2019 DFB-Pokal final

2019 DFB-Pokal Final
Match programme cover
Event2018–19 DFB-Pokal
Date25 May 2019 (2019-05-25)
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
Man of the MatchRobert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)[1]
RefereeTobias Stieler (Hamburg)[2]
Attendance74,322
2018
2020

The 2019 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2018–19 DFB-Pokal, the 76th season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 25 May 2019 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[3][4]

The match featured Bundesliga clubs RB Leipzig, playing in their first final, and Bayern Munich, the record winners of the competition.

Bayern Munich won the final 3–0 for their 19th DFB-Pokal title.[5][6] With the win, Bayern completed their 12th domestic double, and therefore played away to 2018–19 Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund in the 2019 DFL-Supercup in August 2019. Because Bayern qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the sixth-place team in the Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2019–20 edition of the UEFA Europa League, and the league's third second round spot went to the team in seventh, Eintracht Frankfurt.[7]

  1. ^ German Football Association [@DFB_Pokal] (26 May 2019). "Man of the Match: Robert Lewandowski. Ein verdienter Sieger?" [Man of the Match: Robert Lewandowski. A deserved winner?] (Tweet) (in German). Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Tobias Stieler leitet Pokalfinale: "Highlight der Saison"" [Tobias Stieler leads cup final: "Highlight of the season"]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  4. ^ "DFB-Präsidium verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender 2018/2019" [DFB executive committee adopts 2018–19 framework schedule]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Bayern Munich win German Cup after Lewandowski cuts down RB Leipzig". Guardian. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  6. ^ "RB Leipzig 0 Bayern Munich 3". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.