German cup 1953-1991
| YEAR | CHAMPION | FINALIST | SCORE |
| 1953 | Rot-Weiss Essen | Alemannia Aachen | 2-1 |
| 1954 | Stuttgart | Koln | 1-0 o.t. |
| 1955 | Karlsruher | Schalke 04 | 3-2 |
| 1956 | Karlsruher | Hamburgher | 3-1 |
| 1957 | Bayern Munchen | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1-0 |
| 1958 | Stuttgart | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4-3 o.t. |
| 1959 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | Borussia Neunkirchen | 5-2 |
| 1960 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Karlsruher | 3-2 |
| 1961 | Werder Bremen | Kaiserslautern | 2-0 |
| 1962 | Nurnberg | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2-1 o.t. |
| 1963 | Hamburgher | Borussia Dortmund | 3-0 |
| 1964 | Munchen 1860 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2-0 |
| 1965 | Borussia Dortmund | Alemannia Aachen | 2-0 |
| 1966 | Bayern Munchen | Duisburg | 4-1 |
| 1967 | Bayern Munchen | Hamburgher | 4-0 |
| 1968 | Koln | Bochum | 4-1 |
| 1969 | Bayern Munchen | Schalke 04 | 2-1 |
| 1970 | Kickers Offenbach | Koln | 2-1 |
| 1971 | Bayern Munchen | Koln | 2-1 o.t. |
| 1972 | Schalke 04 | Kaiserslautern | 5-0 |
| 1973 | Borussia Monchengladbach | Koln | 2-1 o.t. |
| 1974 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Hamburgher | 3-1 o.t. |
| 1975 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Duisburg | 1-0 |
| 1976 | Hamburgher | Kaiserslautern | 2-0 |
| 1977 | Koln | Hertha Berlin | 1-1 o.t. and 1-0 |
| 1978 | Koln | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2-0 |
| 1979 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Hertha Berlin | 1-0 o.t. |
| 1980 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Koln | 2-1 |
| 1981 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Kaiserslautern | 3-1 |
| 1982 | Bayern Munchen | Nurnberg | 4-2 |
| 1983 | Koln | Fortuna Koln | 1-0 |
| 1984 | Bayern Munchen | Borussia Monchengladbach | 1-1 o.t. (7-6 penalty) |
| 1985 | Bayer Uerdingen | Bayern Munchen | 2-1 |
| 1986 | Bayern Munchen | Stuttgart | 5-2 |
| 1987 | Hamburgher | Stuttgarter Kickers | 3-1 |
| 1988 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bochum | 1-0 |
| 1989 | Borussia Dortmund | Werder Bremen | 4-1 |
| 1990 | Kaiserslautern | Werder Bremen | 3-2 |
| 1991 | Werder Bremen | Koln | 1-1 o.t. (4-3 penalty) |