The 1993 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1992–93 DFB-Pokal, the 50th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 12 June 1993 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Hertha BSC's second team, playing in the third division, made it to the final against Bayer Leverkusen, making it the first and only time a reserve side has made it to the final, as second teams have since been disallowed from entering the competition. Leverkusen won the match 1–0 to claim their first cup title, qualifying for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1993 DFB-Supercup.
Route to the final The DFB-Pokal began with 83 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. 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.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Bayer Leverkusen Round Hertha BSC Amateure Opponent Result 1992–93 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result ASV Bergedorf (A) 3–1 Round 1 Bye 1. FC Kaiserslautern (H) 1–0 Round 2 SGK Heidelberg (H) 3–0 VfR Heilbronn (A) 2–0 Round 3 VfB Leipzig (H) 4–2 Hertha BSC (H) 1–0 Round of 16 Hannover 96 (H) 4–3 Carl Zeiss Jena (A) 2–0 Quarter-finals 1. FC Nürnberg (H) 2–1 Eintracht Frankfurt (A) 3–0 Semi-finals Chemnitzer FC (H) 2–1
Match
Details
GK 1 Rüdiger VollbornSW 5 Franco Foda (c)CB 6 Martin KreeCB 4 Christian WörnsRWB2 Andreas FischerLWB3 Markus HappeCM 8 Ioan LupescuCM 7 Heiko ScholzCM 10 Pavel HapalCF 11 Andreas Thom CF 9 Ulf Kirsten Manager: Dragoslav Stepanović GK 1 Christian FiedlerSW 5 Sven MeyerCB 2 Oliver Schmidt CB 7 Karsten Nied (c)RWB10 Gerald KlewsLWB4 Wolfgang KolczykCM 3 Carsten RamelowCM 8 Andreas SchmidtAM 6 Sven KaiserCF 9 Oliver HolzbecherCF 11 Ayhan GezenSubstitutes:FW 12 Sascha Höpfner Manager: Jochem Ziegert
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of two substitutions.
References
External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de