2015 DFL-Supercup
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox football match
| title = 2015 DFL-Supercup
| image = frameless
| caption = Match programme cover
| event = DFL-Supercup
| team1 = VfL Wolfsburg
| team1score = 1
| team2 = Bayern Munich
| team2score = 1
| details = VfL Wolfsburg won 5–4 on penalties
| date = 1 August 2015
| stadium = Volkswagen Arena
| city = Wolfsburg
| man_of_the_match1a = Nicklas Bendtner {{nowrap|(VfL Wolfsburg)}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/vfl-wolfsburg-1-1-fc-bayern-muenchen-2015-supercup-match-report.jsp |title=Wolfsburg down Bayern on penalties to lift 2015 Supercup |website=Bundesliga |publisher=Deutsche Fußball Liga |date=1 August 2015 |access-date=6 August 2017}}
| referee = Marco Fritz (Korb)
| attendance = 30,000
| weather =
| previous = 2014
| next = 2016
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/13/borussia-dortmund-bayern-munich-german-supercup-match-report|title=Borussia Dortmund beat Bayern Munich to win German Supercup again|date=13 August 2014|work=theguardian.com}}
The match was played on 1 August 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2014/rahmenterminkalender-2015-2016-bundesliga-2-bundesliga-supercup-dfb-pokal.php|title=Rahmenterminkalender 15/16: Bundesligastart 14. - 16.08.|date=28 November 2014|work=bundesliga.de|access-date=7 April 2015|archive-date=16 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516185658/http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga/news/2014/rahmenterminkalender-2015-2016-bundesliga-2-bundesliga-supercup-dfb-pokal.php|url-status=dead}} 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.
| class="wikitable" |
| Team
! Qualification ! Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
|---|
| VfL Wolfsburg
| 2014–15 DFB-Pokal winners | None{{efn|Runners-up in the unofficial 2009 German Supercup.}} |
| Bayern Munich
| 2014–15 Bundesliga champions | 8 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014){{efn|Runners-up in the unofficial 2008 German Supercup. Six-time winners and one-time runners-up in the DFL-Ligapokal.}} |
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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/01/wolfsburg-nicklas-bendtner-bayern-munich-german-supercup|title=Wolfsburg's Nicklas Bendtner key to Bayern Munich German Supercup loss|date=1 August 2015|work=Guardian|access-date=6 August 2015}}
=Details=
{{Football box
|date = {{Start date|2015|8|1|df=y}}
|time = 20:30 CEST
|team1 = VfL Wolfsburg
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.dfb.de/supercup/spielplan/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2218587
|team2 = Bayern Munich
|goals1 = Bendtner {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = Robben {{goal|49}}
|stadium = Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = Marco Fritz (Korb)
|penalties1 =
- Rodriguez {{pengoal}}
- De Bruyne {{pengoal}}
- Schürrle {{pengoal}}
- Kruse {{pengoal}}
- Bendtner {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 5–4
|penalties2 =
- {{pengoal}} Vidal
- {{penmiss}} Alonso
- {{pengoal}} Robben
- {{pengoal}} Lahm
- {{pengoal}} Douglas Costa
}}
| width=92% |
| {{Football kit
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 28 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Koen Casteels | ||
| RB | 8 | {{flagicon|POR}} Vieirinha | ||
| CB | 25 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Naldo (c) | {{yel|71}} | |
| CB | 5 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Timm Klose | ||
| LB | 34 | {{flagicon|SUI}} Ricardo Rodriguez | ||
| CM | 23 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Josuha Guilavogui | {{yel|35}} | |
| CM | 27 | {{flagicon|GER}} Maximilian Arnold | ||
| RW | 7 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Daniel Caligiuri | {{suboff|63}} | |
| AM | 14 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Kevin De Bruyne | ||
| LW | 9 | {{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Perišić | {{yel|77}} | {{suboff|70}} |
| CF | 12 | {{flagicon|NED}} Bas Dost | {{suboff|70}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 20 | {{flagicon|GER}} Max Grün | ||
| DF | 4 | {{flagicon|GER}} Marcel Schäfer | ||
| DF | 15 | {{flagicon|GER}} Christian Träsch | ||
| DF | 31 | {{flagicon|GER}} Robin Knoche | ||
| MF | 17 | {{flagicon|GER}} André Schürrle | {{subon|63}} | |
| FW | 3 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Nicklas Bendtner | {{subon|70}} | |
| FW | 11 | {{flagicon|GER}} Max Kruse | {{subon|70}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan=3|{{flagicon|GER}} Dieter Hecking |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | {{flagicon|GER}} Manuel Neuer | ||
| RB | 21 | {{flagicon|GER}} Philipp Lahm (c) | ||
| CB | 17 | {{flagicon|GER}} Jérôme Boateng | ||
| CB | 5 | {{flagicon|MAR}} Medhi Benatia | ||
| LB | 27 | {{flagicon|AUT}} David Alaba | ||
| CM | 6 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Thiago | {{suboff|74}} | |
| CM | 14 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Xabi Alonso | ||
| AM | 25 | {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Müller | {{suboff|84}} | |
| RW | 10 | {{flagicon|NED}} Arjen Robben | ||
| CF | 9 | {{flagicon|POL}} Robert Lewandowski | {{suboff|72}} | |
| LW | 11 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Douglas Costa | {{yel|21}} | |
| colspan=3|Substitutions: | ||||
| GK | 26 | {{flagicon|GER}} Sven Ulreich | ||
| DF | 13 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafinha | {{subon|72}} | |
| DF | 18 | {{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Bernat | ||
| MF | 19 | {{flagicon|GER}} Mario Götze | {{subon|84}} | |
| MF | 20 | {{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Rode | ||
| MF | 23 | {{flagicon|CHI}} Arturo Vidal | {{yel|82}} | {{subon|74}} |
| MF | 32 | {{flagicon|GER}} Joshua Kimmich | ||
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan=3|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pep Guardiola |
|}
| width=50% style="font-size: 90%"
| Man of the Match:
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See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{DFB-Supercup}}
{{2015–16 in German football}}
{{2015–16 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{VfL Wolfsburg}}
{{FC Bayern Munich matches}}
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