2022 DFB-Pokal final

The 2022 DFB-Pokal final was an association football match played between RB Leipzig and SC Freiburg at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on 21 May 2022. Organized by the German Football Association (DFB), it was the 79th final of the competition and the first match which allowed full capacity in two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.^[4][5]

2022 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	2021–22 DFB-Pokal
SC Freiburg RB Leipzig 1 1
After extra time RB Leipzig won 4–2 on penalties
Date	21 May 2022 (2022-05-21)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Man of the Match	Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg)[1]
Referee	Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)[2]
Attendance	74,322[3]
← 2021 2023 →

RB Leipzig won the match 4–2 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time, for their first DFB-Pokal title.^[6] As winners, they hosted the 2022 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the following season, and faced the champion of the 2021–22 edition of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich. As Leipzig already qualified for the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Champions League through their position in the Bundesliga, the UEFA Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners went to the sixth-placed team, and the league's UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round spot to the seventh-placed team.^[7]

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)
SC Freiburg	None
RB Leipzig	2 (2019, 2021)

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.^[8]

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

SC Freiburg		Round	RB Leipzig
Opponent	Result	2021–22 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Würzburger Kickers	1–0 (A)	First round	SV Sandhausen	4–0 (A)
VfL Osnabrück	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) (A)	Second round	SV Babelsberg	1–0 (A)
1899 Hoffenheim	4–1 (A)	Round of 16	Hansa Rostock	2–0 (H)
VfL Bochum	2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Quarter-finals	Hannover 96	4–0 (A)
Hamburger SV	3–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Union Berlin	2–1 (H)

Match

Details

SC Freiburg	1–1 (a.e.t.)	RB Leipzig
Eggestein 19'	Report	Nkunku 76'
Penalties
Petersen Günter K. Schlotterbeck Demirović	2–4	Nkunku Orbán Olmo Henrichs

21 May 2022 (2022-05-21)

20:00 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,322

Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

SC Freiburg

RB Leipzig

GK 26 Mark Flekken CB 5 Manuel Gulde  106' CB 3 Philipp Lienhart  90' CB 4 Nico Schlotterbeck RM 17 Lukas Kübler  81'  86' CM 8 Maximilian Eggestein  86' CM 27 Nicolas Höfler LM 30 Christian Günter (c) RW 22 Roland Sallai  79' LW 32 Vincenzo Grifo CF 9 Lucas Höler  79' Substitutes: GK 1 Benjamin Uphoff DF 7 Jonathan Schmid  86' DF 25 Kiliann Sildillia DF 31 Keven Schlotterbeck  106' MF 19 Janik Haberer  86' MF 33 Noah Weißhaupt FW 11 Ermedin Demirović  113'  79' FW 18 Nils Petersen  79' FW 29 Jeong Woo-yeong Manager: Christian Streich

GK 1 Péter Gulácsi (c) CB 2 Mohamed Simakan  57'  113' CB 4 Willi Orbán CB 23 Marcel Halstenberg  57' RM 16 Lukas Klostermann CM 27 Konrad Laimer  99' CM 44 Kevin Kampl  57'  118'  69' LM 39 Benjamin Henrichs RW 10 Emil Forsberg  82'  61' LW 18 Christopher Nkunku CF 33 André Silva  61' Substitutes: GK 31 Josep Martínez DF 3 Angeliño DF 22 Nordi Mukiele  61' DF 32 Joško Gvardiol  113' MF 8 Amadou Haidara MF 14 Tyler Adams  99' MF 17 Dominik Szoboszlai  61' MF 25 Dani Olmo  69' FW 9 Yussuf Poulsen Manager: Domenico Tedesco  90+2'

Man of the Match: Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Mike Pickel (Mendig) Frederick Assmuth (Cologne) Fourth official:[2] Robert Schröder (Hanover) Video assistant referee:[2] Sören Storks (Ramsdorf [de]) Assistant video assistant referee:[2] Christian Gittelmann (Gauersheim)

Match rules[9][10] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.[note 1]

See also

• 2022 DFL-Supercup
• Football in Berlin

Notes

1. 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.