1994 DFB-Pokal final

1994 DFB-Pokal Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1993–94 DFB-Pokal
Date	14 May 1994
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Manfred Amerell (Munich)
Attendance	76,391

The 1994 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 1993–94 DFB-Pokal, the 51st season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 14 May 1994 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[2] Werder Bremen won the match 3–1 against Rot-Weiss Essen to claim their third cup title, qualifying for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 1994 DFB-Supercup.

Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal was a 76 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of six rounds leading up to the final. In the first round, some teams were given a bye. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.^[3]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Werder Bremen		Round	Rot-Weiss Essen
Opponent	Result	1993–94 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Stuttgarter Kickers (H)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Round 2	1. FC Bocholt (A)	3–2
Kickers Offenbach (A)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Round 3	FC St. Pauli (H)	3–2 (a.e.t.)
Hamburger SV (H)	4–2	Round of 16	MSV Duisburg (H)	4–2
1. FC Kaiserslautern (H)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Quarter-finals	Carl Zeiss Jena (A)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)
Dynamo Dresden (A)	2–0	Semi-finals	Tennis Borussia Berlin (H)	2–0

Match

Details

14 May 1994

18:15 CEST

Werder Bremen	3–1	Rot-Weiss Essen
Beiersdorfer 17' Herzog 38' Rufer 88' (pen.)	Report	Bangoura 50'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 76,391

Referee: Manfred Amerell (Munich)

Werder Bremen

Rot-Weiss Essen


GK	1	Oliver Reck
SW	4	Rune Bratseth (c)
CB	8	Miroslav Votava
CB	5	Dietmar Beiersdorfer
RWB	2	Thomas Wolter
LWB	3	Marco Bode
DM	7	Dieter Eilts
CM	6	Mario Basler	75'
CM	10	Andi Herzog	84'
CF	9	Bernd Hobsch
CF	11	Wynton Rufer
Substitutes:
GK		Hans-Jürgen Gundelach
DF	15	Andree Wiedener	75'
DF	16	Ulrich Borowka	84'
MF		Thorsten Legat
FW		Frank Neubarth
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel


GK	1	Frank Kurth
SW		Harald Kügler
CB	2	Ingo Pickenäcker (c)	39'
CB		Mathias Jack
RWB		Jürgen Margref
LWB		Robert Reichert	49'
CM		Jörg Lipinski
CM		Adrian Spyrka
CM		Kristian Zedi
CF	7	Christian Dondera
CF	4	Daouda Bangoura
Substitutes:
GK		Jochen Gramse
DF	12	Roman Geschlecht	39'
MF	13	Oliver Grein	49'
MF		Uwe Wegmann
FW		Olivier Djappa
Manager:
Wolfgang Frank

Match rules

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

References

^ "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

External links

Match report at kicker.de (in German)
Match report at WorldFootball.net
Match report at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

[1] "Schiedsrichter: Der erste war Berliner". DFB-Pokal: Das offizielle Stadionmagazin des Deutschen Fußball-Bundes. German Football Association. 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[2] "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

[3] "Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

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