2008 DFB-Pokal Final

2008 DFB-Pokal Final
	Match programme cover
Event	2007–08 DFB-Pokal
	After extra time
Date	19 April 2008
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
Attendance	74,500
Weather	Mostly cloudy; 8 °C (46 °F); 62% humidity
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The 2008 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2007–08 DFB-Pokal, the 65th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. The match took place on 19 April 2008 between thirteen-time winners Bayern München and two-time winners Borussia Dortmund. The final was played in front of 70,000 at Berlin's Olympiastadion. Bayern ran out 2–1 winners in extra time, thanks to two strikes from Italian forward Luca Toni, gaining their 14th DFB-Pokal title and gaining the first trophy of a league and cup double.^[3]

Route to the final[]

The DFB-Pokal began with 64 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.^[4]

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

Borussia Dortmund		Round	Bayern Munich
Opponent	Result	2007–08 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
1. FC Magdeburg (A)	4–1	First round	Wacker Burghausen (A)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
Eintracht Frankfurt (H)	2–1	Second round	Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)	3–1
Werder Bremen (H)	2–1	Round of 16	Wuppertaler SV Borussia (A)	5–2
1899 Hoffenheim (H)	3–1	Quarter-finals	1860 Munich (H)	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Carl Zeiss Jena (H)	3–0	Semi-finals	VfL Wolfsburg (H)	2–0

Match[]

Details[]

19 April 2008

20:00 CEST

Borussia Dortmund	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Bayern Munich
Petrić 90+2'	Report	Toni 11', 103'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,500

Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Borussia Dortmund

Bayern Munich


GK	20	Marc Ziegler
RB	14	Antonio Rukavina	62'	79'
CB	4	Christian Wörns (c)
CB	21	Robert Kovač	19'
LB	17	Dedé
DM	5	Sebastian Kehl		86'
CM	7	Tinga	37'
CM	6	Florian Kringe
RW	16	Jakub Błaszczykowski	89' 108'
CF	13	Alexander Frei	38'	71'
LW	10	Mladen Petrić	96'
Substitutes:
GK	41	Alexander Bade
DF	2	Martin Amedick
DF	15	Mats Hummels
MF	22	Marc-André Kruska
MF	26	Delron Buckley		79'
FW	9	Nelson Valdez		86'
FW	19	Diego Klimowicz	114'	71'
Manager:
Thomas Doll


GK	1	Oliver Kahn (c)
RB	30	Christian Lell
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	6	Martín Demichelis
LB	21	Philipp Lahm
RW	31	Bastian Schweinsteiger		86'
CM	17	Mark van Bommel
CM	15	Zé Roberto	111'	113'
LW	7	Franck Ribéry
CF	18	Miroslav Klose		69'
CF	9	Luca Toni	120'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Michael Rensing
DF	2	Willy Sagnol		86'
DF	5	Daniel Van Buyten
DF	23	Marcell Jansen
MF	16	Andreas Ottl		113'
MF	20	José Sosa
FW	11	Lukas Podolski		69'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld

Assistant referees:^[1]
Jan-Hendrik Salver (Stuttgart)
Volker Wezel (Tübingen)
Fourth official:^[1]
Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kircher und Schneider pfeifen" [Kircher and Schneider officiate]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
^ "Weather History for Berlin Tegel, DE". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
^ "Bayern Munich Clinch Bundesliga Title | DW | 04.05.2008".
^ "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)

[referees-1] "Kircher und Schneider pfeifen" [Kircher and Schneider officiate]. kicker.de (in German). kicker-sportmagazin. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[2] "Weather History for Berlin Tegel, DE". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

[3] "Bayern Munich Clinch Bundesliga Title | DW | 04.05.2008".

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

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