The 2020 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, the 77th season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 4 July 2020 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Though originally scheduled for 23 May 2020, the German Football Association postponed the final on 24 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. On 11 May 2020, the DFB Executive Committee approved a resumption of the competition, with the final scheduled for 4 July, subject to political approval, using a hygiene concept similar to that implemented by the DFL in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. As with other competitions, the match was played behind closed doors without any spectators. Due to the postponement, the match was the first DFB-Pokal final to take place after June since 1974.
The match featured Bundesliga clubs Bayer Leverkusen, in their first final since 2009, and Bayern Munich, the title holders and record-winners of the competition in their third consecutive final. Bayern Munich won the final 4–2 to win a second consecutive and record 20th overall DFB-Pokal title.
With the win, Bayern completed their 13th domestic double (later completing a second continental treble), and played at home against 2019–20 Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund in the 2020 DFL-Supercup. Because Bayern had already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the sixth-place team in the Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Europa League, and the league's second qualifying round spot went to the team in seventh, VfL Wolfsburg.
Teams In the following table, finals until 1943 were in the Tschammerpokal era, since 1953 were in the DFB-Pokal era.
Team Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) Bayer Leverkusen 3 (1993, 2002, 2009) Bayern Munich 23 (1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Background
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 Bayern Munich Opponent Result 2019–20 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Alemannia Aachen (A) 4–1 First round Energie Cottbus (A) 3–1 SC Paderborn (H) 1–0 Second round VfL Bochum (A) 2–1 VfB Stuttgart (H) 2–1 Round of 16 1899 Hoffenheim (H) 4–3 Union Berlin (H) 3–1 Quarter-finals Schalke 04 (A) 1–0 1. FC Saarbrücken (A) 3–0 Semi-finals Eintracht Frankfurt (H) 2–1
Match
Details
GK 1 Lukas HradeckyRB 8 Lars Bender (c) CB 5 Sven BenderCB 12 Edmond TapsobaLB 18 Wendell CM 20 Charles AránguizCM 15 Julian Baumgartlinger RW 19 Moussa DiabyAM 11 Nadiem Amiri LW 9 Leon Bailey CF 29 Kai HavertzSubstitutes:GK 28 Ramazan ÖzcanDF 4 Jonathan TahDF 6 Aleksandar DragovićDF 23 Mitchell Weiser MF 10 Kerem Demirbay MF 27 Florian WirtzMF 38 Karim Bellarabi FW 13 Lucas AlarioFW 31 Kevin Volland Manager: Peter Bosz GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c)RB 5 Benjamin PavardCB 17 Jérôme Boateng CB 27 David AlabaLB 19 Alphonso DaviesCM 32 Joshua KimmichCM 18 Leon GoretzkaRW 22 Serge Gnabry AM 25 Thomas Müller LW 29 Kingsley Coman CF 9 Robert Lewandowski Substitutes:GK 26 Sven UlreichDF 2 Álvaro OdriozolaDF 4 Niklas SüleDF 21 Lucas Hernandez MF 6 Thiago MF 10 Philippe Coutinho MF 11 Michaël CuisanceFW 14 Ivan Perišić FW 35 Joshua ZirkzeeManager: Hansi Flick
Man of the Match: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Assistant referees: Rafael Foltyn (Wiesbaden) Martin Thomsen (Kleve) Fourth official: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg) Video assistant referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin) Assistant video assistant referee: Marco Achmüller (Bad Füssing)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.
Statistics Statistic Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Goals scored 2 4 Total shots 7 17 Shots on target 3 7 Saves 3 1 Ball possession 50% 50% Corner kicks 3 5 Fouls committed 15 14 Offsides 7 1 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0
See also 2020 DFL-Supercup Football in Berlin
Notes
References
External links
Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de