The 1981–82 DFB-Pokal was the 39th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 28 August 1981 and ended on 1 May 1982. In the final Bayern Munich defeated 1. FC Nürnberg 4–2.[1] Bayern thus won the trophy for the sixth time. It was the last season, that the cup was held with 128 teams participating. Afterwards the competition was scaled down to 64 teams.