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.jpg) TheAllianz Arena inMunich hosted the match. | |||||||
| Event | DFL-Supercup | ||||||
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| Date | 30 September 2020 (2020-9-30) | ||||||
| Venue | Allianz Arena,Munich | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Joshua Kimmich(Bayern Munich)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Bibiana Steinhaus (Langenhagen)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 0[note 1] | ||||||
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The2020 DFL-Supercup was the eleventh edition of the Germansuper cup under the nameDFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season'sBundesliga andDFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 30 September 2020.[3] The match is usually played in July or August prior to the start of the Bundesliga. However, due to postponement of the2019–20 Bundesliga as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic, the start of the2020–21 season was delayed until September 2020.[4] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was playedbehind closed doors.[5]
The match featuredBayern Munich, the champions of the2019–20 Bundesliga and winners of the2019–20 DFB-Pokal (completing adomestic double), andBorussia Dortmund, the runners-up of the Bundesliga and holders of the DFL-Supercup. The match was hosted by Bayern at theAllianz Arena inMunich.[6] In a change of format, the Bundesliga champions hosted the DFL-Supercup, having previously been hosted by the winners of the DFB-Pokal, or the runners-up of the Bundesliga in the case of a team completing the double.
Bayern Munich won the match 3–2 for their eighth Supercup title. For the first time ever, a female referee was selected to officiate the match: German refereeBibiana Steinhaus, who directed the last match of her career.[7][2]
In the following table, matches until 1996 were in the DFB-Supercup era, since 2010 were in the DFL-Supercup era.
| Team | Qualification | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Bayern Munich | 2019–20 Bundesliga champions and2019–20 DFB-Pokal winners | 13 (1987,1989,1990,1994,2010,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019)[a] |
| Borussia DortmundTH | 2019–20 Bundesliga runners-up | 10 (1989,1995,1996,2011,2012,2013,2014,2016,2017,2019)[b] |
The match was the second German super cup to be held at theAllianz Arena (after2012), and the third to take place inMunich (additionally in1994 at theOlympiastadion).
          Bayern Munich |      Borussia Dortmund |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[2] |
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