| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Teams | 64 |
| Defending champions | VfB Stuttgart |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Bayern Munich |
| Runners-up | MSV Duisburg |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Top goal scorer | Carsten Jancker (6) |
The1997–98DFB-Pokal was the 55th season of the annual Germanfootball 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 finalBayern Munich defeatedMSV Duisburg 2–1 thereby claiming their ninth title.[1]
Times up to 25 October 1997 and from 29 March 1998 areCEST (UTC+2). Times from 26 October 1997 to 28 March 1998 areCET (UTC+1).
| 14 August 1997 | FSV Zwickau | 0 – 1 | Schalke 04 | Zwickau |
| Report (in German) | Wilmots 20' | Stadium:Westsachsenstadion Attendance: 9,600 Referee:Winfried Buchhart (Schrobenhausen) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 14 August 1997 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 1 – 1 (aet) (4–2p) | 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 | |||
| 14 August 1997 | Waldhof Mannheim | 2 – 2 (aet) (4–3p) | 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 | |||
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 15 August 1997 | 1. FC Saarbrücken | 1 – 0 | SC Freiburg | Saarbrücken |
| Zibert 74' | Report (in German) | Stadium:Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Salver (Stuttgart) |
| 15 August 1997 | Alemannia Aachen | 0 – 0 (aet) (4–3p) | 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 | |||
| 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) |
| 15 August 1997 | Hannover 96 | 1 – 1 (aet) (5–3p) | 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 | |||
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 16 August 1997 | Reinickendorfer Füchse | 0 – 2 | SV Meppen | Berlin |
| Report (in German) | Stendel 25' Helmer 58' | Attendance: 900 Referee: Sather (Grimma) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 16 August 1997 | Preußen Münster | 2 – 2 (aet) (6–7p) | 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 | |||
| 16 August 1997 | SC Neukirchen | 0 – 2 | KFC Uerdingen | Neukirchen |
| Report (in German) | Grauer 38' Wollitz 83' | Attendance: 1,500 Referee:Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 23 September 1997 | Eintracht Trier | 1 – 0 | Schalke 04 | Trier |
| Thömmes 76' | Report (in German) | Stadium:Moselstadion Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Lange (Herrenberg) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 23 September 1997 | MSV Duisburg | 1 – 0 | VfL Bochum | Duisburg |
| Hirsch 31' | Report (in German) | Stadium:Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,900 Referee: Müller (Dresden) |
| 23 September 1997 | VfL Wolfsburg | 3 – 3 (aet) (3–4p) | 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 | |||
| 23 September 1997 | Karlsruher SC | 2 – 2 (aet) (2–4p) | 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 | |||
| 23 September 1997 | VfR Mannheim | 1 – 1 (aet) (3–4p) | 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 | |||
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 2 December 1997 | MSV Duisburg | 1 – 0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Duisburg |
| Salou 83' | Report (in German) | Stadium:Wedaustadion Attendance: 9,200 Referee:Hartmut Strampe (Handorf) |
| 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) |
| 2 December 1997 | Hannover 96 | 1 – 1 (aet) (2–4p) | 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 | |||
| 3 December 1997 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 – 1 (aet) (4–3p) | 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 | |||
| 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) |
| 3 December 1997 | Alemannia Aachen | 1 – 1 (aet) (4–5p) | 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 | |||
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 16 December 1997 | Eintracht Trier | 1 – 0 | Waldhof Mannheim | Trier |
| Fengler 48' | Report (in German) | Stadium:Moselstadion Attendance: 6,000 Referee:Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 18 February 1998 | Eintracht Trier | 1 – 1 (aet) (9–10p) | 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 | |||