1995–96 DFB-Pokal

1995–96 DFB-Pokal
Country	Germany
Teams	64
Defending champions	Borussia Mönchengladbach
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 1995–96 DFB-Pokal was the 53rd season of the annual German football cup 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.^[1] 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.

Matches[]

First round[]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26 August 1995	SC Neukirchen	2 – 2 (aet) (3–4 p)	Mainz 05	Neukirchen
	Liebers 23' 90'	Report (in German)	4' Zinnbauer 83'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ()
	Penalties
	Liebers Buvač		Akrapović Hock

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 August 1995	SV Sandhausen	2 – 2 (aet) (13–12 p)	VfB Stuttgart	Sandhausen
	37' 87'	Report (in German)	Balakov 11' Bobic 51'	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 5,200 Referee: (Schrobenhausen)
	Penalties
	Hahn Hahn		Balakov Berhold Herzog Grimm Foda Buck Kruse Schneider Poschner Ziegler Balakov Berthold Herzog

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

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

27 August 1995	Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal	0 – 0 (aet) (4–3 p)	VfL Wolfsburg	Stendal
		Report (in German)		Stadium: Attendance: 2,000 Referee: (Berlin)
	Penalties
	Hoffmann		Lieberam Mauscksch Dammeier Reich

Second round[]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Round of 16[]

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

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

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

3 October 1995	Lokomotive/Altmark Stendal	2 – 2 (aet) (5–4 p)	Waldhof Mannheim	Stendal
	33' Hoffmann 71'	Report (in German)	31' Hofmann 49'	Stadium: Attendance: 6,000 Referee: (Berlin)
	Penalties
			Zeyer Reichel Nachtweih Akpoborie

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

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

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

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

Quarter-finals[]

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

7 November 1995	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1–0	1. FC Nürnberg	Düsseldorf
	Mill 56'	Report (in German)		Stadium: Rheinstadion Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ()

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

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

Semi-finals[]

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

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

Final[]

25 May 1996

19:00 CEST

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

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 75,800

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

References[]

^ "DFB-Pokal 1995–96" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

External links[]

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

[1] "DFB-Pokal 1995–96" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

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