The 1998 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1997–98 DFB-Pokal, the 55th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 16 May 1998 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against MSV Duisburg to claim their ninth cup title.
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). Bayern Munich Round MSV Duisburg Opponent Result 1997–98 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result DJK Waldberg (A) 16–1 Round 1 Rot-Weiss Essen (A) 2–1 VfL Wolfsburg (A) 3–3 Round 2 VfL Bochum (H) 1–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) 2–1 Round of 16 Eintracht Frankfurt (H) 1–0 Bayer Leverkusen (H) 2–0 Quarter-finals Carl Zeiss Jena (A) 2–1 VfB Stuttgart (H) 3–0 Semi-finals Eintracht Trier (A) 1–1
Match
Details
GK 1 Oliver KahnSW 10 Lothar MatthäusCB 2 Markus BabbelCB 5 Thomas Helmer (c) RWB14 Mario BaslerLWB11 Bixente Lizarazu CM 16 Dietmar HamannCM 6 Christian NerlingerCM 18 Michael Tarnat SS 7 Mehmet Scholl CF 9 Giovane ÉlberSubstitutes:GK 12 Sven ScheuerDF 4 Samuel KuffourMF 8 Thomas Strunz MF 17 Thorsten Fink FW 19 Carsten Jancker FW 20 Ruggiero RizzitelliFW 21 Alexander ZicklerManager: Giovanni Trapattoni GK 12 Thomas GillCB 7 Slobodan KomljenovićCB 4 Torsten Wohlert (c)RWB24 Carsten WoltersLWB3 Dietmar HirschDM 21 Thomas VanaCM 6 Stig TøftingCM 5 Tomasz HajtoAM 20 Michael ZeyerCF 18 Uwe SpiesCF 9 Bachirou Salou Substitutes:GK 29 Gintaras StaučėDF 13 Markus ReiterDF 17 Thomas PuschmannMF 12 Markus Osthoff MF 19 Jörg NeunFW 11 Alexandru PopoviciFW 25 Niklas SkoogManager: Friedhelm Funkel
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