| Country | Germany | ||
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| Teams | 64 | ||
| Defending champions | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
| Champions | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Runners-up | Energie Cottbus | ||
| Matches played | 63 | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) | Bernhard Winkler (4) | ||
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The 1996–97 DFB-Pokal was the 54th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 9 August 1996 and ended on 16 June 1997. In the final, VfB Stuttgart defeated third tier Energie Cottbus 2–0, thereby claiming their third title.