Bavarian Cup
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
RegionBavaria
Number of teams64
Current championsFV Illertissen (2022–23)
Most successful club(s)Jahn Regensburg (7 titles)

The Bavarian Cup (German: Bayerischer Toto-Pokal), was created in 1998 and functions as a qualifying competition to the German Cup. It is one of the 21 regional cups in Germany. It is one of three regional associations who are permitted to send two amateur teams to the DFB Cup, the three associations doing so being the largest.[1]

An earlier incarnation of the Bavarian Cup existed from 1947 to 1954.[2]

History

The seven Bezirke in Bavaria each played their own cup competition which in turn used to function as a qualifying to the German Cup (DFB-Pokal). Since 1998 these seven cup-winners plus the losing finalist of the region that won the previous event advanced to the newly introduced Bavarian Cup, the Toto-Pokal. The two finalists of this competition then advanced to the German Cup. Bavarian clubs which play in the first or second Bundesliga were not permitted to take part in the event, their reserve teams however could.[3] Since 2008, reserve teams can not qualify for the DFB Cup any more, a right the clubs traded of for the privilege for reserve teams to play in the 3rd Liga.

Until 1998, the Bavarian Cup only existed in as much as it was a qualifying competition to the German Cup. This meant, in the later years two semi-finals were played to determine the two Bavarian amateur teams entering the DFB-Pokal, but, oddly, no final between these two teams was ever played.

Until 2008, no club had won the Bayernliga and the Bavarian Cup in the same season, until SpVgg Weiden did so in 2008–09.

2009 reform

The Bavarian Cup was completely overhauled and enlarged from 2009 onwards. Instead of only eight teams, it now consists of 64 clubs, and will exclude reserve teams. The first round will be held in September of each season and the teams will be made up from the following groups:

The reason behind the reform is to have all cup games in Bavaria on uniform dates and to allow the clubs in the Landesligas and above to enter the competition later, while clubs below that level will receive a better chance to win their local Kreispokal competition, and with this the associated prize money.[4]

The competition, made up of the 64 teams, is played in a knock-out format. Two teams will continue to qualify for the German Cup, these being the cup winner and the winner of the game between the second and the third placed team. The later changed after 2012 when the second spot was awarded to the best-placed non-reserve side of the Regionalliga Bayern.[5]

Regional cups

Map of Bavaria: The seven Bezirke

The Bavarian Cup, until 2009, was sub-divided into seven local cup competitions, running roughly along the boundaries of the seven Bezirke. The division was as follows:

1947 to 1954 competition

From 1947 to 1954, a Bavarian Cup competition was held, which was disbanded shortly after the establishment of the DFB Cup. The first two editions were still organised by the Bavarian state sports association, the Bayerischer Landes-Sportverband, thereafter the competition was held by the Bavarian football association Bayerischer Fußball-Verband, which was founded in June 1946. It was only open to amateur sides, meaning clubs below the 2nd Oberliga Süd, except in 1951, when it was open to all Bavarian clubs.[2] The finals were played by the following clubs:

Date Location Winner Finalist Result Attendance
1947 Landshut Jahn Regensburg MTV Ingolstadt 2–1 5,000
1948 Nuremberg Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Bamberg 2–1 aet
1949 Regensburg FC Stein VfL Ingolstadt-Ringsee 3–2
1950 Amberg FC Lichtenfels MTV Ingolstadt 1–0
1951 BC Augsburg ASV Cham 4–3
1952 TSV Gersthofen SK Lauf 3–0
1953 SV Saal FC Gerolzhofen 7–1
1954 FC Herzogenaurach TSV Gersthofen 4–2

Regional winners

The regional cup winners since 1975 were:

Pre-Bavarian Cup

Franconian regions and Upper Palatinate:

Season Oberpfalz Mittelfranken Oberfranken Unterfranken
1975 FC Herzogenaurach
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980 TSV Röttenbach
1980 TSV Röttenbach
1982
1983
1984
1985 ASV Burglengenfeld
1986 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
1987 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
1988 BSC Erlangen
1989 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
1990 SpVgg Fürth
1991 SpVgg Fürth
1992
1993
1994 TSV Vestenbergsgreuth
1995 1. FC Nuremberg II
1996 SpVgg Weiden SpVgg Fürth FC Bayern Hof 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1997 SpVgg Weiden SpVgg Greuther Fürth TSV Trebgast DJK Waldberg

Old Bavaria and Swabia:

Season Oberbayern Niederbayern Schwaben
1975 TSG Thannhausen
1976 FC Memmingen
1977 FC Augsburg II
1978 SSV Glött
1979 BSK Neugablonz
1980 FC Augsburg
1981 SpVgg Landshut TSV 1861 Nördlingen
1982 FC Vilshofen SV Ober-Germaringen
1983 FC Vilshofen DJK Langenmosen
1984 FC Vilshofen TSV Aindling
1985 FC Kempten
1986 SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg
1987 SpVgg Landshut FC Kempten
1988 SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg
1989 TSV 1861 Nördlingen
1990 TSV Mindelheim
1991 SpVgg Landshut FC Gundelfingen
1992 FC Gundelfingen
1993 FC Augsburg
1994 SC Altenmünster
1995 FC Bayern Munich II SpVgg Landshut TSV Aindling
1996 1. FC Garmisch SV Landau/Isar FC Augsburg
1997 TSV 1860 München II SV Hutthurm TSV Aindling

Bavarian Cup era

Season Oberpfalz Mittelfranken Oberfranken Unterfranken
1998 SG P/S Regensburg Jahn Forchheim
1999 SG Quelle Fürth
2000 SC Luhe-Wildenau FSV Erlangen-Bruck FC Bayern Hof TSV Großbardorf
2001 Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Nuremberg II SpVgg Bayreuth Würzburger FV
2002 Jahn Regensburg SpVgg Greuther Fürth II 1. FC Bamberg Alemannia Haibach
2003 Jahn Regensburg ASV Zirndorf VfL Frohnlach TSV Gerbrunn
2004 Jahn Regensburg II SC 04 Schwabach FC Bayern Hof 1. FC Sand
2005 SV Etzenricht SC 04 Schwabach VfL Frohnlach TSV Lengfeld
2006 Jahn Regensburg 1. FC Nuremberg II SpVgg Bayreuth 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
2007 TSV Kareth-Lappersdorf SV Seligenporten SpVgg Selbitz Würzburger FV
2008 1. FC Schwandorf ASV Neumarkt SpVgg Selbitz Alemannia Haibach
2009 SpVgg Weiden SC Eltersdorf VfL Frohnlach 1. FC Schweinfurt 05
Season Oberbayern Niederbayern Schwaben
1998 TSV 1860 München II SV Schalding-Heining BC Aichach
1999 TSV 1860 Rosenheim SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg
2000 FC Ismaning SV Riedelhütte TSV Rain am Lech
2001 FC Bayern Munich II SpVgg Landshut FC Gundelfingen
2002 FC Bayern Munich II SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg
2003 TSV 1860 München II SV Schalding-Heining TSV Aindling
2004 SpVgg Unterhaching II SpVgg Landshut FC Augsburg
2005 FC Ingolstadt 04 1. FC Bad Kötzting FC Augsburg
2006 FC Ingolstadt 04 SpVgg Landshut TSG Thannhausen
2007 FC Ingolstadt 04 SV Schalding-Heining TSV 1861 Nördlingen
2008 SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg Landshut 1. FC Sonthofen
2009 SpVgg Unterhaching SV Schalding-Heining TSV Aindling

Notes

Denotes teams qualified for the first round of the DFB-Cup.

Finals of the Bavarian Cup

The finals of the Bavarian Cup:[3]

Date Location Winner Finalist Result Attendance
1998 Schalding-Heining SV Schalding-Heining Post/Süd Regensburg 1–1 / 6–4 after pen.
1999 Rosenheim TSV 1860 Rosenheim SpVgg Landshut 2–1
21 July 2000 Rain am Lech FC Ismaning TSV Rain am Lech 4–2 800
20 July 2001 Würzburg Jahn Regensburg Würzburger FV 3–0 760
20 July 2002 Beratzhausen Bayern Munich II Jahn Regensburg 4–1 2,000
18 July 2003 Aindling TSV Aindling TSV Gerbrunn 14–0 550
27 July 2004 Aindling SSV Jahn Regensburg II TSV Aindling 1–1 / 6–5 after pen. 600
22 July 2005 Ingolstadt Jahn Regensburg FC Ingolstadt 04 2–0 900
19 July 2006 Thannhausen TSG Thannhausen SpVgg Bayreuth 2–1 600
20 July 2007 Seligenporten SV Seligenporten Würzburger FV 1–0 600
18 July 2008 Ansbach SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg Ansbach 1–1 / 6–5 after pen. 800
15 September 2009 Weiden SpVgg Weiden Wacker Burghausen 1–0
10 July 2010 Burghausen Jahn Regensburg Wacker Burghausen 4–2 1,036
18 May 2011 Burghausen Jahn Regensburg Wacker Burghausen 2–1 1,500
9 May 2012 Burghausen SpVgg Unterhaching SC Eltersdorf 4–3 2,000
9 May 2013 Rosenheim TSV 1860 Rosenheim Wacker Burghausen 2–2 / 6–5 after pen. 1,800
14 May 2014 Passau Würzburger Kickers SV Schalding-Heining 2–2 / 4–2 after pen. 2,070
20 May 2015 Weiden SpVgg Unterhaching SpVgg SV Weiden 2–2 / 6–5 after pen. 2,200
28 May 2016 Unterhaching Würzburger Kickers SpVgg Unterhaching 6–2 3,200
25 May 2017 Burghausen 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 SV Wacker Burghausen 1–0 2,485
21 May 2018 Bayreuth 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 SpVgg Bayreuth 3–1 3,762
25 May 2019 Aschaffenburg Würzburger Kickers Viktoria Aschaffenburg 3–0 6,033
5 September 2020 Munich TSV 1860 Munich Würzburger Kickers 1–1 / 4–1 after pen. 0
27 June 2021 Illertissen Türkgücü München FV Illertissen 0–0 / 8–7 after pen. 0
21 May 2022 Illertissen FV Illertissen TSV Aubstadt 1–1 / 4–3 after pen. 1,620
3 June 2023 Illertissen FV Illertissen FC Ingolstadt 2–2 / 5–3 after pen.

DFB Cup performance

Up until 2011, no team qualified from the Bavarian Cup to the national cup competition had won a game in this competition, with the FC Ingolstadt 04 (2005), Wacker Burghausen (2009) and Jahn Regensburg (2010) the only clubs to achieve a draw after extra time, all three going out on penalties. In the first round of the 2011–12 competition, SpVgg Unterhaching finally ended this drought for the Bavarian clubs, defeating SC Freiburg 3–2 courtesy of a converted 87th-minute penalty. The most common team to be drawn against for Bavarian clubs is Borussia Dortmund, having been the opposition on four occasions:

Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[6] 28 August 1998 SV Schalding-Heining SpVgg Unterhaching 0–1 2,200
First round[7] 30 August 1998 SG Post/Süd Regensburg Hertha BSC Berlin 0–2 5,000
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
Second round[8] 8 August 1999 TSV 1860 Rosenheim FC St. Pauli 1–2 4,000
Second round[8] 7 August 1999 SpVgg Landshut Hansa Rostock 0–2 4,500
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[9] 27 August 2000 TSV Rain am Lech FC Schalke 04 0–7 6,000
First round[10] 26 August 2000 FC Ismaning Borussia Dortmund 0–4 7,000
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[11] 26 August 2001 Jahn Regensburg Bayer Leverkusen 0–3 10,500
First round[12] 25 August 2001 Würzburger FV TSV 1860 München 0–10 10,100
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[13] 31 August 2002 Jahn Regensburg LR Ahlen 0–3 5,000
First round[14] 31 August 2002 FC Bayern Munich II FC Schalke 04 1–2 5,100
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[15] 30 August 2003 TSV Aindling FC Schalke 04 0–3 6,400
First round[16] 30 August 2003 TSV Gerbrunn Wacker Burghausen 0–14 815
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[17] 22 August 2004 TSV Aindling Hertha BSC Berlin 0–1 5,200
First round[18] 20 August 2004 Jahn Regensburg II SpVgg Unterhaching 1–3 500
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[19] 20 August 2005 FC Ingolstadt 04 1. FC Saarbrücken 1–1 aet / 4–5 pen 2,000
First round[20] 20 August 2005 Jahn Regensburg Alemannia Aachen 1–3 aet 4,500
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[21] 9 September 2006 TSG Thannhausen Borussia Dortmund 0–3 10,500
First round[22] 9 September 2006 SpVgg Bayreuth Kickers Offenbach 0–2 2,850
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[23] 5 August 2007 SV Seligenporten Arminia Bielefeld 0–2 3,500
First round[24] 5 August 2007 Würzburger FV VfL Wolfsburg 0–4 11,200
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[25] 8 August 2008 SpVgg Unterhaching SC Freiburg 0–2 2,800
First round[26] 10 August 2008 SpVgg Ansbach Karlsruher SC 0–5 4,000
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[27] 1 August 2009 SpVgg Weiden Borussia Dortmund 1–3 9,765
First round[28] 1 August 2009 Wacker Burghausen Rot Weiss Ahlen 1–1 aet / 4–5 pen 2,900
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[29] 13 August 2010 Jahn Regensburg Arminia Bielefeld 1–1 aet / 5–6 pen 5,212
First round[30] 14 August 2010 Wacker Burghausen Borussia Dortmund 0–3 10,500
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[31] 29 July 2011 Jahn Regensburg Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–3 10,388
First round[32] 31 July 2011 SpVgg Unterhaching SC Freiburg 3–2 4,100
Second round[33] 25 October 2011 SpVgg Unterhaching VfL Bochum 1–4 3,150
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[34] 19 August 2012 Wacker Burghausen Fortuna Düsseldorf 0–1 3,100
First round[35] 18 August 2012 SpVgg Unterhaching 1. FC Köln 1–2 7,500
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[36] 2 August 2013 TSV 1860 Rosenheim VfR Aalen 0–2 2,000
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[37] 17 August 2014 Würzburger Kickers Fortuna Düsseldorf 3–2 aet 10,500
Second round 28 October 2014 Würzburger Kickers Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 11,240
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[38] 9 August 2015 SpVgg Unterhaching FC Ingolstadt 04 2–1 6,500
Second round[39] 27 October 2015 SpVgg Unterhaching RB Leipzig 3–0 5,000
Third round[40] 15 December 2015 SpVgg Unterhaching Bayer Leverkusen 1–3 12,500
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[41] 20 August 2016 SpVgg Unterhaching FSV Mainz 05 3–3 aet / 2–4 pen 7,000
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round[42] 13 August 2017 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 SV Sandhausen 2–1 4,610
Second round 24 October 2017 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 Eintracht Frankfurt 0–4 15,060
Round Date Home Away Result Attendance
First round 17 August 2018 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 FC Schalke 04 0–2 15,060

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