2012 DFB-Pokal final

The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal, the 62nd season of Germany's premier football cup competition, came to a close on 12 May 2012 when Borussia Dortmund played against Bayern Munich at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

2012 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	2011–12 DFB-Pokal
Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich 5 2
Date	12 May 2012 (2012-05-12)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)[1]
Attendance	75,708
Weather	Clear 11 °C (52 °F) 41% humidity[2]
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Borussia Dortmund won 5–2, their third DFB-Pokal triumph and the completion of their first Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double.^[3][4][5]

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.^[6]

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

Borussia Dortmund		Round	Bayern Munich
Opponent	Result	2011–12 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
SV Sandhausen (A)	3–0	First round	Eintracht Braunschweig (A)	3–0
Dynamo Dresden (H)	2–0	Second round	FC Ingolstadt (H)	6–0
Fortuna Düsseldorf (A)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Round of 16	VfL Bochum (A)	2–1
Holstein Kiel (A)	4–0	Quarter-finals	VfB Stuttgart (A)	2–0
Greuther Fürth (A)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	Borussia Mönchengladbach (A)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)

Match

Details

Borussia Dortmund	5–2	Bayern Munich
Kagawa 3' Hummels 41' (pen.) Lewandowski 45+1', 58', 81'	Report	Robben 25' (pen.) Ribéry 75'

12 May 2012 (2012-05-12)

20:00 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 75,708

Referee: Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)

Borussia Dortmund

Bayern Munich

GK 1 Roman Weidenfeller  23'  34' RB 26 Łukasz Piszczek CB 4 Neven Subotić CB 15 Mats Hummels  83' LB 29 Marcel Schmelzer CM 21 İlkay Gündoğan CM 5 Sebastian Kehl (c) RW 16 Jakub Błaszczykowski  84' AM 23 Shinji Kagawa  81' LW 19 Kevin Großkreutz CF 9 Robert Lewandowski Substitutes: GK 20 Mitchell Langerak  34' DF 27 Felipe Santana MF 7 Moritz Leitner MF 11 Mario Götze MF 14 Ivan Perišić  84' MF 22 Sven Bender  81' FW 18 Lucas Barrios Manager: Jürgen Klopp

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 21 Philipp Lahm (c) CB 17 Jérôme Boateng CB 28 Holger Badstuber  51' LB 27 David Alaba  69' CM 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger  70' CM 30 Luiz Gustavo  46' RW 10 Arjen Robben AM 39 Toni Kroos LW 7 Franck Ribéry CF 33 Mario Gómez Substitutes: GK 22 Hans-Jörg Butt DF 13 Rafinha DF 26 Diego Contento  69' MF 23 Danijel Pranjić MF 25 Thomas Müller  46' MF 44 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk FW 11 Ivica Olić Manager: Jupp Heynckes

Assistant referees:[1] Matthias Anklam (Buchholz in der Nordheide) Sascha Thielert (Buchholz in der Nordheide) Fourth official:[1] Marco Fritz (Korb)

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.