List of DFB-Pokal winning managers

The list of DFB-Pokal winning managers contains all the managers who have led their respective team to success in the DFB-Pokal.^[1] The DFB-Pokal has been played since 1952, although the Tschammerpokal, its predecessor, took place from 1935 to 1943. Since then, 50 coaches have won a Cup victory. Of these, 37 are German, 4 Yugoslav and Austrian, 3 Dutch, and an Italian, Hungarian, and Spaniard.

Six coaches have won the trophy three times. Hennes Weisweiler was the first to do so in 1978. The other three-time winners are Karl-Heinz Feldkamp (with three different teams), Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek, Otto Rehhagel, and Thomas Schaaf. The most successful foreign coaches are Zlatko Čajkovski, Pep Guardiola, and Huub Stevens with two titles. Richard Michalke won the first cup competition in 1935 with 1. FC Nürnberg. The Austrian Leopold Nitsch won in 1938, making him the first foreign manager to win. In 1941, Georg Köhler became the first manager to successfully defend the title. In 2005, Felix Magath became the first coach to complete consecutive league and cup doubles. Hans Meyer is the only manager to win both the DFB-Pokal and the FDGB-Pokal, the cup competition of East Germany.

A total of four people have won the cup as both player and manager. Ludwig Janda won as a player in 1942 with 1860 Munich and as a manager in 1956 with Karlsruher SC. Alfred Schmidt also did so while playing for Borussia Dortmund in 1965 and managing Kickers Offenbach in 1970. Thomas Schaaf is the only one with the distinction of having won with the same club, after winning as a player for Werder Bremen in 1991 and 1994, and as manager in 1999, 2004, and 2009. Jupp Heynckes is the most recent manager, having won as a player with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1973 and as a manager with Bayern Munich in 2013.

Winning managers

Hans Meyer became the first manager to win both the FDGB-Pokal and the DFB-Pokal.

Tschammerpokal

Year	Manager	Club
1935	Richard Michalke^[2]	1. FC Nürnberg
1936	Heinrich Pfaff^[3]	VfB Leipzig
1937	Hans Schmidt^[4]	Schalke 04
1938	Leopold Nitsch^[5]^{[note 1]}	Rapid Wien
1939	Alv Riemke^[6]	1. FC Nürnberg
1940	Georg Köhler^[7]	Dresdner SC
1941	Georg Köhler^[7]	Dresdner SC
1942	Max Schäfer^[8]	1860 Munich
1943	Friedrich Gschweidl^[7]^{[note 1]}	First Vienna

Note

^ ^a ^b As a result of the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany on 13 March 1938, both managers had become German citizens.

DFB-Pokal

Season	Manager	Club
1952–53	Karl Hohmann^[9]	Rot-Weiss Essen
1953–54	Georg Wurzer	VfB Stuttgart
1954–55	Adolf Patek	Karlsruher SC
1955–56	Ludwig Janda	Karlsruher SC
1956–57	Willibald Hahn^[10]	Bayern Munich
1957–58	Georg Wurzer	VfB Stuttgart
1958–59	Hans Wendlandt	Schwarz-Weiß Essen
1959–60	Bernd Oles^[11]	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1960–61	Georg Knöpfle^[12]	Werder Bremen
1961–62	Herbert Widmayer	1. FC Nürnberg
1962–63	Martin Wilke^[13]	Hamburger SV
1963–64	Max Merkel^[14]	1860 Munich
1964–65	Hermann Eppenhoff^[15]	Borussia Dortmund
1965–66	Zlatko Čajkovski^[10]	Bayern Munich
1966–67	Zlatko Čajkovski^[10]	Bayern Munich
1967–68	Willi Multhaup^[16]	1. FC Köln
1968–69	Branko Zebec^[10]	Bayern Munich
1969–70	Kurt Schreiner	Kickers Offenbach
1970–71	Udo Lattek^[10]	Bayern Munich
1971–72	Ivica Horvat^[17]	Schalke 04
1972–73	Hennes Weisweiler^[11]	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1973–74	Dietrich Weise^[18]	Eintracht Frankfurt
1974–75	Dietrich Weise^[18]	Eintracht Frankfurt
1975–76	Kuno Klötzer^[13]	Hamburger SV
1976–77	Hennes Weisweiler^[16]	1. FC Köln
1977–78	Hennes Weisweiler^[16]	1. FC Köln
1978–79	Hans-Dieter Tippenhauer^[19]	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1979–80	Otto Rehhagel^[19]	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1980–81	Lothar Buchmann^[18]	Eintracht Frankfurt
1981–82	Pál Csernai^[10]	Bayern Munich
1982–83	Rinus Michels^[16]	1. FC Köln
1983–84	Udo Lattek^[10]	Bayern Munich
1984–85	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp^[20]	Bayer 05 Uerdingen
1985–86	Udo Lattek^[10]	Bayern Munich
1986–87	Ernst Happel^[13]	Hamburger SV
1987–88	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp^[18]	Eintracht Frankfurt
1988–89	Horst Köppel^[15]	Borussia Dortmund
1989–90	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp^[21]	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1990–91	Otto Rehhagel^[22]	Werder Bremen
1991–92	Michael Lorkowski^[23]	Hannover 96
1992–93	Dragoslav Stepanović^[24]	Bayer Leverkusen
1993–94	Otto Rehhagel^[22]	Werder Bremen
1994–95	Bernd Krauss^[11]	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1995–96	Eckhard Krautzun^[25]	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1996–97	Joachim Löw	VfB Stuttgart
1997–98	Giovanni Trapattoni^[10]	Bayern Munich
1998–99	Thomas Schaaf^[22]	Werder Bremen
1999–2000	Ottmar Hitzfeld^[10]	Bayern Munich
2000–01	Huub Stevens^[26]	Schalke 04
2001–02	Huub Stevens^[26]	Schalke 04
2002–03	Ottmar Hitzfeld^[10]	Bayern Munich
2003–04	Thomas Schaaf^[22]	Werder Bremen
2004–05	Felix Magath^[10]	Bayern Munich
2005–06	Felix Magath^[10]	Bayern Munich
2006–07	Hans Meyer^[27]	1. FC Nürnberg
2007–08	Ottmar Hitzfeld^[10]	Bayern Munich
2008–09	Thomas Schaaf^[28]	Werder Bremen
2009–10	Louis van Gaal^[10]	Bayern Munich
2010–11	Ralf Rangnick	Schalke 04
2011–12	Jürgen Klopp^[29]	Borussia Dortmund
2012–13	Jupp Heynckes	Bayern Munich
2013–14	Pep Guardiola	Bayern Munich
2014–15	Dieter Hecking	VfL Wolfsburg
2015–16	Pep Guardiola	Bayern Munich

Ranking

By individual

Rank	Name	Titles	Years
1	Karl-Heinz Feldkamp	3	1985, 1988, 1990
	Ottmar Hitzfeld	3	2000, 2003, 2008
	Udo Lattek	3	1971, 1984, 1986
	Otto Rehhagel	3	1980, 1991, 1994
	Thomas Schaaf	3	1999, 2004, 2009
	Hennes Weisweiler	3	1973, 1977, 1978
7	Zlatko Čajkovski	2	1966, 1967
	Pep Guardiola	2	2014, 2016
	Georg Köhler	2	1940, 1941
	Felix Magath	2	2005, 2006
	Huub Stevens	2	2001, 2002
	Dietrich Weise	2	1974, 1975
	Georg Wurzer	2	1954, 1958

By nationality

Rank	Country	Titles
1	/ / Germany	57
2	Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro	5
3	Netherlands	4
3	Austria	4
5	Spain	2
6	Italy	1
6	Hungary	1

References

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[Anschluss-6] As a result of the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany on 13 March 1938, both managers had become German citizens.

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[2] Libero Spezial Deutsch; No. D14, 1996, Seite 20

[3] Libero Spezial Deutsch; No. D14, 1996, Seite 37

[4] 100-schalker-jahre.de: 15. August 2004: Vor 71 Jahren trat Schalkes erster Meistertrainer „Bumbas“ Schmidt sein Amt an at the Wayback Machine (archived September 3, 2004)

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[7] "1939/40: 1. FCN – Waldhof Mannheim". fcn.de (in German). 1. FC Nürnberg. Retrieved 2013-08-04. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |trans_title=, |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)

[köhler-8] Hardy Grüne (1996) (in German), Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. 1890 bis 1963. Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs – Band 1, Kassel: Agon-Sportverlag, pp. 90, 240, ISBN 3-928562-85-1

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[10] revierkick.de: Der „erste“ Pott geht ins Revier

[bayern-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o südkurve.com: Die Trainer

[gladbach-12] russia.de: Die bisherigen Borussia-Trainer ab 1946:

[13] werder.de: Pokalsieger 1961 – keiner wartete auf Werder at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2005)

[hsv-14] sv-hshnordbankarena.de: Erfolge – DFB-Pokal at the Wayback Machine (archived April 16, 2009)

[15] Claudius Mayer, TSV München von 1860 (Hrsg.): Geschichte eines Traditionsvereins – TSV München von 1860 (erweiterte 3. Auflage). Gotteswinter Verlag, München 2007, ISBN 3-00-002204-X, S. 72 ff

[dortmund-16] vb.de: Trainer des BVB

[köln-17] -koeln.de: Die FC-Trainer

[18] revierkick.de: FC Schalke 04 Vize-Meister und Pokalsieger 1972

[frankfurt-19] tracht.de: Trainer der Bundesliga-Mannschaft

[düsseldorf-20] rtuna-düsseldorf.de: Chronologie Trainer

[feldkamp-21] ussballdaten.de: Karl-Heinz Feldkamp

[22] swr.de: Hölle oder Paradies? – Die Geschichte des FCK

[bremen-23] Arnd Zeigler (2003) (in German), Das W auf dem Trikot – 40 Jahre Werder Bremen in der Bundesliga, Bremen: Edition Temmen, pp. 573, ISBN 3-86108-695-6

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[30] r.de: Lewandowski macht das Double perfekt

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Finals	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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