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.

1957 FDGB-Pokal
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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.[citation needed]

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-tier 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.[citation needed]

First qualifying round

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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
BSG Traktor Domsühl BSG Einheit Wismar 1–9
BSG Motor Rathenow SG Dynamo Schwerin 1–6
BSG Traktor Putlitz 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 Motor 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 6–0
BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz 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 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 walkover; Stahl withdrew[1]
b Chemie walkover; Einheit withdrew[1]

BSG Wismut Auerbach, BSG Wismut Schneeberg, BSG Stahl Lippendorf were given byes to the second qualifying round.[1]

Replay

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Home team Away team Result
BSG Chemie Leuna BSG Aktivist Borna 4–2

Second qualifying round

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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 Motor 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 0–0 a.e.t.

Replay

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Home team Away team Result
BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz BSG Chemie Elsterberg 2–1

First round

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Home team Away team Result
BSG Lokomotive Frankfurt/Oder BSG Aufbau Großräschen 4–3
BSG Motor Rostock BSG Lokomotive Stendal 1–4
SG Dynamo Schwerin ZASK Vorwärts Berlin 1–7
BSG Motor Warnowwerft Warnemünde BSG Chemie AGFA Wolfen 0–3
BSG Einheit Greifswald SC Empor Rostock 0–0 a.e.t.
BSG Einheit Osterburg BSG Motor Dessau 2–3
BSG Einheit Wismar BSG Lokomotive Schöneweide 5–1
BSG Lokomotive Wittenberge BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg 2–4
BSG Motor Brandenburg-Süd SC Rotation Leipzig 2–5
BSG Einheit Burg SC Chemie Halle-Leuna 2–4
BSG Chemie Bitterfeld SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt 2–3
BSG Stahl Thale SC Turbine Erfurt 1–3
SG Dynamo Eisleben BSG Motor Zwickau 0–3
BSG Chemie Greppin BSG Motor Nordhausen-West 6–1
BSG Chemie Buna Schkopau SC Einheit Dresden 0–5
SG Hohenschönhausen Berlin SC Wissenschaft Halle X-0 c
BSG Aufbau Rüdersdorf SC Aktivist Brieske-Senftenberg 1–10
SG Dynamo Frankfurt/Oder BSG Rotation Babelsberg 0–3
BSG Chemie Jena BSG Wismut Auerbach 4–2
SC DHfK Leipzig Aktivist Karl-Marx Zwickau 3–1 a.e.t.
BSG Stahl Gröditz BSG Chemie Glauchau 2–0
BSG Empor Tabak Dresden BSG Empor Wurzen-West 5–0
BSG Motor Bautzen SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt 3–0
BSG Motor Döhlen BSG Chemie Zeitz 0–2
BSG Stahl Riesa BSG Fortschritt Meerane 2–6
BSG Chemie Leuna SC Fortschritt Weißenfels 0–1
BSG Motor Neustadt/Orla BSG Wismut Schneeberg 1–1 a.e.t.
BSG Lokomotive Weimar SC Lokomotive Leipzig 0–1
BSG Wismut Plauen SC Motor Jena 3–4 a.e.t.
BSG Motor Oberlind BSG Wismut Gera 3–2
BSG Fortschritt Oelsnitz BSG Motor Altenburg 1–5
BSG Motor Wismar SC Dynamo Berlin 1–3 a.e.t.

c Berlin walkover; Halle withdrew[1]

Replays

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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[1]

Second round

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(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

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Home team Away team Result
SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt SC Rotation Leipzig 2–0

Third round

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(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

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(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

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(played on 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

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(played on 12 December 1956)

Home team Away team Result
SC Chemie Halle-Leuna SC Turbine Erfurt 5–0

Final

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SC Chemie Halle-Leuna2 – 1ZASK Vorwärts Berlin
Büchner   18'
Imhof   84'
Kaulmann   73'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Fritz Köpcke (Wusterhausen)
HALLE-LEUNA:
GK Günter Melchior
DF Hans-Joachim Oelze
DF Klaus Hoffmann
DF Robert Heyer
MF Willi Streit
MF Günter Imhof
FW Alfred Jaukus
FW Werner Lehrmann
FW Joachim Lehmann
FW Walter Schmidt
FW Klaus Büchner   84'
Substitutes:
FW Rolf Hoffmann   84'
Manager:
 Horst Sockoll
BERLIN:
GK Karl-Heinz Spickenagel
DF Peter Kalinke
DF Gerhard Marotzke
DF Werner Eilitz
MF Hans Küchler
MF Werner Unger
FW Horst Assmy
FW Heinz Kaulmann
FW Gerhard Reichelt   59'
FW Lothar Meyer
FW Günther Wirth
Substitutes:
FW Siegfried Wachtel   59'
Manager:
  János Gyarmati


References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander. "East Germany 1956". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 July 2010.