2016 DFB-Pokal Final

The 2016 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal, the 73rd season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition.[4] It was played on 21 May 2016 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[5][6]

2016 DFB-Pokal Final
Match programme cover
Event2015–16 DFB-Pokal
Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund
0 0
After extra time
Bayern Munich won 4–3 on penalties
Date21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
RefereeMarco Fritz (Korb)[1]
Attendance74,322[2]
WeatherClear
22 °C (72 °F)
35% humidity[3]

Borussia Dortmund, who had lost in the two previous finals, faced Bayern Munich, the record title-holders. Bayern won 4–3 on penalties, as the match had finished 0–0 after extra time, giving Bayern their 18th title.[7][8][9]

With the win, Bayern completed the domestic double, and therefore played away to 2015–16 Bundesliga runners-up Dortmund in the 2016 DFL-Supercup on 14 August 2016.[10] Because Bayern had already qualified for the Champions League, the sixth-placed team in the Bundesliga, Mainz 05, earned automatic qualification for the group stage of next year's edition of the UEFA Europa League, and the league's third qualifying round spot went to the team in seventh, Hertha BSC.[11][12]

Background
This was Guardiola's final match coaching Bayern.
This was Hummels's final match for Dortmund before moving to Bayern for the following season.

It was Bayern's twenty-first final, with a record of seventeen wins, the most of any club, and three losses prior. Bayern's last final won was in 2014. It was Dortmund's eighth overall and third consecutive final, with a record of three wins and four losses prior. Dortmund's last final won was in 2012. This was the ninth match between Bayern and Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal, and the fourth final between them, all within the last eight years, having previously met in 2008, 2012, and 2014, making it the most common final. Of these, Bayern have won two (in 2008, winning 2–1 after extra time, and 2014, winning 2–0 after extra time), while Dortmund have won once (in 2012, winning 5–2).[13]

Bayern and Dortmund also met each other in the semi-finals of the previous season of the DFB-Pokal. The match finished 1–1 after extra time, and Dortmund won 2–0 on penalties.[14][15] The other matches between these two sides took place in 1966, where Bayern won 2–0 in the qualification round, 1981, where Bayern won 4–0 in the third round, 1992, where Dortmund won 5–4 on penalties in the second round as the match finished 2–2 after extra time, and 2013, where Bayern won 1–0 in the quarter-finals. This makes for a total of five wins for Bayern, and one win and two penalty shoot-out wins for Dortmund.[16]

The game was Bayern coach Pep Guardiola's final match, after three years in charge of the team.[17] Guardiola will go on to replace Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City.[18] For Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel, it was his first season in charge as coach. Guardiola praised Tuchel for an impressive season, finishing second in the Bundesliga and making it to the cup final.[19]

On 10 May 2016, it was announced that Dortmund defender Mats Hummels would be leaving the club at the end of the season. The cup final would be his last match for Dortmund, against his future club Bayern, whom he signed a five-year contract with, starting 1 July 2016.[20] Hummels himself was a Bayern youth product, but he only made one senior appearance before moving to Dortmund in 2008, initially on loan.[21][22] The transfer to Bayern was received negatively by many Dortmund fans, as he was the third Dortmund player to move to Bayern since 2013.[23]

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.[24]

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

Bayern Munich Round Borussia Dortmund
Opponent Result 2015–16 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result
FC Nöttingen (A) 3–1 First round Chemnitzer FC (A) 2–0
VfL Wolfsburg (A) 3–1 Second round SC Paderborn (H) 7–1
Darmstadt 98 (H) 1–0 Round of 16 FC Augsburg (A) 2–0
VfL Bochum (A) 3–0 Quarter-finals VfB Stuttgart (A) 3–1
Werder Bremen (H) 2–0 Semi-finals Hertha BSC (A) 3–0

Match

Details
Bayern Munich0–0 (a.e.t.)Borussia Dortmund
Report
Penalties
 4–3
Attendance: 74,322
Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund
GK1 Manuel Neuer
RB21 Philipp Lahm (c)
CB32 Joshua Kimmich 42'
CB17 Jérôme Boateng
LB27 David Alaba
DM23 Arturo Vidal 47'
RM11 Douglas Costa
CM25 Thomas Müller 109'
CM6 Thiago
LM7 Franck Ribéry 39' 108'
CF9 Robert Lewandowski
Substitutes:
GK26 Sven Ulreich
DF5 Medhi Benatia
DF13 Rafinha
DF18 Juan Bernat
MF14 Xabi Alonso
MF20 Sebastian Rode
FW29 Kingsley Coman 108'
Manager:
Pep Guardiola
GK38 Roman Bürki
CB25 Sokratis Papastathopoulos 99'
CB6 Sven Bender
CB15 Mats Hummels (c) 74' 78'
RM26 Łukasz Piszczek
CM27 Gonzalo Castro 39' 106'
CM33 Julian Weigl
LM29 Marcel Schmelzer 70'
RW10 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
CF17 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
LW11 Marco Reus
Substitutes:
GK1 Roman Weidenfeller
DF28 Matthias Ginter 78'
DF37 Erik Durm 70'
MF18 Nuri Şahin
MF22 Christian Pulisic
MF23 Shinji Kagawa 106'
FW20 Adrián Ramos
Manager:
Thomas Tuchel

Assistant referees:[1]
Dominik Schaal (Tübingen)
Marcel Pelgrim (Hamminkeln-Loikum)
Fourth official:[1]
Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

Match rules[25]

  • 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.

Statistics
Statistic[7][26] Bayern Munich Borussia Dortmund
Goals scored 0 0
Total shots 17 9
Shots on target 3 1
Saves 1 3
Ball possession 70% 30%
Corner kicks 7 4
Fouls committed 18 17
Offsides 4 3
Yellow cards 4 3
Red cards 0 0

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