The 1983–84 DFB-Pokal was the 41st season of the annual German football cup competition.
In the final Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 8–7 on penalties to take their seventh title.
[1] It was the first time the cup final was decided by a penalty shootout.
Lothar Matthäus was playing his last game for Moenchengladbach before his big Summer move to Bayern.
Loyal Borussia fans claimed foul.