1996–97 DFB-Pokal

1996–97 DFB-Pokal

Country	Germany
Teams	64
Champions	VfB Stuttgart
Runners-up	Energie Cottbus
Matches played	63
Top goal scorer(s)	Bernhard Winkler (4)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The DFB-Pokal 1996–97 was the 54th season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 9 August 1996 and ended on 16 June 1997. In the final VfB Stuttgart defeated third tier Energie Cottbus 2–0 thereby claiming their third title.

Round 1

1. FC Nuremberg v FSV Mainz 05

9 August 1996	1. FC Nuremberg	1 – 0	FSV Mainz 05	Nuremberg
	Wiesinger  64'	Report (German)		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 12,900 Referee: Bastian (Frankfurt)

Hamburger SV (A) v Arminia Bielefeld

10 August 1996	Hamburger SV (A)	1 – 3	Arminia Bielefeld	Hamburg
	Krausz  31' (pen.)	Report (German)	Stratos  29' Meißner  40' Rauffmann  86'	Stadium: Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Bernd Hauer (Celle)

FC Bremerhaven v Karlsruher SC

10 August 1996	FC Bremerhaven	2 – 3	Karlsruher SC	Bremerhaven
	Schuster  11' (o.g.) Toborg  27'	Report (German)	Reich  29' Häßler  57' Schroth  87'	Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Füllbrunn (Ihrhove)

FC Schweinfurt 05 v Hansa Rostock

10 August 1996	FC Schweinfurt 05	2 – 5	Hansa Rostock	Schweinfurt
	Lerch  23' Rögele  65'	Report (German)	Ziemer  5', 30' Zallmann  8' Barbarez  56' Beinlich  72'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Müller (Dresden)

SV Bonlanden v VfL Bochum

10 August 1996	SV Bonlanden	2 – 4 (aet)	VfL Bochum	Bonlanden
	Schweizer  64' Frömmel  71'	Report (German)	Kracht  73' Winkler  86' Peschel  119', 120'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Jörg Friedrichs (Ilvesheim)

Rot-Weiss Oberhausen v FC St. Pauli

10 August 1996	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	1 – 4	FC St. Pauli	Oberhausen
	T. Pröpper  25'	Report (German)	Trulsen  57' Émerson  60' C. Pröpper  85' Sobotzik  88'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Christian Wack (Gersheim)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Bayern Munich

10 August 1996	Tennis Borussia Berlin	0 – 3	Bayern Munich	Berlin
		Report (German)	Nerlinger  49' Scholl  88' Strunz  90'	Attendance: 39,500 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

FV Donaueschingen v 1. FC Köln

10 August 1996	FV Donaueschingen	1 – 3	1. FC Köln	Donaueschingen
	Limberger  40'	Report (German)	Munteanu  5' Baumann  50' Vladoiu	Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Kammerer (Karlsruhe)

Bayer Leverkusen (A) v MSV Duisburg

10 August 1996	Bayer Leverkusen (A)	1 – 3 (aet)	MSV Duisburg	Leverkusen
	Simsek  39'	Report (German)	Marin  70', 108' Löbe  92'	Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Schütz (Norken)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

10 August 1996	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Fürth
	Lotter	Report (German)		Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Norbert Dörr (Griesheim)

Kickers Emden v Fortuna Düsseldorf

10 August 1996	Kickers Emden	1 – 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Emden
	Mushangazhike  71'	Report (German)	Seeliger  53' Katemann  75' Judt  80'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Heinz-Dieter Casper (Dortmund)

VfR Mannheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach

10 August 1996	VfR Mannheim	0 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Mannheim
		Report (German)	Pettersson  30', 89'	Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Burkhard Hufgard (Mömbris)

VfB Stuttgart v Fortuna Köln

10 August 1996	VfB Stuttgart	0 – 0 (aet) (4–1 p)	Fortuna Köln	Stuttgart
		Report (German)		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)
		Penalties
	Balakov Legat Soldo Verlaat		Lottner De Wit Hey

KFC Uerdingen v SC Freiburg

10 August 1996	KFC Uerdingen	0 – 2	SC Freiburg	Krefeld
		Report (German)	Jurcevic  37' Wassmer  81'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

Greifswalder SC v SpVgg Unterhaching

10 August 1996	Greifswalder SC	0 – 3	SpVgg Unterhaching	Greifswald
		Report (German)	Radlspeck  20' Strehmel  42' Garcia  88'	Stadium: Volksstadion Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Michael Wendorf (Berlin)

Borussia Neunkirchen v VfB Leipzig

10 August 1996	Borussia Neunkirchen	1 – 1 (aet) (5–4 p)	VfB Leipzig	Neunkirchen
	Seibert  44'	Report (German)	Shala  90'	Stadium: Ellenfeldstadion Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Holger Dehmelt (Sabachwalden)
		Penalties
	Racanel Melunovic Torunarigha Adeyemi Schäfer		Shala Schößler Heidrich Weichert Franklin

Wacker Nordhausen v 1860 Munich

10 August 1996	Wacker Nordhausen	1 – 5	1860 Munich	Nordhausen
	Gorges  38'	Report (German)	Winkler  8', 76', 89' Walker  60' Schwabl  86'	Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Christian Schößling (Leipzig)

SSV Ulm 1846 v Schalke 04

10 August 1996	SSV Ulm 1846	0 – 2	Schalke 04	Ulm
		Report (German)	Max  4' Linke  18'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Stark (Landshut)

SG Wattenscheid 09 v Borussia Dortmund

11 August 1996	SG Wattenscheid 09	4 – 3 (aet)	Borussia Dortmund	Wattenscheid
	Ristau  42' Dikhtyar  50' Skok  69' Bläker  115'	Report (German)	Zorc  14' Herrlich  75' Reuter  88'	Stadium: Lohrheidestadion Attendance: 9,600 Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)

TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus v Hamburger SV

11 August 1996	TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus	1 – 3	Hamburger SV	Paderborn
	Ewen  70'	Report (German)	Bäron  15' Dowe  20' Breitenreiter  60'	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

Chemnitzer FC v SV Waldhof Mannheim

11 August 1996	Chemnitzer FC	0 – 1	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Chemnitz
		Report (German)	Kobylański  67'	Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Peter Weise (Gera)

FSV Salmrohr v VfB Oldenburg

11 August 1996	FSV Salmrohr	1 – 3	VfB Oldenburg	Salmtal
	Thömmes  45'	Report (German)	Szubert  78' Zierott  85' Janiak  87'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Christian Wack (Gersheim)

SV Wehen v VfB Lübeck

11 August 1996	SV Wehen	1 – 2	VfB Lübeck	Taunusstein
	Raab  53'	Report (German)	Schwerinski  36' Hoffmann  59'	Stadium: Stadion am Halberg Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Manfred Isam (Köln)

VfB Leipzig (A) v VfL Wolfsburg

11 August 1996	VfB Leipzig (A)	0 – 4	VfL Wolfsburg	Leipzig
		Report (German)	Meißner  24' Maucksch  40' (pen.) Probst  50' Präger  75'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Keßler (Jena)

Karlsruher SC (A) v Carl Zeiss Jena

11 August 1996	Karlsruher SC (A)	2 – 0	Carl Zeiss Jena	Nuremberg
	Kolinger  44' Hörner  64'	Report (German)		Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 12,900 Referee: Bastian (Frankfurt)

Holstein Kiel v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 August 1996	Holstein Kiel	2 – 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Kiel
	Habermann  40' Bertermann  82'	Report (German)	Tskhadadze  11' Ekström  33' Gaudino  47' Güntensperger  90'	Stadium: Holsteinstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Carsten Byernetzki (Hamburg)

TSG Pfeddersheim v FSV Zwickau

11 August 1996	TSG Pfeddersheim	1 – 2	FSV Zwickau	Pfeddersheim
	Ritschel  82'	Report (German)	Kirsten  48', 87'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Joachim Neis (Theley)

Werder Bremen v Bayer Leverkusen

11 August 1996	Werder Bremen	1 – 1 (aet) (5–3 p)	Bayer Leverkusen	Bremen
	Cardoso  103' (pen.)	Report (German)	Rydlewicz  92'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 11,900 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)
		Penalties
	Herzog Cardoso Brand Bode Beschastnykh		Paulo Sérgio Heintze Happe Wörns

Energie Cottbus v Stuttgarter Kickers

11 August 1996	Energie Cottbus	1 – 0 (aet)	Stuttgarter Kickers	Cottbus
	Woltmann  114'	Report (German)		Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sather (Grimma)

SSV Vorsfelde v SV Meppen

11 August 1996	SSV Vorsfelde	0 – 2	SV Meppen	Wolfsburg
		Report (German)	Vorholt  55' Lau  90'	Stadium: Drömlingstadion, A-Platz Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Hahne (Hannover)

Lokomotive Altmark Stendal v Hertha BSC

11 August 1996	Lokomotive Altmark Stendal	1 – 5	Hertha BSC	Stendal
	Wiedemann  41' (pen.)	Report (German)	Fährmann  23' Kruse  30' Preetz  51' Mazingu-Dinzey  62' Čović  85'	Stadium: Stadion am Hölzchen Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Carsten Kadach (Suderburg)

Hannover 96 v FC Gütersloh

11 August 1996	Hannover 96	1 – 0	FC Gütersloh	Hannover
	Ostermann  14'	Report (German)		Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Scheibel (Calbe)

Round 2

Karlsruher SC v Hansa Rostock

31 August 1996	Karlsruher SC	2 – 0	Hansa Rostock	Karlsruhe
	Keller  71' Dundee  85'	Report (German)		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

MSV Duisburg v VfB Lübeck

31 August 1996	MSV Duisburg	1 – 0 (aet)	VfB Lübeck	Duisburg
	Hopp  113'	Report (German)		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

Borussia Neunkirchen v FC St. Pauli

31 August 1996	Borussia Neunkirchen	1 – 3	FC St. Pauli	Neunkirchen
	Hummel  47'	Report (German)	Sobotzik  77', 89' Schweißing  78'	Stadium: Ellenfeldstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttermark)

SV Meppen v Eintracht Frankfurt

31 August 1996	SV Meppen	6 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Meppen
	Ukrow  1' Helmer  5' Claaßen  37' Lau  48' Bujan  58' Winter  59'	Report (German)	Ekström  17'	Stadium: Emslandstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

Energie Cottbus v VfL Wolfsburg

31 August 1996	Energie Cottbus	1 – 0	VfL Wolfsburg	Cottbus
	Seifert  87'	Report (German)		Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Heinz-Dieter Casper (Dortmund)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v 1. FC Nuremberg

31 August 1996	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1 – 0	1. FC Nuremberg	Fürth
	Lotter  27' Dumpert  63'	Report (German)	Radoki  50' (o.g.)	Attendance: 44,200 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

FSV Zwickau v 1. FC Köln

1 September 1996	FSV Zwickau	3 – 1 (aet)	1. FC Köln	Zwickau
	Günther  70' Kirsten  118' Klee  120'	Report (German)	Gaißmayer  17'	Stadium: Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 11,400 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

SG Wattenscheid 09 v Karlsruher SC (A)

1 September 1996	SG Wattenscheid 09	0 – 0 (aet) (2–4 p)	Karlsruher SC (A)	Karlsruhe
		Report (German)		Stadium: Wildparkstadion, Platz 2 Referee: Ralf Hilmes (Nordhorn)
		Penalties
	Ristau Süs Gumprecht Balzis		Kolinger Hurle Streichsbier Süngül

VfB Oldenburg v Werder Bremen

17 September 1996	VfB Oldenburg	1 – 2	Werder Bremen	Oldenburg
	Elberfeld  38'	Report (German)	Brand  71' Labbadia  81'	Stadium: Marschwegstadion Attendance: 15,200 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

Arminia Bielefeld v SpVgg Unterhaching

18 September 1996	Arminia Bielefeld	0 – 1	SpVgg Unterhaching	Bielefeld
		Report (German)	Radlspeck  75'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Hamburger SV

1 October 1996	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 4	Hamburger SV	Düsseldorf
	Nielsen  89'	Report (German)	Spörl  16' Breitenreiter  32' Schupp  50' Salihamizic  86'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Schalke 04 v VfL Bochum

1 October 1996	Schalke 04	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	Gelsenkirchen
	Wilmots  35' Held  47'	Report (German)	Gudjonsson  1', 30' Baluszynski  60'	Stadium: Parkstadion Attendance: 20,200 Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)

SV Waldhof Mannheim v SC Freiburg

1 October 1996	SV Waldhof Mannheim	0 – 1	SC Freiburg	Mannheim
		Report (German)	Spanring  71'	Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

Hannover 96 v 1860 Munich

1 October 1996	Hannover 96	2 – 4	1860 Munich	Hannover
	Milovanovic  20' (pen.) Kovacec  31'	Report (German)	Nowak  15' Winkler  30' Borimirov  69' Cerny  84'	Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Frank Fleske (Eisenhüttenstadt)

Hertha BSC v VfB Stuttgart

1 October 1996	Hertha BSC	1 – 1 (aet) (4–5 p)	VfB Stuttgart	Berlin
	Mazingu-Dinzey  3'	Report (German)	Hagner  13'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 37,400 Referee: Wagner (Hofheim)
		Penalties
	Karl Preetz Kober Mazingu-Dinzey Kruse Arnold		Berthold Legat Gilewicz Verlaat Wohlfahrt Herzog

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich

2 October 1996	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1 – 2	Bayern Munich	Mönchengladbach
	Neun  9'	Report (German)	Strunz  28' Zickler  85'	Attendance: 34,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Round of 16

1860 Munich v Hamburger SV

22 October 1996	1860 Munich	1 – 2	Hamburger SV	Munich
	Borimirov  68'	Report (German)	Schopp  65' Schupp  80'	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

FC St. Pauli v SpVgg Unterhaching

22 October 1996	FC St. Pauli	1 – 0	SpVgg Unterhaching	Hamburg
	Pisarev  73'	Report (German)		Stadium: Stadion am Millerntor Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Wolfgang Friedrichs (Lennestadt)

SC Freiburg v SV Meppen

22 October 1996	SC Freiburg	2 – 1	SV Meppen	Freiburg
	Decheiver  72' (pen.) Spanring  86'	Report (German)	Thoben  53'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Wagner (Hofheim)

Karlsruher SC (A) v VfL Bochum

22 October 1996	Karlsruher SC (A)	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
		Report (German)	Közle  66'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion, Platz 2 Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Christian Wack (Gersheim)

Energie Cottbus v MSV Duisburg

23 October 1996	Energie Cottbus	2 – 2 (aet) (5–4 p)	MSV Duisburg	Cottbus
	Konetzke  67' Melzig  96'	Report (German)	Wohlert  89' Bicanic  99'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)
		Penalties
	Jesse Benken Zöphel Kronhardt Woltmann		Hirsch Bicanic Anders Marin Kienle

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Karlsruher SC

23 October 1996	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	1 – 3	Karlsruher SC	Fürth
	Dürr  89' (pen.)	Report (German)	Reich  2' Dundee  14' Probst  65' (o.g.)	Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Lutz Pohlmann (Felde)

VfB Stuttgart v FSV Zwickau

23 October 1996	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	FSV Zwickau	Stuttgart
	Élber  36' Bobic  81'	Report (German)		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

Bayern Munich v Werder Bremen

12 November 1996	Bayern Munich	3 – 1	Werder Bremen	Munich
	Klinsmann  45', 89' Ziege  65'	Report (German)	Bode  13'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

Quarter-final

Energie Cottbus v FC St. Pauli

12 November 1996	Energie Cottbus	0 – 0 (aet) (5–4 p)	FC St. Pauli	Cottbus
		Report (German)		Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)
		Penalties
	Wenschlag Zöphel Benken Woltmann Zimmerling Jesse		Scharping Springer Trulsen Sobotzik Bochtler Scherz

Hamburger SV v VfL Bochum

13 November 1996	Hamburger SV	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
	Schopp  39' Cardoso  82'	Report (German)	Közle  63'	Attendance: 17,200 Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

SC Freiburg v VfB Stuttgart

13 November 1996	SC Freiburg	0 – 0 (aet) (2–4 p)	VfB Stuttgart	Freiburg
	Spanring  62'	Report (German)	Bobic  48'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
		Penalties
	Schmadtke Spanring Decheiver Sutter		Verlaat Soldo Foda Wohlfahrt

Karlsruher SC v Bayern Munich

19 February 1997	Karlsruher SC	1 – 0	Bayern Munich	Karlsruhe
	Fink  21'	Report (German)		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)

Semi-final

Energie Cottbus v Karlsruher SC

15 April 1997	Energie Cottbus	3 – 0	Karlsruher SC	Cottbus
	Kronhardt  64' Irrgang  68' Konetzke  82'	Report (German)		Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

VfB Stuttgart v Hamburger SV

16 April 1997	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 1	Hamburger SV	Stuttgart
	Balakov  15' Schneider  60'	Report (German)	Hartmann  19'	Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Georg Dardenne (Nettersheim)

Final

VfB Stuttgart v FC Energie Cottbus

June 16, 1997

VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	FC Energie Cottbus
Élber  18'  52'

Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Attendance: 76,400 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

VfB Stuttgart

FC Energie Cottbus

VFB STUTTGART 1893: GK 1 Franz Wohlfahrt SW 4 Frank Verlaat CB 2 Thomas Berthold CB 6 Zvonimir Soldo RWB  3 Matthias Hagner  70' LWB 8 Thorsten Legat CM 5 Marco Haber CM 7 Gerhard Poschner AM 10 Krassimir Balakov CF 9 Giovane Élber  89' CF 11 Fredi Bobič  81' Substitutes: GK Marc Ziegler DF 14 Thomas Schneider  70' MF Andreas Buck MF Sebastian Fournier MF 15 Danny Schwarz  89' FW 16 Radoslaw Gilewicz  81' FW Sreto Ristic Manager: Joachim Löw

FC ENERGIE COTTBUS: GK 1 Kay Wehner SW 4 Thomas Hoßmang CB 5 Jens Melzig CB 6 Sven Benken RWB  2 Willi Kronhardt LWB 8 Jens-Uwe Zöphel CM 3 Ingo Schneider  65' CM 11 Jörg Woltmann  81' AM 10 Detlef Irrgang CF 7 Frank Seifert  65' CF 9 Toralf Konetzke Substitutes: GK Edmund Rottler DF Kay Wenschlag MF Moses Enguelle  81' MF Michael Hennig MF Igor Lazič  65' MF Lars Mebus FW Matthias Zimmerling  65' Manager: Eduard Geyer

See also

• 1. Bundesliga 1996–97
• 2. Bundesliga 1996–97
• Regionalliga 1996–97

External links

• Official site of the DFB (German)
• Kicker.de (German)