DFB Cup 1987/88
In 1988 , Eintracht Frankfurt won the DFB Cup . The goalkeeper Uli Stein had already won the DFB Cup with Hamburger SV a year earlierand was able to defend the title with Frankfurter Eintracht. The HSV, however,failedin the semifinals against VfL Bochum . In the subsequent European Cup Winners' Cup, the Frankfurters were eliminatedfrom defending champion KV Mechelen when they last played in the quarter-finals.
Participating teams
The following 64 teams qualified for the cup competition:
| Bundesliga the 18 clubs in the 1986/87 season | 2. Bundesliga the 20 clubs in the 1986/87 season | Association cup the representatives of the 16 regional associations of the DFB | |
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1 VfB Dillingen took second place on the grid as a defeated cup finalist.
2 KSV Baunatal took second place on the grid as a defeated cup finalist.
3 VfR Aalen took second place on the grid as a defeated cup finalist.
1st main round
Replay games
| date | Result | ||
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| Tue 15.09.1987 | SSV Ulm 1846 | 2: 1 | KSV Baunatal | 
| Tue 06.10.1987, 8:00 p.m. | Borussia Dortmund | 5-0 | Offenburg FV | 
| Wed 07.10.1987, 8:00 p.m. | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 0: 2 | Prussia Munster | 
| Tue 13.10.1987, 8:00 p.m. | VfL Bochum | 4: 1 | VfB Oldenburg | 
2nd main round
Replay games
| date | Result | ||
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| Tue 11/10/1987, 8:00 p.m. | 1. FC Nuremberg | 2: 1 | Karlsruher SC | 
| Wed 11/11/1987, 8 p.m. | Alemannia Aachen | 0: 1 | Prussia Munster | 
| Wed 11/11/1987, 8:15 p.m. | FC Bayern Munich | 3: 2 a.d. | Borussia Monchengladbach | 
Round of 16
| date | Result | ||
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| Tue 24.11.1987, 8:00 p.m. | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 0: 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 
| Thu 10.12.1987, 8:00 p.m. | Prussia Munster | 2: 3 | SC Fortuna Cologne | 
| Sa 13.02.1988, 2 p.m. | 1. FC Pforzheim | 1: 1 a.d. | Werder Bremen | 
| Sa 13.02.1988, 2 p.m. | KSV Hessen Kassel | 0: 1 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 
| Sa 13.02.1988, 3:30 p.m. | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1: 2 | Hamburger SV | 
| Sa 13.02.1988, 3:30 p.m. | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 3: 3 a.d. | Borussia Dortmund | 
| Sun 14.02.1988, 2:30 p.m. | Black and white food | 0: 1 | VfL Bochum | 
| Sun 14.02.1988, 3 p.m. | FC Bayern Munich | 3: 1 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 
Replay games
| date | Result | ||
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| Tue 02/23/1988 | Borussia Dortmund | 1: 2 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 
| Wed February 24, 1988 | Werder Bremen | 3: 1 | 1. FC Pforzheim | 
Quarter finals
| date | Result | ||
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| Tuesday, March 8th, 1988 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4: 2 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 
| Wed 09.03.1988 | Hamburger SV | 2: 1 | FC Bayern Munich | 
| Wed 09.03.1988 | Viktoria Aschaffenburg | 1: 3 | Werder Bremen | 
| Wed 09.03.1988 | VfL Bochum | 4: 1 | SC Fortuna Cologne | 
Semifinals
| date | Result | ||
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| Tuesday April 12th, 1988 | VfL Bochum | 2-0 | Hamburger SV | 
| Wed 13.04.1988, 8.15 p.m. | Werder Bremen | 0: 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 
final
| pairing |  Eintracht Frankfurt - VfL Bochum   | 
| Result | 1: 0 (0: 0) | 
| date | Saturday , May 28, 1988 at 6:00 p.m. | 
| Stadion | Olympic Stadium , Berlin | 
| spectator | 76,000 (sold out) | 
| referee | Wilfried Heitmann ( Drentwede ) | 
| Gates | 1-0 Lajos Detari (81st) | 
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Uli Stein - Manfred Binz - Charly Körbel  , Dieter Schlindwein - Michael Kostner (71st Thomas Klepper ), Ralf Sievers , Frank Schulz , Lajos Détári , Dietmar Roth - Holger Friz (78th Janusz Turowski ), Włodzimierz Smolarek Trainer: Karl-Heinz Feldkamp   | 
| VfL Bochum | Ralf Zumdick - Lothar Woelk  - Walter Oswald , Martin Kree - Michael Rzehaczek , Frank Heinemann , Andrzej Iwan , Rob Reekers , Thorsten Legat - Josef Nehl (66th Thomas Epp ), Uwe Leifeld Trainer: Hermann Gerland   | 
| yellow cards |  Kostner, Sievers - Kree, legate | 
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- Kicker-Sportmagazin : Born 1987 and 1988 , Olympia-Verlag






























































