2009 DFB-Pokal Final

2009 DFB-Pokal Final

Event	2008–09 DFB-Pokal
Bayer Leverkusen Werder Bremen 0 1
Date	30 May 2009
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Helmut Fleischer
Attendance	72,954

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.^[1]

Paths to Final

Bayer Leverkusen

• 1st Round - Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (a.e.t.)
• 2nd Round - Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 FC Augsburg
• 3rd Round - Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 Energie Cottbus
• Quarter-finals -

Bayer Leverkusen v Bayern Munich

4 March 2009 20:30 CET

Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 2	Bayern Munich
Barnetta  54' Vidal  61' Helmes  70' Kießling  90+2'	Report	Lúcio  72' Klose  74'

LTU Arena, Düsseldorf Attendance: 50,500 Referee: Florian Mayer (Burgdorf)

• Semi-finals -

Bayer Leverkusen v Mainz 05

21 April 2009 20:30 CEST

Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Mainz 05
Charisteas  82' Vidal  92' Friedrich  104' Kadlec  117'	Report	Bancé  88'

LTU Arena, Düsseldorf Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

Werder Bremen

• 1st Round - Werder Bremen 9-3 Eintracht Nordhorn
• 2nd Round - Werder Bremen 2-1 Erzgebirge Aue
• 3rd Round - Werder Bremen 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
• Quarter-finals -

VfL Wolfsburg v Werder Bremen

4 March 2009 19:00 CET

VfL Wolfsburg	2 – 5	Werder Bremen
Džeko  10', 42'	Report	Diego  3', 55' (pen.) Özil  6' Pizarro  71', 89'

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance: 24,115 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

• Semi-finals -

Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen

22 April 2009 20:30 CEST

Hamburger SV	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Werder Bremen
Olić  67' Jarolím  90+2'	Report	Mertesacker  11'
	Penalties
Mathijsen Boateng Olić Jansen	1 – 3	Pizarro Özil Frings

HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 55,237 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Final

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen

30 May 2009 20:00 CEST

Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Werder Bremen
	Report (German)	Özil  58'

Olympic Stadium, Berlin Attendance: 72,954 (capacity)[2] Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Ulm)[3]

Bayer Leverkusen

Werder Bremen

GK 1 René Adler DF 27 Gonzalo Castro  85' DF 5 Manuel Friedrich DF 20 Lukas Sinkiewicz DF 24 Michal Kadlec MF 6 Simon Rolfes MF 8 Renato Augusto MF 23 Arturo Vidal  68'  85' MF 7 Tranquillo Barnetta FW 11 Stefan Kießling  79' FW 9 Patrick Helmes Substitutes: GK 21 Gábor Király DF 2 Karim Haggui DF 3 Henrique MF 39 Toni Kroos  85' MF 25 Bernd Schneider MF 16 Pirmin Schwegler FW 29 Angelos Charisteas  85' Manager: Bruno Labbadia

GK 1 Tim Wiese  90+2' DF 8 Clemens Fritz DF 15 Sebastian Prödl  37' DF 4 Naldo DF 2 Sebastian Boenisch MF 6 Frank Baumann  60' MF 22 Torsten Frings  90+2' MF 11 Mesut Özil  87' MF 10 Diego FW 24 Claudio Pizarro FW 23 Hugo Almeida  90' Substitutes: GK 33 Christian Vander DF 25 Peter Niemeyer  84'  60' DF 3 Petri Pasanen MF 16 Alexandros Tziolis  87' FW 34 Martin Harnik FW 14 Aaron Hunt FW 9 Markus Rosenberg  90' Manager: Thomas Schaaf

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann (Erftstadt)[3] Guido Kleve (Nordhorn)[3] Fourth official: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)[3]

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

References

1. "Shakhtar Donetsk claim Uefa Cup final glory over Werder Bremen". The Guardian (London). 20 May 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
2. "Bayer Leverkusen - Werder Bremen 0:1 (0:0)". German FA. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
3. "Fleischer pfeift das Finale" (in German). www.kicker.de. 12 May 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2009.

External links

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