1998 DFB-Pokal Final
# 1998 DFB-Pokal Final

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. 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.

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

| Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | Round | MSV Duisburg | 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

| 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.
