# 1996–97 DFB-Pokal Frauen

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

SV GRÜN-WEISS BRAUWEILER: :
| GK | 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 | 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' |