2007–08 DFB-Pokal

2007–08 DFB-Pokal

Country	Germany
Teams	64
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runner-up	Borussia Dortmund
Matches played	63
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2007–08 was the 65th season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on August 3, 2007 and ended on April 19, 2008. In the final FC Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–1 after extra time,^[1] thereby claiming their fourteenth title.

1st round

August 3, 2007
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	4–2	FC Augsburg	(AET)
August 4, 2007
VfL Osnabrück	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
SC Verl	0–3	TSV 1860 Munich
1. FC Magdeburg	1–4	Borussia Dortmund
SpVgg Unterhaching	0–3	Hertha BSC
SV Sandhausen	0–4	Kickers Offenbach
Rot-Weiss Ahlen	1–3	Hannover 96
SV Wilhelmshaven	0–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern
SV Hasborn	0–8	Hansa Rostock
Rot-Weiss Essen	2–2	Energie Cottbus	(AET) (Rot-Weiss Essen won 6–5 on penalties)
SV Wehen	1–2	VfB Stuttgart
Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	SV Werder Bremen
FC St. Pauli	1–0	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
August 5, 2007
1. FC Gera 03	0–3	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
SV Seligenporten	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld
TSG Neustrelitz	0–2	Karlsruher SC	(AET)
SC Victoria Hamburg	0–6	1. FC Nuremberg
Würzburger FV 04	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg
1. FC Normannia Schwäbisch Gmünd	0–3	Alemannia Aachen
Wuppertaler SV Borussia	1–1	Erzgebirge Aue	(AET) (Wuppertaler SV won 4–3 on penalties)
Holstein Kiel	0–5	Hamburger SV
SV Werder Bremen II	4–2	1. FC Köln	(AET)
TSV Havelse	0–3	TuS Koblenz
Eintracht Trier	0–9	FC Schalke 04
1. FC Union Berlin	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Babelsberg 03	0–4	MSV Duisburg
Bayer Leverkusen II	0–1	SC Paderborn 07
VfR Wormatia Worms	1–6	FSV Mainz 05
Dynamo Dresden	0–1	VfL Bochum
FC 08 Villingen	1–3	SC Freiburg
SV Darmstadt 98	1–3	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
August 6, 2007
Wacker Burghausen	1–1	FC Bayern Munich	(AET) (FC Bayern Munich won 4–3 on penalties)

2nd round

October 30, 2007
SV Werder Bremen II	2–2	FC St. Pauli	(AET) (Bremen won 4–2 on penalties)
Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2–0	Hertha BSC
Alemannia Aachen	3–2	VfL Bochum
Hansa Rostock	6–0	Kickers Offenbach
TSV 1860 Munich	2–1	FSV Mainz 05
Karlsruher SC	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
FC Schalke 04	2–0	Hannover 96
October 31, 2007
SV Werder Bremen	4–0	MSV Duisburg
Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Bayern Munich	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
VfB Stuttgart	3–2	SC Paderborn
Hamburger SV	3–1	SC Freiburg
TuS Koblenz	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	2–2	1. FC Nuremberg	(AET) (FC Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–4 on penalties)
Rot-Weiss Essen	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern

3rd round

January 29, 2008
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	Hansa Rostock
Alemannia Aachen	2–3	TSV 1860 Munich
Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2–5	FC Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund	2–1	SV Werder Bremen
January 30, 2008
VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Schalke 04	(AET) (VfL Wolfsburg won 5–3 on penalties)
SV Werder Bremen II	2–3	VfB Stuttgart
Rot-Weiss Essen	0–3	Hamburger SV
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	(AET)

Quarter-finals

February 26, 2008
Borussia Dortmund	3–1	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
VfB Stuttgart	2–2	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	(AET) (FC Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–4 on penalties)
February 27, 2008
VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Hamburger SV	(AET)
FC Bayern Munich	1–0	TSV 1860 Munich	(AET)

Semi-finals

March 18, 2008
Borussia Dortmund	3–0	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
March 19, 2008
FC Bayern Munich	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg

Final

April 19, 2008 20:00 (CEST)	Borussia Dortmund	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Bayern Munich	Olympic Stadium, Berlin Attendance: 74,244 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
	Petrić  90+2'	(Report)	Toni  11', 103'

Dortmund

Bayern Munich

BORUSSIA DORTMUND: GK 20 Marc Ziegler DF 14 Antonio Rukavina 62' 79' DF 4 Christian Wörns (c) DF 21 Robert Kovač 19' DF 17 Dedé MF 16 Jakub Błaszczykowski  89', 109' MF 5 Sebastian Kehl 86' MF 6 Florian Kringe FW 7 Tinga 37' FW 13 Alexander Frei 38' 71' FW 10 Mladen Petrić 95' Substitutes: GK 41 Alexander Bade DF 2 Martin Amedick DF 15 Mats Hummels MF 26 Delron Buckley 79' MF 22 Marc-André Kruska FW 19 Diego Klimowicz 114' 71' FW 9 Nelson Haedo Valdez 86' Manager: Thomas Doll

BAYERN MUNICH: GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) DF 30 Christian Lell DF 3 Lúcio DF 6 Martín Demichelis DF 21 Philipp Lahm MF 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 86' MF 17 Mark van Bommel MF 15 Zé Roberto 112' 113' MF 7 Franck Ribéry FW 18 Miroslav Klose 69' FW 9 Luca Toni 120' Substitutes: GK 22 Michael Rensing DF 5 Daniel Van Buyten DF 2 Willy Sagnol 86' DF 23 Marcell Jansen MF 16 Andreas Ottl 113' MF 20 José Ernesto Sosa FW 11 Lukas Podolski 69' Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.

See also

• 1. Bundesliga 2007–08
• 2. Bundesliga 2007–08
• Regionalliga 2007–08

References

1. ^ "DFB-Pokal 2007-08" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. http://www.fussballdaten.de/dfb/2008/. Retrieved 2008-11-15. 

External links

• Official site of the DFB (German)
• Kicker.de (German)