1988 DFB-Pokal Final
# 1988 DFB-Pokal Final

The 1988 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1987–88 DFB-Pokal, the 45th season of Germany's premier football cup. It was played on 28 May 1988 at the Olympiastadion in West Berlin.

## Route to the final

| Eintracht Frankfurt | Eintracht Frankfurt | Round | VfL Bochum | VfL Bochum |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 1987–88 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| FC Schalke 04 | 3–2 | Round 1 | VfB Oldenburg | 0–0 (a.e.t.) and 4–1 (replay) |
| SSV Ulm 1846 | 3–0 | Round 2 | TSG Giengen | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | 1–0 | Round 3 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | 1–0 |
| Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 4–2 | Quarterfinals | SC Fortuna Köln | 4–1 |
| SV Werder Bremen | 1–0 | Semifinals | Hamburger SV | 2–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Eintracht Frankfurt | VfL Bochum |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Uli Stein |
| SW | 4 | Manfred Binz |
| CB | 2 | Dieter Schlindwein |
| CB | 3 | Charly Körbel (c) |
| RM | 6 | Michael Kostner | 71' |
| CM | 5 | Ralf Sievers |
| CM | 7 | Frank Schulz |
| CM | 10 | Lajos Détári |
| LM | 8 | Dietmar Roth |
| CF | 9 | Holger Friz | 78' |
| CF | 11 | Włodzimierz Smolarek |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | | Thomas Klepper | 71' |
| FW | | Janusz Turowski | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Karl-Heinz Feldkamp ||
| GK | 1 | Ralf Zumdick |
| SW | 4 | Lothar Woelk (c) |
| CB | 5 | Walter Oswald |
| CB | 2 | Frank Heinemann |
| CB | 3 | Martin Kree |
| RM | 11 | Michael Rzehaczek |
| CM | 10 | Josef Nehl | 66' |
| CM | 7 | Andrzej Iwan |
| CM | 6 | Rob Reekers |
| LM | 8 | Thorsten Legat |
| CF | 9 | Uwe Leifeld |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | | Thomas Epp | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Hermann Gerland ||

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