1988 DFB-Pokal final

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.^[2][3][4]

1988 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	1987–88 DFB-Pokal
Eintracht Frankfurt VfL Bochum 1 0
Date	28 May 1988 (1988-05-28)
Venue	Olympiastadion, West Berlin
Referee	Wilfried Heitmann (Drentwede)[1]
Attendance	76,000
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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 Frankfurt		Round	VfL Bochum
Opponent	Result	1987–88 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
FC Schalke 04	3–2	Round 1	VfB Oldenburg	0–0 (a.e.t.) and 4–1 (replay)
SSV Ulm 1846	3–0	Round 2	TSG Giengen	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	Round 3	Schwarz-Weiß Essen	1–0
Bayer 05 Uerdingen	4–2	Quarterfinals	SC Fortuna Köln	4–1
SV Werder Bremen	1–0	Semifinals	Hamburger SV	2–0

Match

Details

28 May 1988 (1988-05-28)

18:00 CEST

Eintracht Frankfurt	1–0	VfL Bochum
Détári 81'	Report

Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 76,000

Referee: Wilfried Heitmann (Drentwede)

Eintracht Frankfurt

VfL Bochum

GK 1 Uli Stein SW 4 Manfred Binz CB 2 Dieter Schlindwein CB 3 Charly Körbel (c) RM 6 Michael Kostner  71' CM 5 Ralf Sievers CM 7 Frank Schulz CM 10 Lajos Détári LM 8 Dietmar Roth CF 9 Holger Friz  78' CF 11 Włodzimierz Smolarek Substitutes: DF Thomas Klepper  71' FW Janusz Turowski  78' Manager: Karl-Heinz Feldkamp

GK 1 Ralf Zumdick SW 4 Lothar Woelk (c) CB 5 Walter Oswald CB 2 Frank Heinemann CB 3 Martin Kree RM 11 Michael Rzehaczek CM 10 Josef Nehl  66' CM 7 Andrzej Iwan CM 6 Rob Reekers LM 8 Thorsten Legat CF 9 Uwe Leifeld Substitutes: FW Thomas Epp  66' 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.