1998 DFB-Pokal Final

1998 DFB-Pokal Final
German Cup Final

Match programme cover
Event 1997–98 DFB-Pokal
Date 16 May 1998 (1998-05-16)
Venue Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
Attendance 75,800

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.[1] Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against MSV Duisburg to claim their ninth 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).

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

16 May 1998 (1998-05-16)
19:30 CEST
Bayern Munich 2–1 MSV Duisburg
Report Salou  20'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 75,800
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
Bayern Munich
MSV Duisburg
GK 1 Germany Oliver Kahn
SW 10Germany Lothar Matthäus
CB 2 Germany Markus Babbel
CB 5 Germany Thomas Helmer  34'
RWB14Germany Mario Basler
LWB11France Bixente Lizarazu  34'
CM 16Germany Dietmar Hamann
CM 6 Germany Christian Nerlinger
CM 18Germany Michael Tarnat
SS 7 Germany Mehmet Scholl  76'
CF 9 Brazil Giovane Élber
Substitutes:
GK 12Germany Sven Scheuer
DF 4 Ghana Samuel Kuffour
MF 8 Germany Thomas Strunz  76'
MF 17Germany Thorsten Fink  34'
FW 19Germany Carsten Jancker  34'
FW 20Italy Ruggiero Rizzitelli
FW 21Germany Alexander Zickler
Manager:
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni
GK 12Norway Thomas Gill
CB 7 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Komljenović
CB 4 Germany Torsten Wohlert
RWB24Germany Carsten Wolters
LWB3 Germany Dietmar Hirsch
DM 21Germany Thomas Vana
CM 6 Denmark Stig Tøfting
CM 5 Poland Tomasz Hajto
AM 20Germany Michael Zeyer
CF 18Germany Uwe Spies
CF 9 Togo Bachirou Salou  73'
Substitutes:
GK 29Lithuania Gintaras Staučė
DF 13Germany Markus Reiter
DF 17Germany Thomas Puschmann
MF 12Germany Markus Osthoff  73'
MF 19Germany Jörg Neun
FW 8 Moldova Alexandru Popovici
FW 25Sweden Niklas Skoog
Manager:
Germany Friedhelm Funkel

References

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