The 2024 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal, the 81st season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 25 May 2024 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
The match featured 1. FC Kaiserslautern, a 2. Bundesliga side, and Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen won the match 1–0 for their second DFB-Pokal title.
With the win, Leverkusen completed their first domestic double, and therefore faced Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart in the 2024 DFL-Supercup.
Furthermore, since Leverkusen already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the seventh-placed team in the Bundesliga, TSG Hoffenheim, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, and the play-off round spot of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League went to the team in eighth, 1. FC Heidenheim.
Teams 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) 1. FC Kaiserslautern 7 (1961, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1990, 1996, 2003) Bayer Leverkusen 4 (1993, 2002, 2009, 2020)
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). 1. FC Kaiserslautern Round Bayer Leverkusen Opponent Result 2023–24 DFB-Pokal Opponent Result Rot-Weiß Koblenz 5–0 (A) First round Teutonia Ottensen 8–0 (A) 1. FC Köln 3–2 (H) Second round SV Sandhausen 5–2 (A) 1. FC Nürnberg 2–0 (H) Round of 16 SC Paderborn 3–1 (H) Hertha BSC 3–1 (A) Quarter-finals VfB Stuttgart 3–2 (H) 1. FC Saarbrücken 2–0 (A) Semi-finals Fortuna Düsseldorf 4–0 (H)
Match
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GK 18 Julian KrahlRB 31 Ben Zolinski CB 33 Jan Elvedi CB 2 Boris TomiakLB 15 Tymoteusz PuchaczDM 26 Filip KaločRM 8 Jean Zimmer (c) CM 7 Marlon RitterCM 20 Tobias Raschl LM 11 Kenny Prince Redondo CF 19 Daniel Hanslik Substitutes:GK 32 Robin HimmelmannDF 5 Kevin KrausDF 6 Almamy Touré DF 27 Frank RonstadtMF 4 Afeez AremuMF 10 Philipp Klement FW 9 Ragnar Ache FW 17 Aaron Opoku FW 29 Richmond Tachie Manager: Friedhelm Funkel GK 1 Lukas Hradecky (c) CB 6 Odilon Kossounou CB 4 Jonathan TahCB 12 Edmond TapsobaRM 30 Jeremie Frimpong CM 34 Granit XhakaCM 8 Robert AndrichLM 20 Álex Grimaldo RW 7 Jonas Hofmann LW 10 Florian Wirtz CF 14 Patrik Schick Substitutes:GK 17 Matěj KovářDF 2 Josip Stanišić DF 3 Piero Hincapié MF 19 Nathan Tella MF 21 Amine Adli MF 25 Exequiel PalaciosFW 9 Borja IglesiasFW 22 Victor BonifaceFW 23 Adam Hložek Manager: Xabi Alonso
Assistant referees: René Rohde (Rostock) Marcel Unger (Hamburg) Fourth official: Florian Badstübner (Nuremberg) Reserve assistant referee: Stefan Lupp (Zossen) Video assistant referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover) Assistant video assistant referee: Holger Henschel (Braunschweig)
See also 2024 DFL-Supercup Football in Berlin
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