DFB-Pokal and runners-up: Schalke’s biggest domestic successes in the first decade after the Bundesliga’s introduction were the DFB-Pokal triumph – 5–0 against Kaiserslautern in the final in Hanover – and the runners-up spot in 1971/72. Only a crushing 1–5 at Bayern in the direct showdown between first and second on the final day cost Schalke what could have been their first Bundesliga title.