The 2006 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2005–06 DFB-Pokal, the 63rd season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 29 April 2006 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich won the match 1–0 against Eintracht Frankfurt via a goal from Claudio Pizarro, giving them their 13th 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). Eintracht Frankfurt Round Bayern Munich Opponent Result 2005–06 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (A) 2–1 First round MSV Neuruppin (A) 4–0 Schalke 04 (H) 6–0 Second round Erzgebirge Aue (A) 1–0 1. FC Nürnberg (H) 1–1 Round of 16 Hamburger SV (H) 1–0 1860 Munich (A) 3–1 Quarter-finals Mainz 05 (H) 3–2 Arminia Bielefeld (H) 1–0 Semi-finals FC St. Pauli (A) 3–0

Match

Details

GK 1 Oka Nikolov (c)CB 33 Marko Rehmer CB 23 Marco RussCB 5 Aleksandar Vasoski RWB2 Patrick OchsLWB16 Christoph SpycherDM 30 Benjamin HuggelRM 8 Stefan Lexa CM 14 Alexander MeierLM 7 Benjamin KöhlerCF 18 Ioannis AmanatidisSubstitutes:GK 21 Markus PröllDF 22 Christopher ReinhardMF 10 Markus Weissenberger MF 11 Cha Du-riMF 17 Daniyel Cimen MF 24 Alexander SchurFW 20 Francisco Copado Manager: Friedhelm Funkel GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c)RB 2 Willy Sagnol CB 3 LúcioCB 25 Valérien IsmaëlLB 21 Philipp Lahm DM 6 Martín DemichelisRM 20 Hasan Salihamidžić CM 13 Michael Ballack LM 23 Owen Hargreaves CF 10 Roy Makaay CF 14 Claudio PizarroSubstitutes:GK 22 Michael RensingDF 69 Bixente LizarazuMF 7 Mehmet Scholl MF 11 Zé Roberto MF 16 Jens Jeremies MF 31 Bastian SchweinsteigerFW 33 Paolo GuerreroManager: Felix Magath

Assistant referees: Mike Pickel (Mendig) Volker Wezel (Tübingen) Fourth official: Jochen Drees (Mainz)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.

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References

External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de