2005 DFB-Pokal Final
# 2005 DFB-Pokal Final

The 2005 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2004–05 DFB-Pokal, the 62nd season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 28 May 2005 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against Schalke 04, giving them their 12th cup title.

## 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).

| Schalke 04 | Schalke 04 | Round | Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | 2004–05 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| Hertha BSC Amateure (A) | 2–0 | Round 1 | TSV Völpke (A) | 6–0 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) | 4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Round 2 | VfL Osnabrück (A) | 3–2 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt (A) | 2–0 | Round of 16 | VfB Stuttgart (H) | 3–0 |
| Hannover 96 (H) | 3–1 | Quarter-finals | SC Freiburg (A) | 7–0 |
| Werder Bremen (H) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) | Semi-finals | Arminia Bielefeld (A) | 2–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Schalke 04 | Bayern Munich |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Frank Rost (c) |
| RB | 18 | Niels Oude Kamphuis | | 46' |
| CB | 5 | Marcelo Bordon |
| CB | 20 | Mladen Krstajić | 79' |
| LB | 3 | Levan Kobiashvili | 83' |
| RM | 14 | Gerald Asamoah |
| CM | 2 | Christian Poulsen | 51' | 82' |
| CM | 17 | Sven Vermant | 23' |
| LM | 10 | Lincoln |
| CF | 9 | Aílton | | 71' |
| CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 13 | Christofer Heimeroth |
| DF | 15 | Tomasz Wałdoch |
| DF | 16 | Darío Rodríguez | | 82' |
| DF | 23 | Fabian Lamotte |
| MF | 6 | Hamit Altıntop | 63' | 46' |
| FW | 7 | Michael Delura |
| FW | 26 | Mike Hanke | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Ralf Rangnick ||
| GK | 1 | Oliver Kahn (c) |
| RB | 2 | Willy Sagnol | | 90+2' |
| CB | 3 | Lúcio |
| CB | 5 | Robert Kovač |
| LB | 69 | Bixente Lizarazu |
| DM | 6 | Martín Demichelis | 19' |
| RM | 31 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | | 75' |
| CM | 13 | Michael Ballack | 7' |
| LM | 11 | Zé Roberto | | 82' |
| CF | 10 | Roy Makaay | 90' |
| CF | 14 | Claudio Pizarro |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Michael Rensing |
| MF | 7 | Mehmet Scholl |
| MF | 8 | Torsten Frings | | 82' |
| MF | 20 | Hasan Salihamidžić | | 75' |
| MF | 23 | Owen Hargreaves |
| MF | 26 | Sebastian Deisler | | 90+2' |
| FW | 33 | Paolo Guerrero |
| Manager: ||
| Felix Magath ||
| Assistant referees: Thomas Frank (Hanover) Carsten Kadach (Suderburg) Fourth official: Uwe Kemmling (Burgwedel) | 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. |
