2015 DFB-Pokal final

2015 DFB-Pokal Final
Match programme cover
Event2014–15 DFB-Pokal
Borussia Dortmund VfL Wolfsburg
1 3
Date30 May 2015 (2015-05-30)
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
RefereeFelix Brych (Munich)[1]
Attendance75,815
WeatherPartly cloudy
13 °C (55 °F)
46% humidity[2]
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The 2015 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal, the 72nd season of Germany's premier football cup. It was played on 30 May 2015 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.

Borussia Dortmund, runners-up in the previous final, faced VfL Wolfsburg, who won the game 3–1 to capture their first title, with all four goals in the first half.[3][4][5][6]

As winners, Wolfsburg played against Bayern Munich, champions of the 2014–15 Bundesliga, in the 2015 DFL-Supercup, winning in a penalty shoot-out. Wolfsburg also would have qualified for the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, although they had already qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League via their league position. Because of this, the sixth-placed team in the Bundesliga, Schalke 04, earned automatic qualification for the group stage of next year's edition of the UEFA Europa League, and the league's third qualifying round spot went to the team in seventh, Borussia Dortmund; this was the first season in which the cup runners-up would not have qualified for the Europa League if the cup winner had qualified for the Champions League via their league position.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference referees was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Weather History for Berlin Tegel, DE". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Erstmals Sieger: Wolfsburg gewinnt 72. DFB-Pokalfinale gegen BVB". dfb.de. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Borussia Dortmund 1 Wolfsburg 3". BBC Sport. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Wolfsburg beat Borussia Dortmund to take DFB Pokal glory". ESPN. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Wolfsburg break cup duck, dashing Klopp hopes". UEFA.com. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.