2009 DFB-Pokal Final
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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.
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...
in Berlin
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...
. SV Werder Bremen
SV Werder Bremen
SV 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...
won with a 58th minute goal from midfielder Mesut Özil
Mesut Özil
Mesut Özil is a footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and for the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, and a member of the German national team since 2009. He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated...
. This was the 6th time in the clubs history that they have won the 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...
, the other five coming in 1961, 1991
DFB Cup 1990-91
The DFB-Pokal 1990–91 was the 48th season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds. It began on 4 August 1990 and ended on 22 June 1991. After the semi-finals both had to be replayed after draws in the first games the final went into extra time, too...
, 1994
DFB Cup 1993-94
The DFB-Pokal 1993–94 was the 51st season of the competition. 76 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds which began on 1 August 1993 and ended on 14 May 1994...
, 1999
DFB Cup 1998-99
The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 1998–99 was the 56th season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 28 August 1998 and ended on 6 June 1999...
and 2004
DFB Cup 2003-04
The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2003–04 was the 61st season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on 29 August 2003 and ended on 29 May 2004. In the final Werder Bremen defeated second-tier...
. This was Bayer Leverkusen's
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...
second cup final loss of the decade, the other coming during the 2002 edition. Werder Bremen lost the last UEFA Cup
2009 UEFA Cup Final
The 2009 UEFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, the 38th season of the UEFA Cup, UEFA's second-tier club football tournament. It was also the last final to be held under the UEFA Cup name, as the competition was rebranded as the UEFA Europa League from the 2009–10 season...
final, 10 days before to Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
side Shakhtar Donetsk.
Bayer Leverkusen
- 1st Round - Bayer LeverkusenBayer LeverkusenBayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...
3-2 Rot-Weiß OberhausenRot-Weiß OberhausenRot-Weiß Oberhausen is a German association football club in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was formed as Oberhausener SV in December 1904 out of the merger of Emschertaler SV and the football enthusiasts of Oberhausener TV 1873...
(a.e.t.) - 2nd Round - Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 FC AugsburgFC AugsburgFC Augsburg is a German football club based in Augsburg, Bavaria. The team was founded as Fußball-Klub Alemania Augsburg in 1907 and played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969....
- 3rd Round - Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 Energie CottbusEnergie CottbusFC Energie Cottbus is a German association football club based in Cottbus, Lusatia . It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was, at the time, East Germany...
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Werder Bremen
- 1st Round - Werder Bremen 9-3 Eintracht NordhornEintracht NordhornEintracht Nordhorn is a German association football club from the city of Nordhorn, Lower Saxony. The club was founded in 1945 as Sportverein Nordhorn and adopted the name Eintracht Nordhorn in 1947. A separate football club known as SV Concordia Nordhorn briefly split away in 1953, but rejoined...
- 2nd Round - Werder Bremen 2-1 Erzgebirge Aue
- 3rd Round - Werder Bremen 2-1 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...
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- Semi-finals -
Final
style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> BAYER LEVERKUSEN: GK 1 
René AdlerRené AdlerRené Adler is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the German Bundesliga for Bayer Leverkusen and for the German national team.-Career:...DF 27 Gonzalo CastroGonzalo CastroGonzalo Castro Randon is a German footballer of Spanish descent, he currently plays as a defender for Bayer Leverkusen.- Career :He made his UEFA Champions League and Bundesliga debuts at the age of 17....
DF 5 Manuel FriedrichManuel FriedrichManuel Friedrich is a German footballer who plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen as a central defender.-Club career:...DF 20 Lukas SinkiewiczLukas SinkiewiczLukas Sinkiewicz is a German footballer who plays as a defender for VfL Bochum. He has represented Germany on three occasions.-Career:...DF 24 
Michal KadlecMichal KadlecMichal Kadlec is a Czech footballer who plays as a left back for Bayer Leverkusen. His father Miroslav was a former Czechoslovakia footballer who played eight years in the Bundesliga in Germany, due to which Michal spent his childhood there.Kadlec started his professional career in 1. FC Slovácko...MF 6 Simon RolfesSimon RolfesSimon Rolfes is a German footballer who currently plays for Bayer Leverkusen.-Club career:...MF 8 
Renato AugustoRenato AugustoRenato Soares de Oliveira Augusto, or simply Renato Augusto , is a Brazilian footballer. He plays as an attacking midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen.-Career:...MF 23 
Arturo VidalArturo VidalArturo Erasmo Vidal Pardo is a Chilean footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for Juventus and Chile. Although usually deployed as a defensive midfielder, Vidal is a versatile box-to-box midfielder capable of playing in a more attacking role as well.- Early life :Vidal was born in San...
MF 7 
Tranquillo BarnettaTranquillo BarnettaTranquillo Barnetta is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen and the Swiss national team. He usually plays out wide as a winger but can also play in a more withdrawn role as a defensive midfielder....FW 11 Stefan KießlingStefan KießlingStefan Kießling is a German footballer who currently plays as a striker for Bayer Leverkusen and Germany. He has also represented the German national team six times.-1. FC Nuremberg:...
FW 9 Patrick HelmesPatrick HelmesPatrick Helmes is a German football striker who plays for VfL Wolfsburg. Until September 2007 he was captain of 1. FC Köln.-Early career:...Substitutes: GK 21 
Gábor KirályGábor KirályGábor Ferenc Király is a Hungarian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently playing for 1860 Munich, in the 2. Bundesliga...DF 2 
Karim HagguiKarim HagguiKarim Haggui is a Tunisian football defender. He currently plays for Hannover 96.- Early career :Haggui started his career in 1998 with AS Kasserine in his home town, eventually moving to Etoile du Sahel two years later and starting his professional career there in 2003...DF 3 HenriqueHenrique Adriano BussHenrique Adriano Buss , more commonly known as Henrique, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Palmeiras on loan from FC Barcelona as a central defender and for the Brazil national team, having been capped once during early 2008....MF 39 Toni KroosToni KroosToni Kroos is a German international footballer who plays for Bayern Munich as an attacking midfielder. He is the older brother of Werder Bremen forward Felix Kroos.-Early career:...
MF 25 Bernd SchneiderMF 16 Pirmin SchweglerPirmin SchweglerPirmin Schwegler is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.- Career :...FW 29 
Angelos CharisteasAngelos CharisteasAngelos Charisteas was born on 9 February 1980 in Strymoniko, Serres, but originates from Mani. He is a Greek football player who currently plays as a striker for Panetolikos F.C....
Manager: Bruno LabbadiaBruno LabbadiaBruno Labbadia is a former German footballer of Italian heritage who is now head coach of German Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.- Club career :...style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> WERDER BREMEN: GK 1 Tim WieseTim WieseTim Wiese is a German goalkeeper who currently plays for Werder Bremen and the German national team. He joined Werder Bremen in 2005 from Kaiserslautern in the Bundesliga.-Fortuna Köln:...
DF 8 Clemens FritzClemens FritzClemens Fritz is a German footballer who plays as a right back for Werder Bremen. He is well known for his pace, passing and team effort.-Club career:...DF 15 
Sebastian PrödlSebastian PrödlSebastian Prödl is an Austrian footballer who plays for Werder Bremen and the Austrian national team.-Club career:Aged 19, he began his professional career playing for Sturm Graz in the Austrian Bundesliga in 2006. In July 2008 he moved to Germany to play for Werder Bremen.-International career:In...
DF 4 NaldoDF 2 Sebastian BoenischSebastian BoenischSebastian Boenisch is a Polish-German football player who plays for the Polish National Team and for Werder Bremen at club level, mainly as a left back.-Career:...MF 6 Frank Baumann MF 22 Torsten FringsTorsten FringsTorsten Frings is a German football midfielder who plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer and is known for his vision and an explosive, powerful shot.-Early career:...
MF 11 Mesut ÖzilMesut ÖzilMesut Özil is a footballer who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and for the German national team. Özil has been a youth national team member since 2006, and a member of the German national team since 2009. He gained international attention during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was nominated...
MF 10 DiegoDiego Ribas da CunhaDiego Ribas da Cunha , commonly known as just Diego, is an international Brazilian footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid on loan from VfL Wolfsburg, as an attacking midfielder.-Santos:...FW 24 
Claudio PizarroClaudio PizarroClaudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio is a Peruvian football forward. Pizarro plays for Werder Bremen of the German Bundesliga...FW 23 
Hugo AlmeidaHugo AlmeidaHugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey, as a centre forward.After failing to establish himself at F.C...
Substitutes: GK 33 Christian VanderChristian Vander (footballer)Christian Vander is a German football goalkeeper currently playing for SV Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. He is the second-choice goalkeeper at the club behind Tim Wiese after the departure of veteran Andreas Reinke. Before joining Bremen in August 2005, he played for VfL Bochum and KFC Uerdingen...DF 25 Peter NiemeyerPeter NiemeyerPeter Niemeyer is a German professional footballer who plays for Hertha BSC on loan from SV Werder Bremen.Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as a central defender.-Club career:...
DF 3 
Petri PasanenMF 16 Alexandros TziolisAlexandros TziolisAlexandros Tziolis is a Greek international footballer who plays for Racing de Santander.-Early club career:...
FW 34 Martin HarnikMartin HarnikMartin Harnik is a German-born Austrian footballer. He currently plays for VfB Stuttgart.-Club career:Born in Hamburg to a German mother and an Austrian father , he started playing football in 1992 at SC Vier- und Marschlande...FW 14 Aaron HuntAaron HuntAaron Hunt is a German footballer who plays for Werder Bremen.-Club career:After spending his first season at Werder Bremen in the reserves, in the year the side achieved the double, Hunt made his first division debut on 18 September 2004, as a substitute against Hannover 96...FW 9 
Markus RosenbergMarkus RosenbergNils Markus Rosenberg , born 27 September 1982 in Malmö) is a Swedish footballer currently playing for German side Werder Bremen. As of 11 February 2009, Rosenberg, who is nicknamed "Sillen" , has played 30 games and scored six times for the Swedish national team.-Early career:Rosenberg started his...
Manager: Thomas SchaafThomas SchaafThomas Schaaf is a former German football defender and current manager of Werder Bremen. A true one-club man, he spent his entire playing career, and so far coaching career, with Werder Bremen...
MATCH OFFICIALS- Assistant referees:
- Sönke Glindemann (ErftstadtErftstadtErftstadt is a town located about 20 km south-west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The name of the town derives from the river which flows through it, the Erft...
) - Guido Kleve (NordhornNordhornNordhorn is the district seat of Grafschaft Bentheim in Lower Saxony's southwesternmost corner near the border with the Netherlands and the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia.- Name's origin :...
)
- Sönke Glindemann (Erftstadt
- Fourth official: Lutz Wagner (KriftelKriftelKriftel is a municipality in the Main-Taunus district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 16 km west of Frankfurt .It has about 10,000 inhabitants....
)
MATCH RULES- 90 minutes.
- 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
- Penalty shootout if scores still level.
- Seven named substitutes.
- Maximum of 3 substitutions.
- Assistant referees:
External links
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- 1st Round - Werder Bremen 9-3 Eintracht Nordhorn
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