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. 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.
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 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
GK 1 Claus ReitmaierSW 16 Jens NowotnyCB 7 Dirk SchusterCB 6 Thomas Ritter RWB2 Gunther Metz LWB21 Michael Tarnat CM 5 Manfred BenderCM 8 Thorsten FinkAM 10 Thomas Häßler (c)CF 9 Adrian KnupCF 12 Sean DundeeSubstitutes:GK 22 Thomas WalterDF 4 Michael WittwerDF 19 Raphael KraussMF 14 Eberhard Carl FW 18 Edgar Schmitt Manager: Winfried Schäfer GK 1 Andreas ReinkeSW 5 Miroslav KadlecCB 20 Oliver SchäferCB 24 Harry KochRWB2 Frank GreinerLWB8 Martin Wagner DM 4 Axel Roos CM 15 Thomas HengenCM 6 Andreas Brehme (c) CF 9 Pavel Kuka CF 11 Olaf Marschall Substitutes:GK 22 Gerald EhrmannDF 13 Roger Lutz MF 7 Uwe Wegmann MF 10 Claus-Dieter Wollitz FW 18 Jürgen RischeManager: Eckhard Krautzun
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions.
References
External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de