2024 DFB-Pokal final

The 2024 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal, the 81st season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 25 May 2024 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[3][4]

2024 DFB-Pokal final

The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final.
Event	2023–24 DFB-Pokal
1. FC Kaiserslautern Bayer Leverkusen 0 1
Date	25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Bastian Dankert (Rostock)[1]
Attendance	74,322[2]
← 2023 2025 →

The match featured 1. FC Kaiserslautern, a 2. Bundesliga side, and Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen won the match 1–0 for their second DFB-Pokal title.^[5][6]

With the win, Leverkusen completed their first domestic double, and therefore faced Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart in the 2024 DFL-Supercup.^[7]

Furthermore, since Leverkusen already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the seventh-placed team in the Bundesliga, TSG Hoffenheim, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, and the play-off round spot of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League went to the team in eighth, 1. FC Heidenheim.^[8]

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)
1. FC Kaiserslautern	7 (1961, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1990, 1996, 2003)
Bayer Leverkusen	4 (1993, 2002, 2009, 2020)

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.^[9]

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

1. FC Kaiserslautern		Round	Bayer Leverkusen
Opponent	Result	2023–24 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Rot-Weiß Koblenz	5–0 (A)	First round	Teutonia Ottensen	8–0 (A)
1. FC Köln	3–2 (H)	Second round	SV Sandhausen	5–2 (A)
1. FC Nürnberg	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	SC Paderborn	3–1 (H)
Hertha BSC	3–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	VfB Stuttgart	3–2 (H)
1. FC Saarbrücken	2–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Fortuna Düsseldorf	4–0 (H)

Match

Details

1. FC Kaiserslautern	0–1	Bayer Leverkusen
	Report	Xhaka 16'

25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)

20:00 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 74,322

Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Bayer Leverkusen

GK 18 Julian Krahl RB 31 Ben Zolinski  74' CB 33 Jan Elvedi  86' CB 2 Boris Tomiak LB 15 Tymoteusz Puchacz DM 26 Filip Kaloč RM 8 Jean Zimmer (c)  90+3' CM 7 Marlon Ritter CM 20 Tobias Raschl  83' LM 11 Kenny Prince Redondo  83' CF 19 Daniel Hanslik  46' Substitutes: GK 32 Robin Himmelmann DF 5 Kevin Kraus DF 6 Almamy Touré  90+3' DF 27 Frank Ronstadt MF 4 Afeez Aremu MF 10 Philipp Klement  90+6'  83' FW 9 Ragnar Ache  46' FW 17 Aaron Opoku  83' FW 29 Richmond Tachie  74' Manager: Friedhelm Funkel

GK 1 Lukas Hradecky (c)  90+7' CB 6 Odilon Kossounou  3'  44' CB 4 Jonathan Tah CB 12 Edmond Tapsoba RM 30 Jeremie Frimpong  90+3' CM 34 Granit Xhaka CM 8 Robert Andrich LM 20 Álex Grimaldo  85' RW 7 Jonas Hofmann  46' LW 10 Florian Wirtz  90+3' CF 14 Patrik Schick  46' Substitutes: GK 17 Matěj Kovář DF 2 Josip Stanišić  46' DF 3 Piero Hincapié  85' MF 19 Nathan Tella  90+3' MF 21 Amine Adli  46' MF 25 Exequiel Palacios FW 9 Borja Iglesias FW 22 Victor Boniface FW 23 Adam Hložek  90+3' Manager: Xabi Alonso

Assistant referees:[1] René Rohde (Rostock) Marcel Unger (Hamburg) Fourth official:[1] Florian Badstübner (Nuremberg) Reserve assistant referee:[1] Stefan Lupp (Zossen) Video assistant referee:[1] Harm Osmers (Hanover) Assistant video assistant referee:[1] Holger Henschel (Braunschweig)

Match rules[10][11] 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

• 2024 DFL-Supercup
• Football in Berlin

References

1. "Bastian Dankert leitet 81. DFB-Pokalfinale" [Bastian Dankert officiates 81. DFB-Pokal final]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
2. "DFB-Pokal, 2023/2024, Finale" [2023–24 DFB-Pokal, Final]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
3. "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
4. "DFB verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender der Männer 2023/2024" [DFB adopts men's 2023–24 framework schedule]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
5. "Kaiserslautern 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1". BBC Sport. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
6. "Bayer Leverkusen complete double with DFB Pokal final win". ESPN. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
7. "Xhakas Geniestreich beschert Leverkusen Pokalsieg und Double". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
8. "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
9. "Modus" [Mode]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
10. "Spielordnung/Schiedsrichterordnung" [Match rules/referee rules] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 30 September 2022. sec. 46, par. 2.1.2 (p. 77). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
11. "Durchführungsbestimmungen zur DFB-Spielordnung und weitere Richtlinien" [Implementing regulations for the DFB match regulations and other guidelines] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 1 February 2023. par. 30–31 (pp. 26–27). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

External links

• Official website