Thuringia Cup
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| Founded | 1991 |
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| Region | Thuringia, Germany |
| Qualifier for | DFB-Pokal |
| Current champions | Carl Zeiss Jena (2015–16) |
| Most successful club(s) |
Carl Zeiss Jena Rot-Weiß Erfurt (9 titles) |
The Thuringia Cup (German: Thüringenpokal) is an annual football competition in Thuringia, Germany. The Thuringia Football Association (German: Thüringer Fußball-Verband, TFV) is its governing body. The cup winner qualifies for next season's DFB-Pokal. It is one of the 21 regional cup competitions in Germany.
All Thuringian clubs competing in 3. Liga, Regionalliga, NOFV-Oberliga Süd, Thüringenliga and Landesklasse Thüringen are eligible to play in the cup. Additionally the winners of the Bezirkspokal competitions qualify. Starting with the 2007-08 season only one team per club may participate.
Thecompetition consists of 6 rounds played in a knock-out format. There is only one match per round, if scores are level after 90 minutes, there is a 2x15 minutes extra time followed by a penalty shootout, if necessary. Fixtures are determined by a draw. Clubs from 3rd Liga and several other teams (determined by a draw) get a first-round bye.
The finals:
Record winners are FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and FC Carl Zeiss Jena, having won the title 9 times, followed by and Wacker Nordhausen (3).
The highest attendance record was set on 15 November 2005 in Erfurt. After rivals FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and FC Carl Zeiss Jena had only met in the final in the preceding years, they met in the quarter-final of the 2005-06 season. Jena took home a 4-2 penalty shootout win in front of 11,000 spectators.
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