2008 DFB-Pokal Final
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The 2007–08 DFB-Pokal season ended on April 19, 2008, with the final being played by thirteen-time winners Bayern München
and two-time winners Borussia Dortmund
. The final was played in front of 70,000 at Berlin's
Olympiastadion
. Bayern ran out 2-1 winners in extra time, thanks to two strikes from Italian
forward Luca Toni
, gaining their 14th DFB-Pokal
title and gaining the first trophy of a league and cup double.
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BAYERN MUNICH:
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GK
1
Oliver Kahn
(c)
DF
30
Christian Lell
DF
3
Lúcio
DF
6
Martín Demichelis
DF
21
Philipp Lahm
MF
31
Bastian Schweinsteiger
MF
17
Mark van Bommel
MF
15
Zé Roberto
MF
7
Franck Ribéry
FW
18
Miroslav Klose
FW
9
Luca Toni
Substitutes:
GK
22
Michael Rensing
DF
5
Daniel Van Buyten
DF
2
Willy Sagnol
DF
23
Marcell Jansen
MF
16
Andreas Ottl
MF
20
José Ernesto Sosa
FW
11
Lukas Podolski
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
and two-time winners Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
. The final was played in front of 70,000 at Berlin's
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
Olympiastadion
Olympic Stadium (Berlin)
The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March...
. Bayern ran out 2-1 winners in extra time, thanks to two strikes from Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
forward Luca Toni
Luca Toni
Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...
, gaining their 14th DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
title and gaining the first trophy of a league and cup double.
Borussia Dortmund
- 1st Round - Borussia DortmundBorussia DortmundBallspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
4–1 1. FC Magdeburg1. FC Magdeburg1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated... - 2nd Round - Borussia Dortmund 2–1 Eintracht FrankfurtEintracht FrankfurtEintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...
- 3rd Round - Borussia Dortmund 2–1 SV Werder BremenSV Werder BremenSV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize...
- Quarter-finals - Borussia Dortmund 3–1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
- Semi-finals - Borussia Dortmund 3–0 FC Carl Zeiss JenaFC Carl Zeiss JenaFC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...
Bayern Munich
- 1st Round - FC Bayern MunichFC Bayern MunichFC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
1–1 Wacker Burghausen (AET) (FC Bayern Munich won 4–3 on penalties) - 2nd Round - FC Bayern Munich 3–1 Borussia MönchengladbachBorussia MönchengladbachBorussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...
- 3rd Round - FC Bayern Munich 5-2 Wuppertaler SV BorussiaWuppertaler SV BorussiaWuppertaler SV Borussia is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The city was founded in 1929 out of the union of a number of smaller towns including Elberfeld, Barmen, Vohwinkel, Cronenberg and Ronsdorf – each with its own football club...
- Quarter-finals - FC Bayern Munich 1–0 TSV 1860 Munich
- Semi-finals - FC Bayern Munich 2–0 VfL WolfsburgVfL WolfsburgVfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...
Final
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| GK | 20 | Marc Ziegler Marc Ziegler Marc Ziegler is a German footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart as a goalkeeper.-Football career:VfB Stuttgart was immersed in a goalkeeping crisis after the defection of legendary Eike Immel to England's Manchester City in the 1995 summer... |
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| DF | 14 |  Antonio RukavinaAntonio Rukavina Antonio Rukavina is a Serbian footballer who currently plays for TSV 1860 München.-Club career:... |
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| DF | 4 | Christian Wörns Christian Wörns Christian Wörns is a retired German footballer who played as a sweeper. Wörns was widely considered one of the finest German defenders of his generation and one of the best sweepers of his era. He started his career with Waldhof Mannheim but played the majority of his career with Bayer Leverkusen... (c) |
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| DF | 21 |  Robert KovačRobert Kovac Robert Kovač is a retired Croatian football defender.- Early career :Kovač started his career in lower league clubs Rapide Wedding and Hertha Zehlendorf before making his Bundesliga debut with 1. FC Nuremberg in 1995... |
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| DF | 17 | Dedé Dedé Leonardo de Deus Santos , nicknamed Dedê, is a Brazilian-German footballer, who plays for Turkish club Eskişehirspor. He has played a single match for the Brazil national team... |
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| MF | 16 |  Jakub Błaszczykowski |
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| MF | 5 | Sebastian Kehl Sebastian Kehl Sebastian Walter Kehl is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Borussia Dortmund. He is naturally left footed and has also occasionally appeared at left back... |
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| MF | 6 | Florian Kringe Florian Kringe Florian Kringe is a German footballer who plays for Fußball-Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund as a midfielder.-Career:... |
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| FW | 7 | Tinga |
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| FW | 13 |  Alexander Frei |
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| FW | 10 | Mladen Petrić Mladen Petric Mladen Petrić is a Croatian international footballer who plays for Hamburger SV in the Fußball-Bundesliga Bundesliga. He also holds the Swiss citizenship.-Early life:... |
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| GK | 41 | Alexander Bade Alexander Bade Alexander Bade is a retired German footballer who last played as a goalkeeper for Arminia Bielefeld.- Career :... |
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| DF | 2 | Martin Amedick Martin Amedick Martin Amedick is a football player who currently plays for 1. FC Kaiserslautern in Germany's Bundesliga. He started his professional career in 2004 as a defender for Eintracht Braunschweig. In 2006, he transferred to Borussia Dortmund. After two years he moved to his current club 1... |
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| DF | 15 | Mats Hummels Mats Hummels Mats Julian Hummels is a German footballer who plays for Borussia Dortmund, as a central defender.-Club career:... |
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| MF | 26 |  Delron BuckleyDelron Buckley Delron Sebastian Buckley is a South African footballer playing for Karlsruher SC.-Club career:Buckley's soccer career began with his local team Butcherfille Rovers Durban, but when he was 17 years old he was signed by German club VfL Bochum... |
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| MF | 22 | Marc-André Kruska Marc-André Kruska Marc-André Kruska is a German footballer who plays for FC Energie Cottbus.-Career:... |
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| FW | 19 | Diego Klimowicz Diego Klimowicz Diego Fernando Klimowicz is an Argentine football forward who plays for Instituto.-Career:Klimowicz started his career at Instituto in the Argentine Primera B Nacional in 1993... |
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| FW | 9 |  Nelson Haedo ValdezNelson Haedo Valdez Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez is a Paraguayan football striker who currently plays for Russian Premier League side Rubin Kazan and the Paraguayan national team.-Early life:... |
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| Thomas Doll Thomas Doll Thomas Doll is a former footballer and coach. He is currently the Manager of Al-Hilal.- Career :... |
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Oliver KahnOliver Kahn
Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team. He had his debut game in the professional squad in 1987...
(c)
Christian LellChristian Lell
Christian Lell is a German football defender who plays for Hertha BSC.-Bayern Munich:Having started his training with FC Alemannia München, Lell earned a place in the Bayern Munich junior team in 1998, and played there for three years.For the 2001–02 season, Lell was a part of Bayern's reserve team...
LúcioLúcio
Lucimar Ferreira da Silva , commonly known as Lúcio, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Inter and the Brazil national team. He is a strong defender with good aerial play, who adds presence in the attack.Lúcio began his professional career in 1997, in one...
Martín DemichelisMartin Demichelis
Martín Gastón Demichelis is an Argentine footballer who plays for Málaga CF in Spain, mainly as a central defender - he can operate as a defensive midfielder on occasion....
Philipp LahmPhilipp Lahm
Philipp Lahm is a German footballer who plays for Bayern Munich and Germany. Lahm is also the captain for both the national team and Bayern....
Bastian SchweinsteigerBastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayern Munich and the German national team. A right-footed player, he is capable of playing out wide or in a more central role....
Mark van BommelMark van Bommel
Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Milan and captains the Netherlands national team as a midfielder....
Zé RobertoJosé Roberto da Silva Júnior
José Roberto da Silva Jr. , commonly known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Al-Gharafa of the Qatari League as midfielder.-Portuguesa:...
Franck RibéryFranck Ribéry
Franck Ribéry is a French international footballer who currently plays for German club Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga. He primarily plays as a winger, preferably on the left side, and is known for "pace, energy, skill and precise passing." Ribéry is described as a player who is "fast, tricky and...
Miroslav KloseMiroslav Klose
Miroslav Josef Klose is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Lazio in the Serie A. Since bursting onto the international stage at the 2002 World Cup, he has become well known for his knack of scoring headers, front-flip goal celebrations, and decisive short passing.Klose holds German...
Luca ToniLuca Toni
Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...
Michael RensingMichael Rensing
Michael Rensing is a German footballer who currently plays for 1. FC Köln.-Early career:Born of a German father and a Serbian mother, Rensing joined Bayern in 2000 from TuS Lingen, and went on to develop his talent in the club's youth sides.He spent the 2002–03 season in the German Regionalliga...
Daniel Van Buyten Willy Sagnol Marcell JansenMarcell Jansen
Marcell Jansen is a German footballer who plays as a left winger or left wingback for Hamburger SV and the German national team. He is well known for his accurate crossing and pace, despite his tall stature. Jansen has represented his country on 35 occasions so far, scoring three times showing up...
Andreas OttlAndreas Ottl
Andreas Ottl is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Hertha BSC. He signed his first professional contract for Bayern Munich on 1 July 2005. He was playing for Germany's U-21 Team. Ottl is a highly versatile player being able to play various midfield positions as well as...
José Ernesto SosaJosé Ernesto Sosa
José Ernesto Sosa is an Argentine football attacking midfielder who plays for Ukrainian club Metalist Kharkiv.- Career :Sosa played for Estudiantes between 2002 and 2007...
Lukas PodolskiLukas Podolski
Lukas Josef Podolski ; born Łukasz Podolski ) on 4 June 1985 in Gliwice, Poland) is a German footballer who plays as a striker/winger for 1. FC Köln and for the German national team. He joined 1. FC Köln in 1995 where he broke into the first team in 2003 and made 81 appearances for the club before...
Ottmar HitzfeldOttmar Hitzfeld
Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former football player and manager, nicknamed der General ....
MATCH RULES
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