2011–12 DFB-Pokal
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| Country | Germany | ||
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| Teams | 64 | ||
| Champions | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| Runners-up | Bayern Munich | ||
| Matches played | 63 | ||
| Goals scored | 224 (3.56 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) |
Robert Lewandowski (7 goals) |
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The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal was the 69th season of the annual German football cup competition. It commenced on 29 July 2011 with the first of six rounds and concluded on 12 May 2012 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
Since both finalists have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League (group stage) spot was given to the fifth-placed Bundesliga team.Schalke 04 were the reigning holders, but they were beaten by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Third Round.
The following 64 teams competed in Round 1:
1 The three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions (Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Westphalia) are allowed to enter two teams for the competition.
2 Bavarian Cup runners-up Wacker Burghausen had to compete in a play-off against SpVgg Unterhaching, the winners of the match between the losing semi-finalists, for the second Bavarian spot; this play-off was won by Unterhaching.
3 Since Wehen Wiesbaden will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Hessen Kassel will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.
4 Since will enter the competition via their league placement, runners-up Anker Wismar will inherit the spot reserved for the cup winners.
5 Since Eintracht Braunschweig will enter the competition via their league placement, VfB Oldenburg and TSV Ottersberg as losing semi-finalists played a single match to determine the second Lower Saxony participiant. This match was won by Oldenburg.
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