2007 DFB-Pokal final

The 2007 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, the 64th running of Germany's premier football cup competition. In the final, 1. FC Nürnberg defeated VfB Stuttgart 3–2 after extra time,^[3] thereby claiming their fourth title and denying Bundesliga champions Stuttgart a double. A 109th-minute strike from Danish midfielder Jan Kristiansen won the game for Nürnberg.

2007 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	2006–07 DFB-Pokal
VfB Stuttgart 1. FC Nürnberg 2 3
After extra time
Date	26 May 2007 (2007-05-26)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Michael Weiner (Giesen)[1]
Attendance	74,220
Weather	Mostly cloudy 18 °C (64 °F) 83% humidity[2]
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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.^[4]

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

VfB Stuttgart		Round	1. FC Nürnberg
Opponent	Result	2006–07 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Alemannia Aachen II (A)	4–0	First round	BV Cloppenburg (A)	1–0
Babelsberg 03 (A)	4–2	Second round	SC Paderborn (A)	2–1 (a.e.t.)
VfL Bochum (A)	4–1	Round of 16	SpVgg Unterhaching (H)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)
Hertha BSC (H)	2–0	Quarter-finals	Hannover 96 (H)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)
VfL Wolfsburg (A)	1–0	Semi-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt (H)	4–0

Match

Summary

Fans of champions 1. FC Nürnberg in the stadium.

Nürnberg started off strong in the final with a few opportunities, but a mistake by the Nürnberg defence saw Cacau open the scoring for Stuttgart 20 minutes in. Seven minutes later, Nürnberg equalised with a goal from Marek Mintál. The match went to half-time with scores level at 1–1.

Shortly after the restart, Marco Engelhardt headed the ball in to put Nürnberg ahead for the first time in the match. With 10 minutes remaining in regular time, Nürnberg goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer took down Mario Gómez, and referee Michael Weiner awarded a penalty. Pável Pardo converted the penalty to level the match at 2–2. The scores remained level, and the match went into extra time.

In the 109th minute, Jan Kristiansen shot from 28 meters out. The ball sailed over Stuttgart keeper Timo Hildebrand and hit the underside of the crossbar and going into the back of the net to give Nürnberg a 3–2 lead with 11 minutes remaining. The scores remained the same until the end of extra time, giving Nürnberg their fourth DFB-Pokal title.^[5]

Details

VfB Stuttgart	2–3 (a.e.t.)	1. FC Nürnberg
Cacau 20' Pardo 80' (pen.)	Report	Mintál 27' Engelhardt 47' Kristiansen 109'

26 May 2007 (2007-05-26)

20:00 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,220

Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

VfB Stuttgart

1. FC Nürnberg

GK 1 Timo Hildebrand RB 3 Ricardo Osorio  55'  68' CB 6 Fernando Meira (c)  32' CB 17 Matthieu Delpierre LB 21 Ludovic Magnin RM 19 Roberto Hilbert CM 28 Sami Khedira  67'  100' CM 13 Pável Pardo LM 11 Thomas Hitzlsperger SS 25 Antônio da Silva  46' CF 18 Cacau  31' Substitutes: GK 41 Michael Langer DF 15 Arthur Boka  68' DF 35 Serdar Tasci  100' MF 14 Alexander Farnerud FW 9 Marco Streller FW 16 Benjamin Lauth FW 33 Mario Gómez  118'  46' Manager: Armin Veh

GK 1 Raphael Schäfer (c) RB 28 Dominik Reinhardt CB 5 Andreas Wolf CB 7 Marek Nikl  14'  72' LB 25 Javier Pinola  115' CM 6 Tomáš Galásek  92' CM 22 Marco Engelhardt RW 13 Ivan Saenko AM 11 Marek Mintál  35' LW 19 Jan Kristiansen CF 21 Markus Schroth  57' Substitutes: GK 18 Daniel Klewer DF 23 Matthew Spiranovic  84'  72' MF 8 Jan Polák  35' MF 10 Ivica Banović  115' MF 36 Jawhar Mnari FW 35 Chhunly Pagenburg Manager: Hans Meyer

Assistant referees:[1] Norbert Grudzinski (Hamburg) Kai Voss (Großhansdorf) Fourth official:[1] Babak Rafati (Hanover)

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.