1998 DFB-Pokal final

1998 DFB-Pokal Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1997–98 DFB-Pokal
Date	16 May 1998
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
Attendance	75,800
Weather	Clear; 18 °C (64 °F); 42% humidity
	← 1997 1999 →

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.

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

16 May 1998

19:30 CEST

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

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.

References

^ "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Weather History for Berlin Tegel, DE". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 16 May 1998. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "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.

External links

Match report at kicker.de (in German)
Match report at WorldFootball.net
Match report at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[2] "Weather History for Berlin Tegel, DE". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 16 May 1998. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[3] "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[4] "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

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