Country West Germany Runners-up 1. FC Köln Dates 10 Dec 1972 – 23 Jun 1973 Matches played 61 | Defending champions Schalke 04 Champion Borussia Mönchengladbach Teams 32 | |
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The 1972–73 DFB-Pokal was the 30th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 10 December 1972 and ended on 23 June 1973. 32 teams competed in the tournament of five rounds. As in the year before, the knock-out rounds were played over two legs, but the final was decided in a single game. In the memorable cup final, Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated 1. FC Köln 2–1 after extra time, with Günter Netzer substituing himself in before scoring the winning goal for Borussia.
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