2024 DFB-Pokal final
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| Event | 2023–24 DFB-Pokal | ||||||
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| Date | 25 May 2024 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion, Berlin | ||||||
| Referee | Bastian Dankert (Rostock)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 74,322[2] | ||||||
The 2024 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal, the 81st season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 25 May 2024 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[3][4]
The match featured 1. FC Kaiserslautern, a 2. Bundesliga side, and Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen won the match 1–0 for their second DFB-Pokal title.[5][6]
With the win, Leverkusen completed their first domestic double, and therefore faced Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart in the 2024 DFL-Supercup.[7]
Furthermore, since Leverkusen already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the seventh-placed team in the Bundesliga, TSG Hoffenheim, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, and the play-off round spot of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League went to the team in eighth, 1. FC Heidenheim.[8]
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) |
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| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 7 (1961, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1990, 1996, 2003) |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 4 (1993, 2002, 2009, 2020) |
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.[9]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Round | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2023–24 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| Rot-Weiß Koblenz | 5–0 (A) | First round | Teutonia Ottensen | 8–0 (A) |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–2 (H) | Second round | SV Sandhausen | 5–2 (A) |
| 1. FC Nürnberg | 2–0 (H) | Round of 16 | SC Paderborn | 3–1 (H) |
| Hertha BSC | 3–1 (A) | Quarter-finals | VfB Stuttgart | 3–2 (H) |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken | 2–0 (A) | Semi-finals | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 4–0 (H) |
Match
Details
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See also
References
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- ^ "DFB-Pokal, 2023/2024, Finale" [2023–24 DFB-Pokal, Final]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ^ "DFB verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender der Männer 2023/2024" [DFB adopts men's 2023–24 framework schedule]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Kaiserslautern 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1". BBC Sport. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Bayer Leverkusen complete double with DFB Pokal final win". ESPN. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Xhakas Geniestreich beschert Leverkusen Pokalsieg und Double". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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- ^ "Modus" [Mode]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Spielordnung/Schiedsrichterordnung" [Match rules/referee rules] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 30 September 2022. sec. 46, par. 2.1.2 (p. 77). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Durchführungsbestimmungen zur DFB-Spielordnung und weitere Richtlinien" [Implementing regulations for the DFB match regulations and other guidelines] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 1 February 2023. par. 30–31 (pp. 26–27). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.