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2022 DFB-Pokal final

2022 DFB-Pokal final

Football match

The 2022 DFB-Pokal final was an association football match played between RB Leipzig and SC Freiburg at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on 21 May 2022. Organized by the German Football Association (DFB), it was the 79th final of the competition and the first match which allowed full capacity in two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.[4][5]

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RB Leipzig won the match 4–2 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time, for their first DFB-Pokal title.[6] As winners, they hosted the 2022 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the following season, and faced the champion of the 2021–22 edition of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich. As Leipzig already qualified for the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Champions League through their position in the Bundesliga, the UEFA Europa League group stage spot reserved for the cup winners went to the sixth-placed team, and the league's UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round spot to the seventh-placed team.[7]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1943 were in the Tschammerpokal era, since 1953 were in the DFB-Pokal era.

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Background

Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.[8]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

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Match

Details

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Attendance: 74,322
SC Freiburg
RB Leipzig
GK26Netherlands Mark Flekken
CB5Germany Manuel Guldedownward-facing red arrow 106'
CB3Austria Philipp LienhartYellow card 90'
CB4Germany Nico Schlotterbeck
RM17Germany Lukas KüblerYellow card 81'downward-facing red arrow 86'
CM8Germany Maximilian Eggesteindownward-facing red arrow 86'
CM27Germany Nicolas Höfler
LM30Germany Christian Günter (c)
RW22Hungary Roland Sallaidownward-facing red arrow 79'
LW32Italy Vincenzo Grifo
CF9Germany Lucas Hölerdownward-facing red arrow 79'
Substitutes:
GK1Germany Benjamin Uphoff
DF7France Jonathan Schmidupward-facing green arrow 86'
DF25France Kiliann Sildillia
DF31Germany Keven Schlotterbeckupward-facing green arrow 106'
MF19Germany Janik Habererupward-facing green arrow 86'
MF33Germany Noah Weißhaupt
FW11Bosnia and Herzegovina Ermedin DemirovićYellow card 113'upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW18Germany Nils Petersenupward-facing green arrow 79'
FW29South Korea Jeong Woo-yeong
Manager:
Germany Christian Streich
GK1Hungary Péter Gulácsi (c)
CB2France Mohamed SimakanYellow card 57'downward-facing red arrow 113'
CB4Hungary Willi Orbán
CB23Germany Marcel HalstenbergRed card 57'
RM16Germany Lukas Klostermann
CM27Austria Konrad Laimerdownward-facing red arrow 99'
CM44Slovenia Kevin KamplYellow card 57' Yellow-red card 118'downward-facing red arrow 69'
LM39Germany Benjamin Henrichs
RW10Sweden Emil ForsbergYellow card 82'downward-facing red arrow 61'
LW18France Christopher Nkunku
CF33Portugal André Silvadownward-facing red arrow 61'
Substitutes:
GK31Spain Josep Martínez
DF3Spain Angeliño
DF22France Nordi Mukieleupward-facing green arrow 61'
DF32Croatia Joško Gvardiolupward-facing green arrow 113'
MF8Mali Amadou Haidara
MF14United States Tyler Adamsupward-facing green arrow 99'
MF17Hungary Dominik Szoboszlaiupward-facing green arrow 61'
MF25Spain Dani Olmoupward-facing green arrow 69'
FW9Denmark Yussuf Poulsen
Manager:
Italy Domenico TedescoYellow card 90+2'

Man of the Match:
Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Mike Pickel (Mendig)
Frederick Assmuth (Cologne)
Fourth official:[2]
Robert Schröder (Hanover)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Sören Storks (Ramsdorf [de])
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Christian Gittelmann (Gauersheim)

Match rules[9][10]

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

References

  1. [1]
    "SC Freiburg – RB Leipzig, Stimmen zum DFB-Pokalfinale: "Man darf den alten Trainer nicht schlecht machen"" [SC Freiburg – RB Leipzig, quotes on the DFB-Pokal Final: "You cannot badmouth the old coach".]. SPOX.com (in German). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022. Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg, vom DFB zum Spieler des Spiels gewählt) [Nico Schlotterbeck (SC Freiburg, voted player of the match by the DFB)]
  2. [2]
    "Stegemann leitet DFB-Pokalfinale in Berlin" [Stegemann leads DFB-Pokal final in Berlin]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    "DFB-Pokal, 2021/2022, Finale" [2021–22 DFB-Pokal, Final]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  5. [5]
    "DFB-Präsidium verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender 2021/2022" [DFB executive committee passes framework schedule 2021–2022]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Freiburg versagen die Nerven vom Punkt: Leipzig gewinnt den DFB-Pokal". kicker.de. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Modus" [Mode]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Spielordnung" [Match rules] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. sec. 46. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Durchführungsbestimmungen" [Implementation regulations] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. sec. 31. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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