1994 DFB-Pokal final

The 1994 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1993–94 DFB-Pokal, the 51st season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 14 May 1994 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[2] Werder Bremen won the match 3–1 against Rot-Weiss Essen to claim their third cup title, qualifying for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 1994 DFB-Supercup.

1994 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	1993–94 DFB-Pokal
Werder Bremen Rot-Weiss Essen 3 1
Date	14 May 1994 (1994-05-14)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Manfred Amerell (Munich)[1]
Attendance	76,391
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Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal was a 76 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of six rounds leading up to the final. In the first round, some teams were given a bye. 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.^[3]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Werder Bremen		Round	Rot-Weiss Essen
Opponent	Result	1993–94 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Stuttgarter Kickers (H)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Round 2	1. FC Bocholt (A)	3–2
Kickers Offenbach (A)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Round 3	FC St. Pauli (H)	3–2 (a.e.t.)
Hamburger SV (H)	4–2	Round of 16	MSV Duisburg (H)	4–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern (H)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Quarter-finals	Carl Zeiss Jena (A)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)
Dynamo Dresden (A)	2–0	Semi-finals	Tennis Borussia Berlin (H)	2–0

Match

Details

Werder Bremen	3–1	Rot-Weiss Essen
Beiersdorfer 17' Herzog 38' Rufer 88' (pen.)	Report	Bangoura 50'

14 May 1994 (1994-05-14)

18:15 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 76,391

Referee: Manfred Amerell (Munich)

Werder Bremen

Rot-Weiss Essen

GK 1 Oliver Reck SW 4 Rune Bratseth (c) CB 8 Miroslav Votava CB 5 Dietmar Beiersdorfer RWB 2 Thomas Wolter LWB 3 Marco Bode DM 7 Dieter Eilts CM 6 Mario Basler  75' CM 10 Andi Herzog  84' CF 9 Bernd Hobsch CF 11 Wynton Rufer Substitutes: GK Hans-Jürgen Gundelach DF 15 Andree Wiedener  75' DF 16 Ulrich Borowka  84' MF Thorsten Legat FW Frank Neubarth Manager: Otto Rehhagel

GK 1 Frank Kurth SW Harald Kügler CB 2 Ingo Pickenäcker (c)  39' CB Mathias Jack RWB Jürgen Margref LWB Robert Reichert  49' CM Jörg Lipinski CM Adrian Spyrka CM Kristian Zedi CF 7 Christian Dondera CF 4 Daouda Bangoura Substitutes: GK Jochen Gramse DF 12 Roman Geschlecht  39' MF 13 Oliver Grein  49' MF Uwe Wegmann FW Olivier Djappa Manager: Wolfgang Frank

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