The 2021 DFL-Supercup was the 12th 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. The match was played on 17 August 2021.
The match featured Borussia Dortmund, the winners of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, and Bayern Munich, the champions of the 2020–21 Bundesliga. The match was hosted by Borussia Dortmund at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund.
Bayern Munich were the defending champions, having won the 2020 edition 3–2 against Borussia Dortmund. Bayern won the match 3–1 for their 9th DFL-Supercup title.
Teams In the following table, matches until 1996 were in the DFB-Supercup era, since 2010 were in the DFL-Supercup era.
Team Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) Borussia Dortmund 2020–21 DFB-Pokal winners 11 (1989, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) Bayern Munich 2020–21 Bundesliga champions 14 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Background
Match Summary In the 41st minute, Serge Gnabry crossed from the left for Robert Lewandowski to put Bayern Munich ahead with a header from six yards out to the left of the net. Thomas Müller made it 2–0 in the 49th minute with a close range finish to the net after the ball had been played in from the left by Alphonso Davies and back-healed to him by Lewandowski. Marco Reus made it 2–1 in the 64th minute with a right foot finish from outside the penalty area to the top right corner of the net. Lewandowski scored his second in the 74th minute with a low finish to the right corner of the net from inside the penalty area after the ball broke to him after an error by Dortmund defender Manuel Akanji.
Details
GK 1 Gregor KobelRB 30 Felix Passlack CB 28 Axel WitselCB 16 Manuel AkanjiLB 14 Nico SchulzDM 8 Mahmoud Dahoud CM 22 Jude Bellingham CM 7 Giovanni Reyna AM 11 Marco Reus (c) CF 9 Erling HaalandCF 18 Youssoufa Moukoko Substitutes:GK 35 Marwin HitzMF 6 Thomas DelaneyMF 20 Reinier MF 39 Marius Wolf MF 46 Marco Pašalić MF 47 Antonios PapadopoulosFW 21 Donyell Malen FW 27 Steffen TiggesFW 36 Ansgar KnauffManager: Marco Rose GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c)RB 44 Josip Stanišić CB 2 Dayot UpamecanoCB 4 Niklas Süle LB 19 Alphonso DaviesCM 6 Joshua KimmichCM 8 Leon GoretzkaRW 11 Kingsley Coman AM 25 Thomas Müller LW 7 Serge Gnabry CF 9 Robert Lewandowski Substitutes:GK 26 Sven UlreichDF 3 Omar RichardsDF 15 Chris RichardsDF 20 Bouna Sarr DF 23 Tanguy NianzouMF 24 Corentin Tolisso MF 42 Jamal Musiala FW 10 Leroy Sané FW 13 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Manager: Julian Nagelsmann
Man of the Match: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Assistant referees: Mike Pickel (Mendig) Frederick Assmuth (Cologne) Fourth official: Florian Badstübner (Windsbach) Video assistant referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden) Assistant video assistant referee: Robert Wessel (Berlin)Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.
See also 2021–22 Bundesliga 2021–22 DFB-Pokal
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