The 1997 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1996–97 DFB-Pokal, the 54th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 14 June 1997 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. VfB Stuttgart won the match 2–0 against third-division Energie Cottbus to claim their third cup title, qualifying for the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 1997 DFB-Ligapokal.
Route to the final The DFB-Pokal began with 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). VfB Stuttgart Round Energie Cottbus Opponent Result 1996–97 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Fortuna Köln (H) 0–0 Round 1 Stuttgarter Kickers (H) 1–0 Hertha BSC (A) 1–1 Round 2 VfL Wolfsburg (H) 1–0 FSV Zwickau (H) 2–0 Round of 16 MSV Duisburg (H) 2–2 SC Freiburg (A) 0–0 Quarter-finals FC St. Pauli (H) 0–0 Hamburger SV (H) 2–1 Semi-finals Karlsruher SC (H) 3–0
Match
Details
GK 1 Franz WohlfahrtSW 5 Frank Verlaat (c)CB 8 Marco Haber CB 4 Thomas BertholdRWB7 Matthias Hagner LWB3 Thorsten LegatCM 20 Zvonimir Soldo CM 16 Gerhard PoschnerAM 10 Krasimir BalakovCF 9 Giovane Élber CF 11 Fredi Bobic Substitutes:GK 25 Marc ZieglerDF 14 Thomas Schneider MF 12 Danny Schwarz MF 21 Sébastien FournierMF 22 Andreas BuckFW 15 Radosław Gilewicz FW 35 Sreto RistićManager: Joachim Löw GK 1 Kay WehnerSW 3 Thomas HoßmangCB 4 Sven BenkenCB 5 Jens Melzig (c) RWB7 Ingo Schneider LWB14 Jörg Woltmann DM 21 Willi KronhardtCM 8 Jens-Uwe ZöphelCM 6 Detlef IrrgangCF 17 Frank Seifert CF 9 Toralf KonetzkeSubstitutes:GK 31 Edmund RottlerDF 23 Kay WenschlagMF 12 Igor Lazić MF 15 Michael HennigMF 16 Lars MebusMF 24 Moses Enguelle FW 11 Matthias Zimmerling Manager: Eduard Geyer
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
References
External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de