2015 DFB-Pokal Final

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2015 DFB-Pokal Final
German Cup Final
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The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final
Event 2014–15 DFB-Pokal
Borussia Dortmund VfL Wolfsburg
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Date 30 May 2015
Venue Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee Felix Brych (Munich)
Attendance 75,815
Weather Sunny
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The 2015 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, the 98th season of Germany's premier football cup. It was played on 30 May 2015 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Borussia Dortmund, runners-up in the previous final, faced VfL Wolfsburg, who won the game 3–1 to capture their first title, with all four goals in the first half.[1][2][3][4]

As winners, they played against Bayern Munich, champions of the 2014–15 Bundesliga, in the 2015 DFL-Supercup, winning in a penalty shootout. Wolfsburg also qualified for the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League; this was the first season in which the cup runner-up would not have qualified for the Europa League if the cup winner had qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position.[5]

Background

It was Dortmund's seventh final and they have a record of three victories (most recently against Bayern in 2012) and three defeats (most recently against the same opponents two years later). Wolfsburg's only prior appearance was in 1995, losing 0–3 to Borussia Mönchengladbach.[6]

The game was Dortmund manager Jürgen Klopp's final match, after seven years in charge of the team.[7]

Route to the final

Dortmund Round Wolfsburg
Opponent Result 2014–15 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result
Stuttgarter Kickers 4–1 Round 1 SV Darmstadt 98 0–0 (5–4 pen.)
FC St. Pauli 3–0 Round 2 1. FC Heidenheim 4–1
Dynamo Dresden 2–0 Round 3 RB Leipzig 2–0
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 3–2 (a.e.t.) Quarterfinals SC Freiburg 1–0
Bayern Munich 1–1 (2–0 pen.) Semifinals Arminia Bielefeld 4–0

Borussia Dortmund

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored four goals in Dortmund's run to the final, including their equaliser in the semi-finals

Borussia Dortmund, of the Bundesliga, started the tournament in the first round on 17 August 2014, playing away at 3. Liga club Stuttgarter Kickers, and winning 4–1 with goals by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (2) and Adrián Ramos.[8] On 28 October, they played the second round away at FC St. Pauli of the 2. Bundesliga, winning 3–0 with goals from Ciro Immobile, Marco Reus and Shinji Kagawa.[9] The third round on 3 March 2015 again had Dortmund travel, to third-tier Dynamo Dresden, where they won 2–0 from two goals by Immobile in the second half, after losing Reus to injury in the first half.[10]

Dortmund's first home fixture of the tournament came in the quarter-finals on 7 April, against their first top-flight opponent, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. They gained the lead when defender Neven Subotić volleyed from a corner kick, but two minutes Kevin Volland equalised with his own volley. Shortly afterwards, Subotić's defensive error allowed Roberto Firmino to put Hoffenheim into the lead. In the second half, Aubameyang equalised for Dortmund, heading in Erik Durm's cross. The game went to extra time, in which Sebastian Kehl scored a long-range volleyed winner for Dortmund.[11] On 28 April, Dortmund went to the Allianz Arena to face Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, a repeat of the last season's final. The hosts took the lead through Robert Lewandowski, whom they had signed from Dortmund in the summer, but Dortmund equalised with 15 minutes to play, Aubameyang finishing Mkhitaryan's cross. The game went to a penalty shootout, in which all four Bayern takers including goalkeeper Manuel Neuer missed, but Dortmund's İlkay Gündoğan and Kehl scored.[12]

VfL Wolfsburg

VfL Wolfsburg, also of the Bundesliga, began in the first round away to 2. Bundesliga club SV Darmstadt 98 on 17 August. After a goalless draw, they won on penalties: Naldo missed their first attempt, but Maurice Exslager and Milan Ivana missed for the hosts. They then hosted a 4–1 win over second-tier 1. FC Heidenheim in the second round: despite conceding Marc Schnatterer's opener for the visitors, they replied with goals by Daniel Caligiuri, Bas Dost and Luiz Gustavo (2). In the third round on 4 March, they travelled to the Red Bull Arena where they defeated 2. Bundesliga club RB Leipzig 2–0, with a goal in either half from Caligiuri and Timm Klose.

In the quarter-finals on 7 April, Wolfsburg hosted their first top-flight opponent, SC Freiburg. In the second half, Caligiuri was fouled by Julian Schuster for a penalty, which Ricardo Rodríguez converted past Roman Bürki for the only goal of the game.[11] They played away to third-tier DSC Arminia Bielefeld in the semi-finals 22 days later. Wolfsburg won 4–0, with two goals by Maximilian Arnold and further strikes by Luiz Gustavo and Ivan Perišić.[7]

Match

Kits

Wolfsburg midfielder Junior Malanda died in a car accident in January 2015. In his honour, they wore shirts with his squad number 19 within a heart.[13]

Details

30 May 2015
20:00 (UTC+2)
Borussia Dortmund 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg
Aubameyang Goal 5' Report Luiz Gustavo Goal 22'
De Bruyne Goal 33'
Dost Goal 38'
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 75,815
Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
Borussia Dortmund
Wolfsburg
GK 22 Australia Mitchell Langerak
RB 37 Germany Erik Durm Substituted off 68'
CB 4 Serbia Neven Subotić
CB 15 Germany Mats Hummels (c)
LB 29 Germany Marcel Schmelzer Booked 84'
CM 5 Germany Sebastian Kehl Substituted off 68'
CM 8 Germany İlkay Gündoğan
RW 10 Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan Booked 61'
AM 7 Japan Shinji Kagawa
LW 11 Germany Marco Reus Substituted off 79'
CF 17 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Substitutes:
GK 1 Germany Roman Weidenfeller
DF 25 Greece Sokratis Papastathopoulos
DF 26 Poland Łukasz Piszczek Substituted in 68'
DF 28 Germany Matthias Ginter
MF 6 Germany Sven Bender
MF 16 Poland Jakub Błaszczykowski Substituted in 68'
FW 9 Italy Ciro Immobile Substituted in 79'
Manager:
Germany Jürgen Klopp
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GK 1 Switzerland Diego Benaglio (c)
RB 8 Portugal Vieirinha Booked 90+3'
CB 5 Switzerland Timm Klose
CB 25 Brazil Naldo
LB 34 Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez
CM 27 Germany Maximilian Arnold Substituted off 81'
CM 22 Brazil Luiz Gustavo
RW 7 Italy Daniel Caligiuri Substituted off 85'
AM 14 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne Booked 88'
LW 9 Croatia Ivan Perišić Substituted off 74'
CF 12 Netherlands Bas Dost
Substitutes:
GK 20 Germany Max Grün
DF 4 Germany Marcel Schäfer
DF 15 Germany Christian Träsch Substituted in 85'
DF 31 Germany Robin Knoche
MF 17 Germany André Schürrle Substituted in 81'
MF 23 France Josuha Guilavogui Substituted in 74'
FW 3 Denmark Nicklas Bendtner
Manager:
Germany Dieter Hecking
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Match rules

  • 90 minutes of regular time.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

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