The final of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal season was held on 30 May 2009 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin. Werder Bremen won with a 58th-minute goal from midfielder Mesut Özil. This was the club's sixth DFB-Pokal in its history, after victories in 1961, 1991, 1994, 1999 and 2004. This was Bayer Leverkusen's second DFB-Pokal final loss of the decade, the other occurring in 2002. Werder Bremen lost the 2009 UEFA Cup final ten days prior to the DFB-Pokal final, losing to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk.

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). Bayer Leverkusen Round Werder Bremen Opponent Result 2008–09 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (A) 3–2 First round Eintracht Nordhorn (A) 9–3 FC Augsburg (A) 2–0 Second round Erzgebirge Aue (A) 2–1 Energie Cottbus (H) 3–1 Round of 16 Borussia Dortmund (A) 2–1 Bayern Munich (H) 4–2 Quarter-finals VfL Wolfsburg (A) 5–2 Mainz 05 (H) 4–1 Semi-finals Hamburger SV (A) 1–1

Match

Details

GK 1 René AdlerRB 27 Gonzalo Castro CB 20 Lukas SinkiewiczCB 5 Manuel FriedrichLB 24 Michal KadlecRM 8 Renato AugustoCM 23 Arturo Vidal CM 6 Simon Rolfes (c)LM 7 Tranquillo BarnettaCF 9 Patrick HelmesCF 11 Stefan Kießling Substitutes:GK 21 Gábor KirályDF 2 Karim HagguiDF 3 HenriqueMF 16 Pirmin SchweglerMF 25 Bernd SchneiderMF 39 Toni Kroos FW 29 Angelos Charisteas Manager: Bruno Labbadia GK 1 Tim Wiese RB 8 Clemens FritzCB 15 Sebastian Prödl CB 4 NaldoLB 2 Sebastian BoenischDM 6 Frank Baumann (c) CM 22 Torsten Frings CM 11 Mesut Özil AM 10 DiegoCF 24 Claudio PizarroCF 23 Hugo Almeida Substitutes:GK 33 Christian VanderDF 3 Petri PasanenDF 25 Peter Niemeyer MF 16 Alexandros Tziolis FW 9 Markus Rosenberg FW 14 Aaron HuntFW 34 Martin HarnikManager: Thomas Schaaf

Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann (Erftstadt) Guido Kleve (Nordhorn) Fourth official: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)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