1984–85 FDGB-Pokal
The 1984–85 FDGB-Pokal was the 34th East German Cup. For the second consecutive year, Dynamo Dresden beat Dynamo Berlin in the final, securing their sixth title.
First round
| Home team | Away team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| BSG Schiffahrt/Hafen Rostock | FC Carl Zeiss Jena II** | 1:2 |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1:1 aet, 3:5 pens. |
| TSG Ruhla* | BSG Motor Suhl | 2:1 aet |
| BSG Chemie Premnitz* | Hansa Rostock | 0:2 |
| BSG Motor Fritz Heckert Karl-Marx-Stadt* | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0:2 aet |
| BSG Mansfeldkombinat Sangerhausen** | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 0:2 |
| BSG Motor Nordhausen II** | Berliner FC Dynamo | 1:6 |
| BSG Robotron Sömmerda | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 0:6 |
| TSG Elsterwerda** | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 0:1 |
| TSG Gröditz* | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:5 |
| BSG Stahl Thale* | Vorwärts Frankfurt | 0:1 |
| BSG Aktivist Kali Werra Tiefenort | BSG Stahl Riesa | 1:1 aet, 2:4 pens. |
| BSG Motor Weimar* | Dynamo Dresden | 1:3 |
| BSG Lokomotive/Armaturen Prenzlau* | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:3 aet |
| BSG Post Neubrandenburg | BSG Wismut Aue | 0:1 |
| ASG Vorwärts Hagenow** | 1. FC Magdeburg II** | 2:3 |
| SG Dynamo Schwerin | Berliner FC Dynamo II** | 0:1 |
| TSG Bau Rostock | ASG Vorwärts Dessau | 0:1 |
| BSG Einheit Wernigerode* | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 2:3 aet |
| BSG Motor Babelsberg | Chemie Böhlen | 0:3 |
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | BSG Aufbau Krumhermersdorf | 5:0 |
| TSG Chemie Markkleeberg | BSG Rotation Berlin* | 1:0 |
| BSG Glückauf Sondershausen | BSG Chemie Wolfen | 7:1 |
| Dynamo Dresden II** | Hallescher FC Chemie | 2:1 |
| BSG Empor Tabak Dresden | BSG Chemie Velten** | 2:4 |
| BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe | SG Dynamo Eisleben | 2:0 |
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | BSG Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg | 4:1 |
| Hansa Rostock II** | Vorwärts Frankfurt II** | 5:0 |
| BSG Chemie PCK Schwedt* | FSV Lokomotive Dresden* | 0:4 |
| BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda | Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt | 6:2 |
| BSG Fortschritt Weida* | Energie Cottbus | 2:1 |
| BSG Motor Nordhausen | SG Dynamo Fürstenwalde | 2:0 |
- One asterisk: Club came through the qualifying round
- Two asterisks: Club came through the qualifying round and won the Bezirkspokal
2nd round
| Home team | Away team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Chemie Böhlen | Berliner FC Dynamo | 0:2 |
| BSG Fortschritt Bischofswerda | BSG Stahl Riesa | 0:6 |
| TSG Chemie Markkleeberg | 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | 0:2 |
| BSG Chemie Velten | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 1:0 |
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | FC Karl-Marx-Stadt | 3:1 |
| TSG Ruhla | Vorwärts Frankfurt | 0:1 |
| ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | BSG Stahl Brandenburg | 2:0 |
| BSG Aktivist Schwarze Pumpe | 1. FC Magdeburg | 2:3 aet |
| FSV Lokomotive Dresden | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1:3 |
| BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau | Dynamo Dresden | 2:4 aet |
| BSG Glückauf Sondershausen | Hansa Rostock | 1:6 |
| ASG Vorwärts Dessau | BSG Wismut Aue | 0:2 |
| BSG Motor Nordhausen | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 0:2 |
| Dynamo Dresden II | FC Carl Zeiss Jena II | 5:1 |
| BSG Fortschritt Weida | 1. FC Magdeburg II | 1:2 |
| Hansa Rostock II | Berliner FC Dynamo II | 2:4 |
Round of 16
(3 November and 21-22 December 1984)
| Home team (1st leg) | Away team (1st leg) | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSG Wismut Aue | Berliner FC Dynamo | 3:1 | 0:2 |
| BSG Sachsenring Zwickau | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:1 | 0:1 |
| Hansa Rostock | Dynamo Dresden | 2:2 | 1:1 |
| 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig | Vorwärts Frankfurt | 3:1 | 0:3 |
| BSG Stahl Riesa | BSG Chemie Leipzig | 0:0 | 0:1 |
| BSG Chemie Velten | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 2:2 | 1:3 |
| Dynamo Dresden II | Berliner FC Dynamo II | 1:2 | 2:2 |
| 1. FC Magdeburg II | FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 1:3 | 0:2 |
Quarter-finals
(20 and 27 February 1985)
| Home team (1st leg) | Away team (1st leg) | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Dresden | Berliner FC Dynamo II | 1:2 | 2:1 aet, 5:3 pens. |
| Berliner FC Dynamo | ASG Vorwärts Stralsund | 7:0 | 1:0 |
| BSG Chemie Leipzig | 1. FC Magdeburg | 1:1 | 1:4 |
| FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Vorwärts Frankfurt | 3:1 | 0:3 |
Semi-finals
(23 March and 1 May 1985)
| Home team (1st leg) | Away team (1st leg) | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Dresden | Vorwärts Frankfurt | 0:2 | 2:0 aet, 4:2 pens. |
| Berliner FC Dynamo | 1. FC Magdeburg | 3:4 | 2:0 |
Final
| Dynamo Dresden | 3 – 2 | Berliner FC Dynamo |
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Döschner  43'Stübner 59'Minge 67' |
Thom 51' Ernst 88' |
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Controversies during the final
The standard of refereeing in East German football had become a bone of contention in the upper levels of the SED and the East German regime, and the cup final was played at a time when the disillusionment about the sucesss of BFC Dynamo stood at its peak.[1][2][3]
The German Football Association of the GDR (DFV) and the football weekly Die neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) received more than 700 complaints regarding the performance of the referees in the final.[3] Harry Tisch was so upset about the performance of referee Manfred Roßner that he protested to Erich Mielke and complained that such performance underminded the credebility of the competition.[1][4] With DFV functionaries, as well as Egon Krenz and other SED polititians, uneasy about the negative reactions, a special review of the final was conducted.[2][5]
An eight person panel led by DFV President Günter Erbach examined the video recording of the cup final on 21 June 1985. The review found that 30 percent of the referee decisions were wrong, and that 80 percent of those had been of disadvantage to Dynamo Dresden. The referees had made 17 major mistakes during the final, of which 14 had been in favor of BFC Dynamo and 3 in favor of Dynamo Dresden. As an example, a regular goal from Ralf Minge was denied due to an alleged offside position. Referee Manfred Roßner was banned one year from officiating matches above second tier.[6][7][8][5][1][4][2][9]
References
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- ^ a b c Dennis, Mike (2007). "Behind the Wall: East German football between state and society" (PDF). German as a Foreign Language (GFL). 2007 (2): 67. ISSN 1470-9570. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b MacDougall, Alan (2014). The People's Game: Football, State and Society in East Germany (1st ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 236-238. ISBN 978-1-107-05203-1.
- ^ a b Dennis, Mike; LaPorte, Norman (2011). State and Minorities in Communist East Germany (1st ed.). New York: Berghahn Books. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-85745-195-8.
- ^ a b Weinreich, Jens (24 March 2005). "Der BFC Dynamo will sich seine zehn DDR-Meistertitel mit Sternen dekorieren lassen - ein historisch fragwürdiges Ansinnen: Büttel an der Pfeife". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Berlin: Berliner Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Leimert, Jochen (21 April 2018). "Wie Dynamo Dresdens Ralf Minge dem BFC erneut das Doppel vermasselte". Sportbuzzer (in German). Hannover: Sportbuzzer GmbH. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Völker, Markus (18 July 2015). "Geschichte des BFC Dynamo: Weinrote Welt ohne gelbe Karten". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Berlin: taz Verlags u. Vertriebs GmbH. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ Geisler, Sven (9 August 2013). "Verpfiffen". Sächsische.de (in German). Dresden: DDV Mediengruppe GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Mike, Dennis; Grix, Jonathan (2012). Sport under Communism – Behind the East German 'Miracle' (1st ed.). Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan (Macmillan Publishers Limited). p. 149. ISBN 978-0-230-22784-2.