Wednesday evening’s DFB Cup semi-final has a distinct David versus Goliath feel to it as holders Bayern Munich host 1. FC Kaiserslautern in a match that pits the European champions against a second-division outfit.
DFB.de has rounded up ten interesting facts ahead of the encounter in Munich, which will be broadcast live on ARD from 20:30 CET.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: The match is the 99th competitive meeting between the teams, with Bayern winning on 57 occasions, Kaiserslautern on 24 and the tie ending in a stalemate 17 times. History is not on the latter’s side in DFB Cup fixtures, as from the nine clashes so far Kaiserslautern have only progressed once, thanks to a 2-1 third round victory at home in the 1980/81 season. The pair also squared off in the 2003 final, which Bayern won 3-1 after a brace from Michael Ballack as well as a Claudio Pizarro effort, with Miroslav Klose grabbing the consolation for Lautern. The teams first collided in the cup in the last 16 in 1970/71, with the match ending 1-1 in Kaiserslautern, before Gerd Müller inspired Bayern to victory in the replay in Munich by netting every goal in a 5-0 whitewash. The sides last met in the competition in the second round on 31 October 2012, with two goals apiece from Arjen Robben and Pizarro helping Bayern to a 4-0 triumph.
THIS SEASON: Bayern are the yardstick by which every other team measures themselves and currently have 78 points in the Bundesliga after winning 25 of their 30 league matches so far, drawing three and losing twice, while scoring 82 goals and conceding 20. That averages out at 2.6 points, 2.67 goals for and just 0.67 goals against per game. Pep Guardiola’s charges have won 40 points from their 15 matches at home this term, finding the net 42 times and letting in 13, while Bayern’s 3-0 reverse against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday was their first home defeat in the Bundesliga this season. Furthermore, Bayern have won seven and drawn two of their ten Champions League fixtures to date in 2013/14, with their only defeat coming in a 3-2 loss in the group stage against Manchester City at the Allianz Arena.
Kaiserslautern are currently fourth in Bundesliga 2, having chalked up 13 wins, eight draws and nine defeats in their 30 league games in 2013/14, giving them a total of 47 points, or an average of 1.57 points per match. They have netted 45 and conceded 32, while away from home they have won six, drawn three and lost six, giving them a points-per-game ratio of 1.4.
ROUTE TO THE SEMI-FINAL: After opening with a 5-0 win away to non-league side BSV SW Rehden, Bayern have come up against three Bundesliga opponents. They beat Hannover 96 4-1 at home to reach the last 16 and followed that up with a 2-0 victory away to FC Augsburg before steamrollering Hamburger SV 5-0 in the quarter-finals.
Kaiserslautern kicked off their cup campaign against non-league opposition too, hammering Neckarsulmer Sport-Union 7-0 before pulling off their first upset with a 3-1 win over Hertha Berlin in the second round. A 3-0 triumph away to Union Berlin paved the way for their biggest coup this season, a 1-0 victory away to Champions League last 16 participants Bayer Leverkusen.
CUP HISTORY: Current holders Bayern lifted the DFB Cup for the first time in 1957 and have won it more often than any other team, having returned home as winners from 16 of their 20 final appearances.
Kaiserslautern have progressed to the title-decider on seven occasions but have only emerged victorious twice. Their maiden triumph came in 1989 with a 3-2 win over Werder Bremen before they edged out Karlsruher SC 1-0 in 1996, just one week after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time.
SEMI-FINAL RECORD: Wednesday’s game will see Bayern set a national record as they make their 25th semi-final appearance. The Bavarians have only lost five times at this stage of the competition, most recently after succumbing 1-0 at home to Schalke in 2011. The same opponent also eliminated Bayern in 2002 after netting twice in extra time to win 2-0, while the same two clubs were involved in an epic 6-6 draw in 1984 in a game where a young Olaf Thon set the tone for his future career with an outstanding display at the Parkstadion. Bayern went on to win the replay 3-2.
The omens are good for Kaiserslautern going into their 11th last four encounter, having won seven and lost just three of their previous semi-final match-ups. Their maiden final appearance was in 1961 after beating Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 2-1 away from home in the previous round.
PENALTIES: The last time Bayern lost on penalties was over 13 years ago when they finished on the wrong side of a 4-2 scoreline away to FC Magdeburg in the second round in 2000/01, having drawn the match itself 1-1. Bayern have won five consecutive penalty shoot-outs in the DFB Cup since then, with their latest success in this department coming in 2011/12 when they beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-2 following a goalless encounter. Overall Bayern have won seven shoot-outs, losing just three.
Kaiserslautern have only won three of their nine shoot-outs in the DFB Cup. One of those losses came against Bayern, who won 5-3 in the last 16 in 2001/02 after the match finished goalless.
GOALSCORERS: Thomas Müller leads the way in the competition’s scoring charts this term, sharing top spot with Hoffenheim attacker Roberto Firmino on six goals. Müller’s team-mates Mario Mandzukic and Arjen Robben have each scored three in four games, a tally equalled by Kaiserslautern’s Olivier Occean and Marcel Gaus. The latter will be unable to add to his haul on Wednesday due to a knee injury.
Bayern’s all-time top scorer in the Cup is, of course, Gerd Müller, with der Bomber hitting the target 78 times in 62 matches. Lautern’s leading marksman is the club’s current CEO Stefan Kuntz, who struck a total of 25 times for Kaiserslautern, VfL Bochum, Bayer Uerdingen and Arminia Bielefeld.
MOST APPEARANCES: Three-time World Goalkeeper of the Year (1999, 2001 and 2002) Oliver Kahn has made more outings in the DFB Cup than any other Bayern player. His tally of 68, racked up while playing for the Bavarians and Karlsruher SC, puts him in third place in the all-time list, behind Eintracht Frankfurt legend Karl-Heinz Körbel, who made 70 appearances, and Mirko Votava, on 79. Former Kaiserslautern star Wolfgang Seel ran out 63 times in the competition, doing so for 1. FC Saarbrücken and Fortuna Düsseldorf as well as Lautern. The striker, who also earned six caps for Germany, won the DFB Cup twice with Fortuna in 1979 and 1980.
COACHES: Josep 'Pep' Guardiola’s trophy cabinet was already overflowing with silverware from his playing days, even before adding to his collection as a coach. As a player, the now 43-year-old won the Spanish league title six times, the Spanish cup twice, the European Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup. Guardiola would later become the first coach to clinch six titles in a single year: the Spanish championship, the Spanish cup, the Spanish Supercup, the Champions League, the Club World Cup and the UEFA Supercup, with this year’s Bundesliga title becoming his 16th trophy as a touchline strategist. Guardiola has been at Bayern since 1 July 2013, joining the club after a 12-month sabbatical taken following five years in charge at Barcelona. He earned 47 international caps for Spain, scoring five goals, and won Olympic gold in 1992.
Kosta Runjaic has been in the dugout at Kaiserslautern since 16 September 2013, when he took over from Franco Foda. The 42-year-old had previously coached the club’s reserve side between 2004 and 2006, before he moved to SV Wehen, where he took charge of the U-19s and subsequently the reserves. His first position as head coach was at SV Darmstadt 98, who he saved from relegation in the lower leagues before taking them up to the third division. In September 2012 Runjaic joined MSV Duisburg but later resigned after the club failed to receive its license to play in Bundesliga 2.
FANS: Bayern have welcomed 1.06 million spectators to their stadium over the course of their 15 league matches at home this season, with 71,000 fans filling a sold-out arena each game. The side’s second-round cup victory over Hannover was watched by a crowd of 66,000.
In Bundesliga 2, Kaiserslautern’s average attendance figures this season stand at 30,300, while 24,291 fans witnessed their 3-1 win over Hertha in the second round.
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Wednesday evening’s DFB Cup semi-final has a distinct David versus Goliath feel to it as holders Bayern Munich host 1. FC Kaiserslautern in a match that pits the European champions against a second-division outfit.
DFB.de has rounded up ten interesting facts ahead of the encounter in Munich, which will be broadcast live on ARD from 20:30 CET.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: The match is the 99th competitive meeting between the teams, with Bayern winning on 57 occasions, Kaiserslautern on 24 and the tie ending in a stalemate 17 times. History is not on the latter’s side in DFB Cup fixtures, as from the nine clashes so far Kaiserslautern have only progressed once, thanks to a 2-1 third round victory at home in the 1980/81 season. The pair also squared off in the 2003 final, which Bayern won 3-1 after a brace from Michael Ballack as well as a Claudio Pizarro effort, with Miroslav Klose grabbing the consolation for Lautern. The teams first collided in the cup in the last 16 in 1970/71, with the match ending 1-1 in Kaiserslautern, before Gerd Müller inspired Bayern to victory in the replay in Munich by netting every goal in a 5-0 whitewash. The sides last met in the competition in the second round on 31 October 2012, with two goals apiece from Arjen Robben and Pizarro helping Bayern to a 4-0 triumph.
THIS SEASON: Bayern are the yardstick by which every other team measures themselves and currently have 78 points in the Bundesliga after winning 25 of their 30 league matches so far, drawing three and losing twice, while scoring 82 goals and conceding 20. That averages out at 2.6 points, 2.67 goals for and just 0.67 goals against per game. Pep Guardiola’s charges have won 40 points from their 15 matches at home this term, finding the net 42 times and letting in 13, while Bayern’s 3-0 reverse against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday was their first home defeat in the Bundesliga this season. Furthermore, Bayern have won seven and drawn two of their ten Champions League fixtures to date in 2013/14, with their only defeat coming in a 3-2 loss in the group stage against Manchester City at the Allianz Arena.
Kaiserslautern are currently fourth in Bundesliga 2, having chalked up 13 wins, eight draws and nine defeats in their 30 league games in 2013/14, giving them a total of 47 points, or an average of 1.57 points per match. They have netted 45 and conceded 32, while away from home they have won six, drawn three and lost six, giving them a points-per-game ratio of 1.4.
ROUTE TO THE SEMI-FINAL: After opening with a 5-0 win away to non-league side BSV SW Rehden, Bayern have come up against three Bundesliga opponents. They beat Hannover 96 4-1 at home to reach the last 16 and followed that up with a 2-0 victory away to FC Augsburg before steamrollering Hamburger SV 5-0 in the quarter-finals.
Kaiserslautern kicked off their cup campaign against non-league opposition too, hammering Neckarsulmer Sport-Union 7-0 before pulling off their first upset with a 3-1 win over Hertha Berlin in the second round. A 3-0 triumph away to Union Berlin paved the way for their biggest coup this season, a 1-0 victory away to Champions League last 16 participants Bayer Leverkusen.
CUP HISTORY: Current holders Bayern lifted the DFB Cup for the first time in 1957 and have won it more often than any other team, having returned home as winners from 16 of their 20 final appearances.
Kaiserslautern have progressed to the title-decider on seven occasions but have only emerged victorious twice. Their maiden triumph came in 1989 with a 3-2 win over Werder Bremen before they edged out Karlsruher SC 1-0 in 1996, just one week after being relegated from the Bundesliga for the first time.
SEMI-FINAL RECORD: Wednesday’s game will see Bayern set a national record as they make their 25th semi-final appearance. The Bavarians have only lost five times at this stage of the competition, most recently after succumbing 1-0 at home to Schalke in 2011. The same opponent also eliminated Bayern in 2002 after netting twice in extra time to win 2-0, while the same two clubs were involved in an epic 6-6 draw in 1984 in a game where a young Olaf Thon set the tone for his future career with an outstanding display at the Parkstadion. Bayern went on to win the replay 3-2.
The omens are good for Kaiserslautern going into their 11th last four encounter, having won seven and lost just three of their previous semi-final match-ups. Their maiden final appearance was in 1961 after beating Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 2-1 away from home in the previous round.
PENALTIES: The last time Bayern lost on penalties was over 13 years ago when they finished on the wrong side of a 4-2 scoreline away to FC Magdeburg in the second round in 2000/01, having drawn the match itself 1-1. Bayern have won five consecutive penalty shoot-outs in the DFB Cup since then, with their latest success in this department coming in 2011/12 when they beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-2 following a goalless encounter. Overall Bayern have won seven shoot-outs, losing just three.
Kaiserslautern have only won three of their nine shoot-outs in the DFB Cup. One of those losses came against Bayern, who won 5-3 in the last 16 in 2001/02 after the match finished goalless.
GOALSCORERS: Thomas Müller leads the way in the competition’s scoring charts this term, sharing top spot with Hoffenheim attacker Roberto Firmino on six goals. Müller’s team-mates Mario Mandzukic and Arjen Robben have each scored three in four games, a tally equalled by Kaiserslautern’s Olivier Occean and Marcel Gaus. The latter will be unable to add to his haul on Wednesday due to a knee injury.
Bayern’s all-time top scorer in the Cup is, of course, Gerd Müller, with der Bomber hitting the target 78 times in 62 matches. Lautern’s leading marksman is the club’s current CEO Stefan Kuntz, who struck a total of 25 times for Kaiserslautern, VfL Bochum, Bayer Uerdingen and Arminia Bielefeld.
MOST APPEARANCES: Three-time World Goalkeeper of the Year (1999, 2001 and 2002) Oliver Kahn has made more outings in the DFB Cup than any other Bayern player. His tally of 68, racked up while playing for the Bavarians and Karlsruher SC, puts him in third place in the all-time list, behind Eintracht Frankfurt legend Karl-Heinz Körbel, who made 70 appearances, and Mirko Votava, on 79. Former Kaiserslautern star Wolfgang Seel ran out 63 times in the competition, doing so for 1. FC Saarbrücken and Fortuna Düsseldorf as well as Lautern. The striker, who also earned six caps for Germany, won the DFB Cup twice with Fortuna in 1979 and 1980.
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COACHES: Josep 'Pep' Guardiola’s trophy cabinet was already overflowing with silverware from his playing days, even before adding to his collection as a coach. As a player, the now 43-year-old won the Spanish league title six times, the Spanish cup twice, the European Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup. Guardiola would later become the first coach to clinch six titles in a single year: the Spanish championship, the Spanish cup, the Spanish Supercup, the Champions League, the Club World Cup and the UEFA Supercup, with this year’s Bundesliga title becoming his 16th trophy as a touchline strategist. Guardiola has been at Bayern since 1 July 2013, joining the club after a 12-month sabbatical taken following five years in charge at Barcelona. He earned 47 international caps for Spain, scoring five goals, and won Olympic gold in 1992.
Kosta Runjaic has been in the dugout at Kaiserslautern since 16 September 2013, when he took over from Franco Foda. The 42-year-old had previously coached the club’s reserve side between 2004 and 2006, before he moved to SV Wehen, where he took charge of the U-19s and subsequently the reserves. His first position as head coach was at SV Darmstadt 98, who he saved from relegation in the lower leagues before taking them up to the third division. In September 2012 Runjaic joined MSV Duisburg but later resigned after the club failed to receive its license to play in Bundesliga 2.
FANS: Bayern have welcomed 1.06 million spectators to their stadium over the course of their 15 league matches at home this season, with 71,000 fans filling a sold-out arena each game. The side’s second-round cup victory over Hannover was watched by a crowd of 66,000.
In Bundesliga 2, Kaiserslautern’s average attendance figures this season stand at 30,300, while 24,291 fans witnessed their 3-1 win over Hertha in the second round.
