2012 DFB-Pokal final
# 2012 DFB-Pokal final

The 2011–12 DFB-Pokal, the 62nd season of Germany's premier football cup competition, came to a close on 12 May 2012 when Borussia Dortmund played against Bayern Munich at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Borussia Dortmund won 5–2, their third DFB-Pokal triumph and the completion of their first Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double.

## 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.

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

| Borussia Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund | Round | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2011–12 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| SV Sandhausen (A) | 3–0 | First round | Eintracht Braunschweig (A) | 3–0 |
| Dynamo Dresden (H) | 2–0 | Second round | FC Ingolstadt (H) | 6–0 |
| Fortuna Düsseldorf (A) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Round of 16 | VfL Bochum (A) | 2–1 |
| Holstein Kiel (A) | 4–0 | Quarter-finals | VfB Stuttgart (A) | 2–0 |
| Greuther Fürth (A) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Semi-finals | Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) |

## Match

### Details

| Borussia Dortmund | Bayern Munich |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Roman Weidenfeller | 23' | 34' |
| RB | 26 | Łukasz Piszczek |
| CB | 4 | Neven Subotić |
| CB | 15 | Mats Hummels | 83' |
| LB | 29 | Marcel Schmelzer |
| CM | 21 | İlkay Gündoğan |
| CM | 5 | Sebastian Kehl (c) |
| RW | 16 | Jakub Błaszczykowski | | 84' |
| AM | 23 | Shinji Kagawa | | 81' |
| LW | 19 | Kevin Großkreutz |
| CF | 9 | Robert Lewandowski |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 20 | Mitchell Langerak | | 34' |
| DF | 27 | Felipe Santana |
| MF | 7 | Moritz Leitner |
| MF | 11 | Mario Götze |
| MF | 14 | Ivan Perišić | | 84' |
| MF | 22 | Sven Bender | | 81' |
| FW | 18 | Lucas Barrios |
| Manager: ||
| Jürgen Klopp ||
| GK | 1 | Manuel Neuer |
| RB | 21 | Philipp Lahm (c) |
| CB | 17 | Jérôme Boateng |
| CB | 28 | Holger Badstuber | 51' |
| LB | 27 | David Alaba | | 69' |
| CM | 31 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | 70' |
| CM | 30 | Luiz Gustavo | | 46' |
| RW | 10 | Arjen Robben |
| AM | 39 | Toni Kroos |
| LW | 7 | Franck Ribéry |
| CF | 33 | Mario Gómez |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Hans-Jörg Butt |
| DF | 13 | Rafinha |
| DF | 26 | Diego Contento | | 69' |
| MF | 23 | Danijel Pranjić |
| MF | 25 | Thomas Müller | | 46' |
| MF | 44 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk |
| FW | 11 | Ivica Olić |
| Manager: ||
| Jupp Heynckes ||
| Assistant referees: Matthias Anklam (Buchholz in der Nordheide) Sascha Thielert (Buchholz in der Nordheide) Fourth official: Marco Fritz (Korb) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. |
