1996 DFB-Pokal Final
# 1996 DFB-Pokal Final

The 1996 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1995–96 DFB-Pokal, the 53rd season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 25 May 1996 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. 1. FC Kaiserslautern won the match 1–0 against Karlsruher SC to claim their second cup title.

## Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal was a 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.

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

| Karlsruher SC | Karlsruher SC | Round | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 1995–96 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| Tennis Borussia Berlin (A) | 2–1 | Round 1 | Fortuna Köln (A) | 4–3 (a.e.t.) |
| Sachsen Leipzig (A) | 2–0 | Round 2 | SG Wattenscheid (H) | 3–0 |
| SpVgg Unterhaching (A) | 3–2 | Round of 16 | Schalke 04 (H) | 1–0 |
| Borussia Dortmund (A) | 3–1 | Quarter-finals | FC Homburg (A) | 4–3 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf (H) | 2–0 | Semi-finals | Bayer Leverkusen (H) | 1–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Karlsruher SC | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Claus Reitmaier |
| SW | 16 | Jens Nowotny |
| CB | 7 | Dirk Schuster |
| CB | 6 | Thomas Ritter | 82' |
| RWB | 2 | Gunther Metz | 73' |
| LWB | 21 | Michael Tarnat |
| CM | 5 | Manfred Bender |
| CM | 8 | Thorsten Fink |
| AM | 10 | Thomas Häßler (c) |
| CF | 9 | Adrian Knup |
| CF | 12 | Sean Dundee |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Thomas Walter |
| DF | 4 | Michael Wittwer |
| DF | 19 | Raphael Krauss |
| MF | 14 | Eberhard Carl | 82' |
| FW | 18 | Edgar Schmitt | 73' |
| Manager: ||
| Winfried Schäfer ||
| GK | 1 | Andreas Reinke |
| SW | 5 | Miroslav Kadlec |
| CB | 20 | Oliver Schäfer |
| CB | 24 | Harry Koch |
| RWB | 2 | Frank Greiner |
| LWB | 8 | Martin Wagner | |
| DM | 4 | Axel Roos | | 82' |
| CM | 15 | Thomas Hengen |
| CM | 6 | Andreas Brehme (c) | 72' |
| CF | 9 | Pavel Kuka | | 87' |
| CF | 11 | Olaf Marschall | | 75' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Gerald Ehrmann |
| DF | 13 | Roger Lutz | | 75' |
| MF | 7 | Uwe Wegmann | | 82' |
| MF | 10 | Claus-Dieter Wollitz | | 87' |
| FW | 18 | Jürgen Rische |
| Manager: ||
| Eckhard Krautzun ||

* Match rules
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Maximum of three substitutions.
