2008 DFB-Pokal Final
# 2008 DFB-Pokal Final

The 2008 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2007–08 DFB-Pokal, the 65th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. The match took place on 19 April 2008 between thirteen-time winners Bayern München and two-time winners Borussia Dortmund. The final was played in front of 70,000 at Berlin's Olympiastadion. Bayern ran out 2–1 winners in extra time, thanks to two strikes from Italian forward Luca Toni, gaining their 14th DFB-Pokal title and gaining the first trophy of a league and cup 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 | 2007–08 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| 1. FC Magdeburg (A) | 4–1 | First round | Wacker Burghausen (A) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) |
| Eintracht Frankfurt (H) | 2–1 | Second round | Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) | 3–1 |
| Werder Bremen (H) | 2–1 | Round of 16 | Wuppertaler SV Borussia (A) | 5–2 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim (H) | 3–1 | Quarter-finals | 1860 Munich (H) | 1–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Carl Zeiss Jena (H) | 3–0 | Semi-finals | VfL Wolfsburg (H) | 2–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Borussia Dortmund | Bayern Munich |
| - | - |
| GK | 20 | Marc Ziegler |
| RB | 14 | Antonio Rukavina | 62' | 79' |
| CB | 4 | Christian Wörns (c) |
| CB | 21 | Robert Kovač | 19' |
| LB | 17 | Dedé |
| DM | 5 | Sebastian Kehl | | 86' |
| CM | 7 | Tinga | 37' |
| CM | 6 | Florian Kringe |
| RW | 16 | Jakub Błaszczykowski | 89' 108' |
| CF | 13 | Alexander Frei | 38' | 71' |
| LW | 10 | Mladen Petrić | 96' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 41 | Alexander Bade |
| DF | 2 | Martin Amedick |
| DF | 15 | Mats Hummels |
| MF | 22 | Marc-André Kruska |
| MF | 26 | Delron Buckley | | 79' |
| FW | 9 | Nelson Valdez | | 86' |
| FW | 19 | Diego Klimowicz | 114' | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Thomas Doll ||
| GK | 1 | Oliver Kahn (c) |
| RB | 30 | Christian Lell |
| CB | 3 | Lúcio |
| CB | 6 | Martín Demichelis |
| LB | 21 | Philipp Lahm |
| RW | 31 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | | 86' |
| CM | 17 | Mark van Bommel |
| CM | 15 | Zé Roberto | 111' | 113' |
| LW | 7 | Franck Ribéry |
| CF | 18 | Miroslav Klose | | 69' |
| CF | 9 | Luca Toni | 120' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Michael Rensing |
| DF | 2 | Willy Sagnol | | 86' |
| DF | 5 | Daniel Van Buyten |
| DF | 23 | Marcell Jansen |
| MF | 16 | Andreas Ottl | | 113' |
| MF | 20 | José Sosa |
| FW | 11 | Lukas Podolski | | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Ottmar Hitzfeld ||
| Assistant referees: Jan-Hendrik Salver (Stuttgart) Volker Wezel (Tübingen) Fourth official: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart) | 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. |
