1997 DFB-Pokal Final

German Cup Final

Match programme cover

Event

1996–97 DFB-Pokal

VfB Stuttgart	Energie Cottbus

2	0

Date

14 June 1997

Venue

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Referee

Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Attendance

76,400

The 1997 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1996–97 DFB-Pokal, the 54th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 14 June 1997 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[1] VfB Stuttgart won the match 2–0 against third-division Energie Cottbus to claim their third cup title.

Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal is a sixty-four team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams are drawn against each other in pots, and the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.^[2]

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

VfB Stuttgart		Round	Energie Cottbus
Opponent	Result	1996–97 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Fortuna Köln (H)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Round 1	Stuttgarter Kickers (H)	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Hertha BSC (A)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Round 2	VfL Wolfsburg (H)	1–0
FSV Zwickau (H)	2–0	Round of 16	MSV Duisburg (H)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)
SC Freiburg (A)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Quarter-finals	FC St. Pauli (H)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)
Hamburger SV (H)	2–1	Semi-finals	Karlsruher SC (H)	3–0

Match

Details

VfB Stuttgart v Energie Cottbus

14 June 1997
19:00 CEST

VfB Stuttgart	2–0	Energie Cottbus
Élber 18', 52'	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 76,400
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

VfB Stuttgart

Energie Cottbus


GK	1	Franz Wohlfahrt
SW	5	Frank Verlaat
CB	8	Marco Haber
CB	4	Thomas Berthold
RWB	7	Matthias Hagner	70'
LWB	3	Thorsten Legat
CM	20	Zvonimir Soldo
CM	16	Gerhard Poschner
AM	10	Krasimir Balakov
CF	9	Giovane Élber	89'
CF	11	Fredi Bobic	81'
Substitutes:
GK	25	Marc Ziegler
DF	14	Thomas Schneider	70'
MF	12	Danny Schwarz	89'
MF	21	Sébastien Fournier
MF	22	Andreas Buck
FW	15	Radosław Gilewicz	81'
FW	35	Sreto Ristić
Manager:
Joachim Löw


GK	1	Kay Wehner
SW	3	Thomas Hoßmang
CB	4	Sven Benken
CB	5	Jens Melzig
RWB	7	Ingo Schneider	65'
LWB	14	Jörg Woltmann	81'
DM	21	Willi Kronhardt
CM	8	Jens-Uwe Zöphel
CM	6	Detlef Irrgang
CF	17	Frank Seifert	65'
CF	9	Toralf Konetzke
Substitutes:
GK	31	Edmund Rottler
DF	23	Kay Wenschlag
MF	12	Igor Lazić	65'
MF	15	Michael Hennig
MF	16	Lars Mebus
MF	24	Moses Enguelle	81'
FW	11	Matthias Zimmerling	65'
Manager:
Eduard Geyer

References

↑ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
↑ "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

DFB-Pokal

Seasons	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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Information	1984 semi-finals Finals Winning managers Top scorers Bundesliga clubs eliminated by amateur sides

Related	FDGB-Pokal Verbandspokal DFB-Pokal (women) Westdeutscher Pokal

1996–97 in German football

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League competitions

Men

Level 1 & 2	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga

Level 3	Regionalliga

Level 4	Baden-Württemberg Bayern Hessen Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein Niedersachsen/Bremen Nordrhein Nordost Südwest Westfalen

Cup competitions

Men	DFB-Pokal (Final) DFB-Supercup

Women	DFB-Pokal

European competitions

Men	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup Cup Winners' Cup

Team seasons

Men's Bundesliga

VfB Stuttgart matches

German football championship Finals	1935 1950 1952 1953

DFB-Pokal Finals	1954 1958 1986 1997 2007 2013

DFB-Supercup	1992

DFB-Ligapokal Finals	1997 1998 1999 2005

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final	1998

UEFA Cup Final	1989

UEFA Intertoto Cup Finals	2000 2002

FC Energie Cottbus

Information	Club Statistics Players Managers Stadium

Seasons	2000–01 2004–05 2012–13

Matches	1997 DFB-Pokal Final

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