2009 DFB-Pokal Final

2009 DFB-Pokal Final
Event 2008–09 DFB-Pokal
Date 30 May 2009
Venue Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee Helmut Fleischer Baden-Württemberg
Attendance 72,954

The final of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal season was held on May 30, 2009 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. SV Werder Bremen won with a 58th minute goal from midfielder Mesut Özil. This was the 6th time in the clubs history that they have won the DFB-Pokal, the other five coming in 1961, 1991, 1994, 1999 and 2004. This was Bayer Leverkusen's second cup final loss of the decade, the other coming during the 2002 edition. Werder Bremen lost the last UEFA Cup final, 10 days before to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk.[1]

Paths to Final

Bayer Leverkusen

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

21 April 2009
20:30 CEST
Bayer Leverkusen 4 – 1 (a.e.t.) Mainz 05
Charisteas  82'
Vidal  92'
Friedrich  104'
Kadlec  117' 		Report Bancé  88'
LTU Arena, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Werder Bremen

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

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

Final

30 May 2009
20:00 CEST
Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 Werder Bremen
Report
(German) 		Özil  58'
Olympic Stadium, Berlin
Attendance: 72,954 (capacity)[2]
Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)[3]
Bayer Leverkusen
Werder Bremen
GK 1 Germany René Adler
DF 27 Germany Gonzalo Castro  85'
DF 5 Germany Manuel Friedrich
DF 20 Germany Lukas Sinkiewicz
DF 24 Czech Republic Michal Kadlec
MF 6 Germany Simon Rolfes
MF 8 Brazil Renato Augusto
MF 23 Chile Arturo Vidal  68'  85'
MF 7 Switzerland Tranquillo Barnetta
FW 11 Germany Stefan Kießling  79'
FW 9 Germany Patrick Helmes
Substitutes:
GK 21 Hungary Gábor Király
DF 2 Tunisia Karim Haggui
DF 3 Brazil Henrique
MF 39 Germany Toni Kroos  85'
MF 25 Germany Bernd Schneider
MF 16 Switzerland Pirmin Schwegler
FW 29 Greece Angelos Charisteas  85'
Manager:
Germany Bruno Labbadia
GK 1 Germany Tim Wiese  90+2'
DF 8 Germany Clemens Fritz
DF 15 Austria Sebastian Prödl  37'
DF 4 Brazil Naldo
DF 2 Germany Sebastian Boenisch
MF 6 Germany Frank Baumann  60'
MF 22 Germany Torsten Frings  90+2'
MF 11 Germany Mesut Özil  87'
MF 10 Brazil Diego
FW 24 Peru Claudio Pizarro
FW 23 Portugal Hugo Almeida  90'
Substitutes:
GK 33 Germany Christian Vander
DF 25 Germany Peter Niemeyer  84'  60'
DF 3 Finland Petri Pasanen
MF 16 Greece Alexandros Tziolis  87'
FW 34 Austria Martin Harnik
FW 14 Germany Aaron Hunt
FW 9 Sweden Markus Rosenberg  90'
Manager:
Germany 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

  1. ↑ "Shakhtar Donetsk claim Uefa Cup final glory over Werder Bremen". The Guardian (London). 20 May 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Bayer Leverkusen - Werder Bremen 0:1 (0:0)". German FA. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Fleischer pfeift das Finale" (in German). www.kicker.de. 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.

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