2020 DFB-Pokal final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2020 DFB-Pokal Final

| image = 2020 DFB-Pokal Final programme.jpg

| imagesize = frameless

| caption = Match programme cover

| event = 2019–20 DFB-Pokal

| team1 = Bayer Leverkusen

| team1score = 2

| team2 = Bayern Munich

| team2score = 4

| details =

| date = {{Start date|2020|7|4|df=y}}

| stadium = Olympiastadion

| city = Berlin

| man_of_the_match1a = Robert Lewandowski {{nowrap|(Bayern Munich)}}{{cite news |last=James |first=Ryland |location=Berlin |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/lewandowski-passes-50-goal-mark-bayern-win-20th-202251183--sow.html |title=Lewandowski passes 50-goal mark as Bayern win 20th German Cup to complete double |agency=Agence France-Presse |via=Yahoo Sports |date=4 July 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918064459/https://sports.yahoo.com/lewandowski-passes-50-goal-mark-bayern-win-20th-202251183--sow.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Lucas |author-link=Lucas Hernandez |url=https://scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/p1080x1080/106477824_715114255888099_1818408717164899326_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_ohc=U4m1n2rrhMwAX_TiRrq&oh=a1d4c32990ccf6e68765f4245c4a4c55&oe=5F041D68 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705075553/https://scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/e35/p1080x1080/106477824_715114255888099_1818408717164899326_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_ohc=U4m1n2rrhMwAX_TiRrq&oh=a1d4c32990ccf6e68765f4245c4a4c55&oe=5F041D68 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 July 2020 |title=Lucas Hernández (lucashernandez21) – Instagram story |via=Instagram |date=4 July 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020}}

| referee = Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden){{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/news-detail/welz-leitet-dfb-pokalfinale-in-berlin-217081/ |title=Welz leitet DFB-Pokalfinale in Berlin |trans-title=Welz leads the DFB-Pokal final in Berlin |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=4 July 2020 |access-date=4 July 2020 |language=German}}

| attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name=DFB-Pokal behind closed doors}}

| weather = Fair
{{convert|22|°C|°F|abbr=on}}
60% humidity{{cite web |url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/de/berlin/EDDT/date/2020-7-4 |title=Berlin, Germany Weather History |website=Weather Underground |publisher=The Weather Company |date=4 July 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020}}

| previous = 2019

| next = 2021

}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/statistik/bisherige-sieger/ |title=Alle DFB-Pokalsieger |trans-title=All DFB-Pokal winners |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=21 May 2016 |access-date=6 June 2016 |language=German}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dfb-praesidium-verabschiedet-rahmenterminkalender-196587/ |title=DFB-Präsidium verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender |trans-title=DFB executive committee passes framework schedule |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=7 December 2018 |access-date=7 December 2018 |language=German}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/praesidium-verlegt-termin-des-pokalendspiels-215092/ |title=Präsidium verlegt Termin des Pokalendspiels |trans-title=Executive Committee postpones date of cup final |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=24 April 2020 |access-date=24 April 2020 |language=de}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dfb-plan-pokalendspiele-am-4-juli-215461/ |title=DFB-Plan: Pokalendspiele am 4. Juli |trans-title=DFB plan: Cup final on 4 July |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=11 May 2020 |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=de}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dfb-pokalfinale-findet-ohne-zuschauer-statt-216620/ |title=DFB-Pokalfinale findet ohne Zuschauer statt |trans-title=DFB-Pokal final takes place without spectators |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=17 June 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |language=de}} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/42-gegen-leverkusen-20-pokalsieg-fuer-den-fc-bayern-217233/ |title=4:2 gegen Leverkusen: 20. Pokalsieg für den FC Bayern |trans-title=4–2 against Leverkusen: 20th cup win for FC Bayern |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=4 July 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020 |language=de}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.uefa.org/about-uefa/executive-committee/news/newsid=1999120.html |title=Strategic talks in Dubrovnik |website=UEFA.org |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=20 September 2013 |access-date=29 April 2015}}

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1943 were in the Tschammerpokal era, since 1953 were in the DFB-Pokal era.

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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)

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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.{{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" \| Bayer Leverkusen ! Round ! colspan="2" \| Bayern Munich
style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| style="width:25%;" \| Opponent \| style="width:15%;" \| Result \| 2019–20 DFB-Pokal \| style="width:25%;" \| Opponent \| style="width:15%;" \| Result
style="text-align:left;" \| Alemannia Aachen (A) \| 4–1 \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| First round \| style="text-align:left;" \| Energie Cottbus (A) \| 3–1
style="text-align:left;" \| SC Paderborn (H) \| 1–0 \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| Second round \| style="text-align:left;" \| VfL Bochum (A) \| 2–1
style="text-align:left;" \| VfB Stuttgart (H) \| 2–1 \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| Round of 16 \| style="text-align:left;" \| 1899 Hoffenheim (H) \| 4–3
style="text-align:left;" \| Union Berlin (H) \| 3–1 \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| Quarter-finals \| style="text-align:left;" \| Schalke 04 (A) \| 1–0
style="text-align:left;" \| 1. FC Saarbrücken (A) \| 3–0 \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| Semi-finals \| style="text-align:left;" \| Eintracht Frankfurt (H) \| 2–1

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colspan="2" | Bayer Leverkusen

! Round

! colspan="2" | Bayern Munich

style="background:#C1E0FF;"

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

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

| 2019–20 DFB-Pokal

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

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

style="text-align:left;" | Alemannia Aachen (A)

| 4–1

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

| style="text-align:left;" | Energie Cottbus (A)

| 3–1

style="text-align:left;" | SC Paderborn (H)

| 1–0

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

| style="text-align:left;" | VfL Bochum (A)

| 2–1

style="text-align:left;" | VfB Stuttgart (H)

| 2–1

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

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

| 4–3

style="text-align:left;" | Union Berlin (H)

| 3–1

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

| style="text-align:left;" | Schalke 04 (A)

| 1–0

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

| 3–0

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

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

| 2–1

Match

=Details=

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|time = 20:00 CEST

|team1 = Bayer Leverkusen

|score = 2–4

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|team2 = Bayern Munich

|goals1 =

S. Bender {{goal|64}}
Havertz {{goal|90+5|pen.}}

|goals2 =

Alaba {{goal|16}}
Gnabry {{goal|24}}
Lewandowski {{goal|59||89}}

|stadium = Olympiastadion, Berlin

|attendance = 0{{refn|group=note|name=DFB-Pokal behind closed doors|The semi-finals and final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.}}

|referee = Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|FIN}} Lukas Hradecky
RB	8	{{flagicon\|GER}} Lars Bender (c)		{{suboff\|82}}
CB	5	{{flagicon\|GER}} Sven Bender
CB	12	{{flagicon\|BFA}} Edmond Tapsoba
LB	18	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Wendell	{{yel\|28}}
CM	20	{{flagicon\|CHI}} Charles Aránguiz
CM	15	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Julian Baumgartlinger		{{suboff\|46}}
RW	19	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Moussa Diaby
AM	11	{{flagicon\|GER}} Nadiem Amiri		{{suboff\|46}}
LW	9	{{flagicon\|JAM}} Leon Bailey		{{suboff\|76}}
CF	29	{{flagicon\|GER}} Kai Havertz
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	28	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Ramazan Özcan
DF	4	{{flagicon\|GER}} Jonathan Tah
DF	6	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Aleksandar Dragović
DF	23	{{flagicon\|GER}} Mitchell Weiser		{{subon\|82}}
MF	10	{{flagicon\|GER}} Kerem Demirbay		{{subon\|46}}
MF	27	{{flagicon\|GER}} Florian Wirtz
MF	38	{{flagicon\|GER}} Karim Bellarabi		{{subon\|76}}
FW	13	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Lucas Alario
FW	31	{{flagicon\|GER}} Kevin Volland		{{subon\|46}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|NED}} Peter Bosz

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|GER}} Manuel Neuer (c)
RB	5	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Benjamin Pavard
CB	17	{{flagicon\|GER}} Jérôme Boateng		{{suboff\|69}}
CB	27	{{flagicon\|AUT}} David Alaba
LB	19	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Alphonso Davies
CM	32	{{flagicon\|GER}} Joshua Kimmich
CM	18	{{flagicon\|GER}} Leon Goretzka
RW	22	{{flagicon\|GER}} Serge Gnabry		{{suboff\|87}}
AM	25	{{flagicon\|GER}} Thomas Müller		{{suboff\|87}}
LW	29	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Kingsley Coman		{{suboff\|64}}
CF	9	{{flagicon\|POL}} Robert Lewandowski	{{yel\|67}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	26	{{flagicon\|GER}} Sven Ulreich
DF	2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Álvaro Odriozola
DF	4	{{flagicon\|GER}} Niklas Süle
DF	21	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Lucas Hernandez		{{subon\|69}}
MF	6	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Thiago		{{subon\|87}}
MF	10	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Philippe Coutinho		{{subon\|87}}
MF	11	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Michaël Cuisance
FW	14	{{flagicon\|CRO}} Ivan Perišić		{{subon\|64}}
FW	35	{{flagicon\|NED}} Joshua Zirkzee
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|GER}} Hansi Flick

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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)

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Match rules{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/fileadmin/_dfbdam/217408-08_Spielordnung.pdf |title=Spielordnung |trans-title=Match rules |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |page=58 (60 of PDF) |access-date=7 February 2020 |language=German}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/fileadmin/_dfbdam/254998-09_Durchfuehrungsbestimmungen.pdf |title=Durchführungsbestimmungen |trans-title=Implementation regulations |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |at=sec. 31 |access-date=12 February 2022 |language=de}}

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Nine named substitutes.
Maximum of five substitutions.{{refn|group=note|Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.}}

=Statistics=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col" style="width:100px" \| Statistic{{cite web \|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/matchstats?gameId=571134 \|title=Bayer Leverkusen vs. Bayern Munich – Football Match Stats – July 4, 2020 \|work=ESPN \|date=4 July 2020 \|access-date=5 July 2020}} ! scope="col" style="width:70px" \| Bayer Leverkusen ! scope="col" style="width:70px" \| Bayern Munich
scope="row" \| Goals scored \| 2 \| 4
scope="row" \| Total shots \| 7 \| 17
scope="row" \| Shots on target \| 3 \| 7
scope="row" \| Saves \| 3 \| 1
scope="row" \| Ball possession \| 50% \| 50%
scope="row" \| Corner kicks \| 3 \| 5
scope="row" \| Fouls committed \| 15 \| 14
scope="row" \| Offsides \| 7 \| 1
scope="row" \| Yellow cards \| 1 \| 1
scope="row" \| Red cards \| 0 \| 0

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scope="col" style="width:100px" | Statistic{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/matchstats?gameId=571134 |title=Bayer Leverkusen vs. Bayern Munich – Football Match Stats – July 4, 2020 |work=ESPN |date=4 July 2020 |access-date=5 July 2020}}

! scope="col" style="width:70px" | Bayer Leverkusen

! scope="col" style="width:70px" | Bayern Munich

scope="row" | Goals scored

| 2

| 4

scope="row" | Total shots

| 7

| 17

scope="row" | Shots on target

| 3

| 7

scope="row" | Saves

| 3

| 1

scope="row" | Ball possession

| 50%

scope="row" | Corner kicks

| 3

| 5

scope="row" | Fouls committed

| 15

| 14

scope="row" | Offsides

| 7

| 1

scope="row" | Yellow cards

| 1

scope="row" | Red cards

| 0

Notes

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/start/}}
[https://www.kicker.de/leverkusen-gegen-bayern-2020-dfb-pokal-4650637/analyse Match report] at kicker.de {{in lang|de}}
[https://www.worldfootball.net/report/dfb-pokal-2019-2020-finale-bayer-leverkusen-bayern-muenchen/ Match report] at WorldFootball.net
[https://www.fussballdaten.de/dfb-pokal/2020/finale/leverkusen-bayern/aufstellung/ Match report] at Fussballdaten.de {{in lang|de}}

2020

Category:2019–20 in German football cups

Category:Bayer 04 Leverkusen matches

Category:FC Bayern Munich matches

Category:Football competitions in Berlin

Category:July 2020 sports events in Germany

Category:2020 in Berlin

Category:Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|FIN}} Lukas Hradecky
RB	8	{{flagicon\|GER}} Lars Bender (c)		{{suboff\|82}}
CB	5	{{flagicon\|GER}} Sven Bender
CB	12	{{flagicon\|BFA}} Edmond Tapsoba
LB	18	{{flagicon\|BRA}} Wendell	{{yel\|28}}
CM	20	{{flagicon\|CHI}} Charles Aránguiz
CM	15	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Julian Baumgartlinger		{{suboff\|46}}
RW	19	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Moussa Diaby
AM	11	{{flagicon\|GER}} Nadiem Amiri		{{suboff\|46}}
LW	9	{{flagicon\|JAM}} Leon Bailey		{{suboff\|76}}
CF	29	{{flagicon\|GER}} Kai Havertz
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	28	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Ramazan Özcan
DF	4	{{flagicon\|GER}} Jonathan Tah
DF	6	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Aleksandar Dragović
DF	23	{{flagicon\|GER}} Mitchell Weiser		{{subon\|82}}
MF	10	{{flagicon\|GER}} Kerem Demirbay		{{subon\|46}}
MF	27	{{flagicon\|GER}} Florian Wirtz
MF	38	{{flagicon\|GER}} Karim Bellarabi		{{subon\|76}}
FW	13	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Lucas Alario
FW	31	{{flagicon\|GER}} Kevin Volland		{{subon\|46}}
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|NED}} Peter Bosz

2020 DFB-Pokal final

Teams

Background

Route to the final

Match

=Details=

=Statistics=

See also

Notes

References

External links