2026 DFB-Pokal final
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| Event | 2025–26 DFB-Pokal | ||||||
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| Date | 23 May 2026 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion, Berlin | ||||||
| Referee | Sven Jablonski (Bremen)[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 74,036 | ||||||
The 2026 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2025–26 DFB-Pokal, the 83rd season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 23 May 2026 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[2][3]
The match featured Bayern Munich, record 20-time winners of the competition, and VfB Stuttgart, the defending champions.
Bayern Munich won the match 3–0, thanks to Harry Kane's second half flawless hat-trick or lupenreiner, a hat-trick uninterrupted by half-time or goals by other players.[4][5]
It was Bayern's 21st DFB-Pokal title and the win completed a domestic double; they will therefore face Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund in the 2026 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup.
Furthermore, since Bayern already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the sixth-placed team in the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2026–27 UEFA Europa League, and the play-off round spot of the 2026–27 UEFA Conference League went to the team in seventh, SC Freiburg.[6]
Teams
[edit]In the following table, finals until 1943 were in the Tschammerpokal era, since 1953 were in the DFB-Pokal era.
| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Bayern Munich | 24 (1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020) |
| VfB Stuttgart | 7 (1954, 1958, 1986, 1997, 2007, 2013, 2025) |
Route to the final
[edit]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.[7]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Bayern Munich | Round | VfB Stuttgart | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2025–26 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 3–2 (A) | First round | Eintracht Braunschweig | 4–4 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p) (A) |
| 1. FC Köln | 4–1 (A) | Second round | Mainz 05 | 2–0 (A) |
| Union Berlin | 3–2 (A) | Round of 16 | VfL Bochum | 2–0 (A) |
| RB Leipzig | 2–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Holstein Kiel | 3–0 (A) |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 (A) | Semi-finals | SC Freiburg | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (H) |
Match
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 ""Absolutes Highlight": Jablonski leitet 83. DFB-Pokalfinale" ["Absolute highlight": Jablonski officiates 83rd DFB-Pokal final]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 11 May 2026. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
- ↑ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
- ↑ "Rahmenterminkalender für die Saison 2025/26: Bundesliga-Auftakt am 22. August 2025 – 2. Bundesliga startet am 1. August 2025". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ↑ "Bayern holt mit 3:0 im DFB-Cup-Finale das Double" [Bayern Munich win the double with a 3–0 victory in the DFB Cup final]. Der Standard (in German). 23 May 2026. Archived from the original on 24 May 2026. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
- ↑ "Harry Kane hits hat-trick, 61st goal of season as Bayern see off Stuttgart in German Cup final". ESPN. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ↑ "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ "Modus" [Mode]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ↑ "Spielordnung/Schiedsrichterordnung" [Match rules/referee rules] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 30 September 2022. sec. 46, par. 2.1.2 (p. 77). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ↑ "Durchführungsbestimmungen zur DFB-Spielordnung und weitere Richtlinien" [Implementing regulations for the DFB match regulations and other guidelines] (PDF). DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 1 February 2023. par. 30–31 (pp. 26–27). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
External links
[edit]- 2026 DFB-Pokal final statistics and fan information at DFB.de (in German)
- Match report at kicker.de (in German)
- Match report at WorldFootball.net
- Match report at Fussballdaten.de (in German)