The 2007 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, the 64th running of Germany's premier football cup competition. In the final, 1. FC Nürnberg defeated VfB Stuttgart 3–2 after extra time, thereby claiming their fourth title and denying Bundesliga champions Stuttgart a double. A 109th-minute strike from Danish midfielder Jan Kristiansen won the game for Nürnberg.
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). VfB Stuttgart Round 1. FC Nürnberg Opponent Result 2006–07 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Alemannia Aachen II (A) 4–0 First round BV Cloppenburg (A) 1–0 Babelsberg 03 (A) 4–2 Second round SC Paderborn (A) 2–1 VfL Bochum (A) 4–1 Round of 16 SpVgg Unterhaching (H) 0–0 Hertha BSC (H) 2–0 Quarter-finals Hannover 96 (H) 0–0 VfL Wolfsburg (A) 1–0 Semi-finals Eintracht Frankfurt (H) 4–0
Match
Summary
Nürnberg started off strong in the final with a few opportunities, but a mistake by the Nürnberg defence saw Cacau open the scoring for Stuttgart 20 minutes in. Seven minutes later, Nürnberg equalised with a goal from Marek Mintál. The match went to half-time with scores level at 1–1.
Shortly after the restart, Marco Engelhardt headed the ball in to put Nürnberg ahead for the first time in the match. With 10 minutes remaining in regular time, Nürnberg goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer took down Mario Gómez, and referee Michael Weiner awarded a penalty. Pável Pardo converted the penalty to level the match at 2–2. The scores remained level, and the match went into extra time.
In the 109th minute, Jan Kristiansen shot from 28 meters out. The ball sailed over Stuttgart keeper Timo Hildebrand and hit the underside of the crossbar and going into the back of the net to give Nürnberg a 3–2 lead with 11 minutes remaining. The scores remained the same until the end of extra time, giving Nürnberg their fourth DFB-Pokal title.
Details
GK 1 Timo HildebrandRB 3 Ricardo Osorio CB 6 Fernando Meira (c) CB 17 Matthieu DelpierreLB 21 Ludovic MagninRM 19 Roberto HilbertCM 28 Sami Khedira CM 13 Pável PardoLM 11 Thomas HitzlspergerSS 25 Antônio da Silva CF 18 Cacau Substitutes:GK 41 Michael LangerDF 15 Arthur Boka DF 35 Serdar Tasci MF 14 Alexander FarnerudFW 9 Marco StrellerFW 16 Benjamin LauthFW 33 Mario Gómez Manager: Armin Veh GK 1 Raphael Schäfer (c)RB 28 Dominik ReinhardtCB 5 Andreas WolfCB 7 Marek Nikl LB 25 Javier Pinola CM 6 Tomáš Galásek CM 22 Marco EngelhardtRW 13 Ivan SaenkoAM 11 Marek Mintál LW 19 Jan KristiansenCF 21 Markus Schroth Substitutes:GK 18 Daniel KlewerDF 23 Matthew Spiranovic MF 8 Jan Polák MF 10 Ivica Banović MF 36 Jawhar MnariFW 35 Chhunly PagenburgManager: Hans Meyer
Assistant referees: Norbert Grudzinski (Hamburg) Kai Voss (Großhansdorf) Fourth official: Babak Rafati (Hanover)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.
References
External links Match report at kicker.de Match report at WorldFootball.net Match report at Fussballdaten.de