2018 DFL-Supercup

The 2018 DFL-Supercup was the ninth 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. The match was played on 12 August 2018.^[5]

2018 DFL-Supercup

German Supercup
Match programme cover
Event	DFL-Supercup
Eintracht Frankfurt Bayern Munich 0 5
Date	12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)
Venue	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
Man of the Match	Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)[1]
Referee	Marco Fritz (Korb)[2]
Attendance	51,500[3]
Weather	Partly cloudy 24 °C (75 °F) 36% humidity[4]
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The DFL-Supercup featured Eintracht Frankfurt, the winners of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal, and Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2017–18 Bundesliga and two-time defending champions of the DFL-Supercup.

Bayern Munich won the match 5–0 for their third consecutive and seventh overall title.

Teams

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

Team	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Eintracht Frankfurt	2017–18 DFB-Pokal winners	1 (1988)
Bayern MunichTH	2017–18 Bundesliga champions	11 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)[a]

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

Background

This was the first competitive match for incoming Bayern manager Niko Kovač, who left Eintracht Frankfurt the previous season after leading them to the DFB-Pokal title over future employers Bayern Munich.

Match

Details

Eintracht Frankfurt	0–5	Bayern Munich
	Report	Lewandowski 21', 26', 54' Coman 63' Thiago 85'

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)

20:30 CEST

Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt

Attendance: 51,500

Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

Eintracht Frankfurt

Bayern Munich

GK 1 Frederik Rønnow CB 19 David Abraham (c)  70' CB 20 Makoto Hasebe CB 13 Carlos Salcedo RM 24 Danny da Costa CM 16 Lucas Torró CM 6 Jonathan de Guzmán  64' LM 15 Jetro Willems RW 11 Mijat Gaćinović LW 10 Marco Fabián  64' CF 9 Sébastien Haller  76' Substitutes: GK 29 Felix Wiedwald DF 23 Marco Russ DF 33 Taleb Tawatha MF 5 Gelson Fernandes MF 7 Danny Blum  64' FW 4 Ante Rebić  64' FW 8 Luka Jović  76' Manager: Adi Hütter

GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c) RB 32 Joshua Kimmich CB 4 Niklas Süle CB 5 Mats Hummels  45+1' LB 27 David Alaba DM 8 Javi Martínez CM 25 Thomas Müller  64' CM 6 Thiago RW 10 Arjen Robben  58' LW 7 Franck Ribéry CF 9 Robert Lewandowski  72' Substitutes: GK 26 Sven Ulreich DF 13 Rafinha DF 14 Juan Bernat MF 18 Leon Goretzka  64' MF 19 Sebastian Rudy MF 29 Kingsley Coman  58' FW 2 Sandro Wagner  72' Manager: Niko Kovač

Man of the Match: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Dominik Schaal (Tübingen) Marcel Pelgrim (Hamminkeln-Loikum) Fourth official:[2] Martin Petersen (Stuttgart) Video assistant referee:[2] Bastian Dankert (Rostock) Assistant video assistant referee:[2] René Rohde (Rostock)

Match rules[6] 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

Statistic[7]	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bayern Munich
Goals scored	0	5
Total shots	8	13
Shots on target	1	7
Saves	2	1
Ball possession	32%	68%
Corner kicks	3	5
Fouls committed	8	9
Offsides	0	2
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0

See also

• 2018–19 Bundesliga
• 2018–19 DFB-Pokal