2021 DFB-Pokal final

2021 DFB-Pokal Final
Match programme cover
Event2020–21 DFB-Pokal
RB Leipzig Borussia Dortmund
1 4
Date13 May 2021 (2021-05-13)
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
Man of the MatchMarco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)[1]
RefereeFelix Brych (Munich)[2]
Attendance0[note 1]
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The 2021 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2020–21 DFB-Pokal, the 78th season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on Thursday, 13 May 2021 (on the Feast of the Ascension, a German public holiday) at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[4][5] The match was originally scheduled for Saturday, 22 May 2021,[6] but was moved to an earlier date prior to the completion of the league season in Germany. This was due to fixture density caused by the late start of the season, originating from the postponement of the end of the previous season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As with other competitions, the match was played behind closed doors without any spectators.[3]

The match featured RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund won the final 4–1 for their fifth DFB-Pokal title.[7]

Due to the scheduling change, the match was the first DFB-Pokal final since 2008 to be played prior to the end of the league season, and the first final since 1985 to not be played on a Saturday. Additionally, it was the first final not played on a weekend since 1984, which was also the only prior final played on a Thursday.[4]

As winners, Borussia Dortmund featured in the 2021 edition of the DFL-Supercup at the start of the following season, and facing the champion of the 2020–21 edition of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich. The winner of the DFB-Pokal also earns automatic qualification for the group stage of the 2021–22 edition of the UEFA Europa League. However, as Dortmund already qualified for the 2021–22 edition of the UEFA Champions League through their position in the Bundesliga, the spot went to the team in sixth, and the league's UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round spot went to the team in seventh.[8]

  1. ^ German Football Association [@DFB_Pokal] (14 May 2021). "Pokalsieger und euer Man of the Match bei RBL-BVB: Marco Reus!" [Cup winner and your Man of the Match of RBL-BVB: Marco Reus!] (Tweet) (in German). Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Brych leitet Pokalfinale in Berlin" [Brych officiates cup final in Berlin]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "DFB-Pokalfinale in Berlin ohne Zuschauer" [DFB-Pokal Final in Berlin without spectators]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Rahmenterminkalender 2020/2021: Saison startet mit DFB-Pokal" [Framework schedule 2020–21: Season starts with DFB-Pokal]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. ^ "DFB-Präsidium verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender 2020/2021" [DFB executive committee passes framework schedule 2020/2021]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  7. ^ "4:1 gegen Leipzig: Dortmund feiert fünften Pokalsieg" [4–1 against Leipzig: Dortmund celebrates fifth cup win]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.


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