The 2005 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2004–05 DFB-Pokal, the 62nd season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 28 May 2005 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against Schalke 04, giving them their 12th 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 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.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Schalke 04 Round Bayern Munich Opponent Result 2004–05 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Hertha BSC Amateure (A) 2–0 Round 1 TSV Völpke (A) 6–0 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) 4–4 Round 2 VfL Osnabrück (A) 3–2 Eintracht Frankfurt (A) 2–0 Round of 16 VfB Stuttgart (H) 3–0 Hannover 96 (H) 3–1 Quarter-finals SC Freiburg (A) 7–0 Werder Bremen (H) 2–2 Semi-finals Arminia Bielefeld (A) 2–0
Match
Details
GK 1 Frank Rost (c)RB 18 Niels Oude Kamphuis CB 5 Marcelo BordonCB 20 Mladen Krstajić LB 3 Levan Kobiashvili RM 14 Gerald AsamoahCM 2 Christian Poulsen CM 17 Sven Vermant LM 10 LincolnCF 9 Aílton CF 11 Ebbe SandSubstitutes:GK 13 Christofer HeimerothDF 15 Tomasz WałdochDF 16 Darío Rodríguez DF 23 Fabian LamotteMF 6 Hamit Altıntop FW 7 Michael DeluraFW 26 Mike Hanke Manager: Ralf Rangnick GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c)RB 2 Willy Sagnol CB 3 LúcioCB 5 Robert KovačLB 69 Bixente LizarazuDM 6 Martín Demichelis RM 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger CM 13 Michael Ballack LM 11 Zé Roberto CF 10 Roy Makaay CF 14 Claudio PizarroSubstitutes:GK 22 Michael RensingMF 7 Mehmet SchollMF 8 Torsten Frings MF 20 Hasan Salihamidžić MF 23 Owen HargreavesMF 26 Sebastian Deisler FW 33 Paolo GuerreroManager: Felix Magath
Assistant referees: Thomas Frank (Hanover) Carsten Kadach (Suderburg) Fourth official: Uwe Kemmling (Burgwedel)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