1996 DFB-Pokal final

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

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, qualifying for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 1996 DFB-Supercup.

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
GK 1 Claus Reitmaier
SW 16 Jens Nowotny
CB 7 Dirk Schuster
CB 6 Thomas Ritter  82'
RWB 2 Gunther Metz  73'
LWB 21 Michael Tarnat
CM 5 Manfred Bender
CM 8 Thorsten Fink
AM 10 Thomas Häßler (c)
CF 9 Adrian Knup
CF 12 Sean Dundee
Substitutes:
GK 22 Thomas Walter
DF 4 Michael Wittwer
DF 19 Raphael Krauss
MF 14 Eberhard Carl  82'
FW 18 Edgar Schmitt  73'
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer
GK 1 Andreas Reinke
SW 5 Miroslav Kadlec
CB 20 Oliver Schäfer
CB 24 Harry Koch
RWB 2 Frank Greiner
LWB 8 Martin Wagner
DM 4 Axel Roos  82'
CM 15 Thomas Hengen
CM 6 Andreas Brehme (c)   72'
CF 9 Pavel Kuka  87'
CF 11 Olaf Marschall  75'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Gerald Ehrmann
DF 13 Roger Lutz  75'
MF 7 Uwe Wegmann  82'
MF 10 Claus-Dieter Wollitz  87'
FW 18 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.