Match programme cover
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Event | DFL-Supercup | ||||||
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VfL Wolfsburg won 5–4 on penalties | |||||||
Date | 1 August 2015 | ||||||
Venue | Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg | ||||||
Referee | Marco Fritz (Korb) | ||||||
Attendance | 30,000 | ||||||
The 2015 DFL-Supercup was the sixth edition of the German Super Cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. It featured Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2014–15 Bundesliga and VfL Wolfsburg, the winners of the 2014–15 DFB-Pokal.
Bayern lost 2–0 in the previous edition, to Borussia Dortmund.
The match was played on 1 August 2015. Wolfsburg defeated Bayern Munich 5–4 on penalties after the regular game ended 1–1. Arjen Robben had put Bayern Munich ahead in the 49th minute from close range after goalkeeper Koen Casteels had fumbled a cross from the left from Douglas Costa. Nicklas Bendtner leveled the game in the 89th minute scoring at the near post after a cross from Kevin De Bruyne from the right. Bendtner went on to score the decisive penalty in the penalty shoot-out shooting high into the top left corner as Wolfsburg won 5-4.
Assistant referees:
Dominik Schaal (Tübingen)
Marcel Pelgrim (Hamminkeln-Loikum)
Fourth official:
Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)