1996 DFB-Pokal final

The 1996 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1995–96 DFB-Pokal, the 53rd season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 25 May 1996 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[2] 1. FC Kaiserslautern won the match 1–0 against Karlsruher SC to claim their second cup title, qualifying for the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 1996 DFB-Supercup.

1996 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	1995–96 DFB-Pokal
Karlsruher SC 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0 1
Date	25 May 1996 (1996-05-25)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)[1]
Attendance	75,800
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Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal was a 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.^[3]

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

Karlsruher SC		Round	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Opponent	Result	1995–96 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Tennis Borussia Berlin (A)	2–1	Round 1	Fortuna Köln (A)	4–3 (a.e.t.)
Sachsen Leipzig (A)	2–0	Round 2	SG Wattenscheid (H)	3–0
SpVgg Unterhaching (A)	3–2	Round of 16	Schalke 04 (H)	1–0
Borussia Dortmund (A)	3–1	Quarter-finals	FC Homburg (A)	4–3
Fortuna Düsseldorf (H)	2–0	Semi-finals	Bayer Leverkusen (H)	1–0

Match

Details

Karlsruher SC	0–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Report	Wagner 42'

25 May 1996 (1996-05-25)

19:00 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 75,800

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

Karlsruher SC

1. FC Kaiserslautern

GK 1 Claus Reitmaier SW 16 Jens Nowotny CB 7 Dirk Schuster CB 6 Thomas Ritter  82' RWB 2 Gunther Metz  73' LWB 21 Michael Tarnat CM 5 Manfred Bender CM 8 Thorsten Fink AM 10 Thomas Häßler (c) CF 9 Adrian Knup CF 12 Sean Dundee Substitutes: GK 22 Thomas Walter DF 4 Michael Wittwer DF 19 Raphael Krauss MF 14 Eberhard Carl  82' FW 18 Edgar Schmitt  73' Manager: Winfried Schäfer

GK 1 Andreas Reinke SW 5 Miroslav Kadlec CB 20 Oliver Schäfer CB 24 Harry Koch RWB 2 Frank Greiner LWB 8 Martin Wagner DM 4 Axel Roos  82' CM 15 Thomas Hengen CM 6 Andreas Brehme (c)   72' CF 9 Pavel Kuka  87' CF 11 Olaf Marschall  75' Substitutes: GK 22 Gerald Ehrmann DF 13 Roger Lutz  75' MF 7 Uwe Wegmann  82' MF 10 Claus-Dieter Wollitz  87' FW 18 Jürgen Rische Manager: Eckhard Krautzun

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