2024 DFB-Pokal final

2024 DFB-Pokal final
The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final.
Event2023–24 DFB-Pokal
1. FC Kaiserslautern Bayer Leverkusen
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Date25 May 2024 (2024-05-25)
VenueOlympiastadion, Berlin
RefereeBastian Dankert (Rostock)[1]
Attendance74,322[2]
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The 2024 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal, the 81st season of the annual German football cup competition. The match was played on 25 May 2024 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[3][4]

The match featured 1. FC Kaiserslautern, a 2. Bundesliga side, and Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen won the match 1–0 for their second DFB-Pokal title.[5][6]

With the win, Leverkusen completed their first domestic double, and therefore faced Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart in the 2024 DFL-Supercup.[7]

Furthermore, since Leverkusen already qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the seventh-placed team in the Bundesliga, TSG Hoffenheim, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, and the play-off round spot of the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League went to the team in eighth, 1. FC Heidenheim.[8]

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  2. ^ "DFB-Pokal, 2023/2024, Finale" [2023–24 DFB-Pokal, Final]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  4. ^ "DFB verabschiedet Rahmenterminkalender der Männer 2023/2024" [DFB adopts men's 2023–24 framework schedule]. DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Kaiserslautern 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1". BBC Sport. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Bayer Leverkusen complete double with DFB Pokal final win". ESPN. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Xhakas Geniestreich beschert Leverkusen Pokalsieg und Double". DFB.de (in German). German Football Association. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Strategic talks in Dubrovnik". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2024.