2024 DFB-Pokal final

2024 DFB-Pokal final
The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final.
Event2023–24 DFB-Pokal
1. FC Kaiserslautern Bayer Leverkusen
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Date25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
RefereeBastian Dankert (Rostock)[1]
Attendance74,322[2]
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The 2024 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal, the 81st season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 25 May 2024 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[3][4]

The match featured 1. FC Kaiserslautern, a 2. Bundesliga side, and Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen won the match 1–0 for their second DFB-Pokal title.[5][6]

With the win, Leverkusen completed their first domestic double, and therefore faced Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart in the 2024 DFL-Supercup.[7]

Furthermore, since Leverkusen already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the seventh-placed team in the Bundesliga, TSG Hoffenheim, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, and the play-off round spot of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League went to the team in eighth, 1. FC Heidenheim.[8]

Teams

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In the following table, finals until 1943 were in the Tschammerpokal era, since 1953 were in the DFB-Pokal era.

Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
1. FC Kaiserslautern 7 (1961, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1990, 1996, 2003)
Bayer Leverkusen 4 (1993, 2002, 2009, 2020)

Route to the final

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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.[9]

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

1. FC Kaiserslautern Round Bayer Leverkusen
Opponent Result 2023–24 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result
Rot-Weiß Koblenz 5–0 (A) First round Teutonia Ottensen 8–0 (A)
1. FC Köln 3–2 (H) Second round SV Sandhausen 5–2 (A)
1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 (H) Round of 16 SC Paderborn 3–1 (H)
Hertha BSC 3–1 (A) Quarter-finals VfB Stuttgart 3–2 (H)
1. FC Saarbrücken 2–0 (A) Semi-finals Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–0 (H)

Match

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Details

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1. FC Kaiserslautern0–1Bayer Leverkusen
Report
  • Xhaka 16'
Attendance: 74,322
1. FC Kaiserslautern
Bayer Leverkusen
GK 18 Germany Julian Krahl
RB 31 Germany Ben Zolinski downward-facing red arrow 74'
CB 33 Switzerland Jan Elvedi Yellow card 86'
CB 2 Germany Boris Tomiak
LB 15 Poland Tymoteusz Puchacz
DM 26 Czech Republic Filip Kaloč
RM 8 Germany Jean Zimmer (c) downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
CM 7 Germany Marlon Ritter
CM 20 Germany Tobias Raschl downward-facing red arrow 83'
LM 11 Germany Kenny Prince Redondo downward-facing red arrow 83'
CF 19 Germany Daniel Hanslik downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
GK 32 Germany Robin Himmelmann
DF 5 Germany Kevin Kraus
DF 6 Mali Almamy Touré upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
DF 27 Germany Frank Ronstadt
MF 4 Nigeria Afeez Aremu
MF 10 Germany Philipp Klement Yellow card 90+6' upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 9 Germany Ragnar Ache upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 17 Germany Aaron Opoku upward-facing green arrow 83'
FW 29 Germany Richmond Tachie upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Germany Friedhelm Funkel
GK 1 Finland Lukas Hradecky (c) Yellow card 90+7'
CB 6 Ivory Coast Odilon Kossounou Yellow card 3' Yellow-red card 44'
CB 4 Germany Jonathan Tah
CB 12 Burkina Faso Edmond Tapsoba
RM 30 Netherlands Jeremie Frimpong downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
CM 34 Switzerland Granit Xhaka
CM 8 Germany Robert Andrich
LM 20 Spain Álex Grimaldo downward-facing red arrow 85'
RW 7 Germany Jonas Hofmann downward-facing red arrow 46'
LW 10 Germany Florian Wirtz downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
CF 14 Czech Republic Patrik Schick downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutes:
GK 17 Czech Republic Matěj Kovář
DF 2 Croatia Josip Stanišić upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 3 Ecuador Piero Hincapié upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 19 Nigeria Nathan Tella upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
MF 21 Morocco Amine Adli upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 25 Argentina Exequiel Palacios
FW 9 Spain Borja Iglesias
FW 22 Nigeria Victor Boniface
FW 23 Czech Republic Adam Hložek upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
Manager:
Spain Xabi Alonso

Assistant referees:[1]
René Rohde (Rostock)
Marcel Unger (Hamburg)
Fourth official:[1]
Florian Badstübner (Nuremberg)
Reserve assistant referee:[1]
Stefan Lupp (Zossen)
Video assistant referee:[1]
Harm Osmers (Hanover)
Assistant video assistant referee:[1]
Holger Henschel (Braunschweig)

Match rules[10][11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Bastian Dankert leitet 81. DFB-Pokalfinale" [Bastian Dankert officiates 81. DFB-Pokal final]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  2. ^ "DFB-Pokal, 2023/2024, Finale" [2023–24 DFB-Pokal, Final]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  4. ^ "DFB verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender der Männer 2023/2024" [DFB adopts men's 2023–24 framework schedule]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Kaiserslautern 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1". BBC Sport. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Bayer Leverkusen complete double with DFB Pokal final win". ESPN. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Xhakas Geniestreich beschert Leverkusen Pokalsieg und Double". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Modus" [Mode]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Spielordnung/Schiedsrichterordnung" [Match rules/referee rules] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 30 September 2022. sec. 46, par. 2.1.2 (p. 77). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Durchführungsbestimmungen zur DFB-Spielordnung und weitere Richtlinien" [Implementing regulations for the DFB match regulations and other guidelines] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 1 February 2023. par. 30–31 (pp. 26–27). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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