DFB-Pokal prize money
Winning the DFB-Pokal final is worth £5,159,274. Reaching the first round, where it starts, is worth £195,033 to every club in it, win or lose. Between those two, £71.0m is shared across 63 ties and the 64 clubs that enter.
The DFB sets the whole schedule before the competition starts, so every amount on this page is a fixed rate for 2026/27 rather than a share of what came in. There is no entry payment and no table to finish in: a club is paid for every round it reaches, whether it wins the tie or not, and only the final pays the two sides differently.
Winning it
six rounds, and the only road there is: every club enters in the first round
| ROUND | PAYS | RUNNING TOTAL |
|---|---|---|
| Reaching the first round | £195,033 | £195,033 |
| Reaching the second round | £390,066 | £585,099 |
| Reaching the round of 16 | £780,132 | £1,365,231£1.4m |
| Reaching the quarter-final | £1,560,264£1.6m | £2,925,495£2.9m |
| Reaching the semi-final | £3,120,529£3.1m | £6,046,024£6.0m |
| Winning the final | £5,159,274£5.2m | £11,205,298£11.2m |
The other roads through it
Every round
six rounds from August to the final in Berlin, and every club paid for each round it reaches
| ROUND | WINNERS | LOSERS | TIES | ROUND POT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round1st round all 64 clubs are paid it, whether they go through or not | £195,033 | £195,033 | 32 | £12,482,112£12.5m |
| Second round2nd round twice the first round, and every round doubles again to the semi-final | £390,066 | £390,066 | 16 | £12,482,112£12.5m |
| Round of 16Last 16 | £780,132 | £780,132 | 8 | £12,482,112£12.5m |
| Quarter-finalQuarter-final | £1,560,264£1.6m | £1,560,264£1.6m | 4 | £12,482,112£12.5m |
| Semi-finalSemi-final the last round where the beaten club takes the same as the winners | £3,120,529£3.1m | £3,120,529£3.1m | 2 | £12,482,116£12.5m |
| FinalFinal the only round that pays the two sides differently | £5,159,274£5.2m | £3,439,516£3.4m | 1 | £8,598,790£8.6m |
Frequently asked questions
How much do the winners of the DFB-Pokal get?
£5,159,274 for winning the final, and £11,205,298 across every round on the way there for a club entering at the first round.
How much is the DFB-Pokal prize fund?
£71,009,354 for 2026/27, shared across 63 ties and the 64 clubs that enter.
Does the DFB-Pokal pay anything for losing?
Yes, and in every round before the final the beaten club is paid exactly what the winners are, because the payment is for reaching the round rather than winning it. Losing the final is worth £3,439,516 against £5,159,274 for winning it.
Are these figures for 2026/27?
Yes. The DFB sets the schedule before the competition starts, so every amount here is the rate in force for 2026/27 rather than what any club happened to collect. They are set in euros and are shown here in pounds.
Where to next
The rest of the money a club plays for
The other cup we hold a schedule for: FA Cup prize money, Carabao Cup prize money, FA Trophy prize money and FA Vase prize money. In Europe, see Champions League prize money, Club World Cup prize money, Europa League prize money and Conference League prize money. For what a club is paid at home, see Premier League prize money, La Liga prize money and La Liga 2 prize money, or Bundesliga prize money for a league that publishes its formula rather than its payments . For what a relegated club is paid after it leaves, see Championship parachute payments. Where a league publishes the shares and not the payments, see Serie A prize money. Where a competition pays for where a team finished rather than for every round it won, see World Cup prize money, Women's World Cup prize money, Copa América prize money, Africa Cup of Nations prize money, CAF Champions League prize money and CAF Confederation Cup prize money. Or look at every league we track.