberg-Hohenzollern was a historical state of West Germany. It was created in 1945 as part of the French occupation zone. Its capital was Tübingen...

. In 1952, these two states merged with South Baden
South Baden
South Baden , formed in December 1945 from the southern half of the former Republic of Baden, was a subdivision of the French occupation zone of post-WWII Germany. The state was later renamed to Baden and became a founding state of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949...

 to form Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

 but three separate football associations, Württemberg, Baden and South Baden, remained and also their regional cups.

Initially, the final was held at a neutral ground but from 1967 onwards, one of the two finalists received home advantage. Occasionally, it would however still be held at a neutral venue when the club with the home advantage didn't have a suitable stadium. After 1981, the competitions final returned to a neutral venue.

From 1974 onwards, the winner of the WFV Cup qualified for the first round of the German Cup. At times, the WFV was permitted to send both, winner and finalist to the first round of the German Cup, currently (2008–09), it is only the winner as Württemberg is not one of the three largest federations, which are permitted to send two clubs.

Possibly the most remarkable WFV-Cup winner in terms of German Cup appearance was the SC Geislingen
SC Geislingen
SC Geislingen is a German association football club from the city of Geislingen, Baden-Württemberg established 31 May 1900. The football department became independent on 1 July 1911 and later took on the name Fußballverein 1919 Geislingen...

 in 1984–85. The club drew Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...

 for the first round and beat the Bundesliga club 2–0, then defeated Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun...

 4–2 to go out in the third round 0–2 to the later winners Bayer Uerdingen.

Modus

Professional clubs are not permitted to enter the competition, meaning, no teams from the Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

and the 2nd Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...

can compete.

All clubs from Württemberg playing from the 3rd Liga
3rd 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...

to the four Landesligas (VII) gain direct entry to the first round. To make up the set number of 128 clubs for the first round, the best teams from the Bezirkspokale, which teams below tier seven play in, are also admitted.

Cup finals

Held annually at the end of season, these were the cup finals since 1950:
Season Location Winner Finalist Result Attendance
1950–51 Schorndorf
Schorndorf
Schorndorf is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located c. 26 km east of Stuttgart. Its station is a the terminus of line S2 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn....

, 26 August 1951
ESC Ulm TSG Öhringen 3–0 1,500
1951–53 not held
1953–54 Echterdingen, 15 August 1954 FV 09 Nürtingen Stuttgarter SC 3–2 1,500
1954–55 Tübingen
Tübingen
Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...

, 23 July 1955
Stuttgarter SC SpVgg Trossingen 5–0 2,000
1955–56 Sindelfingen
Sindelfingen
Sindelfingen is a German town near Stuttgart at the headwaters of the Schwippe that is the site of a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant.-History:* 1155 First documented mention of Sindelfingen...

, 28 July 1956
1. FC Eislingen Union Böckingen
Union Böckingen
Union Böckingen is a German sports club from the district of Böckingen in the city of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1908 out of the merger of Fussball Klub Germania 08 Böcking and Viktoria Böcking, the club today has 1,200 members in departments for football, canoeing, handball, and skiing...

1–0 1,200
1956–57 Geislingen
Geislingen
Geislingen can refer to:two towns in Baden-Württemberg, Germany:* Geislingen an der Steige, district of Göppingen.* Geislingen, Zollernalbkreis, Zollernalbkreis district....

, 30 June 1957
SSV Ulm 1. FC Eislingen 5–2 2,000
1957–58 Munderkingen
Munderkingen
Munderkingen is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated on the Danube, 9 km southwest of Ehingen, and 31 km southwest of Ulm....

, 22 November 1958
FC Urbach FC Wangen 3–1 600
1958–59 no final played
1959–60 Hechingen
Hechingen
Hechingen is a town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about south of the state capital of Stuttgart and north of Lake Constance and the Swiss border.- City districts :...

, 19 November 1960
VfR Schwenningen TV Echterdingen 4–3 700
1960–61 Metzingen
Metzingen
Metzingen is a Swabian city with about 22,000 inhabitants, in the state of Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany, south of Stuttgart.-History:The city is mentioned for the first time in documents from 1075...

, 21 April 1961
VfL Kirchheim/Teck TSV Eningen 7–1 2,000
1961–62 Esslingen, 12 August 1962 Germania Bietigheim FV 09 Nürtingen 2–0 2,000
1962–63 Heidenheim, 11 August 1963 FV Illertissen SV Hussenhofen 3–1 2,000
1963–64 Echterdingen, 12 July 1964 SpVgg Neckarsulm SV Spaichingen 3–2 2,000
1964–65 Kirchheim/Teck, 27 June 1965 VfL Heidenheim Stuttgarter SC 3–2 1,200
1965–66 Biberach
Biberach an der Riß
Biberach is a town in the south of Germany. It is the capital of Biberach district, in the Upper Swabia region of the German state of Baden-Württemberg...

, 9 July 1966
SpVgg Lindau TSG Backnang 5–3 2,000
1966–67 Saulgau, 1 July 1967 TG Biberach SC Schwenningen 6–2 1,300
1967–68 Lindau
Lindau
Lindau is a Bavarian town and an island on the eastern side of Lake Constance, the Bodensee. It is the capital of the Landkreis or rural district of Lindau. The historic city of Lindau is located on an island which is connected with the mainland by bridge and railway.- History :The name Lindau was...

, 29 June 1968
SpVgg Lindau Union Böckingen 1–0 aet 1,500
1968–69 Tübingen, 21 June 1969 SpVgg Neckarsulm SSV Reutlingen II 4–2 aet 1,500
1969–70 Schwäbisch Gmünd
Schwäbisch Gmünd
Schwäbisch Gmünd is a town in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 62,000, the town is the second largest in the Ostalbkreis and the whole region of East Württemberg after Aalen...

, 28 June 1970
VfB Stuttgart II VfL Heidenheim 4–3 after pen. 7,000
1970–71 Ravensburg
Ravensburg
Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...

, 3 July 1971
VfL Sindelfingen FV Ravensburg 4–2 after pen. 2,500
1971–72 Ravensburg, 2 July 1972 VfR Aalen FV Ravensburg 5–3 2,000
1972–73 Weingarten, 7 July 1973 TV Gültstein SV Weingarten 1–0 2,000
1973–74 Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg urban district with about 87,000 inhabitants...

, 12 June 1974
SpVgg Ludwigsburg VfB Stuttgart II 5–3 after pen. 1,7000
1974–75 Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west and Tübingen to the east ....

, 29 March 1975
SpVgg Freudenstadt SpVgg Lindau 2–1 after pen. 1,4000
1975–76 Göppingen
Göppingen
Göppingen is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. It is situated at the bottom of the Hohenstaufen mountain, in the valley of the river Fils....

, 30 May 1976
TV Unterboihingen SSV Ulm 1846 4–3 after pen. 1,500
1976–77 Schwäbisch Gmünd, 4 June 1977 1. FC Normannia Gmünd Heidenheimer SB 2–1 2,200
1977–78 Böckingen
Heilbronn
Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn County and with approximately 123.000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....

, 7 May 1978
1. FC Eislingen Union Böckingen 3–2 aet 1,500
1978–79 Aalen
Aalen
Aalen is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district, and its largest city, as well as the largest city within the Ostwürttemberg region. In spatial planning, Aalen is designated a Mittelzentrum...

, 4 June 1979
VfR Aalen FV Biberach 1–0 1,500
1979–80 Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

, 30 April 1980
VfB Suttgart II VfR Heilbronn 3–2 400
1980–81 Ludwigsburg, 20 May 1981 VfB Suttgart II SpVgg Ludwigsburg 2–1 aet 2,700
1981–82 Kirchheim/Teck, 18 May 1982 SSV Ulm 1846 VfB Stuttgart II 2–0 aet 1,500
1982–83 Ulm
Ulm
Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...

, 18 May 1983
SSV Ulm 1846 SV Göppingen
SV Göppingen
SV Göppingen is a German association football club from the city of Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The team was established on 13 October 1905 as 1. Göppingener Fuβballverein and lays claim to being the oldest football club in the city. On 24 April 1920, soon after World War I the club merged with...

3–1 700
1983–84 Geislingen, 8 May 1984 SC Geislingen TSV Ofterdingen 2–1 1,500
1984–85 Wangen, 1 June 1985 FV Ebingen FC Wangen 4–3 1,800
1985–86 Heidenheim, 19 May 1986 VfR Aalen TSG Giengen 7–6 after pen. 3,500
1986–87 Heidenheim, 3 June 1987 TSG Giengen VfR Aalen 5–1 2,000
1987–88 Nürtingen
Nürtingen
Nürtingen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Neckar.-History:The following events occurred, by year:*1046 : First mention of Niuritingin in the document of Speyer...

, 19 May 1988
SSV Reutlingen VfL Kirchheim/Teck 4–2 1,900
1988–89 Illertissen
Illertissen
Illertissen is a town in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria. It is situated approximately 20 km south from Ulm nearby the river Iller.-Coat of arms:...

, 10 May 1989
SC Geislingen FC Wangen 3–0 600
1989–90 Reutlingen
Reutlingen
Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....

, 1 May 1990
SSV Reutlingen FC Wangen 3–0 2,100
1990–91 Reutlingen, 20 May 1991 TSG Backnang SSV Reutlingen 2–1 1,500
1991–92 Ulm, 19 May 1992 SSV Ulm 1846 VfR Aalen 3–2 800
1992–93 Ditzingen
Ditzingen
Ditzingen is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated about 10 km northwest of Stuttgart, and 12 km southwest of Ludwigsburg. The Hirschlanden transmitter is located near Ditzingen-Hirschlanden...

, 2 June 1993
TSF Ditzingen SV Böblingen 3–2 1,200
1993–94 Ulm, 3 May 1994 SSV Ulm 1846 TSF Ditzingen 6–0 1,000
1994–95 Ulm, 3 May 1995 SSV Ulm 1846 SSV Reutlingen 4–1 1,000
1995–96 Kirchheim/Teck, 22 May 1996 SV Bonlanden SpVgg Au/Iller 1–0 900
1996–97 Eislingen
Eislingen
Eislingen is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located on the river Fils, about 2 km east of Göppingen.- Mayors :* until 1978: Erwin Meyer* 1978–2010 Günther Frank...

, 20 May 1997
SSV Ulm 1846 VfL Kirchheim/Teck 1–0 2,300
1997–98 Heidenheim, 20 May 1998 Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen SSV Ulm 1846 II 1–0 1,000
1998–99 Schorndorf
Schorndorf
Schorndorf is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located c. 26 km east of Stuttgart. Its station is a the terminus of line S2 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn....

, 6 June 1999
SSV Reutlingen VfR Aalen 2–1 aet 800
1999–2000 Kirchheim/Teck, 25 June 2000 VfB Stuttgart II SSV Ulm 1846 II 3–1 1,000
2000–01 Heidenheim, 30 May 2001 VfR Aalen SSV Ulm 1846 II 2–0 1,400
2001–02 Eislingen, 14 May 2002 VfR Aalen VfB Stuttgart II 2–0 1,400
2002–03 Sindelfingen, 27 May 2003 VfL Kirchheim/Teck Stuttgarter Kickers 2–1 1,200
2003–04 Fellbach
Fellbach
Fellbach is a mid-sized town on the north-east Border of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg. With a population of approximately 43,700 as of December 2003 it is the second largest town in the District Rems-Murr-Kreis. The area of the town is 27.7 km²....

, 19 May 2004
VfR Aalen FSV 08 Bissingen 8–0 1,000
2004–05 Eislingen, 25 May 2005 Stuttgarter Kickers Heidenheimer SB 3–1 1,500
2005–06 Kirchheim/Teck, 24 May 2006 Stuttgarter Kickers SSV Ulm 1846 7–6 after pen. 2,300
2006–07 Aalen, 29 May 2007 1. FC Normannia Gmünd SSV Ulm 1846 2–1 1,300
2007–08 Ellwangen
Ellwangen
Ellwangen an der Jagst, officially Ellwangen , in common use simply Ellwangen is a town in the district of Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Württemberg in Germany...

, 3 June 2008
1. FC Heidenheim TSV Crailsheim
TSV Crailsheim
TSV Crailsheim is a German association football club from the town of Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg.-History:Founded as the gymnastics club Turnverein Crailsheim in 1846, the association today has over 3,000 members in 20 departments including athletics, basketball, cycling, dance sport, fistball,...

3–2 2,500
2008–09 Schwieberdingen
Schwieberdingen
Schwieberdingen is a town of about 10,700 inhabitants located in Southwest Germany. The city founded in 1304 is 10 km away from Ludwigsburg and 14 km away from Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg....

, 2 June 2009
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach SpVgg Ludwigsburg 1–0 1,500
2009–10 Ulm
Ulm
Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...

, 26 May 2010
VfR Aalen FV Illertissen 4–1 2,200
2010–11 Kirchheim
Kirchheim
Kirchheim may refer to several places:*in Austria**Kirchheim, Austria*in France* Kirchheim, Bas-Rhin, a municipality in the Bas-Rhin department*in Germany* Heidelberg-Kirchheim, a district of the city of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg...

, 11 May 2011
1. FC Heidenheim 1. FC Normannia Gmünd 2–0 2,100
  • Source:
  • Winners in bold.

Winners

Listed in order of wins, the Cup winners are:
Club Wins
SSV Ulm 1846
SSV Ulm 1846
SSV Ulm 1846 is a German association football club from Ulm, Baden-Württemberg and is one of the country's largest and oldest sports clubs with over 12,000 members in more than twenty different departments. The modern-day club was formed out of 5 May 1970 merger of TSG Ulm 1846 and 1...

 1
7
VfR Aalen
VfR Aalen
VfR Aalen is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The club was founded on 8 March 1921 out of the football department of the gymnastics club MTV Aalen and has led a largely unremarked existence as a lower division side...

7
VfB Stuttgart II
VfB Stuttgart II
VfB Stuttgart II is a German football team located in Stuttgart, currently playing in the 3rd Liga. Their first team, VfB Stuttgart, won the Bundesliga league title in 2007.- Relationship with VfB Stuttgart :...

4
1. FC Heidenheim 2 3
SSV Reutlingen
SSV Reutlingen
SSV Reutlingen 05 is a German association football club from Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg.- History :The club was founded as FC Arminia Reutlingen and was re-named SV Reutlingen 1905 in 1910. The club fused with 1...

3
1. FC Normannia Gmünd 2
Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers...

2
VfL Kirchheim/Teck
VfL Kirchheim/Teck
VfL Kirchheim/Teck is a German association football club from the city of Kirchheim, Baden-Württemberg. The football club is part of a larger sports club that has over 4,000 members in 18 departments that include Aikido, athletics, badminton, basketball, bowling, fencing, fistball, gymnastics, hand...

2
SC Geislingen
SC Geislingen
SC Geislingen is a German association football club from the city of Geislingen, Baden-Württemberg established 31 May 1900. The football department became independent on 1 July 1911 and later took on the name Fußballverein 1919 Geislingen...

2
1. FC Eislingen 2
SpVgg Neckarsulm 2
SpVgg Lindau
SpVgg Lindau
The SpVgg Lindau is a German football club from Lindau, Bavaria.-Overview:The club was formed on 1 August 1919 as the football department of the TSV 1850 Lindau under the leadership of Sosthenes Sailer and its first chairman Goldbrunner. The new club was put into the A-Klasse Gau Oberschwaben,...

2
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach is a German association football club based in Aspach, Baden-Württemberg.- History :The club was formed in 1994 through the union of Spvgg Großaspach and FC Sonnenhof Kleinaspach...

1
Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen 1
SV Bonlanden
SV Bonlanden
SV Bonlanden is a German association football club from the district of Bonlanden in the town of Filderstadt.-History:The association was founded on 4 August 1895 as the gymnastics club Turnverein Bonländer and soon developed an athletics department...

1
TSF Ditzingen
TSF Ditzingen
The TSF Ditzingen is a German association football club from the city of Ditzingen, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The club was formed on 2 July 1893 under the name of TV Ditzingen. However, it did not have a football department until 1920...

1
TSG Backnang 1
TSG Giengen 1
FV Ebingen 1
TV Unterboihingen 1
SpVgg Freudenstadt 1
SpVgg Ludwigsburg
SpVgg Ludwigsburg
The SpVgg Ludwigsburg is a German association football club from the city of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg.-History:The club was formed in 1907 under the name of 1. FC Ludwigsburger Kickers. In August 1907, the club then played its first game, a 0–2 loss to FC Vorwärts Stuttgart-Ostheim...

1
TV Gültstein 1
VfL Sindelfingen
VfL Sindelfingen
VfL Sindelfingen is a German sports club from Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club was founded in 1862 and has more than 9,000 members, making it one of biggest sports clubs in Germany...

1
TG Biberach 1
FV Illertissen
FV Illertissen
FV Illertissen is a German association football club from the town of Illertissen, Bavaria and was established in 1921.-History:Although the town of Illertissen is in Bavaria, its proximity to other towns in the neighboring state of Baden-Württemberg has allowed it to participate in that state's...

1
Germania Bietigheim 1
VfR Schwenningen 1
FC Urbach 1
Stuttgarter SC 1
FV 09 Nürtingen 1
ESC Ulm 1
  • 1 Includes one win by SSV Ulm.
  • 2 Includes one win by VfL Heidenheim.

Sources

  • Deutschlands Fußball in Zahlen, An annual publication with tables and results from the Bundesliga to Verbandsliga/Landesliga, publisher: DSFS
    Deutscher Sportclub für Fußballstatistiken
    The 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...


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