1992 DFB-Pokal final

The 1991–92 DFB-Pokal competition came to a close on 23 May 1992 when 1. Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach played 2. Bundesliga team Hannover 96 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Hannover 96 made history as the first, and to date only, club from outside the top division to win the cup when they won 4–3 on penalties. The game had finished goalless after 120 minutes.^[2] Hannover qualified for the 1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1992 DFB-Supercup.

1992 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	1991–92 DFB-Pokal
Hannover 96 Borussia Mönchengladbach 0 0
After extra time Hannover 96 won 4–3 on penalties
Date	23 May 1992 (1992-05-23)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)[1]
Attendance	76,200
← 1991 1993 →

Route to the final

Borussia Mönchengladbach		Round	Hannover 96
Opponent	Result	1991–92 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Bye		Round 1	Marathon 1902 Berlin	7–0
SG Wattenscheid 09	2–0	Round 2	VfL Bochum	3–2
SC Jülich 1910	1–0	Round 3	Borussia Dortmund	3–2
SC Fortuna Köln	2–0	Round 4	KFC Uerdingen 05	1–0
Stuttgarter Kickers	2–0	Quarterfinals	Karlsruher SC	1–0
Bayer Leverkusen	2–2 (2–0 p)	Semifinals	SV Werder Bremen	1–1 (4–3 p)

Match

Details

23 May 1992 (1992-05-23)

18:00 CEST

Hannover 96	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Report
Penalties
Đelmaš Wójcicki Freund Kretzschmar Schjønberg	4–3	Kastenmaier Criens Pflipsen Fach Neun

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 76,200

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

Hannover 96

Borussia Mönchengladbach

GK 1 Jörg Sievers SW 6 Roman Wójcicki CB 2 Jörg-Uwe Klütz CB 3 Axel Sundermann CB 4 Bernd Heemsoth  119' RM 5 Jörg Kretzschmar CM 10 Karsten Surmann (c) CM 8 Oliver Freund LM 7 Michael Schjønberg CF 11 Michael Koch  68' CF 9 Miloš Đelmaš Substitutes: DF 14 Mathias Kuhlmey  119' FW 15 Uwe Jursch  68' Manager: Michael Lorkowski

GK 1 Uwe Kamps SW 3 Holger Fach CB 5 Thomas Huschbeck  46' CB 4 Michael Klinkert CB 2 Thomas Kastenmaier RM 8 Karlheinz Pflipsen CM 6 Christian Hochstätter CM 7 Martin Schneider LM 10 Jörg Neun CF 11 Martin Max  76' CF 9 Hans-Jörg Criens (c) Substitutes: DF 15 Joachim Stadler  46' FW 14 Martin Dahlin  76' Manager: Jürgen Gelsdorf

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of two substitutions.