2020 DFB-Pokal final

The 2020 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, the 77th season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 4 July 2020 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[5][6] Though originally scheduled for 23 May 2020, the German Football Association postponed the final on 24 April due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.^[7] On 11 May 2020, the DFB Executive Committee approved a resumption of the competition, with the final scheduled for 4 July, subject to political approval, using a hygiene concept similar to that implemented by the DFL in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. As with other competitions, the match was played behind closed doors without any spectators.^[8][9] Due to the postponement, the match was the first DFB-Pokal final to take place after June since 1974.^[5]

2020 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	2019–20 DFB-Pokal
Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich 2 4
Date	4 July 2020 (2020-07-04)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Man of the Match	Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)[1][2]
Referee	Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)[3]
Attendance	0[note 1]
Weather	Fair 22 °C (72 °F) 60% humidity[4]
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The match featured Bundesliga clubs Bayer Leverkusen, in their first final since 2009, and Bayern Munich, the title holders and record-winners of the competition in their third consecutive final. Bayern Munich won the final 4–2 to win a second consecutive and record 20th overall DFB-Pokal title.^[10]

With the win, Bayern completed their 13th domestic double (later completing a second continental treble), and played at home against 2019–20 Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund in the 2020 DFL-Supercup. Because Bayern had already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the sixth-place team in the Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Europa League, and the league's second qualifying round spot went to the team in seventh, VfL Wolfsburg.^[11]

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)
Bayer Leverkusen	3 (1993, 2002, 2009)
Bayern Munich	23 (1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019)

Background

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.^[12]

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

Bayer Leverkusen		Round	Bayern Munich
Opponent	Result	2019–20 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Alemannia Aachen (A)	4–1	First round	Energie Cottbus (A)	3–1
SC Paderborn (H)	1–0	Second round	VfL Bochum (A)	2–1
VfB Stuttgart (H)	2–1	Round of 16	1899 Hoffenheim (H)	4–3
Union Berlin (H)	3–1	Quarter-finals	Schalke 04 (A)	1–0
1. FC Saarbrücken (A)	3–0	Semi-finals	Eintracht Frankfurt (H)	2–1

Match

Details

Bayer Leverkusen	2–4	Bayern Munich
S. Bender 64' Havertz 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Alaba 16' Gnabry 24' Lewandowski 59', 89'

4 July 2020 (2020-07-04)

20:00 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich

GK 1 Lukas Hradecky RB 8 Lars Bender (c)  82' CB 5 Sven Bender CB 12 Edmond Tapsoba LB 18 Wendell  28' CM 20 Charles Aránguiz CM 15 Julian Baumgartlinger  46' RW 19 Moussa Diaby AM 11 Nadiem Amiri  46' LW 9 Leon Bailey  76' CF 29 Kai Havertz Substitutes: GK 28 Ramazan Özcan DF 4 Jonathan Tah DF 6 Aleksandar Dragović DF 23 Mitchell Weiser  82' MF 10 Kerem Demirbay  46' MF 27 Florian Wirtz MF 38 Karim Bellarabi  76' FW 13 Lucas Alario FW 31 Kevin Volland  46' Manager: Peter Bosz

GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c) RB 5 Benjamin Pavard CB 17 Jérôme Boateng  69' CB 27 David Alaba LB 19 Alphonso Davies CM 32 Joshua Kimmich CM 18 Leon Goretzka RW 22 Serge Gnabry  87' AM 25 Thomas Müller  87' LW 29 Kingsley Coman  64' CF 9 Robert Lewandowski  67' Substitutes: GK 26 Sven Ulreich DF 2 Álvaro Odriozola DF 4 Niklas Süle DF 21 Lucas Hernandez  69' MF 6 Thiago  87' MF 10 Philippe Coutinho  87' MF 11 Michaël Cuisance FW 14 Ivan Perišić  64' FW 35 Joshua Zirkzee Manager: Hansi Flick

Man of the Match: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)[1] Assistant referees:[3] Rafael Foltyn (Wiesbaden) Martin Thomsen (Kleve) Fourth official:[3] Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg) Video assistant referee:[3] Felix Zwayer (Berlin) Assistant video assistant referee:[3] Marco Achmüller (Bad Füssing)

Match rules[13][14] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.[note 2]

Statistics

Statistic[15]	Bayer Leverkusen	Bayern Munich
Goals scored	2	4
Total shots	7	17
Shots on target	3	7
Saves	3	1
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	3	5
Fouls committed	15	14
Offsides	7	1
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0

See also

• 2020 DFL-Supercup
• Football in Berlin

Notes

1. The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.
2. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.