1995–96 DFB-Pokal

1995–96 DFB-Pokal

Country	Germany
Teams	64
Champions	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Runners-up	Karlsruher SC
Matches played	63
Top goal scorer(s)	Vladimir Beschastnykh Pavel Kuka Thomas Häßler (4)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The DFB-Pokal 1995–96 was the 53rd season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 15 August 1995 and ended on 24 May 1996. In the final 1. FC Kaiserslautern defeated Karlsruher SC 1–0 thereby claiming their second title. In the first round SV 1916 Sandhausen defeated VfB Stuttgart 13–12 on penalties, marking the game with the most goals in German professional football ever.

Round 1

TSG Pfeddersheim v Borussia Dortmund

15 August 1995	TSG Pfeddersheim	1 – 1 (aet) (2–3 p)	Borussia Dortmund
	Winkler  119'	Report (German)	Möller  100'	Attendance: 25,500 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)
		Penalties
	Ruh Winkler Mack Schantz Biagioli		Herrlich Júlio César Möller Reinhardt

Fortuna Köln v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

22 August 1995	Fortuna Köln	3 – 4 (aet)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Cologne
	Hey  65' Svinggaard  90', 111'	Report (German)	Kuka  25' Marschall  90' Wagner  95' Flock  118'	Stadium: Südstadion Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Lutz Pohlmann (Felde)

SSV Ulm 1846 v Chemnitzer FC

24 August 1995	SSV Ulm 1846	2 – 3 (aet)	Chemnitzer FC	Ulm
	Trkulja  55' Chylek  109'	Report (German)	Gütschow  52' Meißner  112', 114'	Stadium: Donaustadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

FV Zeulenroda v FSV Zwickau

25 August 1995	FV Zeulenroda	0 – 1	FSV Zwickau	Zeulenroda
		Report (German)	Pilz  8'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Schiebel (Calbe)

Werder Bremen (A) v SpVgg Unterhaching

25 August 1995	Werder Bremen (A)	0 – 2	SpVgg Unterhaching	Bremen
		Report (German)	Oberleitner  31' Bucher  85'	Stadium: Weserstadion, Platz 11 Attendance: 700 Referee: Bernd Domurat (Datteln)

FC Homburg v FC St. Pauli

25 August 1995	FC Homburg	2 – 1	FC St. Pauli	Homburg
	Theres  102' Goumai  108'	Report (German)	Springer  114'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Holger Dehmelt (Sabachwalden)

1. FC Nuremberg v Hansa Rostock

25 August 1995	1. FC Nuremberg	2 – 1	Hansa Rostock	Nuremberg
	Čović  66' Knäbel  78'	Report (German)	Baumgart  41'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Günther Frey (Neu-Ulm)

Dynamo Dresden v Fortuna Düsseldorf

25 August 1995	Dynamo Dresden	1 – 3	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Dresden
	Schmidt  79'	Report (German)	Mill  48', 64' Braun  64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion Attendance: 11,600 Referee: Thomas Rüdiger (Bad Salzdetfurth)

VfL Osnabrück v SV Waldhof Mannheim

25 August 1995	VfL Osnabrück	0 – 1	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Osnabrück
		Report (German)	Akpoborie  116'	Stadium: Stadion an der Bremer Brücke Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Jansen (Dormagen)

SV 1920 Mettlach v Hertha BSC

25 August 1995	SV 1920 Mettlach	0 – 4	Hertha BSC	Mettlach
		Report (German)	Süs  6' Ramelow  41', 43' Rath  56'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bastian (Frankfurt)

FSV Frankfurt v Carl Zeiss Jena

26 August 1995	FSV Frankfurt	1 – 3	Carl Zeiss Jena	Frankfurt
	Ouedraogo  90'	Report (German)	Cramer  9' Duric  25' (o.g.) Zimmermann  70'	Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Jörg Hotop (Cologne)

SpVgg Beckum v 1. FC Köln

26 August 1995	SpVgg Beckum	0 – 0 (aet) (4–3 p)	1. FC Köln	Beckum
		Report (German)		Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)
		Penalties
	Hardes Klingen Korek Graskamp Beckstedde		Polster Kohn Dollberg Steinmann Labbadia

Greifswalder SC v VfB Lübeck

26 August 1995	Greifswalder SC	4 – 1	VfB Lübeck	Greifswald
	Klein  32' (pen.), 90' Schedlinski  80' Vogel  88'	Report (German)	Van der Steen  78'	Stadium: Volksstadion Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Augar (Berlin)

Heider SV v SC Freiburg

26 August 1995	Heider SV	1 – 6	SC Freiburg	Heide
	Losse  90'	Report (German)	Zeyer  12' Rath  37' Sundermann  47' (pen.) Burić  55' Korell  64' Wassmer  88'	Stadium: HSV Stadion Attendance: 7,400 Referee: Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

SSV Vorsfelde v Schalke 04

26 August 1995	SSV Vorsfelde	0 – 5	Schalke 04	Wolfsburg
		Report (German)	Weidemann  3', 55' Nemec  33' Mulder  68', 84'	Stadium: Drömlingstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Olaf Blumenstein (Berlin)

1. FC Nuremberg (A) v Borussia Mönchengladbach

26 August 1995	1. FC Nuremberg (A)	0 – 3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Nuremberg
		Report (German)	Effenberg  32' Pflipsen  62' Sternkopf  86'	Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Norbert Dörr (Griesheim)

SC Neukirchen v FSV Mainz 05

26 August 1995	SC Neukirchen	2 – 2 (aet) (3–4 p)	FSV Mainz 05	Neukirchen
	Liebers  23' Özcan  90'	Report (German)	Fritz  4' Zinnbauer  83'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Jörg Keßler (Höhenkirchen)
		Penalties
	Liebers Müller Walper Cakici Buvac		Ziemer Akrapovic Hock Weiß Kunert

1. SC Norderstedt v SG Wattenscheid 09

26 August 1995	1. SC Norderstedt	0 – 1	SG Wattenscheid 09	Norderstedt
		Report (German)	Beyel  79'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfB Gaggenau v 1860 Munich

26 August 1995	VfB Gaggenau	1 – 6	1860 Munich	Gaggenau
	Antunovic  61'	Report (German)	Lesniak  11', 45' Schwabl  22' Heldt  70' Rydlewicz  78', 86'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Volker Wezel (Tübingen)

FSV Salmrohr v VfB Leipzig

26 August 1995	FSV Salmrohr	0 – 2	VfB Leipzig	Salmtal
		Report (German)	Lindner  45' Rische  90'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jörg Friedrichs (Ilvesheim)

FC Sachsen Leipzig v VfL Bochum

26 August 1995	FC Sachsen Leipzig	2 – 1	VfL Bochum	Leipzig
	Leitzke  3' Gräfe  29'	Report (German)	Wohlfarth  63'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)

Bayern Munich (A) v Werder Bremen

26 August 1995	Bayern Munich (A)	0 – 1	Werder Bremen	Munich
		Report (German)	Beschastnykh  88'	Stadium: Stadion an der Grünwalder Strasse Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Frank Fleske (Eisenhüttenstadt)

Energie Cottbus v SV Meppen

26 August 1995	Energie Cottbus	1 – 2	SV Meppen	Cottbus
	Kubis  81'	Report (German)	Snyders  15', 44'	Stadium: Stadion der Freundschaft Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Norbert Haupt (Berlin)

Tennis Borussia Berlin v Karlsruher SC

26 August 1995	Tennis Borussia Berlin	1 – 2	Karlsruher SC	Berlin
	Isa  38'	Report (German)	Fink  32' Bilic  89'	Stadium: Mommsenstadion Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Michael Malbranc (Hamburg)

Arminia Bielefeld v Hamburger SV

26 August 1995	Arminia Bielefeld	2 – 1	Hamburger SV	Bielefeld
	Maul  48' Bode  62'	Report (German)	Claaßen  58'	Stadium: Bielefelder Alm Attendance: 18,500 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

MSV Duisburg v Bayer Leverkusen

26 August 1995	MSV Duisburg	0 – 2	Bayer Leverkusen	Duisburg
		Report (German)	Kirsten  73' Völler  88'	Stadium: Wedaustadion Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Kasper (Katlenburg)

Rot-Weiss Essen v Hannover 96

26 August 1995	Rot-Weiss Essen	2 – 0	Hannover 96	Essen
	Wuckel  7', 49'	Report (German)		Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 10,100 Referee: Wagner (Hofheim)

1. FC Saarbrücken v Eintracht Frankfurt

27 August 1995	1. FC Saarbrücken	1 – 2 (aet)	Eintracht Frankfurt	Saarbrücken
	Flick  89'	Report (German)	Götz  3' (o.g.) Binz  101'	Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Thomas Leimert (Ludwigshafen)

SV Sandhausen v VfB Stuttgart

1. FC Köln (A) v KFC Uerdingen

27 August 1995	1. FC Köln (A)	0 – 2	KFC Uerdingen	Köln
		Report (German)	Heintze  28' Steffen  65'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Wolfgang Friedrichs (Lennestadt)

Stuttgarter Kickers v Bayern Munich

27 August 1995	Stuttgarter Kickers	0 – 1	Bayern Munich	Stuttgart
		Report (German)	Babbel  39'	Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal v VfL Wolfsburg

27 August 1995	Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal	0 – 0 (aet) (4–3 p)	VfL Wolfsburg	Stendal
		Report (German)		Stadium: Stadion am Hölzchen Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Frohlich (Berlin)
		Penalties
	Wiedemann Buchheim Aurich Lenz Hoffmann		Lieberam Mauscksch Meißner Dammeier Reich

Round 2

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Bayern Munich

18 September 1995	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 1	Bayern Munich	Düsseldorf
	Pancev  22' Cyroń  79' Seeliger  90'	Report (German)	Helmer  73'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

VfB Leipzig v Schalke 04

19 September 1995	VfB Leipzig	0 – 1	Schalke 04	Leipzig
		Report (German)	Mulder  60'	Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Burkhard Hufgard (Mömbris)

SpVgg Beckum v SpVgg Unterhaching

19 September 1995	SpVgg Beckum	2 – 3	SpVgg Unterhaching	Beckum
	Otten  42' Klingen  88'	Report (German)	Grassow  11' Garcia  18', 30'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Bernd Hauer (Celle)

Borussia Dortmund v KFC Uerdingen

19 September 1995	Borussia Dortmund	3 – 0	KFC Uerdingen	Dortmund
	Ricken  65' Tretschok  81' Zorc  90'	Report (German)		Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 32,800 Referee: Jürgen Aust (Cologne)

1. FC Kaiserslautern v SG Wattenscheid 09

19 September 1995	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3 – 0	SG Wattenscheid 09	Kaiserslautern
	Koch  74' Kuka  82' Hengen  90'	Report (German)		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 10,300 Referee: Hans Scheuerer (Munich)

SC Freiburg v Arminia Bielefeld

19 September 1995	SC Freiburg	1 – 0	Arminia Bielefeld	Freiburg
	Zeyer  74'	Report (German)		Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

1. FC Nuremberg v SV Meppen

19 September 1995	1. FC Nuremberg	2 – 1	SV Meppen	Nuremberg
	Moore  24' (pen.) Möckel  82'	Report (German)	Bujan  61'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Müller (Dresden)

1860 Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt

19 September 1995	1860 Munich	5 – 1	Eintracht Frankfurt	Munich
	Winkler  20', 63', 64' Rydlewicz  23' Stevic  77'	Report (German)	Okocha  87'	Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Hans-Peter Best (Kämpfelbach)

Greifswalder SC v Rot-Weiss Essen

20 September 1995	Greifswalder SC	1 – 4	Rot-Weiss Essen	Greifswald
	Gerth  54'	Report (German)	Helmig  12' Klein  41', 48', 89'	Stadium: Volksstadion Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Frank Fleske (Eisenhüttenstadt)

FC Sachsen Leipzig v Karlsruher SC

20 September 1995	FC Sachsen Leipzig	0 – 2	Karlsruher SC	Leipzig
		Report (German)	Häßler  37' (pen.) Bender  73'	Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)

SV Sandhausen v FC Homburg

20 September 1995	SV Sandhausen	1 – 2	FC Homburg	Sandhausen
	Feucht  70' (pen.)	Report (German)	Adriano  20' Behlil  65'	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Schütz (Bölsberg)

Carl Zeiss Jena v Chemnitzer FC

20 September 1995	Carl Zeiss Jena	2 – 5	Chemnitzer FC	Jena
	Schneider  42' Sugzda  88'	Report (German)	Penzel  20' (o.g.) Gütschow  58' Hecker  61' Fuchs  74' Meißner  84'	Stadium: Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Ralf Hilmes (Nordhorn)

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Mönchengladbach

20 September 1995	Bayer Leverkusen	2 – 0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Leverkusen
	Fach  19' Kirsten  90'	Report (German)		Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Rainer Werthmann (Bochum)

FSV Mainz 05 v Werder Bremen

20 September 1995	FSV Mainz 05	2 – 3	Werder Bremen	Mainz
	Höck  16' Ziemer  64'	Report (German)	Bode  32' Beschastnykh  38', 82'	Stadium: Stadion am Bruchweg Attendance: 8,400 Referee: Günther Habermann (Weißensee)

SV Waldhof Mannheim v FSV Zwickau

20 September 1995	SV Waldhof Mannheim	2 – 0	FSV Zwickau	Mannheim
	Hayer  20' Seifert  45' (o.g.)	Report (German)		Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Frank Gettke (Haltern)

Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal v Hertha BSC

20 September 1995	Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal	3 – 2 (aet)	Hertha BSC	Stendal
	Hoffmann  59' Dau  100' Wiedemann  117'	Report (German)	Karl  12' Graziani  119'	Stadium: Stadion am Hölzchen Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Dr. Kiefer (Neubrandenburg)

Round of 16

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Schalke 04

3 October 1995	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 0	Schalke 04	Kaiserslautern
	Koch  42'	Report (German)		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 22,100 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Magdeburg)

1. FC Nuremberg v Werder Bremen

3 October 1995	1. FC Nuremberg	3 – 2	Werder Bremen	Nuremberg
	Moore  49' Kurth  58' Straube  90'	Report (German)	Beschastnykh  8' Basler  19'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

FC Homburg v 1860 Munich

3 October 1995	FC Homburg	2 – 1	1860 Munich	Homburg
	Stanic  22' Nemsadze  69'	Report (German)	Borimirov  47'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Michael Prengel (Düsseldorf)

Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal v SV Waldhof Mannheim

3 October 1995	Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal	2 – 2 (aet) (5–4 p)	SV Waldhof Mannheim	Stendal
	Wiedemann  33' Hoffmann  71'	Report (German)	Eroglu  31' Hofmann  49'	Stadium: Stadion am Hölzchen Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Lutz Michael Frohlich (Berlin)
		Penalties
	Wiedemann Lenz Aurich Dau Grempler Bergen		Zeyer Reichel Nachtweih Dehoust Akpoborie Gerlach

SC Freiburg v Borussia Dortmund

4 October 1995	SC Freiburg	0 – 1 (aet)	Borussia Dortmund	Freiburg
		Report (German)	Herrlich  109'	Stadium: Dreisamstadion Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

SpVgg Unterhaching v Karlsruher SC

4 October 1995	SpVgg Unterhaching	2 – 3	Karlsruher SC	Munich
	Oberleitner  20' Hartig  84' (pen.)	Report (German)	Reich  42' Knup  48' Häßler  74'	Stadium: Stadion am Sportpark Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Uwe Kemmling (Kleinburgwedel)

Fortuna Düsseldorf v Chemnitzer FC

4 October 1995	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 1	Chemnitzer FC	Düsseldorf
	Werner  58' Minkwitz  63' Bach  86'	Report (German)	Fuchs  28'	Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Wagner (Hofheim)

Rot-Weiss Essen v Bayer Leverkusen

4 October 1995	Rot-Weiss Essen	4 – 4 (aet) (1–4 p)	Bayer Leverkusen	Essen
	Helmig  42', 76' Dondera  57', 76'	Report (German)	Feldhoff  36' Paulo Sérgio  48' Fach  63' Völler  76'	Stadium: Georg-Melches-Stadion Attendance: 21,900 Referee: Winfried Burchhart (Schrobenhausen)
		Penalties
	Helmig Schreier Thiele		Lupescu Neuendorf Ramon Schuster

Quarter-final

Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal v Bayer Leverkusen

31 October 1995	Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal	0 – 0 (aet) (4–5 p)	Bayer Leverkusen	Stendal
		Report (German)		Stadium: Stadion am Hölzchen Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)
		Penalties
	Wiedemann Aurich Topor Dau Hoffmann Bergen		Lupescu Barnes Münch Schuster Völler Paulo Sérgio

Fortuna Düsseldorf v 1. FC Nuremberg

7 November 1995	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 0	1. FC Nuremberg	Düsseldorf
	Mill  56'	Report (German)		Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Hans-Jürgen Kasper (Katlenburg)

FC Homburg v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

7 November 1995	FC Homburg	3 – 4	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Homburg
	Goumai  35' Arveladze  54' Collins  74'	Report (German)	Kuka  14', 18' Flock  68' Siegl  117'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Sinzig)

Borussia Dortmund v Karlsruher SC

7 November 1995	Borussia Dortmund	1 – 3	Karlsruher SC	Dortmund
	Sammer  65'	Report (German)	Dundee  27' Nowotny  59' Häßler  74' (pen.)	Stadium: Westfalenstadion Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Markus Merk (Otterbach)

Semi-final

1. FC Kaiserslautern v Bayer Leverkusen

27 February 1996	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1 – 0	Bayer Leverkusen	Kaiserslautern
	Kadlec  34'	Report (German)		Stadium: Betzenbergstadion Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Karlsruher SC v Fortuna Düsseldorf

28 February 1996	Karlsruher SC	2 – 0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Karlsruhe
	Kiriakov  15' Häßler  79'	Report (German)		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Karlsruhe)

Final

Karlsruher SC v 1. FC Kaiserslautern

25 May 1996

Karlsruher SC	0 – 1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
		Wagner  42'

Olympic Stadium (Berlin) Attendance: 75,800 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

Karlsruher SC

1. FC Kaiserslautern

KARLSRUHER SC: GK 1 Claus Reitmaier SW 6 Jens Nowotny CB 2 Gunther Metz  73' CB 3 Dirk Schuster RWB 4 Thomas Ritter  82' LWB 7 Michael Tarnat CM 5 Manfred Bender CM 8 Thorsten Fink AM 10 Thomas Häßler CF 9 Adrian Knup CF 11 Sean Dundee Substitutes: GK Thomas Walter DF Raphael Krauss DF Michael Wittwer MF 14 Eberhard Carl  82' FW 15 Edgar Schmitt  73' Manager: Winfried Schäfer

1. FC KAISERSLAUTERN: GK 1 Andreas Reinke SW 6 Miroslav Kadlec CB 4 Harry Koch CB 5 Thomas Hengen RWB 2 Oliver Schäfer LWB 3 Andreas Brehme  72' CM 7 Martin Wagner CM 8 Axel Roos  82' CM 10 Frank Greiner CF 9 Pavel Kuka  87' CF 11 Olaf Marschall  75' Substitutes: GK 12 Gerald Ehrmann DF 13 Roger Lutz  75' MF 14 Claus-Dieter Wollitz  87' MF 15 Uwe Wegmann  82' FW 16 Jürgen Rische Manager: Eckhard Krautzun

External links

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