1996 DFB-Pokal Final

The 1996 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1995–96 DFB-Pokal, the 53rd season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 25 May 1996 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[2] 1. FC Kaiserslautern won the match 1–0 against Karlsruher SC to claim their second cup title.

1996 DFB-Pokal Final
Match programme cover
Event1995–96 DFB-Pokal
Karlsruher SC 1. FC Kaiserslautern
0 1
Date25 May 1996 (1996-05-25)
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
RefereeHellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)[1]
Attendance75,800

Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal was a 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.[3]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Karlsruher SC Round 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Opponent Result 1995–96 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result
Tennis Borussia Berlin (A) 2–1 Round 1 Fortuna Köln (A) 4–3 (a.e.t.)
Sachsen Leipzig (A) 2–0 Round 2 SG Wattenscheid (H) 3–0
SpVgg Unterhaching (A) 3–2 Round of 16 Schalke 04 (H) 1–0
Borussia Dortmund (A) 3–1 Quarter-finals FC Homburg (A) 4–3
Fortuna Düsseldorf (H) 2–0 Semi-finals Bayer Leverkusen (H) 1–0

Match

Details
Karlsruher SC0–11. FC Kaiserslautern
Report Wagner  42'
Attendance: 75,800
Karlsruher SC
1. FC Kaiserslautern
GK1 Claus Reitmaier
SW16 Jens Nowotny
CB7 Dirk Schuster
CB6 Thomas Ritter 82'
RWB2 Gunther Metz 73'
LWB21 Michael Tarnat
CM5 Manfred Bender
CM8 Thorsten Fink
AM10 Thomas Häßler (c)
CF9 Adrian Knup
CF12 Sean Dundee
Substitutes:
GK22 Thomas Walter
DF4 Michael Wittwer
DF19 Raphael Krauss
MF14 Eberhard Carl 82'
FW18 Edgar Schmitt 73'
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer
GK1 Andreas Reinke
SW5 Miroslav Kadlec
CB20 Oliver Schäfer
CB24 Harry Koch
RWB2 Frank Greiner
LWB8 Martin Wagner
DM4 Axel Roos 82'
CM15 Thomas Hengen
CM6 Andreas Brehme (c)  72'
CF9 Pavel Kuka 87'
CF11 Olaf Marschall 75'
Substitutes:
GK22 Gerald Ehrmann
DF13 Roger Lutz 75'
MF7 Uwe Wegmann 82'
MF10 Claus-Dieter Wollitz 87'
FW18 Jürgen Rische
Manager:
Eckhard Krautzun

Match rules

References
  1. "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  3. "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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