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Event | 2008–09 DFB-Pokal | ||||||
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Date | 30 May 2009 | ||||||
Venue | Olympiastadion, Berlin | ||||||
Referee | Helmut Fleischer (Ulm) | ||||||
Attendance | 72,954 | ||||||
The final of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal season was held on 30 May 2009 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin. Werder Bremen won with a 58th-minute goal from midfielder Mesut Özil. This was the club's sixth DFB-Pokal in its history, after victories in 1961, 1991, 1994, 1999 and 2004. This was Bayer Leverkusen's DFB-Pokal final loss of the decade, the other occurring in 2002. Werder Bremen lost the 2009 UEFA Cup final ten days prior to the DFB-Pokal final, losing to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk.
Assistant referees:
Sönke Glindemann (Erftstadt)
Guido Kleve (Nordhorn)
Fourth official:
Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
Match rules