The 1988 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1987–88 DFB-Pokal, the 45th season of Germany's premier football cup. It was played on 28 May 1988 at the Olympiastadion in West Berlin.
Eintracht Frankfurt defeated VfL Bochum 1–0 to claim the trophy for the fourth time, also qualifying for the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1988 DFB-Supercup.
Route to the final Eintracht FrankfurtRoundVfL BochumOpponentResult1987–88 DFB-PokalOpponentResultFC Schalke 043–2Round 1VfB Oldenburg0–0 and 4–1 (replay)SSV Ulm 18463–0Round 2TSG Giengen2–1 Fortuna Düsseldorf1–0Round 3Schwarz-Weiß Essen1–0Bayer 05 Uerdingen4–2QuarterfinalsSC Fortuna Köln4–1SV Werder Bremen1–0SemifinalsHamburger SV2–0
Match
Details
GK 1 Uli SteinSW 4 Manfred BinzCB 2 Dieter SchlindweinCB 3 Charly Körbel (c)RM 6 Michael Kostner CM 5 Ralf Sievers CM 7 Frank SchulzCM 10 Lajos DétáriLM 8 Dietmar RothCF 9 Holger Friz CF 11 Włodzimierz SmolarekSubstitutes:DF Thomas Klepper FW Janusz Turowski Manager: Karl-Heinz Feldkamp GK 1 Ralf ZumdickSW 4 Lothar Woelk (c)CB 5 Walter OswaldCB 2 Frank HeinemannCB 3 Martin Kree RM 11 Michael RzehaczekCM 10 Josef Nehl CM 7 Andrzej IwanCM 6 Rob ReekersLM 8 Thorsten Legat CF 9 Uwe LeifeldSubstitutes:FW Thomas Epp Manager: Hermann Gerland
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of two substitutions.
References
External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de