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2024 DFB-Pokal final

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]

2024 DFB-Pokal final
The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final.
Event2023–24 DFB-Pokal
1. FC Kaiserslautern Bayer Leverkusen
0 1
Date25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
RefereeBastian Dankert (Rostock)[1]
Attendance74,322[2]
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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   Julian Krahl
RB 31   Ben Zolinski   74'
CB 33   Jan Elvedi   86'
CB 2   Boris Tomiak
LB 15   Tymoteusz Puchacz
DM 26   Filip Kaloč
RM 8   Jean Zimmer (c)   90+3'
CM 7   Marlon Ritter
CM 20   Tobias Raschl   83'
LM 11   Kenny Prince Redondo   83'
CF 19   Daniel Hanslik   46'
Substitutes:
GK 32   Robin Himmelmann
DF 5   Kevin Kraus
DF 6   Almamy Touré   90+3'
DF 27   Frank Ronstadt
MF 4   Afeez Aremu
MF 10   Philipp Klement   90+6'   83'
FW 9   Ragnar Ache   46'
FW 17   Aaron Opoku   83'
FW 29   Richmond Tachie   74'
Manager:
  Friedhelm Funkel
 
GK 1   Lukas Hradecky (c)   90+7'
CB 6   Odilon Kossounou   3'   44'
CB 4   Jonathan Tah
CB 12   Edmond Tapsoba
RM 30   Jeremie Frimpong   90+3'
CM 34   Granit Xhaka
CM 8   Robert Andrich
LM 20   Álex Grimaldo   85'
RW 7   Jonas Hofmann   46'
LW 10   Florian Wirtz   90+3'
CF 14   Patrik Schick   46'
Substitutes:
GK 17   Matěj Kovář
DF 2   Josip Stanišić   46'
DF 3   Piero Hincapié   85'
MF 19   Nathan Tella   90+3'
MF 21   Amine Adli   46'
MF 25   Exequiel Palacios
FW 9   Borja Iglesias
FW 22   Victor Boniface
FW 23   Adam Hložek   90+3'
Manager:
  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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