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2015 DFB-Pokal Final

2015 DFB-Pokal Final
German Cup Final
2015 DFB-Pokal Final programme.jpg
Match programme cover
Event 2014–15 DFB-Pokal
Date 30 May 2015
Venue Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee Felix Brych (Munich)
Attendance 75,815
Weather Sunny
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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.

As winners, they played against Bayern Munich, champions of the 2014–15 Bundesliga, in the 2015 DFL-Supercup, winning in a penalty shootout. Wolfsburg also qualified for the group stage of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League; this was the first season in which the cup runner-up would not have qualified for the Europa League if the cup winner had qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position.

It was Dortmund's seventh final and they have a record of three victories (most recently against Bayern in 2012) and three defeats (most recently against the same opponents two years later). Wolfsburg's only prior appearance was in 1995, losing 0–3 to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Wolfsburg midfielder Junior Malanda died in a car accident in January 2015. In his honour, they wore shirts with his squad number 19 within a heart.

The game was Dortmund manager Jürgen Klopp's final match, after seven years in charge of the team.

Borussia Dortmund, of the Bundesliga, started the tournament in the first round on 17 August 2014, playing away at 3. Liga club Stuttgarter Kickers, and winning 4–1 with goals by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (2) and Adrián Ramos. On 28 October, they played the second round away at FC St. Pauli of the 2. Bundesliga, winning 3–0 with goals from Ciro Immobile, Marco Reus and Shinji Kagawa. The third round on 3 March 2015 again had Dortmund travel, to third-tier Dynamo Dresden, where they won 2–0 from two goals by Immobile in the second half, after losing Reus to injury in the first half.


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