DFB Cup 2008-09
| Country | Germany | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 64 | ||
| Defending champions | Bayern Munich | ||
| Champions | Werder Bremen | ||
| Runners-up | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Matches played | 63 | ||
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The 2008–09 DFB-Pokal was the 66th season of the annual German football cup competition. It started with the first match of the First Round between fifth division side SV Niederauerbach and 1. FC Köln on 7 August 2008, and ended with Werder Bremen defeating Bayer Leverkusen in the final at the Olympiastadion, Berlin on 30 May 2009. The winners of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal would qualify to the fourth qualifying round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
Due to a decision made in 2006, reserve teams from professional clubs are no longer allowed to compete.
The following 64 teams competed in Round 1:
Bayern Munich
Werder Bremen
Schalke 04
Hamburger SV
VfL Wolfsburg
VfB Stuttgart
Bayer Leverkusen
Hannover 96
Eintracht Frankfurt
Hertha BSC
Karlsruher SC
VfL Bochum
Borussia Dortmund
Energie Cottbus
Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Nürnberg
MSV Duisburg
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