The 1956 FDGB-Pokal started with 148 teams. It was the sixth time that the East German national cup in association football was contested. Due to the switch to a calendar year season the final took place at the end of the year.
Two qualifying rounds were played before the first round. All rounds were played as knock-out matches with extra time following a draw after 90 minutes. If extra time yielded no winner, the teams faced each other again in a replay.
120 quarter-finalist of the DDR-Bezirkspokal competitions were joined by 21 members of the third-tier 2nd DDR-Liga that had been created in 1955. After the second qualifying round, the remaining 36 teams were joined by the 28 teams from the top-tier DDR-Oberliga and the second-string DDR-Liga.
By the third round proper none of the Bezirkspokal or 2nd DDR-Liga sides remained. In addition Oberliga sides Rotation Babelsberg, Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt, SC Rotation Leipzig and Motor Zwickau had been eliminated. Three DDR-Liga teams entered the quarter-finals – Chemie Wolfen, Chemie Halle-Leuna and BSG Chemie Zeitz – but only Halle went through to the semi-finals after a 4–3 extra time win over Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg. In the semi-final the underdogs from Halle held Oberliga side Turbine Erfurt to a 1-all draw after extra time – and won the replay 5-0 to reach the final in Magdeburg. Their opponents were ZASK Vorwärts Berlin who had eliminated holders and Oberliga champions Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt.
First qualifying round
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
BSG Aufbau Wolgast |
– |
BSG Turbine Neubrandenburg |
2–1 a.e.t. |
Vorwärts KVP Prenzlau |
– |
BSG Einheit Greifswald |
0–1 |
BSG Empor Anklam |
– |
BSG Motor Stralsund |
5–1 |
BSG Einheit Grimmen |
– |
BSG Motor Torgelow |
4–2 a.e.t. |
BSG Traktor Quastenberg/Burg Stargard |
– |
Lokomotive Stralsund |
2–0 |
BSG Traktor Franzburg |
– |
BSG Traktor Siedenbollentin |
3–2 |
BSG Empor Friedland |
– |
BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde |
0–6 |
BSG Traktor Franzburg |
– |
BSG Motor Rostock |
1–3 |
BSG Aufbau Boizenburg |
– |
BSG Motor Wismar |
1–4 |
BSG Einheit Rostock |
– |
BSG Fortschritt Neustadt-Glewe |
2–1 |
BSG Einheit Schwerin |
– |
BSG Aufbau Rostock |
5–0 |
SG Traktor Domsühl |
– |
BSG Einheit Wismar |
1–9 |
BSG Motor Rathenow |
– |
SG Dynamo Schwerin |
1–6 |
BSG Traktor Pultlitz |
– |
BSG Motor Schwerin |
1–3 |
BSG Einheit Osterburg |
– |
BSG Empor Grabow |
5–3 |
BSG Traktor Diesdorf/Altmark |
– |
BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge |
0–7 |
BSG Motor Wittenberge |
– |
BSG Motor Süd Brandenburg |
3–4 |
BSG Einheit Wolmirstedt |
– |
BSG Empor Wittenberge |
8–0 |
BSG Motor Mögelin |
– |
SG Lichtenberg 47 Berlin |
4–1 |
BSG Traktor Haldensleben |
– |
BSG Stahl Thale |
1–3 |
BSG Chemie Piesteritz |
– |
BSG Einheit Burg |
2–5 |
BSG Aktivist Sondershausen |
– |
SG Dynamo Eisleben |
0–2 |
BSG Stahl Hettstedt |
– |
BSG Empor Halberstadt |
3–0 |
BSG Motor Schönebeck |
– |
BSG Chemie Greppin |
2–3 |
BSG Einheit Zerbst |
– |
BSG Chemie Bitterfeld |
0–7 |
SG Treuenbrietzen |
– |
BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide |
0–1 |
BSG Motor Oderberg |
– |
SG Berolina Stralau |
4–2 |
BSG Aufbau Finowfurt |
– |
SG Hohenschönhausen Berlin |
2–5 |
SG Union Fürstenwalde |
– |
SC Motor Berlin |
2–3 |
SG Wacker Lichtenberg |
– |
BSG Stahl Hennigsdorf |
X-0[a] |
BSG Motor Legebruch |
– |
BSG Motor Oberspree |
2–1 |
SG Fortuna Pankow |
– |
BSG Empor Zossen |
2–3 |
BSG Motor Friedrichshagen |
– |
BSG Aufbau Rüdersdorf |
1–6 |
SG Lok Bau Union Buchholz |
– |
BSG Stahl Stalinstadt |
3–2 |
BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder |
– |
SV Vorwärts Cottbus |
5–4 |
BSG Fortschritt Cottbus |
– |
SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder |
2–3 |
BSG Aktivist Finkenheerd |
– |
BSG Lokomotive Cottbus |
1–4 |
BSG Chemie Friedrichshain |
– |
BSG Einheit Frankfurt/Oder |
X-0 [b] |
BSG Chemie Weißwasser |
– |
BSG Motor Bautzen |
2–3 |
BSG Aktivist Laubusch |
– |
BSG Stahl Freital |
3–1 |
BSG Neumark-Halle |
– |
SC DHfK Leipzig |
0–2 |
BSG Traktor Taucha |
– |
BSG Motor Ammendorf |
2–3 |
BSG Turbine Halle |
– |
BSG Rotation Südwest Leipzig |
0–1 |
BSG Motor West Leipzig |
– |
BSG Empor Halle |
1–3 |
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau |
– |
SG Zwenkau |
5–1 |
BSG Stahl Brandis |
– |
BSG Stahl Riesa |
0–2 |
BSG Einheit Hoyerswerda |
– |
SG Dynamo Dresden |
2–5 |
BSG Motor Lommatzsch |
– |
BSG Lauchhammer-Ost |
1–4 |
BSG Chemie Coswig |
– |
BSG Chemie Schwarzheide |
1–2 |
BSG Einheit Langensalza |
– |
BSG Aktivist Tiefenort |
2–0 |
BSG Motor Schmalkalden |
– |
BSG Motor Eisenach |
8–2 |
BSG Motor Suhl |
– |
BSG Nord Erfurt |
2–1 |
BSG Motor Gotha |
– |
BSG Motor Veilsdorf |
1–2 |
BSG Fortschritt Geschwenda |
– |
BSG Lokomotive Weimar |
0–6 |
BSG Motor Rudisleben |
– |
BSG Chemie Lauscha |
3–2 |
BSG Fortschritt Pößneck |
– |
BSG Motor Sonneberg |
1–3 |
BSG Empor Jena |
– |
BSG Motor Steinach |
2–1 |
BSG Empor Erfurt |
– |
BSG Chemie Jena |
2–3 |
BSG Chemie Kahla |
– |
BSG Motor Oberlind |
0–2 |
BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla |
– |
BSG Einheit Mitte Erfurt |
2–1 |
BSG Chemie Apolda |
– |
BSG Traktor Frießnitz (Gera) |
6–0 |
BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz (Vogtland) |
– |
BSG Stahl Silbitz |
3–2 |
BSG Wismut Plauen |
– |
BSG Fortschritt Hartha |
2–1 |
BSG Aufbau Theuma |
– |
BSG Chemie Elsterberg |
0–9 |
BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau |
– |
BSG Aufbau Meißen |
5–1 |
BSG Motor Döbeln |
– |
BSG Motor Zschopau |
4–2 |
BSG Stahl Gröditz |
– |
BSG Stahl Lugau (Erzgebirge) |
2–0 |
BSG Empor Tabak Dresden |
– |
BSG Motor West Karl-Marx-Stadt |
4–0 |
BSG Aktivist Borna |
– |
BSG Chemie Leuna |
1–1 a.e.t. |
a Wacker walkower; Stahl withdrew
b Chemie walkower; Einheit withdrew
BSG Wismut Auerbach, BSG Wismut Schneeberg, BSG Stahl Lippendorf were given byes to the second qualifying round.
Replay
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
BSG Chemie Leuna |
– |
BSG Aktivist Borna |
4–2 |
Second qualifying round
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
BSG Motor Süd Leipzig |
– |
BSG Motor Legebruch |
6–1 |
BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde |
– |
BSG Empor Anklam |
10–3 |
BSG Lokomotive Weimar |
– |
BSG Empor Halle |
4–0 |
BSG Rotation Südwest Leipzig |
– |
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau |
1–4 |
SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder |
– |
SG Lok Bau Union Buchholz |
3–2 |
BSG Aufbau Rüdersdorf |
– |
SG Wacker Lichtenberg Berlin |
4–2 |
BSG Lokomotive Cottbus |
– |
BSG Stahl Gröditz |
2–3 |
BSG Chemie Friedrichshain |
– |
BSG Empor Tabak Dresden |
2–6 |
BSG Lauchhammer-Ost |
– |
BSG Motor Döbeln |
2–4 |
BSG Chemie Schwarzheide |
– |
BSG Motor Bautzen |
2–3 |
BSG Motor Wismar |
– |
BSG Einheit Schwerin |
4–2 |
SG Dynamo Schwerin |
– |
BSG Einheit Rostock |
2–1 a.e.t. |
BSG Motor Schwerin |
– |
BSG Einheit Osterburg |
1–6 |
BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge |
– |
BSG Einheit Wolmirstedt |
5–2 |
BSG Wismut Plauen |
– |
BSG Motor Suhl |
4–0 |
BSG Empor Zossen |
– |
BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide |
1–2 |
BSG Motor Rostock |
– |
BSG Traktor Quastenberg/Burg Stargard |
4–1 |
BSG Einheit Wismar |
– |
BSG Traktor Franzberg |
6–0 |
BSG Motor Oberlind |
– |
BSG Motor Rudisleben |
5–2 |
BSG Motor Sonneberg |
– |
BSG Wismut Schneeberg |
0–1 |
BSG Motor Veilsdorf |
– |
BSG Wismut Auerbach |
2–3 |
SG Dynamo Dresden |
– |
BSG Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau |
0–1 |
SC Stahl Riesa |
– |
BSG Aktivist Laubusch |
3–2 a.e.t. |
SC DHfK Leipzig |
– |
BSG Stahl Hettstedt |
9–2 |
BSG Einheit Greifswald |
– |
BSG Aufbau Wolgast |
6–1 |
BSG Motor Ammendorf |
– |
BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla |
1–3 |
BSG Chemie Jena |
– |
BSG Motor Schmalkalden |
4–2 |
SG Hohenschönhausen |
– |
BSG Motor Oderberg |
5–0 |
SC Motor Berlin |
– |
BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder |
0–2 |
BSG Einheit Burg |
– |
BSG Motor Mögelin |
11–1 |
BSG Einheit Grimmen |
– |
BSG Chemie Bitterfeld |
1–5 |
BSG Stahl Thale |
– |
BSG Einheit Langensalza |
4–1 |
SG Dynamo Eisleben |
– |
BSG Stahl Lippendorf |
3–2 |
BSG Chemie Grippen |
– |
BSG Chemie Apolda |
4–0 |
BSG Chemie Leuna |
– |
BSG Empor Jena |
6–1 |
BSG Chemie Elsterberg |
– |
BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz (Vogtland) |
0–0 a.e.t. |
Replay
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz (Vogtland) |
– |
BSG Chemie Elsterberg |
2–1 |
First round
c Berlin walkower; Halle withdrew
Replays
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
SC Empor Rostock |
– |
BSG Einheit Greifswald |
3–1 |
BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla |
– |
BSG Wismut Schneeberg |
?–? [d] |
d Result unknown, Schneeberg advanced
Second round
(played on 18 November 1956)
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
BSG Wismut Schneeberg |
– |
SC Empor Rostock |
0–6 |
BSG Motor Dessau |
– |
BSG Motor Oberlind |
4–2 |
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna |
– |
BSG Einheit Wismar |
8–0 |
SC Fortschritt Weißenfels |
– |
BSG Chemie Greppin |
2–0 |
BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg |
– |
BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder |
8–0 |
BSG Lokomotive Stendal |
– |
SG Hohenschönhausen Berlin |
1–0 |
BSG Chemie Zeitz |
– |
BSG Stahl Gröditz |
6–3 |
SC Einheit Dresden |
– |
BSG Chemie Jena |
6–2 |
ZASK Vorwärts Berlin |
– |
BSG Empor Tabak Dresden |
7–0 |
BSG Motor Altenburg |
– |
BSG Motor Bautzen |
4–1 |
SC Rotation Leipzig |
– |
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
3–3 a.e.t. |
SC Dynamo Berlin |
– |
BSG Fortschritt Meerane |
6–2 |
BSG Rotation Babelsberg |
– |
SC Turbine Erfurt |
1–2 a.e.t. |
BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen |
– |
SC DHfK Leipzig |
3–1 a.e.t. |
SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg |
– |
SC Motor Jena |
3–2 a.e.t. |
SC Lokomotive Leipzig |
– |
BSG Motor Zwickau |
3–0 |
Replay
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
– |
SC Rotation Leipzig |
2–0 |
Third round
(played on 25 November 1956)
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
SC Empor Rostock |
– |
SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg |
0–1 |
BSG Motor Dessau |
– |
BSG Chemie Zeitz |
2–3 |
BSG Motor Altenburg |
– |
ZASK Vorwärts Berlin |
0–3 |
BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg |
– |
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna |
1–2 |
BSG Lokomotive Stendal |
– |
SC Einheit Dresden |
1–3 |
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
– |
SC Dynamo Berlin |
8–0 |
SC Turbine Erfurt |
– |
SC Fortschritt Weißenfels |
3–1 a.e.t. |
SC Lokomotive Leipzig |
– |
BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen |
1–2 |
Quarter-finals
(played on 2 December 1956)
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen |
– |
ZASK Vorwärts Berlin |
1–2 a.e.t. |
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna |
– |
SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg |
4–3 a.e.t. |
BSG Chemie Zeitz |
– |
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
1–2 |
SC Turbine Erfurt |
– |
SC Einheit Dresden |
6–3 |
Semi-finals
(9. December 1956)
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
ZASK Vorwärts Berlin |
– |
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt |
2–0 |
SC Turbine Erfurt |
– |
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna |
1–1 a.e.t. |
Replay
(played on 12 December 1956)
Home team |
|
Away team |
Result |
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna |
– |
SC Turbine Erfurt |
5–0 |
Final
MAGDEBURG: |
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GK |
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Günter Melchior |
DF |
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Hans-Joachim Oelze |
DF |
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Klaus Hoffmann |
DF |
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Robert Heyer |
MF |
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Willi Streit |
MF |
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Günter Imhof |
FW |
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Alfred Jaukus |
FW |
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Werner Lehrmann |
FW |
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Joachim Lehmann |
FW |
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Walter Schmidt |
FW |
|
Klaus Büchner |
84' |
Substitutes: |
FW |
|
Rolf Hoffmann |
84' |
Manager: |
Horst Sockoll |
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References