2008 DFB-Pokal final

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{{Infobox football match

| title = 2008 DFB-Pokal Final

| image = frameless

| caption = Match programme cover

| event = 2007–08 DFB-Pokal

| team1 = Borussia Dortmund

| team1score = 1

| team2 = Bayern Munich

| team2score = 2

| details = After extra time

| date = {{Start date|2008|4|19|df=y}}

| stadium = Olympiastadion

| city = Berlin

| referee = Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

| attendance = 74,500

| weather = Mostly cloudy
{{convert|8|°C|°F|abbr=on}}
62% humidity{{cite web |url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/EDDT/2008/4/19/DailyHistory.html |title=Weather History for Berlin Tegel, DE |website=Weather Underground |publisher=The Weather Company |date=19 April 2008 |access-date=29 April 2017}}

| previous = 2007

| next = 2009

}}

The 2008 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2007–08 DFB-Pokal, the 65th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. The match took place on 19 April 2008 between thirteen-time winners Bayern München and two-time winners Borussia Dortmund. The final was played in front of 70,000 at Berlin's Olympiastadion. Bayern ran out 2–1 winners in extra time, thanks to two strikes from Italian forward Luca Toni, gaining their 14th DFB-Pokal title and gaining the first trophy of a league and cup double.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3311208,00.html|title = Bayern Munich Clinch Bundesliga Title | DW | 04.05.2008}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/modus/ |title=Modus |trans-title=Mode |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=15 August 2012 |access-date=11 June 2015 |language=German}}

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

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colspan="2" | Borussia Dortmund

! Round

! colspan="2" | Bayern Munich

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| style="width:25%;" | Opponent

| style="width:15%;" | Result

| 2007–08 DFB-Pokal

| style="width:25%;" | Opponent

| style="width:15%;" | Result

style="text-align:left;" | 1. FC Magdeburg (A)

| 4–1

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | First round

| style="text-align:left;" | Wacker Burghausen (A)

| 1–1 {{aet}} {{pso|4–3}}

style="text-align:left;" | Eintracht Frankfurt (H)

| 2–1

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Second round

| style="text-align:left;" | Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)

| 3–1

style="text-align:left;" | Werder Bremen (H)

| 2–1

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Round of 16

| style="text-align:left;" | Wuppertaler SV Borussia (A)

| 5–2

style="text-align:left;" | 1899 Hoffenheim (H)

| 3–1

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Quarter-finals

| style="text-align:left;" | 1860 Munich (H)

| 1–0 {{aet}}

style="text-align:left;" | Carl Zeiss Jena (H)

| 3–0

| style="background:#C1E0FF;" | Semi-finals

| style="text-align:left;" | VfL Wolfsburg (H)

| 2–0

Match

=Details=

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|date = {{Start date|2008|4|19|df=y}}

|time = 20:00 CEST

|team1 = Borussia Dortmund

|score = 1–2

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|team2 = Bayern Munich

|goals1 = Petrić {{goal|90+2}}

|goals2 = Toni {{goal|11||103}}

|stadium = Olympiastadion, Berlin

|attendance = 74,500

|referee = Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

}}

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GK20{{flagicon|GER}} Marc Ziegler
RB14{{flagicon|SRB|2004}} Antonio Rukavina{{yel|62}}{{suboff|79}}
CB4{{flagicon|GER}} Christian Wörns (c)
CB21{{flagicon|CRO}} Robert Kovač{{yel|19}}
LB17{{flagicon|BRA}} Dedé
DM5{{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Kehl{{suboff|86}}
CM7{{flagicon|BRA}} Tinga{{yel|37}}
CM6{{flagicon|GER}} Florian Kringe
RF16{{flagicon|POL}} Jakub Błaszczykowski{{sent off|2|89|108}}
CF13{{flagicon|SUI}} Alexander Frei{{yel|38}}{{suboff|71}}
LF10{{flagicon|CRO}} Mladen Petrić{{yel|96}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK41{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Bade
DF2{{flagicon|GER}} Martin Amedick
DF15{{flagicon|GER}} Mats Hummels
MF22{{flagicon|GER}} Marc-André Kruska
MF26{{flagicon|RSA}} Delron Buckley{{subon|79}}
FW9{{flagicon|PAR|1990}} Nelson Valdez{{subon|86}}
FW19{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Klimowicz{{yel|114}}{{subon|71}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Doll

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GK1{{flagicon|GER}} Oliver Kahn (c)
RB30{{flagicon|GER}} Christian Lell
CB3{{flagicon|BRA}} Lúcio
CB6{{flagicon|ARG}} Martín Demichelis
LB21{{flagicon|GER}} Philipp Lahm
RM31{{flagicon|GER}} Bastian Schweinsteiger{{suboff|86}}
CM17{{flagicon|NED}} Mark van Bommel
CM15{{flagicon|BRA}} Zé Roberto{{yel|111}}{{suboff|113}}
LM7{{flagicon|FRA}} Franck Ribéry
CF18{{flagicon|GER}} Miroslav Klose{{suboff|69}}
CF9{{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Toni{{yel|120}}
colspan=3|Substitutes:
GK22{{flagicon|GER}} Michael Rensing
DF2{{flagicon|FRA}} Willy Sagnol{{subon|86}}
DF5{{flagicon|BEL}} Daniel Van Buyten
DF23{{flagicon|GER}} Marcell Jansen
MF16{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Ottl{{subon|113}}
MF20{{flagicon|ARG}} José Sosa
FW11{{flagicon|GER}} Lukas Podolski{{subon|69}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=3|{{flagicon|GER}} Ottmar Hitzfeld

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Assistant referees:{{cite news |url=https://www.kicker.de/kircher-und-schneider-pfeifen-376882/artikel |title=Kircher und Schneider pfeifen |trans-title=Kircher and Schneider officiate |website=Kicker |publisher=kicker-sportmagazin |date=1 April 2008 |access-date=5 January 2017 |language=German}}


Jan-Hendrik Salver (Stuttgart)


Volker Wezel (Tübingen)


Fourth official:


Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

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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

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