2015 DFL-Supercup

2015 DFL-Supercup
Event DFL-Supercup
Wolfsburg won 5–4 on penalties
Date 1 August 2015
Venue Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
Referee Marco Fritz
Attendance 30,000

The 2015 DFL-Supercup was the sixth edition of the German Super Cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. It featured Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2014–15 Bundesliga and VfL Wolfsburg, the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal.

Bayern lost 2–0 in the previous edition, to Borussia Dortmund.[1]

The match was played on 1 August 2015.[2] Wolfsburg defeated Bayern Munich 5–4 on penalties after the regular game ended 1–1. Arjen Robben had put Bayern Munich ahead in the 49th minute from close range after goalkeeper Koen Casteels had fumbled a cross from the left from Douglas Costa. Nicklas Bendtner leveled the game in the 89th minute scoring at the near post after a cross from Kevin De Bruyne from the right. Bendtner went on to score the decisive penalty in the penalty shoot-out shooting high into the top left corner as Wolfsburg won 5-4. [3][4]

Match

Details

VfL Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich
GK 28 Belgium Koen Casteels
RB 8 Portugal Vieirinha
CB 25 Brazil Naldo (c)  71'
CB 5 Switzerland Timm Klose
LB 34 Switzerland Ricardo Rodríguez
CM 23 France Josuha Guilavogui  35'
CM 27 Germany Maximilian Arnold
RW 7 Germany Daniel Caligiuri  63'
AM 14 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
LW 9 Croatia Ivan Perišić  77'  70'
CF 12 Netherlands Bas Dost  70'
Substitutions:
GK 20 Germany Max Grün
DF 4 Germany Marcel Schäfer
DF 15 Germany Christian Träsch
DF 31 Germany Robin Knoche
MF 17 Germany André Schürrle  63'
FW 3 Denmark Nicklas Bendtner  70'
FW 11 Germany Max Kruse  70'
Manager:
Dieter Hecking
GK 1 Germany Manuel Neuer
CB 5 Morocco Medhi Benatia
CB 17 Germany Jérôme Boateng
CB 27 Austria David Alaba
DM 21 Germany Philipp Lahm (c)
DM 14 Spain Xabi Alonso
CM 6 Spain Thiago  74'
RW 10 Netherlands Arjen Robben
LW 11 Brazil Douglas Costa  21'
CF 25 Germany Thomas Müller  84'
CF 9 Poland Robert Lewandowski  72'
Substitutions:
GK 26 Germany Sven Ulreich
DF 13 Brazil Rafinha  72'
DF 18 Spain Juan Bernat
MF 19 Germany Mario Götze  84'
MF 20 Germany Sebastian Rode
MF 23 Chile Arturo Vidal  82'  74'
MF 32 Germany Joshua Kimmich
Manager:
Pep Guardiola

Assistant referees:
Dominik Schaal
Marcel Pelgrim
Fourth official:
Jochen Drees

References

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