The 2000 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1999–2000 DFB-Pokal, the 57th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 6 May 2000 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich won the match 3–0 against Werder Bremen to claim their 10th cup title.
Route to the final The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of six rounds leading up to the final. In the first two rounds, Bundesliga teams participating in European competitions were given a bye. 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.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Werder Bremen Round Bayern Munich Opponent Result 1999–2000 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result 1. FC Kaiserslautern (H) 2–2 Round 3 SV Meppen (A) 4–1 SSV Ulm (H) 2–1 Round of 16 Waldhof Mannheim (A) 3–0 VfL Bochum (A) 2–1 Quarter-finals Mainz 05 (H) 3–0 Stuttgarter Kickers (H) 2–1 Semi-finals Hansa Rostock (H) 3–2
Match
Details
GK 1 Frank Rost RB 22 Torsten Frings CB 33 Mike BartenCB 6 Frank BaumannLB 13 Andree Wiedener DM 5 Dieter Eilts (c) CM 8 Bernhard Trares CM 17 Marco BodeAM 18 Andi Herzog CF 10 Claudio PizarroCF 32 Aílton Substitutes:GK 12 Stefan BrasasDF 19 Viktor Skrypnyk DF 28 Razundara TjikuzuMF 3 Raphaël Wicky MF 4 Dirk Flock FW 9 Rade BogdanovićFW 25 Sören SeidelManager: Thomas Schaaf GK 1 Oliver KahnRB 2 Markus BabbelCB 5 Patrik AnderssonCB 4 Samuel KuffourLB 18 Michael TarnatRW 20 Hasan Salihamidžić CM 11 Stefan Effenberg (c) CM 16 Jens Jeremies LW 13 Paulo SérgioCF 9 Giovane Élber CF 19 Carsten Jancker Substitutes:GK 22 Bernd DreherDF 3 Bixente LizarazuDF 25 Thomas LinkeMF 6 Michael WiesingerMF 7 Mehmet Scholl MF 17 Thorsten Fink FW 24 Roque Santa Cruz Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld
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
External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de