2022 DFB-Pokal final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2022 DFB-Pokal Final

| image = 2022 DFB-Pokal Final programme.jpg

| imagesize = frameless

| caption = Match programme cover

| event = 2021–22 DFB-Pokal

| team1 = SC Freiburg

| team1score = 1

| team2 = RB Leipzig

| team2score = 1

| details = After extra time
RB Leipzig won 4–2 on penalties

| date = {{Start date|2022|5|21|df=y}}

| stadium = Olympiastadion

| city = Berlin

| man_of_the_match1a = Nico Schlotterbeck {{nowrap|(SC Freiburg)}}{{cite news |url=https://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/dfbpokal/saison-2021-2022/finale/sc-freiburg-rb-leipzig/finale-stimmen-zum-leipziger-pokalsieg-tedesco-lobt-marsch.html |title=SC Freiburg – RB Leipzig, Stimmen zum DFB-Pokalfinale: "Man darf den alten Trainer nicht schlecht machen" |trans-title=SC Freiburg – RB Leipzig, quotes on the DFB-Pokal Final: "You cannot badmouth the old coach". |website=SPOX.com |date=22 May 2022 |access-date=22 May 2022 |language=de |quote=Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg, vom DFB zum Spieler des Spiels gewählt) [Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg, voted player of the match by the DFB)]}}

| referee = Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel){{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/stegemann-leitet-dfb-pokalfinale-in-berlin-239645/ |title=Stegemann leitet DFB-Pokalfinale in Berlin |trans-title=Stegemann leads DFB-Pokal final in Berlin |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=3 May 2022 |access-date=3 May 2022 |language=de}}

| attendance = 74,322{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/spieltag/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2337120 |title=DFB-Pokal, 2021/2022, Finale |trans-title=2021–22 DFB-Pokal, Final |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=21 May 2022 |access-date=21 May 2022 |language=de}}

| weather =

| previous = 2021

| next = 2023

}}

The 2022 DFB-Pokal final was an association football match played between RB Leipzig and SC Freiburg at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on 21 May 2022. Organized by the German Football Association (DFB), it was the 79th final of the competition and the first match which allowed full capacity in two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.{{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=de}}{{cite news |url=https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dfb-praesidium-verabschiedet-rahmenterminkalender-20212022-222481/ |title=DFB-Präsidium verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender 2021/2022 |trans-title=DFB executive committee passes framework schedule 2021–2022 |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=4 December 2020 |language=de}}

RB Leipzig won the match 4–2 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time, for their first DFB-Pokal title.{{cite news |url=https://www.kicker.de/freiburg-gegen-leipzig-2022-dfb-pokal-4770850/analyse|title=Freiburg versagen die Nerven vom Punkt: Leipzig gewinnt den DFB-Pokal|work=Kicker|date=21 May 2022 |access-date=21 May 2022 }} As winners, they hosted the 2022 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the following season, and faced the champion of the 2021–22 edition of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich. As Leipzig already qualified for the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Champions League through their position in the Bundesliga, the UEFA Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners went to the sixth-placed team, and the league's UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round spot to the seventh-placed team.{{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)
SC Freiburg \| None
RB Leipzig \| 2 (2019, 2021)

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Team

! Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)

SC Freiburg

| None

RB Leipzig

| 2 (2019, 2021)

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=de}}

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

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colspan="2" \| SC Freiburg ! Round ! colspan="2" \| RB Leipzig
style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| style="width:25%;" \| Opponent \| style="width:15%;" \| Result \| 2021–22 DFB-Pokal \| style="width:25%;" \| Opponent \| style="width:15%;" \| Result
style="text-align:left;" \| Würzburger Kickers \| 1–0 (A) \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| First round \| style="text-align:left;" \| SV Sandhausen \| 4–0 (A)
style="text-align:left;" \| VfL Osnabrück \| 2–2 {{aet}} {{pso\|3–2}} (A) \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| Second round \| style="text-align:left;" \| SV Babelsberg \| 1–0 (A)
style="text-align:left;" \| 1899 Hoffenheim \| 4–1 (A) \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| Round of 16 \| style="text-align:left;" \| Hansa Rostock \| 2–0 (H)
style="text-align:left;" \| VfL Bochum \| 2–1 {{aet}} (A) \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| Quarter-finals \| style="text-align:left;" \| Hannover 96 \| 4–0 (A)
style="text-align:left;" \| Hamburger SV \| 3–1 (A) \| style="background:#C1E0FF;" \| Semi-finals \| style="text-align:left;" \| Union Berlin \| 2–1 (H)

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colspan="2" | SC Freiburg

! Round

! colspan="2" | RB Leipzig

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

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

| 2021–22 DFB-Pokal

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

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

style="text-align:left;" | Würzburger Kickers

| 1–0 (A)

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

| style="text-align:left;" | SV Sandhausen

| 4–0 (A)

style="text-align:left;" | VfL Osnabrück

| 2–2 {{aet}} {{pso|3–2}} (A)

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

| style="text-align:left;" | SV Babelsberg

| 1–0 (A)

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

| 4–1 (A)

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

| style="text-align:left;" | Hansa Rostock

| 2–0 (H)

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

| 2–1 {{aet}} (A)

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

| style="text-align:left;" | Hannover 96

| 4–0 (A)

style="text-align:left;" | Hamburger SV

| 3–1 (A)

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

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

| 2–1 (H)

Match

=Details=

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Eggestein {{goal|19}}

|goals2 =

Nkunku {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Olympiastadion, Berlin

|attendance = 74,322

|referee = Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

|penalties1 =

Petersen {{pengoal}}
Günter {{penmiss}}
K. Schlotterbeck {{pengoal}}
Demirović {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore = 2–4

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{{pengoal}} Nkunku
{{pengoal}} Orbán
{{pengoal}} Olmo
{{pengoal}} Henrichs

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GK	26	{{flagicon\|NED}} Mark Flekken
CB	5	{{flagicon\|GER}} Manuel Gulde		{{suboff\|106}}
CB	3	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Philipp Lienhart	{{yel\|90}}
CB	4	{{flagicon\|GER}} Nico Schlotterbeck
RM	17	{{flagicon\|GER}} Lukas Kübler	{{yel\|81}}	{{suboff\|86}}
CM	8	{{flagicon\|GER}} Maximilian Eggestein		{{suboff\|86}}
CM	27	{{flagicon\|GER}} Nicolas Höfler
LM	30	{{flagicon\|GER}} Christian Günter (c)
RW	22	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Roland Sallai		{{suboff\|79}}
LW	32	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Vincenzo Grifo
CF	9	{{flagicon\|GER}} Lucas Höler		{{suboff\|79}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	1	{{flagicon\|GER}} Benjamin Uphoff
DF	7	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Jonathan Schmid		{{subon\|86}}
DF	25	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Kiliann Sildillia
DF	31	{{flagicon\|GER}} Keven Schlotterbeck		{{subon\|106}}
MF	19	{{flagicon\|GER}} Janik Haberer		{{subon\|86}}
MF	33	{{flagicon\|GER}} Noah Weißhaupt
FW	11	{{flagicon\|BIH}} Ermedin Demirović	{{yel\|113}}	{{subon\|79}}
FW	18	{{flagicon\|GER}} Nils Petersen		{{subon\|79}}
FW	29	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Jeong Woo-yeong
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|GER}} Christian Streich

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Péter Gulácsi (c)
CB	2	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Mohamed Simakan	{{yel\|57}}	{{suboff\|113}}
CB	4	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Willi Orbán
CB	23	{{flagicon\|GER}} Marcel Halstenberg	{{sent off\|0\|57}}
RM	16	{{flagicon\|GER}} Lukas Klostermann
CM	27	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Konrad Laimer		{{suboff\|99}}
CM	44	{{flagicon\|SVN}} Kevin Kampl	{{sent off\|2\|57\|118}}	{{suboff\|69}}
LM	39	{{flagicon\|GER}} Benjamin Henrichs
RW	10	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Emil Forsberg	{{yel\|82}}	{{suboff\|61}}
LW	18	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Christopher Nkunku
CF	33	{{flagicon\|POR}} André Silva		{{suboff\|61}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	31	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Josep Martínez
DF	3	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Angeliño
DF	22	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Nordi Mukiele		{{subon\|61}}
DF	32	{{flagicon\|CRO}} Joško Gvardiol		{{subon\|113}}
MF	8	{{flagicon\|MLI}} Amadou Haidara
MF	14	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tyler Adams		{{subon\|99}}
MF	17	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Dominik Szoboszlai		{{subon\|61}}
MF	25	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Dani Olmo		{{subon\|69}}
FW	9	{{flagicon\|DEN}} Yussuf Poulsen
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Domenico Tedesco	{{yel\|90+2}}

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Man of the Match:

Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg)

Assistant referees:

Mike Pickel (Mendig)

Frederick Assmuth (Cologne)

Fourth official:

Robert Schröder (Hanover)

Video assistant referee:

Sören Storks ({{ill|Ramsdorf|de}})

Assistant video assistant referee:

Christian Gittelmann (Gauersheim)

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Match rules{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/fileadmin/_dfbdam/253542-08_Spielordnung.pdf |title=Spielordnung |trans-title=Match rules |website=DFB.de |publisher=German Football Association |format=PDF |at=sec. 46 |access-date=12 February 2022 |language=de}}{{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 |format=PDF |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.}}

Notes

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.dfb.de/dfb-pokal/start/}}

2022

Category:2021–22 in German football cups

Category:SC Freiburg matches

Category:RB Leipzig matches

Category:Football competitions in Berlin

Category:May 2022 sports events in Germany

Category:2022 in Berlin

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GK	26	{{flagicon\|NED}} Mark Flekken
CB	5	{{flagicon\|GER}} Manuel Gulde		{{suboff\|106}}
CB	3	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Philipp Lienhart	{{yel\|90}}
CB	4	{{flagicon\|GER}} Nico Schlotterbeck
RM	17	{{flagicon\|GER}} Lukas Kübler	{{yel\|81}}	{{suboff\|86}}
CM	8	{{flagicon\|GER}} Maximilian Eggestein		{{suboff\|86}}
CM	27	{{flagicon\|GER}} Nicolas Höfler
LM	30	{{flagicon\|GER}} Christian Günter (c)
RW	22	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Roland Sallai		{{suboff\|79}}
LW	32	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Vincenzo Grifo
CF	9	{{flagicon\|GER}} Lucas Höler		{{suboff\|79}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	1	{{flagicon\|GER}} Benjamin Uphoff
DF	7	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Jonathan Schmid		{{subon\|86}}
DF	25	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Kiliann Sildillia
DF	31	{{flagicon\|GER}} Keven Schlotterbeck		{{subon\|106}}
MF	19	{{flagicon\|GER}} Janik Haberer		{{subon\|86}}
MF	33	{{flagicon\|GER}} Noah Weißhaupt
FW	11	{{flagicon\|BIH}} Ermedin Demirović	{{yel\|113}}	{{subon\|79}}
FW	18	{{flagicon\|GER}} Nils Petersen		{{subon\|79}}
FW	29	{{flagicon\|KOR}} Jeong Woo-yeong
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|GER}} Christian Streich

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GK	1	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Péter Gulácsi (c)
CB	2	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Mohamed Simakan	{{yel\|57}}	{{suboff\|113}}
CB	4	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Willi Orbán
CB	23	{{flagicon\|GER}} Marcel Halstenberg	{{sent off\|0\|57}}
RM	16	{{flagicon\|GER}} Lukas Klostermann
CM	27	{{flagicon\|AUT}} Konrad Laimer		{{suboff\|99}}
CM	44	{{flagicon\|SVN}} Kevin Kampl	{{sent off\|2\|57\|118}}	{{suboff\|69}}
LM	39	{{flagicon\|GER}} Benjamin Henrichs
RW	10	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Emil Forsberg	{{yel\|82}}	{{suboff\|61}}
LW	18	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Christopher Nkunku
CF	33	{{flagicon\|POR}} André Silva		{{suboff\|61}}
colspan=3\|Substitutes:
GK	31	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Josep Martínez
DF	3	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Angeliño
DF	22	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Nordi Mukiele		{{subon\|61}}
DF	32	{{flagicon\|CRO}} Joško Gvardiol		{{subon\|113}}
MF	8	{{flagicon\|MLI}} Amadou Haidara
MF	14	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tyler Adams		{{subon\|99}}
MF	17	{{flagicon\|HUN}} Dominik Szoboszlai		{{subon\|61}}
MF	25	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Dani Olmo		{{subon\|69}}
FW	9	{{flagicon\|DEN}} Yussuf Poulsen
colspan=3\|Manager:
colspan=3\|{{flagicon\|ITA}} Domenico Tedesco	{{yel\|90+2}}