1997–98 DFB-Pokal

The 1997–98 DFB-Pokal was the 55th season of the annual German football cup competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 14 August 1997 and ended on 16 May 1998. In the final Bayern Munich defeated MSV Duisburg 2–1 thereby claiming their ninth title.[1]

1997–98 DFB-Pokal

Country	Germany
Teams	64
Defending champions	VfB Stuttgart
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runners-up	MSV Duisburg
Matches played	63
Top goal scorer(s)	Carsten Jancker (6)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Matches

First round

FSV Zwickau v Schalke 04

14 August 1997	FSV Zwickau	0 – 1	Schalke 04	Zwickau
		Report (in German)	Wilmots  20'	Stadium: Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 9,600 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)

Chemnitzer FC v Karlsruher SC

14 August 1997	Chemnitzer FC	1 – 3	Karlsruher SC	Chemnitz
	Osmanović  40' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Reich  21', 80' Wück  60'	Stadium: Stadion an der Gellertstraße Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Florian Meyer (Braunschweig)

SV Warnemünde v Borussia Dortmund

14 August 1997	SV Warnemünde	0 – 8	Borussia Dortmund	Warnemünde
		Report (in German)	Möller  8', 12' Chapuisat  20' Herrlich  41', 88' Ricken  62' Kree  67' But  69'	Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Augur (Berlin)

Rot-Weiss Oberhausen v Werder Bremen

14 August 1997	Rot-Weiss Oberhausen	0 – 2	Werder Bremen	Oberhausen
		Report (in German)	Van Lent  29' Labbadia  63'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

VfB Leipzig v FC Gütersloh

14 August 1997	VfB Leipzig	2 – 1	FC Gütersloh	Leipzig
	Fuchs  24' Däbritz  90'	Report (in German)	Flock  76'	Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Lange (Herrenberg)

Carl Zeiss Jena v FC St. Pauli

14 August 1997	Carl Zeiss Jena	1 – 1 (aet) (4–2 p)	FC St. Pauli	Jena
	Holetschek  47'	Report (in German)	Trulsen  42'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Frank Gettke (Haltern)
	Penalties
	Schneider Weber Holetschek Rusyayev Lindner		Pröpper Seeliger Trulsen Dammann

Waldhof Mannheim v SG Wattenscheid 09

14 August 1997	Waldhof Mannheim	2 – 2 (aet) (4–3 p)	SG Wattenscheid 09	Mannheim
	Sawieh  82' Birlik  89'	Report (in German)	Feinbier  45' Süs  72'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Günther Frey (Neu-Ulm)
	Penalties
	Protzel Marić Birlik Pasieka		Majek Allievi Hasecke Feinbier Skok

SSV Ulm 1846 v 1. FC Köln

15 August 1997	SSV Ulm 1846	3 – 1	1. FC Köln	Ulm
	Widmayer  3' Trkulja  7' (pen.), 33'	Report (in German)	Rösele  16'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Joachim Neis (Theley)

DJK Waldberg v Bayern Munich

15 August 1997	DJK Waldberg	1 – 16	Bayern Munich	Nuremberg
	Haase  16'	Report (in German)	Giovane Élber  12', 18', 22' Scholl  13' Jancker  32', 36', 43', 45', 47' Basler  37' Hamann  39', 50' Fink  55' Strunz  57' Helmer  60' Rizzitelli  74'	Attendance: 35,500 Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)

Rot-Weiss Essen v MSV Duisburg

15 August 1997	Rot-Weiss Essen	1 – 2	MSV Duisburg	Essen
	Cyroń  15'	Report (in German)	Wohlert  40' Komljenović  42'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Weiner (Ottenstein)

Hamburger SV (A) v VfL Bochum

15 August 1997	Hamburger SV (A)	2 – 3	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
	Reincke  25' Poskus  72'	Report (in German)	Kracht  19' Stickroth  51' (pen.) Wosz  74'	Stadium: Edmund-Plambeck-Stadion Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Carsten Kadach (Suderberg)

Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) v VfB Stuttgart

15 August 1997	Borussia Mönchengladbach (A)	0 – 1	VfB Stuttgart	Mönchengladbach
		Report (in German)	Bobic  18'	Stadium: Grenzlandstadion Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Wolfgang Friedrichs (Lennestadt)

TSV Pansdorf 1920 v Energie Cottbus

15 August 1997	TSV Pansdorf 1920	1 – 4	Energie Cottbus	Pansdorf
	Blank  66'	Report (in German)	Hoßmang  59' Irrgang  72' Konetzke  81' Wawrzyczek  85'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Matthias Anklam (Buchholz, Nordheide)

1. FC Saarbrücken v SC Freiburg

15 August 1997	1. FC Saarbrücken	1 – 0	SC Freiburg	Saarbrücken
	Zibert  74'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Salver (Stuttgart)

Alemannia Aachen v 1. FC Nürnberg

15 August 1997	Alemannia Aachen	0 – 0 (aet) (4–3 p)	1. FC Nürnberg	Aachen
		Report (in German)		Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Schütz (Bölsberg)
	Penalties
	Bluhm Scheinhardt Lasser Thiele Krohm		Richter Ziemer Driller Wiesinger Knäbel

VfR Mannheim v Fortuna Köln

15 August 1997	VfR Mannheim	6 – 2	Fortuna Köln	Mannheim
	Dakić  6', 68' Hohmann  43' Lutz  47', 85' Karamehmedović  70' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Schmitt  11' Krieg  73'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar Stadion Attendance: 1,5000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Hannover 96 v Borussia Mönchengladbach

15 August 1997	Hannover 96	1 – 1 (aet) (5–3 p)	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hannover
	Rasiejewski  56'	Report (in German)	Juskowiak  4'	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 33,400 Referee: Sippel (Würzburg)
	Penalties
	Bicici Ernst Fischer Dietrich Milovanović		Lupescu Wynhoff Schneider Ketelaer

Hansa Rostock v Bayer Leverkusen

16 August 1997	Hansa Rostock	0 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Rostock
		Report (in German)	N. Kovač  62' Kirsten  77'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

Wacker Nordhausen v Hamburger SV

16 August 1997	Wacker Nordhausen	1 – 3	Hamburger SV	Nordhausen
	Kiel  75' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Böger  8' Salihamidžić  80' Uysal  81'	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Frank Kiefer (Baunatal)

1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

16 August 1997	1. FC Kaiserslautern (A)	0 – 5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern
		Report (in German)	Marschall  17' Rische  31' Kuka  73', 81' Ratinho  78'	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Kammerer (Karlsruhe)

Werder Bremen (A) v VfL Wolfsburg

16 August 1997	Werder Bremen (A)	2 – 3 (aet)	VfL Wolfsburg	Bremen
	Mbassa-Koné  62' Seidel  109'	Report (in German)	Achilles  47' (o.g.) Dammeier  102' (pen.) Tyszkiewicz  115'	Stadium: Weserstadion, Platz 11 Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Carsten Byernetzki (Hamburg)

TuS Celle v 1860 Munich

16 August 1997	TuS Celle	0 – 2	1860 Munich	Celle
		Report (in German)	Abedi Pele  52' Winkler  63'	Stadium: Günther-Volke-Stadion Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Christian Schößling (Leipzig)

SSV Reutlingen v Arminia Bielefeld

16 August 1997	SSV Reutlingen	0 – 3	Arminia Bielefeld	Reutlingen
		Report (in German)	Breitkreutz  18', 50' Meißner  90'	Stadium: Stadion an der Kreuzeiche Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Christian Wack (Gersheim)

Reinickendorfer Füchse v SV Meppen

16 August 1997	Reinickendorfer Füchse	0 – 2	SV Meppen	Berlin
		Report (in German)	Stendel  25' Helmer  58'	Attendance: 900 Referee: Sather (Grimma)

VfB Lübeck v Fortuna Düsseldorf

16 August 1997	VfB Lübeck	2 – 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Lübeck
	Behnert  63' (pen.) Schwerinski  74'	Report (in German)	Dražić  5'	Stadium: Lohmühle Stadion Attendance: 4,700 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

FC Singen 04 v SpVgg Greuther Fürth

16 August 1997	FC Singen 04	0 – 2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Singen
		Report (in German)	Skarabela  69' Kerbr  79'	Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Roland Schäfer (Frankenthal)

Preußen Münster v Mainz 05

16 August 1997	Preußen Münster	2 – 2 (aet) (6–7 p)	Mainz 05	Münster
	Serr  32' (pen.) Jedlicka  61'	Report (in German)	Demandt  19' Klopp  50'	Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Bernd Hauer (Celle)
	Penalties
	Gockel Sumelka Serr Antwerpen Böcker Gruszka Kusmin		Hayer Schmidt Spyrka Sohler Demandt Klopp Wache

SC Neukirchen v KFC Uerdingen

16 August 1997	SC Neukirchen	0 – 2	KFC Uerdingen	Neukirchen
		Report (in German)	Grauer  38' Wollitz  83'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

VfL Halle 96 v Eintracht Frankfurt

16 August 1997	VfL Halle 96	0 – 4	Eintracht Frankfurt	Halle
		Report (in German)	Janßen  24' Güntensperger  34' (pen.) Sobotzik  47' (pen.), 70'	Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Wendel (Gransee)

Eintracht Trier v SpVgg Unterhaching

16 August 1997	Eintracht Trier	2 – 1	SpVgg Unterhaching	Trier
	Heinzen  43' Bennij  83'	Report (in German)	Oberleitner  80'	Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Dirk Margenberg (Wermelskirchen)

VfB Oldenburg v Stuttgarter Kickers

16 August 1997	VfB Oldenburg	2 – 4	Stuttgarter Kickers	Oldenburg
	Hennig  26' (pen.) Janiak  71'	Report (in German)	Beierle  2', 12', 52' Sailer  89'	Stadium: Marschweg-Stadion Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

EFC Stahl v Hertha BSC

16 August 1997	EFC Stahl	0 – 4	Hertha BSC	Eisenhüttenstadt
		Report (in German)	Sverrisson  5' F. Bartz  54' (o.g.) Mazingu-Dnzey  80' Mandreko  85'	Stadium: Stadion der Hüttenwerker Attendance: 5,300 Referee: Müller (Dresden)

Second round

Eintracht Trier v Schalke 04

23 September 1997	Eintracht Trier	1 – 0	Schalke 04	Trier
	Thömmes  76'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Lange (Herrenberg)

Waldhof Mannheim v Energie Cottbus

23 September 1997	Waldhof Mannheim	4 – 3	Energie Cottbus	Mannheim
	Pasieka  24' Santos  50' Protzel  55' (pen.) Berchtold  66'	Report (in German)	Lehmann  1' Kronhardt  41', 56'	Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Wagner (Hofheim)

Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen

23 September 1997	Eintracht Frankfurt	3 – 0	Werder Bremen	Frankfurt
	Sobotzik  18' (pen.) Janßen  38' Weber  63'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Hebert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Alemannia Aachen v VfB Leipzig

23 September 1997	Alemannia Aachen	2 – 1 (aet)	VfB Leipzig	Aachen
	Lochen  27' Krohm  109'	Report (in German)	Heidrich  45'	Stadium: Old Tivoli Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

MSV Duisburg v VfL Bochum

23 September 1997	MSV Duisburg	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
	Hirsch  31'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,900 Referee: Müller (Dresden)

VfL Wolfsburg v Bayern Munich

23 September 1997	VfL Wolfsburg	3 – 3 (aet) (3–4 p)	Bayern Munich	Wolfsburg
	Reyna  7' (pen.) Kovačević  44' Präger  88'	Report (in German)	Giovane Élber  45' Zickler  77' Tarnat  85'	Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
	Penalties
	Dammeier Spies Reyna Präger Tyskiewicz		Strunz Scholl Nerlinger Lizarazu Tarnat

Karlsruher SC v Arminia Bielefeld

23 September 1997	Karlsruher SC	2 – 2 (aet) (2–4 p)	Arminia Bielefeld	Karlsruhe
	Schroth  28' Häßler  45' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Kuntz  9' Meißner  86'	Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)
	Penalties
	Metz Gilewicz Kolinger Schepens		Breitkreutz Stratos Meißner Fuchs Kuntz

VfR Mannheim v Carl Zeiss Jena

23 September 1997	VfR Mannheim	1 – 1 (aet) (3–4 p)	Carl Zeiss Jena	Mannheim
	Karamehmedović  3'	Report (in German)	Cramer  11'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)
	Penalties
	Fellhauer Scherdel Karamehmedović Schächter Perfetto		Schneider Pfitzner Rusyayev Holetschek Weber

SSV Ulm 1846 v Mainz 05

24 September 1997	SSV Ulm 1846	4 – 1	Mainz 05	Ulm
	Bódog  17' Trkulja  56' Fritz  73' Buterin  79'	Report (in German)	Ouakili  65'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ralf Hilmes (Nordhorn)

SV Meppen v Stuttgarter Kickers

24 September 1997	SV Meppen	4 – 1	Stuttgarter Kickers	Meppen
	Stendel  32' Myyry  54' Von Ahlen  60' (pen.) Helmer  73' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Marić  32'	Stadium: Emslandstadion Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

SpVgg Greuther Fürth v Borussia Dortmund

24 September 1997	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	2 – 4	Borussia Dortmund	Nuremberg
	Probst  2' Dürr  67' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Möller  40' Sousa  44' Ricken  53', 90'	Attendance: 30,500 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

1. FC Saarbrücken v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

24 September 1997	1. FC Saarbrücken	0 – 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Saarbrücken
		Report (in German)	Marschall  2' Trautmann  7' (o.g.) Reich  52' Rische  61'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)

Bayer Leverkusen v Hamburger SV

24 September 1997	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 1 (aet)	Hamburger SV	Leverkusen
	Feldhoff  50' Beinlich  105'	Report (in German)	Dembinski  89'	Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

Hannover 96 v 1860 Munich

24 September 1997	Hannover 96	2 – 1	1860 Munich	Hannover
	Bicici  11' (pen.) Addo  49'	Report (in German)	Jeremies  37'	Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Jansen (Dormagen)

VfB Stuttgart v Hertha BSC

24 September 1997	VfB Stuttgart	2 – 0	Hertha BSC	Stuttgart
	Čović  26' (o.g.) Balakov  67' (pen.)	Report (in German)		Stadium: Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

VfB Lübeck v KFC Uerdingen

25 September 1997	VfB Lübeck	1 – 4	KFC Uerdingen	Lübeck
	Policella  21'	Report (in German)	Onderka  18' Müller  29' Nacev  45' Spizak  82'	Stadium: Lohmühle Stadion Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Burkhard Hufgard (Mömbris)

Round of 16

Eintracht Trier v Borussia Dortmund

28 October 1997	Eintracht Trier	2 – 1	Borussia Dortmund	Trier
	Thömmes  37' Czakon  50' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Kohler  53'	Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 17,900 Referee: Lutz-Michael Frohlich (Berlin)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Bayern Munich

28 October 1997	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 2	Bayern Munich	Kaiserslautern
	Sforza  25'	Report (in German)	Nerlinger  3' Jancker  75'	Stadium: Betzenberg Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

MSV Duisburg v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 December 1997	MSV Duisburg	1 – 0	Eintracht Frankfurt	Duisburg
	Salou  83'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

SSV Ulm 1846 v VfB Stuttgart

2 December 1997	SSV Ulm 1846	1 – 3	VfB Stuttgart	Ulm
	Trkulja  4'	Report (in German)	Akpoborie  54' Bobic  56' Balakov  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 25,100 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Hannover 96 v Carl Zeiss Jena

2 December 1997	Hannover 96	1 – 1 (aet) (2–4 p)	Carl Zeiss Jena	Hannover
	Reinhardt  90'	Report (in German)	Weber  72'	Attendance: 18,700 Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)
	Penalties
	Rasiejewski Ernst Fischer Linke		Schneider Tomas Lindner Weber Jüptner

Bayer Leverkusen v Arminia Bielefeld

3 December 1997	Bayer Leverkusen	1 – 1 (aet) (4–3 p)	Arminia Bielefeld	Leverkusen
	Kirsten  28'	Report (in German)	Reeb  72'	Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
	Penalties
	Beinlich Heintze Feldhoff Rink		Breitkreutz Meißner Fuchs Ivanović Koch

SV Meppen v KFC Uerdingen

3 December 1997	SV Meppen	0 – 2	KFC Uerdingen	Meppen
		Report (in German)	Wollitz  12' Nikolić  90'	Stadium: Emslandstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Bernhard Zerr (Ottersweier)

Alemannia Aachen v Waldhof Mannheim

3 December 1997	Alemannia Aachen	1 – 1 (aet) (4–5 p)	Waldhof Mannheim	Aachen
	Ibrahim  15'	Report (in German)	Koch  90'	Stadium: Tivoli Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)
	Penalties
	Bluhm Lasser Scheinhardt Heeren Krohm Hoffmann		Birlik Koch Hoop Pasieka Santos Mba

Quarter-finals

KFC Uerdingen v VfB Stuttgart

16 December 1997	KFC Uerdingen	0 – 4	VfB Stuttgart	Krefeld
		Report (in German)	Akpoborie  19' Bobic  52', 53' Hagner  90'	Stadium: Grotenburg-Stadion Attendance: 8,800 Referee: Lutz Michael Frohlich (Berlin)

Carl Zeiss Jena v MSV Duisburg

16 December 1997	Carl Zeiss Jena	1 – 2	MSV Duisburg	Jena
	Gerstner  78' (pen.)	Report (in German)	Osthoff  24', 74'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen)

Eintracht Trier v Waldhof Mannheim

16 December 1997	Eintracht Trier	1 – 0	Waldhof Mannheim	Trier
	Fengler  48'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen

17 December 1997	Bayern Munich	2 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Munich
	Nerlinger  42' Giovane Élber  74'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Semi-finals

Bayern Munich v VfB Stuttgart

17 February 1998	Bayern Munich	3 – 0	VfB Stuttgart	Munich
	Hamann  14' Scholl  21' Tarnat  25'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Eintracht Trier v MSV Duisburg

18 February 1998	Eintracht Trier	1 – 1 (aet) (9–10 p)	MSV Duisburg	Trier
	Fengler  89'	Report (in German)	Zeyer  51'	Stadium: Moselstadion Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)
	Penalties
	Fengler Muchka Smirnov Richter Milošević Bennij Teichmann Heinzen Thömmes Melunović Ischdonat		Zeyer Popovici Neun Skoog Wohlert Wolters Komljenović Hirsch Puschmann Emmerling Gill

Final

Main article: 1998 DFB-Pokal Final

16 May 1998 (1998-05-16)

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)

References

1. "DFB-Pokal 1997-98" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 September 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.

External links

• Official site of the DFB (in German)
• Kicker.de (in German)