 1977–78 FDGB-Pokal

The 1977–78 season saw the 27th competition for the FDGB-Pokal of East Germany.After a qualifying round with four teams from the second-tier DDR-Liga the first round proper was played with 55 teams from the DDR-Liga, the two teams that had been relegated from the DDR-Oberliga in 1976–77 and the 18 Bezirkspokal winners of 1977.