2025 DFB-Pokal final

The 2025 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2024–25 DFB-Pokal, the 82nd season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 24 May 2025 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[3][4]

2025 DFB-Pokal final

The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final.
Event	2024–25 DFB-Pokal
Arminia Bielefeld VfB Stuttgart 2 4
Date	24 May 2025 (2025-05-24)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)[1]
Attendance	74,036[2]
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The match featured Arminia Bielefeld, a 3. Liga side, and VfB Stuttgart, a Bundesliga side. Arminia Bielefeld, in their first final, became the fourth third-division side to reach the DFB-Pokal final.

VfB Stuttgart won the match 4–2 for their fourth DFB-Pokal title. As winners, they will host the 2025 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup at the start of the following season, and will face the champion of the 2024–25 Bundesliga, Bayern Munich. They also earned automatic qualification for the league phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League.^[5]

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)
Arminia Bielefeld	None
VfB Stuttgart	6 (1954, 1958, 1986, 1997, 2007, 2013)

Arminia Bielefeld reached their first German Cup final, becoming the first team from the 3. Liga to do so. They are the fourth team from the third division to reach the DFB-Pokal final, following Hertha BSC Amateure in 1993, Energie Cottbus in 1997 and Union Berlin in 2001—each of whom lost.^[6]

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.^[7]

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

Arminia Bielefeld		Round	VfB Stuttgart
Opponent	Result	2024–25 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Hannover 96	2–0 (H)	First round	Preußen Münster	5–0 (A)
Union Berlin	2–0 (H)	Second round	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2–1 (H)
SC Freiburg	3–1 (H)	Round of 16	Jahn Regensburg	3–0 (A)
Werder Bremen	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	FC Augsburg	1–0 (H)
Bayer Leverkusen	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	RB Leipzig	3–1 (H)

Match

Details

Arminia Bielefeld	2–4	VfB Stuttgart
Kania 82' Vagnoman 85' (o.g.)	Report	Woltemade 15' Millot 22', 66' Undav 28'

24 May 2025 (2025-05-24)

20:00 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,036

Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

Arminia Bielefeld

VfB Stuttgart

GK 1 Jonas Kersken RB 2 Felix Hagmann  46' CB 19 Maximilian Großer CB 23 Leon Schneider  53' LB 4 Louis Oppie DM 21 Stefano Russo CM 6 Mael Corboz (c) CM 8 Sam Schreck  46' RW 37 Noah Sarenren Bazee  25'  59' LW 38 Marius Wörl  83' CF 11 Joel Grodowski  80' Substitutes: GK 18 Leo Oppermann DF 3 Joel Felix  90'  59' DF 24 Christopher Lannert  46' MF 10 Nassim Boujellab MF 13 Lukas Kunze  83' MF 17 Merveille Biankadi FW 7 Julian Kania  80' FW 22 Mika Schroers FW 30 Isaiah Young  46' Manager: Michél Kniat  53'

GK 33 Alexander Nübel RB 4 Josha Vagnoman  27' CB 14 Luca Jaquez CB 24 Jeff Chabot  76' LB 7 Maximilian Mittelstädt CM 16 Atakan Karazor (c) CM 6 Angelo Stiller  87' RW 8 Enzo Millot  67'  69' AM 26 Deniz Undav LW 27 Chris Führich  69' CF 11 Nick Woltemade Substitutes: GK 1 Fabian Bredlow DF 3 Ramon Hendriks  69' DF 15 Pascal Stenzel DF 29 Finn Jeltsch  76' MF 5 Yannik Keitel MF 28 Nikolas Nartey  87' FW 9 Ermedin Demirović  69' FW 18 Jamie Leweling FW 25 Jacob Bruun Larsen Manager: Sebastian Hoeneß

Assistant referees:[1] Benedikt Kempkes (Thür) Nikolai Kimmeyer (Karlsruhe) Fourth official:[1] Robert Hartmann (Wangen im Allgäu) Reserve assistant referee:[1] Sascha Thielert (Buchholz in der Nordheide) Video assistant referee:[1] Benjamin Brand (Unterspiesheim) Assistant video assistant referee:[1] Felix-Benjamin Schwermer (Leipzig)

Match rules[8][9] 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions Maximum of three substitution opportunities

See also

• 2025 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup
• Football in Berlin