1998 DFB-Pokal final

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.^[3] Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against MSV Duisburg to claim their ninth cup title.

1998 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	1997–98 DFB-Pokal
Bayern Munich MSV Duisburg 2 1
Date	16 May 1998 (1998-05-16)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)[1]
Attendance	75,800
Weather	Clear 18 °C (64 °F) 42% humidity[2]
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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.^[4]

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 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	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 (a.e.t.) (10–9 p)

Match

Details

Bayern Munich	2–1	MSV Duisburg
Babbel 70' Basler 89'	Report	Salou 20'

16 May 1998 (1998-05-16)

19:30 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 75,800

Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Bayern Munich

MSV Duisburg

GK 1 Oliver Kahn SW 10 Lothar Matthäus CB 2 Markus Babbel CB 5 Thomas Helmer (c)  34' RWB 14 Mario Basler LWB 11 Bixente Lizarazu  34' CM 16 Dietmar Hamann CM 6 Christian Nerlinger CM 18 Michael Tarnat SS 7 Mehmet Scholl  76' CF 9 Giovane Élber Substitutes: GK 12 Sven Scheuer DF 4 Samuel Kuffour MF 8 Thomas Strunz  76' MF 17 Thorsten Fink  34' FW 19 Carsten Jancker  34' FW 20 Ruggiero Rizzitelli FW 21 Alexander Zickler Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

GK 12 Thomas Gill CB 7 Slobodan Komljenović CB 4 Torsten Wohlert (c) RWB 24 Carsten Wolters LWB 3 Dietmar Hirsch DM 21 Thomas Vana CM 6 Stig Tøfting CM 5 Tomasz Hajto AM 20 Michael Zeyer CF 18 Uwe Spies CF 9 Bachirou Salou  73' Substitutes: GK 29 Gintaras Staučė DF 13 Markus Reiter DF 17 Thomas Puschmann MF 12 Markus Osthoff  73' MF 19 Jörg Neun FW 8 Alexandru Popovici FW 25 Niklas Skoog Manager: 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.