The 2015 DFL-Supercup was the sixth edition of the German Super Cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. It featured Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2014–15 Bundesliga, and VfL Wolfsburg, the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal.
Bayern lost 2–0 in the previous edition, to Borussia Dortmund.
The match was played on 1 August 2015. Wolfsburg defeated Bayern Munich 5–4 on penalties after the match had ended 1–1.
Teams In the following table, matches until 1996 in the DFB-Supercup era, matches since 2010 in the DFL-Supercup era.
Team Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) VfL Wolfsburg 2014–15 DFB-Pokal winners None Bayern Munich 2014–15 Bundesliga champions 8 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Match
Summary Arjen Robben had put Bayern Munich ahead in the 49th minute from close range after goalkeeper Koen Casteels had fumbled a cross from the left from Douglas Costa. Nicklas Bendtner leveled the game in the 89th minute scoring at the near post after a cross from Kevin De Bruyne from the right. Bendtner went on to score the decisive penalty in the penalty shoot-out shooting high into the top left corner as Wolfsburg won 5–4.
Details
GK 28 Koen Casteels RB 8 Vieirinha CB 25 Naldo (c) CB 5 Timm Klose LB 34 Ricardo Rodriguez CM 23 Josuha Guilavogui CM 27 Maximilian Arnold RW 7 Daniel Caligiuri AM 14 Kevin De Bruyne LW 9 Ivan Perišić CF 12 Bas Dost Substitutions: GK 20 Max Grün DF 4 Marcel Schäfer DF 15 Christian Träsch DF 31 Robin Knoche MF 17 André Schürrle FW 3 Nicklas Bendtner FW 11 Max Kruse Manager: Dieter Hecking GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 21 Philipp Lahm (c) CB 17 Jérôme Boateng CB 5 Medhi Benatia LB 27 David Alaba CM 6 Thiago CM 14 Xabi Alonso AM 25 Thomas Müller RW 10 Arjen Robben CF 9 Robert Lewandowski LW 11 Douglas Costa Substitutions: GK 26 Sven Ulreich DF 13 Rafinha DF 18 Juan Bernat MF 19 Mario Götze MF 20 Sebastian Rode MF 23 Arturo Vidal MF 32 Joshua KimmichManager: Pep Guardiola
Man of the Match: Nicklas Bendtner (VfL Wolfsburg)
Assistant referees: Dominik Schaal (Tübingen) Marcel Pelgrim (Hamminkeln-Loikum) Fourth official: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
See also 2015–16 Bundesliga 2015–16 DFB-Pokal
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