2008–09 DFB-Pokal

2008–09 DFB-Pokal
Country Germany
Teams 64
Champions Werder Bremen
Runner-up Bayer Leverkusen
Matches played 63

The DFB-Pokal 2008–09 is the sixty-sixth season of the annual nationwide cup competition. It started with the first match of the First Round between 5th division side SV Niederauerbach and 1. FC Köln on 7 August 2008 and ended with Werder Bremen defeating Bayer Leverkusen in the final at Olympic Stadium, Berlin on 30 May 2009. The winners of DFB Cup 2008–09 will qualify to the fourth qualifying round of UEFA Europa League 2009–10.

Due to a decision made in 2006,[1] reserve teams from professional clubs are not allowed to compete any more.

Contents

Participating clubs

The following 64 teams competed in Round 1:

Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08
all clubs
Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08
all clubs
Fußball-Regionalliga 2007–08
champions and runners-up from both conferences
Winners of 21 regional cup competitions

FC Bayern Munich
SV Werder Bremen
FC Schalke 04
Hamburger SV
VfL Wolfsburg
VfB Stuttgart
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Hannover 96
Eintracht Frankfurt
Hertha BSC
Karlsruher SC
VfL Bochum
Borussia Dortmund
FC Energie Cottbus
Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Nuremberg
F.C. Hansa Rostock
MSV Duisburg

Borussia Mönchengladbach
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
1. FC Köln
1. FSV Mainz 05
SC Freiburg
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Alemannia Aachen
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
FC St. Pauli
TuS Koblenz
TSV 1860 München
VfL Osnabrück
1. FC Kaiserslautern
FC Augsburg
Kickers Offenbach
FC Erzgebirge Aue
SC Paderborn 07
FC Carl Zeiss Jena

Rot-Weiß Ahlen
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
FSV Frankfurt
FC Ingolstadt 04

Holstein Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein)
ASV Bergedorf 85 (Hamburg)2
FC Oberneuland (Bremen)
Eintracht Nordhorn (Lower Saxony)
FC Hansa Lüneburg (Lower Saxony)1, 3
TSG Neustrelitz (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Tennis Borussia Berlin (Berlin)
SV Babelsberg 03 (Brandenburg)
Hallescher FC (Sachsen-Anhalt)
Chemnitzer FC (Sachsen)
Rot-Weiß Erfurt (Thüringen)
FC Wegberg-Beeck (Mittelrhein)
Rot-Weiß Essen (Nordrhein)
Preußen Münster (Westfalen)
VfB Fichte Bielefeld (Westfalen)1
SV Eintracht Trier 05 (Rheinland)
SV Niederauerbach (Südwest)4
FC 08 Homburg (Saarland)
SV Darmstadt 98 (Hessen)
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (Württemberg)
ASV Durlach (Nordbaden)
SC Pfullendorf (Südbaden)
SpVgg Unterhaching (Bayern)
SpVgg Ansbach 09 (Bayern) 1

1 Finalists from the three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions were also allowed to compete
2 ASV Bergedorf 85 qualified as regional cup finalists because winners FC St. Pauli Reserves were not allowed to compete.
3 The football sections of Lüneburger SK, winner of the regional cup competition, and Lüneburger SV merged to create FC Hansa Lüneburg for the 2008–09 season.
4 SV Niederauerbach qualified as regional cup finalists because winners 1. FC Kaiserslautern Reserves were not allowed to compete.

Draw

The draws for the different rounds were conducted as following[2]: For the first round, the participating teams were split into two pots. The first pot contained all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the teams which were promoted from the Regionalligen and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot was drawn to a team from the second pot, which contained all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot were set as the home team in the process.

The two-pot scenario was also applied for the second round, with the remaining amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot was empty, the remaining pairings were drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw was conducted from just one pot. Any remaining amateur team were assigned as the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team served as hosts.

Round 1

The draw for the first round was held on 6 July 2008.[3] Matches were played between 7 and 10 August 2008.[3]

Home team Score Away team Additional information

Source: kicker.de (German)
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Round 2

The draw for the second round was conducted on 24 August 2008.[4] The games were played on 23 and 24 September 2008.[4]

Home team Score Away team Additional information

Source: kicker.de (German)
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Round 3

The draw for the third round was conducted on 5 October 2008.[5] The games were played on 27 and 28 January 2009.[5]

Home team Score Away team Additional information

Last updated: 28 January 2009
Source: kicker.de
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarterfinals

The draw was conducted on 1 February 2009.[6]

3 March 2009
20:30 CET
Mainz 1 – 0 Schalke 04 Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz
Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
Bancé  88' Report

4 March 2009
19:00 CET
Wolfsburg 2 – 5 Werder Bremen Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Attendance: 24,115
Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
Džeko  10'42' Report Diego  3'55' (pen.)
Özil  6'
Pizarro  71'89'

4 March 2009
19:00 CET
Hamburg 2 – 1 Wehen Wiesbaden HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 35,378
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
Kopilas  17' (o.g.)
Petrić  37'
Report Schwarz  85'

4 March 2009
20:30 CET
Bayer Leverkusen 4 – 2 Bayern Munich LTU Arena, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 50,500
Referee: Florian Mayer (Burgdorf)
Barnetta  54'
Vidal  61'
Helmes  70'
Kießling  90+2'
Report Lúcio  72'
Klose  74'

Semifinals

The draw was conducted on 7 March 2009.[7]

21 April 2009
20:30 CEST
Bayer Leverkusen 4 – 1 (a.e.t.) Mainz LTU Arena, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
Charisteas  82'
Vidal  92'
Friedrich  104'
Kadlec  117'
Report Bancé  88'

22 April 2009
20:30 CEST
Hamburg 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Werder Bremen HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg
Attendance: 55,237
Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
Olić  67'
Jarolím  90+2'
Report Mertesacker  11'
  Penalties  
Mathijsen
Boateng
Olić
Jansen
1 – 3 Pizarro
Özil
Frings

Final

30 May 2009
20:00 CEST
Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 1 Werder Bremen Olympic Stadium, Berlin
Attendance: 74,244 (capacity)[8]
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)[9]
Report
(German)
Özil  58'
Bayer Leverkusen
Werder Bremen
BAYER LEVERKUSEN:
GK 1 René Adler
DF 27 Gonzalo Castro 85'
DF 5 Manuel Friedrich
DF 20 Lukas Sinkiewicz
DF 24 Michal Kadlec
MF 6 Simon Rolfes
MF 8 Renato Augusto
MF 23 Arturo Vidal 68' 85'
MF 7 Tranquillo Barnetta
FW 11 Stefan Kießling 79'
FW 9 Patrick Helmes
Substitutes:
GK 21 Gábor Király
DF 2 Karim Haggui
DF 3 Henrique
MF 39 Toni Kroos 85'
MF 25 Bernd Schneider
MF 16 Pirmin Schwegler
FW 29 Angelos Charisteas 85'
Manager:
Bruno Labbadia
WERDER BREMEN:
GK 1 Tim Wiese 90+2'
DF 8 Clemens Fritz
DF 15 Sebastian Prödl 37'
DF 4 Naldo
DF 2 Sebastian Boenisch
MF 6 Frank Baumann 60'
MF 22 Torsten Frings 90+2'
MF 11 Mesut Özil 87'
MF 10 Diego
FW 24 Claudio Pizarro
FW 23 Hugo Almeida 90'
Substitutes:
GK 33 Christian Vander
DF 25 Peter Niemeyer 84' 60'
DF 3 Petri Pasanen
MF 16 Alexandros Tziolis 87'
FW 34 Martin Harnik
FW 14 Aaron Hunt
FW 9 Markus Rosenberg 90'
Manager:
Thomas Schaaf

MATCH OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

References