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| Event | 2013–14 DFB-Pokal | ||||||
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| Date | 17 May 2014 (2014-05-17) | ||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion,Berlin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Arjen Robben(Bayern Munich)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 76,197 | ||||||
| Weather | Mostly cloudy 17 °C (63 °F) 21%humidity[3] | ||||||
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The2014 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the2013–14 DFB-Pokal, the 71st season of Germany's premier football cup. It was played on 17 May at theOlympiastadion inBerlin.
In the final,Borussia Dortmund playedBayern Munich. The winners would have earned a place in the group stage of the2014–15 UEFA Europa League, but both teams had already qualified for the2014–15 UEFA Champions League via their league positions. Because of this, the three Europa League spots were passed down through league positions. This was the last season in which the cup runners-up would have qualified for the Europa League if the winners had already qualified for the Champions League.[4] The winners also earned the right to play in the2014 DFL-Supercup; as Bayern had already won theBundesliga, Borussia Dortmund became their opponents regardless of the result due to them also finishing as league runners-up.[5]
It was Dortmund's sixth final, of which they had won three, including their most recent in2012 against Bayern. Bayern were the defending champions, and it was their 20th final.
Bayern Munich won a record 17th title,[6] after defeating Dortmund 2–0 afterextra time.[7][8]
The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in asingle-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 ofextra time was played. If the score was still level, apenalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.[9]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Borussia Dortmund | Round | Bayern Munich | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2013–14 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| SV Wilhelmshaven (A) | 3–0 | First round | Schwarz-Weiß Rehden (A) | 5–0 |
| 1860 Munich (A) | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Second round | Hannover 96 (H) | 4–1 |
| 1. FC Saarbrücken (A) | 2–0 | Round of 16 | FC Augsburg (A) | 2–0 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt (A) | 1–0 | Quarter-finals | Hamburger SV (A) | 5–0 |
| VfL Wolfsburg (H) | 2–0 | Semi-finals | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (H) | 5–1 |
Dortmund, of the Bundesliga, began their cup campaign on 3 August 2013, with a 3–0 away win over fourth-tierSV Wilhelmshaven, with three goals in the last 20 minutes fromKevin Großkreutz,Marvin Ducksch andRobert Lewandowski.[10] In the second round, away to1860 München at theAllianz Arena, the game was goalless after 90 minutes.[11] Dortmund advanced with extra-time goals fromPierre-Emerick Aubameyang andHenrikh Mkhitaryan.[11] In Round 3, away to1. FC Saarbrücken of the3. Liga, Dortmund won with goals fromJulian Schieber andJonas Hofmann.[12] In the quarterfinals, Dortmund travelled toEintracht Frankfurt, their first top-flight opponents of the campaign, winning by a late Aubameyang strike.[13] Their semifinal was their only home game of the run, won 2–0 on 15 April 2014 againstVfL Wolfsburg with goals from Mkhitaryan and Lewandowski.[14][15]
Bayern Munich played their first-round match on 5 August 2013, away to fourth-tierBSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden,Thomas Müller scoring a hat-trick in a 5–0 win with the other goals byXherdan Shaqiri andArjen Robben.[16] In the second round, they faced fellow Bundesliga teamHannover 96 at home, winning 4–1 with a Müller double and goals byClaudio Pizarro andFranck Ribéry.[17] Their third-round match was away toFC Augsburg, with Müller and Robben scoring to put Bayern into the quarterfinals.[18] There they playedHamburger SV away, and won 5–0, with aMario Mandžukić hat-trick as well as goals byDante and Robben.[19] Bayern played at home in the semifinal on 16 April, and beat1. FC Kaiserslautern 5–1, with the goals shared betweenBastian Schweinsteiger,Toni Kroos, Müller, Mandžukić andMario Götze.[20]
Bayern Munich were withoutThiago due to a knee ligament injury that he received in March.[21] The Saturday before the final, midfielderBastian Schweinsteiger strained a tendon in his left knee againstVfB Stuttgart, ruling him out. Bayern's top scorer of the season,Mario Mandžukić, was dropped from the team and did not travel to Berlin to the final. ManagerPep Guardiola said "Basti is injured, a problem with his knee. Mandzukic is my decision. He was fit, he could play but we have 18 players and I will play with them".[22]
Borussia Dortmund strikerRobert Lewandowski, who had agreed to join Bayern Munich at the end of the season, was excused from some training for the final as a precaution to injury. ManagerJürgen Klopp said "We were very careful with him".[22]
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