The 2026 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2025–26 DFB-Pokal, the 83rd season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 23 May 2026 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
The match featured Bayern Munich, record 20-time winners of the competition, and VfB Stuttgart, the defending champions.
Bayern Munich won the match 3–0, thanks to Harry Kane's second half flawless hat-trick or lupenreiner, a hat-trick uninterrupted by half-time or goals by other players.
It was Bayern's 21st DFB-Pokal title and the win completed a domestic double; they will therefore face Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund in the 2026 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup.
Furthermore, since Bayern already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the sixth-placed team in the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League, and the play-off round spot of the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League went to the team in seventh, SC Freiburg.
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) Bayern Munich 24 (1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020) VfB Stuttgart 7 (1954, 1958, 1986, 1997, 2007, 2013, 2025)
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). Bayern Munich Round VfB Stuttgart Opponent Result 2025–26 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Wehen Wiesbaden 3–2 (A) First round Eintracht Braunschweig 4–4 (A) 1. FC Köln 4–1 (A) Second round Mainz 05 2–0 (A) Union Berlin 3–2 (A) Round of 16 VfL Bochum 2–0 (A) RB Leipzig 2–0 (H) Quarter-finals Holstein Kiel 3–0 (A) Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 (A) Semi-finals SC Freiburg 2–1 (H)
Match
Details
GK 40 Jonas UrbigRB 27 Konrad Laimer CB 2 Dayot UpamecanoCB 4 Jonathan TahLB 44 Josip Stanišić CM 6 Joshua Kimmich (c)CM 45 Aleksandar Pavlović RW 17 Michael Olise AM 10 Jamal Musiala LW 14 Luis DíazCF 9 Harry KaneSubstitutes:GK 26 Sven UlreichDF 3 Kim Min-jaeDF 21 Hiroki Itō DF 22 Raphaël Guerreiro MF 8 Leon Goretzka MF 20 Tom Bischof MF 39 Bara Sapoko NdiayeMF 42 Lennart Karl FW 11 Nicolas JacksonManager: Vincent Kompany GK 33 Alexander NübelCB 14 Luca Jaquez CB 24 Jeff Chabot CB 3 Ramon HendriksRM 18 Jamie LewelingCM 30 Chema Andrés CM 6 Angelo StillerLM 7 Maximilian MittelstädtRW 26 Deniz Undav (c)LW 10 Chris Führich CF 9 Ermedin Demirović Substitutes:GK 1 Fabian BredlowDF 4 Josha VagnomanDF 22 Lorenz AssignonDF 29 Finn Jeltsch MF 11 Bilal El Khannouss MF 16 Atakan KarazorMF 28 Nikolas Nartey FW 8 Tiago Tomás FW 27 Badredine BouananiManager: Sebastian Hoeneß
Assistant referees: Sascha Thielert (Buchholz in der Nordheide) Eduard Beitinger (Bad Abbach) Fourth official: Frank Willenborg (Osnabrück) Reserve assistant referee: Eric Müller (Bremen) Video assistant referee: Sören Storks (Velen) Assistant video assistant referee: Christian Fischer (Hemer)
See also 2026 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup Football in Berlin
References
External links 2026 DFB-Pokal final statistics and fan information at DFB.de Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de