2008 DFB-Pokal Final

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]

2008 DFB-Pokal Final
Match programme cover
Event2007–08 DFB-Pokal
Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich
1 2
After extra time
Date19 April 2008 (2008-04-19)
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
RefereeKnut Kircher (Rottenburg)[1]
Attendance74,500
WeatherMostly cloudy
8 °C (46 °F)
62% humidity[2]

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
Borussia Dortmund1–2 (a.e.t.)Bayern Munich
Petrić  90+2' Report Toni  11', 103'
Attendance: 74,500
Borussia Dortmund
Bayern Munich
GK20 Marc Ziegler
RB14 Antonio Rukavina 62' 79'
CB4 Christian Wörns (c)
CB21 Robert Kovač 19'
LB17 Dedé
DM5 Sebastian Kehl 86'
CM7 Tinga 37'
CM6 Florian Kringe
RW16 Jakub Błaszczykowski 89'  108'
CF13 Alexander Frei 38' 71'
LW10 Mladen Petrić 96'
Substitutes:
GK41 Alexander Bade
DF2 Martin Amedick
DF15 Mats Hummels
MF22 Marc-André Kruska
MF26 Delron Buckley 79'
FW9 Nelson Valdez 86'
FW19 Diego Klimowicz 114' 71'
Manager:
Thomas Doll
GK1 Oliver Kahn (c)
RB30 Christian Lell
CB3 Lúcio
CB6 Martín Demichelis
LB21 Philipp Lahm
RW31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 86'
CM17 Mark van Bommel
CM15 Zé Roberto 111' 113'
LW7 Franck Ribéry
CF18 Miroslav Klose 69'
CF9 Luca Toni 120'
Substitutes:
GK22 Michael Rensing
DF2 Willy Sagnol 86'
DF5 Daniel Van Buyten
DF23 Marcell Jansen
MF16 Andreas Ottl 113'
MF20 José Sosa
FW11 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
  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. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3311208,00.html
  4. "Modus" [Mode]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
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