2015 DFL-Supercup

The 2015 DFL-Supercup was the sixth edition of the German Super Cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. It featured Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2014–15 Bundesliga, and VfL Wolfsburg, the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal.

2015 DFL-Supercup

Match programme cover
Event	DFL-Supercup
VfL Wolfsburg Bayern Munich 1 1
VfL Wolfsburg won 5–4 on penalties
Date	1 August 2015
Venue	Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Man of the Match	Nicklas Bendtner (VfL Wolfsburg)[1]
Referee	Marco Fritz (Korb)
Attendance	30,000
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Bayern lost 2–0 in the previous edition, to Borussia Dortmund.^[2]

The match was played on 1 August 2015.^[3] Wolfsburg defeated Bayern Munich 5–4 on penalties after the match had ended 1–1.

Teams

In the following table, matches until 1996 in the DFB-Supercup era, matches since 2010 in the DFL-Supercup era.

Team	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
VfL Wolfsburg	2014–15 DFB-Pokal winners	None[a]
Bayern Munich	2014–15 Bundesliga champions	8 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)[b]

1. Runners-up in the unofficial 2009 German Supercup.
2. Runners-up in the unofficial 2008 German Supercup. Six-time winners and one-time runners-up in the DFL-Ligapokal.

Match

Summary

Arjen Robben had put Bayern Munich ahead in the 49th minute from close range after goalkeeper Koen Casteels had fumbled a cross from the left from Douglas Costa. Nicklas Bendtner leveled the game in the 89th minute scoring at the near post after a cross from Kevin De Bruyne from the right. Bendtner went on to score the decisive penalty in the penalty shoot-out shooting high into the top left corner as Wolfsburg won 5–4.^[4]

Details

1 August 2015 (2015-08-01)

20:30 CEST

VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Bayern Munich
Bendtner 89'	Report	Robben 49'
Penalties
Rodriguez De Bruyne Schürrle Kruse Bendtner	5–4	Vidal Alonso Robben Lahm Douglas Costa

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

VfL Wolfsburg

Bayern Munich

GK 28 Koen Casteels RB 8 Vieirinha CB 25 Naldo (c)  71' CB 5 Timm Klose LB 34 Ricardo Rodriguez CM 23 Josuha Guilavogui  35' CM 27 Maximilian Arnold RW 7 Daniel Caligiuri  63' AM 14 Kevin De Bruyne LW 9 Ivan Perišić  77'  70' CF 12 Bas Dost  70' Substitutions: GK 20 Max Grün DF 4 Marcel Schäfer DF 15 Christian Träsch DF 31 Robin Knoche MF 17 André Schürrle  63' FW 3 Nicklas Bendtner  70' FW 11 Max Kruse  70' Manager: Dieter Hecking

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 21 Philipp Lahm (c) CB 17 Jérôme Boateng CB 5 Medhi Benatia LB 27 David Alaba CM 6 Thiago  74' CM 14 Xabi Alonso AM 25 Thomas Müller  84' RW 10 Arjen Robben CF 9 Robert Lewandowski  72' LW 11 Douglas Costa  21' Substitutions: GK 26 Sven Ulreich DF 13 Rafinha  72' DF 18 Juan Bernat MF 19 Mario Götze  84' MF 20 Sebastian Rode MF 23 Arturo Vidal  82'  74' MF 32 Joshua Kimmich Manager: Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match: Nicklas Bendtner (VfL Wolfsburg)[1] Assistant referees: Dominik Schaal (Tübingen) Marcel Pelgrim (Hamminkeln-Loikum) Fourth official: Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

See also

• 2015–16 Bundesliga
• 2015–16 DFB-Pokal