1996–97 DFB-Pokal Frauen

1996–97 DFB-Pokal Frauen
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	48
Final positions
Champions	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
Runners-up	Eintracht Rheine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	47
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The Frauen DFB-Pokal 1996–97 was the 17th season of the cup competition, Germany's second-most important title in women's football. In the final which was held in Berlin on 14 June 1997 Grün-Weiß Brauweiler defeated Eintracht Rheine 3–1, thus winning their third cup title.

First round

Several clubs had byes in the first round. Those clubs were automatically qualified for the 2nd round of the cup. Also as a team promoted to the Bundesliga VfL Wittekind Wildeshausen would have been eligible to participate in the cup, but did not for reasons unknown.


Rot-Weiß Hillen	0 – 6	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
SV Brackel	0 – 8	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
SpVgg Oberaußem-Fortuna	0 – 4	Eintracht Rheine
TuS Köln rrh.	0 – 6	Sportfreunde Siegen
Polizei SV Rostock	1 – 5	SSV Schmalfeld
Hamburg	0 – 8	Turbine Potsdam
TuS Westerholz	1 – 5	Tennis Borussia Berlin
Fortuna Magdeburg	2 – 3	WSV Wolfsburg
SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	1 – 8	TuS Niederkirchen
SV Dirmingen	1 – 9	TuS Ahrbach
SV Ellingen	0 – 12	VfR Saarbrücken
TSV Schwaben Augsburg	0 – 4	FSV Frankfurt
SG Kirchhardt	1 – 5	VfL Sindelfingen
Wacker München	1 – 0	SC Klinge Seckach
FF USV Jena	0 – 4	TSV Crailsheim
Fortuna Dresden-Rähnitz	1 – 3	FSV DJK Schwarzbach

Second round


VfL DJK Willich	0 – 10	Eintracht Rheine
GSV Moers	0 – 9	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
DJK Arminia Ibbenbüren	0 – 10	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
TV Jahn Delmenhorst	1 – 6	Turbine Potsdam
Turbine Potsdam II	0 – 4	WSV Wolfsburg
Hertha Zehlendorf	2 – 0^*	Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover
Polizei SV Bremen	0 – 2	Tennis Borussia Berlin
Nagema Neubrandenburg	0 – 9	SSV Schmalfeld
TuS Wörrstadt	0 – 3	TuS Niederkirchen
SC Siegelbach	1 – 4	VfR Saarbrücken
Sportfreunde Siegen	3 – 1	TuS Ahrbach
VfR Gießen	0 – 4	SC Sand
TSV Ludwigsburg	0 – 1	FSV DJK Schwarzbach
FV Löchgau	0 – 15	FSV Frankfurt
Wacker München	0 – 12	SG Praunheim
TSV Crailsheim	1 – 4	VfL Sindelfingen

^* Hertha Zehlendorf was disqualified for fielding Ariane Hingst who was not eligible to play.

Third round


VfL Sindelfingen	4 – 1	SC Sand
Eintracht Rheine	4 – 1	Fortuna Sachsenroß Hannover
WSV Wolfsburg	0 – 5	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
Sportfreunde Siegen	2 – 1	SG Praunheim	(aet)
FSV Frankfurt	3 – 0	TuS Niederkirchen	(aet)
VfR Saarbrücken	1 – 3	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen
Turbine Potsdam	7 – 3	Tennis Borussia Berlin
SSV Schmalfeld	1 – 0	FSV DJK Schwarzbach

Quarter-finals


VfL Sindelfingen	1 – 4	Grün-Weiß Brauweiler
FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen	2 – 0	Sportfreunde Siegen
SSV Schmalfeld	0 – 6	Turbine Potsdam
Eintracht Rheine	2 – 2	FSV Frankfurt	(4–2 on penalties)

Semi-finals


Turbine Potsdam	2 – 3	Eintracht Rheine
Grün-Weiß Brauweiler	4 – 3	FC Rumeln-Kaldenhausen	(aet)

Final

14 June 1997

Grün-Weiß Brauweiler	3 – 1	Eintracht Rheine
Klein 43' Fuss 63' Holinka 77'		Unterbrink 76'

Olympic Stadium (Berlin)

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Christel Zdunek (Leimen)


SV GRÜN-WEISS BRAUWEILER:
GK	1	Manuela Goller
DF		Claudia Klein
DF		Natascha Schwind
DF		Ursula Gertheinrich
MF		Andrea Klein
MF		Carmen Lieth	67'
MF		Sonja Fuss
MF		Bettina Wiegmann	88'
MF		Nicoel Brandebusemeyer
FW		Gudrun Gottschlich
FW		Carmen Holinka
Substitutes:
MF		Patricia Menge	67'
MF		Sonja Bleibler	88'


FC EINTRACHT RHEINE:
GK	1	Ricarda Steininger
DF		Iris Flacke
DF		Nicole Erhardt
DF		Petra Unterbrink
MF		Kerstin Stegemann
MF		Monika Denker
MF		Melanie Schmacher	75'
MF		Manuela Schlamann
MF		Nicole Werner	58'
FW		Anja Siegers
FW		Maria Reisinger
Substitutes:
MF		Sandra Reisinger	75'
MF		Marcia Merchant	58'