DFB Cup 1996/97

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Ticket to the cup final 1997

The 1997 DFB Cup winner was VfB Stuttgart . In the final at the Olympiastadion Berlin , VfB Stuttgart won 2-0 against the then regional league team Energie Cottbus on June 14, 1997. Defending champion and Bundesliga relegated 1. FC Kaiserslautern was eliminated in the first round against regional league team SpVgg Greuther Fürth , which was formed from SpVgg Fürth and TSV Vestenbergsgreuth before the season.

In the European Cup Winners' Cup , Stuttgart was the last German team to reach the final, which the club lost 1-0 to the English cup winners FC Chelsea .

Participating teams

The following 64 teams were qualified for the first round:

BUNDESLIGA
the 18 clubs of the 1995/96 season 		2. BUNDESLIGA
the 18 clubs of the 1995/96 season 		REGIONALLIGA
the champions of the regional leagues in the 1995/96 season 		AMATEUR
the cup winners of the 21 national associations of the DFB * as well as the German amateur champion and runner-up
Borussia Dortmund logo.svg   Borussia Dortmund
Logo Bayern Munchen (1996-2002) .gif   FC Bayern Munich
FC Schalke 04 Logo.svg   FC Schalke 04
Gladbach gruen.svg   Borussia Monchengladbach
HSV-Logo.svg   Hamburger SV
  FC Hansa Rostock
Karlsruher SC Logo 2.svg   Karlsruher SC
TSV 1860 Munich, svg   TSV 1860 Munich
SV-Werder-Bremen-Logo.svg   Werder Bremen
VfB Stuttgart 1893 Logo.svg   VfB Stuttgart
Logo-SC Freiburg.svg   Sc freiburg
  1. FC Cologne
Fortuna Düsseldorf.svg   Fortuna Dusseldorf
Bayer 1984 to 1996.svg   Bayer 04 Leverkusen
  FC St. Pauli
Logo 1 FC Kaiserslautern.svg   1. FC Kaiserslautern (TV)
Eintracht Frankfurt Logo 77 99.svg   Eintracht Frankfurt
Logo KFC Uerdingen 05.svg   KFC Uerdingen 05
VfL Bochum logo.svg   VfL Bochum
Arminia-bf.svg   Arminia Bielefeld
MSV Duisburg   MSV Duisburg
SpVgg Unterhaching logo.svg   SpVgg Unterhaching
  FSV Zwickau
Logo FC Carl Zeiss Jena.svg   FC Carl Zeiss Jena
SV Waldhof Mannheim 09/15/1978 - 2003.gif   SV Waldhof Mannheim
SC Fortuna Koln.svg   SC Fortuna Cologne
VfB Leipzig - 1991-2004.svg   VfB Leipzig
SV Meppen Logo.svg   SV Meppen
  1. FSV Mainz 05
VfL Wolfsburg old.svg   VfL Wolfsburg
VfB Lübeck.svg   VfB Lübeck
Hertha BSC logo until 1999.svg   Hertha BSC
Chemnitzer FC Logo.svg   Chemnitzer FC
Hannover 96 old.svg   Hannover 96
FC Nürnberg.svg   1. FC Nuremberg
SG Wattenscheid 09.svg   SG Wattenscheid 09
  • Regionalliga North / Northeast:
VfB Oldenburg.svg   VfB Oldenburg
  • Regionalliga West / Southwest:
Gütersloh FC.gif   FC Gütersloh
  • Regionalliga Süd:
Stuttgarter Kickers Logo.svg   Stuttgart Kickers
  • Schleswig-Holstein:
Holstein Kiel Logo.svg   Holstein Kiel
  • Hamburg:
HSV-Logo.svg   Hamburger SV (A)
  • Bremen:
Fcbremerhaven.gif   FC Bremerhaven
  • Lower Saxony:
BSV Kickers Emden.svg   Kickers Emden
SSV Vorsfelde.gif   SSV Vorsfelde  *
  • Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania:
Greifswalder SC.gif   Greifswalder SC
  • Berlin:
Tennis Borussia Berlin Logo until 2010 lw.svg   Tennis Borussia Berlin
  • Brandenburg:
Logo Energie Cottbus.svg   FC Energie Cottbus
  • Saxony-Anhalt:
1. FC Lok Stendal.svg   FSV locomotive Altmark Stendal
  • Saxony:
VfB Leipzig - 1991-2004.svg   VfB Leipzig (A)
  • Thuringia:
FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen.svg   FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen
  • Middle Rhine:
Bayer 1984 to 1996.svg   Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A)
  • Lower Rhine:
Rot Weiss Oberhausen Logo.svg   Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
  • Westphalia:
Paderborn-Neuhaus TuS.jpg   TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus
  • Rhineland:
FSV Salmrohr.svg   FSV Salmrohr
  • Southwest:
TSG Pfeddersheim.gif   TSG Pfeddersheim
  • Saarland:
Borussia Neunkirchen.svg   Borussia Neunkirchen
  • Hesse:
SV Wehen Logo.png   SV labor
  • Württemberg:
Sports club Bonlanden Wappen.svg   SV Bonlanden
SSV Ulm 1846.svg   SSV Ulm 1846  **
  • To bathe:
Karlsruher SC Logo 2.svg   Karlsruher SC (A)
VfR Mannheim.svg   VfR Mannheim  **
  • South Baden:
Donaueschingen FV.gif   FV Donaueschingen
  • Bavaria:
SpVgg Greuther Fürth old.gif   SpVgg Greuther Fürth
1. FC Schweinfurt 05.svg   1. FC Schweinfurt 05  *

*  From the two state associations with the most men's teams in play (Bavaria and Lower Saxony), the defeated cup finalist also took part.
**  SSV Ulm 1846 and VfR Mannheim qualified as German amateur champions and runners-up.

1st main round

date Result
Fri 09.08.1996, 7.30 p.m. 1. FC Nuremberg 1-0 1. FSV Mainz 05
Sa 10.08.1996, 3 p.m. Hamburger SV (A) 1: 3 Arminia Bielefeld
Sa 10.08.1996, 3 p.m. FC Bremerhaven 2: 3 Karlsruher SC
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 2: 5 FC Hansa Rostock
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. SV Bonlanden 2: 4 a.d. VfL Bochum
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1: 4 FC St. Pauli
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. Tennis Borussia Berlin 0: 3 FC Bayern Munich
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. FV Donaueschingen 1: 3 1. FC Cologne
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. Bayer Leverkusen (A) 1: 3 a.d. MSV Duisburg
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1-0 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. Kickers Emden 1: 3 Fortuna Dusseldorf
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. VfR Mannheim 0: 2 Borussia Monchengladbach
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. VfB Stuttgart 0: 0 a.d.
(4: 1 in good condition ) 		SC Fortuna Cologne
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. KFC Uerdingen 05 0: 2 Sc freiburg
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. Greifswalder SC 0: 3 SpVgg Unterhaching
Sa 10.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. Borussia Neunkirchen 1: 1 n.V.
(5: 4 p.e. ) 		VfB Leipzig
Sa 10.08.1996, 6 p.m. FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen 1: 5 TSV 1860 Munich
Sun 11.08.1996, 2:30 p.m. FSV locomotive Altmark Stendal 1: 5 Hertha BSC
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. SSV Ulm 1846 0: 2 FC Schalke 04
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. SG Wattenscheid 09 4: 3 a.d. Borussia Dortmund
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus 1: 3 Hamburger SV
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. Chemnitzer FC 0: 1 SV Waldhof Mannheim
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. FSV Salmrohr 1: 3 VfB Oldenburg
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. SV labor 1: 2 VfB Lübeck
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. VfB Leipzig (A) 0: 4 VfL Wolfsburg
Sun 11.08.1996, 4 p.m. Karlsruher SC (A) 2-0 FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. FC Energie Cottbus 1: 0 a.d. Stuttgart Kickers
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. SSV Vorsfelde 0: 2 SV Meppen
Sun 11.08.1996, 3 p.m. Hannover 96 1-0 FC Gütersloh
Sun 11.08.1996, 5:30 p.m. Holstein Kiel 2: 4 Eintracht Frankfurt
Sun 11.08.1996, 5:30 p.m. TSG Pfeddersheim 1: 2 FSV Zwickau
Sun 11.08.1996, 8:15 p.m. Werder Bremen 1: 1 a.d.
(5: 3 in good condition ) 		Bayer 04 Leverkusen

2nd main round

date Result
Sa 31.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. Karlsruher SC 2-0 FC Hansa Rostock
Sa 31.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. MSV Duisburg 1: 0 a.d. VfB Lübeck
Sa 31.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. Borussia Neunkirchen 1: 3 FC St. Pauli
Sa 31.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. SV Meppen 6: 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
Sa 31.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. FC Energie Cottbus 1-0 VfL Wolfsburg
Sa 31.08.1996, 3:30 p.m. SpVgg Greuther Fürth 12: 1 1 1. FC Nuremberg
Sun 01.09.1996, 3 p.m. FSV Zwickau 3: 1 a.d. 1. FC Cologne
Sun 01.09.1996, 3 p.m. SG Wattenscheid 09 0: 0 n.v.
(2: 4 in good condition ) 		Karlsruher SC (A)
Tue 17.09.1996, 5:15 p.m. VfB Oldenburg 1: 2 Werder Bremen
Wed 18.09.1996, 7:30 p.m. Arminia Bielefeld 0: 1 SpVgg Unterhaching
Tue 01.10.1996, 7:00 p.m. SV Waldhof Mannheim 0: 1 Sc freiburg
Tue 01.10.1996, 7.30 p.m. Hannover 96 2: 4 TSV 1860 Munich
Tue 01.10.1996, 7.30 p.m. Hertha BSC 1: 1 a.d.
(4: 5 in good condition ) 		VfB Stuttgart
Tue 01.10.1996, 8:00 p.m. Fortuna Dusseldorf 1: 4 Hamburger SV
Tue 01.10.1996, 8:00 p.m. FC Schalke 04 2: 3 VfL Bochum
Wed October 2nd, 1996, 8:30 p.m. Borussia Monchengladbach 1: 2 FC Bayern Munich
1 held in Nuremberg

Round of 16

date Result
Tue 10/22/1996, 7:30 p.m. TSV 1860 Munich 1: 2 Hamburger SV
Tue 10/22/1996, 7:30 p.m. FC St. Pauli 1-0 SpVgg Unterhaching
Tue 10/22/1996, 7:30 p.m. Sc freiburg 2: 1 SV Meppen
Tue 10/22/1996, 7:30 p.m. Karlsruher SC (A) 0: 1 VfL Bochum
Wed 23.10.1996, 2.30 p.m. FC Energie Cottbus 2: 2 n.v.
(5: 4 p.e. ) 		MSV Duisburg
Wed 23.10.1996, 7:00 p.m. SpVgg Greuther Fürth 11: 3 1 Karlsruher SC
Wed 23.10.1996, 7.30 p.m. VfB Stuttgart 2-0 FSV Zwickau
Tue 11/12/1996, 8:30 p.m. FC Bayern Munich 3: 1 Werder Bremen
1 held in Nuremberg

Quarter finals

date Result
Tue November 12, 1996, 2 p.m. FC Energie Cottbus 0: 0 n.v.
(5: 4 in good condition ) 		FC St. Pauli
Wed 11/13/1996, 7:30 p.m. Hamburger SV 2: 1 VfL Bochum
Wed 11/13/1996, 7:30 p.m. Sc freiburg 1: 1 n.V.
(2: 4 p.e. ) 		VfB Stuttgart
Wed 19.02.1997, 8:30 p.m. Karlsruher SC 1-0 FC Bayern Munich

Semifinals

date Result
Tue April 15, 1997, 8:30 p.m. FC Energie Cottbus 3-0 Karlsruher SC
Wed 16.04.1997, 8:00 p.m. VfB Stuttgart 2: 1 Hamburger SV

final

pairing VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart - FC Energie CottbusFC Energie Cottbus
Result 2: 0 (1: 0)
date June 14, 1997 at 7:00 p.m.
Stadion Olympic Stadium , Berlin
spectator 76,400
referee Edgar Steinborn ( Sinzig )
Gates 1-0 Elber (18th)
2-0 Elber (52nd)
VfB Stuttgart Franz Wohlfahrt , Marco Haber , Frank Verlaat , Thomas Berthold , Matthias Hagner (71st Thomas Schneider ), Zvonimir Soldo , Krassimir Balakow , Gerhard Poschner , Thorsten Legat , Giovane Élber (90th Danny Schwarz ), Fredi Bobic (81st Radosław Gilewicz )
Trainer: Joachim Loew
FC Energie Cottbus Kay Wehner , Thomas Hoßmang , Sven Benken , Jens Melzig , Ingolf Schneider (65th Igor Lazić ), Detlef Irrgang , Willi Kronhardt , Jens-Uwe Zöphel , Jörg Woltmann (81st Moses Enguelle ), Toralf Konetzke , Frank Seifert (65th Matthias Zimmerling )
Trainer: Eduard Geyer
yellow cards yellow cards Haber, Soldo - Melzig