1996–97 DFB-Pokal

Country

Germany

Teams

Champions

VfB Stuttgart

Runners-up

Energie Cottbus

Matches played

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.^[1]

Round 1

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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

Round 2

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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

References

↑ "DFB-Pokal 1996-97" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-22.

External links

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

DFB-Pokal

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