The great final is nearly upon us. Who will lift the coveted gold trophy in the Berlin Olympiastadion? Who will win the DFB-Cup? Borussia Dortmund for the fourth time or VfL Wolfsburg for the first time? Two teams, one match, six facts – DFB.DE has compiled the most important stats ahead of Saturday’s final (20:00 CEST).
Record: Borussia Dortmund and VfL Wolfsburg have faced each other 39 times, but only once in the DFB Cup. BVB won 2-0 in the semifinal 2013/14, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Robert Lewandowski scoring the goal. In total, Dortmund ran out winners in 19 of the 39 competitive matches between the two, with eleven ending in a draw and VfL winning the other nine, the most recent of which coming on 16th May in the Bundesliga – exactly two weeks before the DFB Cup final.
Cup final experience: Dortmund are due to play their seventh DFB Cup final and for the first time ever they will have played in back-to-back finals. BVB lifted the trophy in 1965, 1989 and 2012. Wolfsburg’s only appearance in the final came in 1995 when they were beaten 3-0 by Borussia Mönchengladbach. In each of the previous two seasons VfL were knocked out at the semi-final stage.
Extra-time: In 70 previous cup finals, 16 of them have gone beyond the regular 90 minutes, most recently in 2014 when Dortmund were beaten 2-0 in extra time by FC Bayern. The first final to go to extra time was in 1940 in a match between Dresdner SC and 1. FC Nürnberg. On five occasions, even extra time was not enough to settle to score. In 1977 1. FC Köln and Hertha BSC went to a replay, in which Köln won 1-0 thanks to a Dieter Müller goal. The four other occasions were decided by a penalty shootout, though the last time this happened was 16 years ago. Werder Bremen won two of these (1991 & 1999), whilst the other two were won by FC Bayern (1984) and Hannover 96 (1992).
Managers: Jürgen Klopp will be hoping to sign off with a cup final triumph after seven years at BVB. Victory would mean a fourth title in 319 competitive matches in the Dortmund dugout, following the 2011 league title and the 2012 double win. Wolfsburg manager Dieter Hecking is yet to win a title.
Anniversary: The cup final will take place in Berlin for the 30th consecutive year. In total it will be the 72nd cup final. Just seven days later, the Olympiastadion will also host the final of the Champions League. It will be the first time in history that both the domestic cup final and European cup final will be played in the same stadium within seven days of each other. The DFV Cup final is therefore the start of a “Week of Football” in Berlin.
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The great final is nearly upon us. Who will lift the coveted gold trophy in the Berlin Olympiastadion? Who will win the DFB-Cup? Borussia Dortmund for the fourth time or VfL Wolfsburg for the first time? Two teams, one match, six facts – DFB.DE has compiled the most important stats ahead of Saturday’s final (20:00 CEST).
Record: Borussia Dortmund and VfL Wolfsburg have faced each other 39 times, but only once in the DFB Cup. BVB won 2-0 in the semifinal 2013/14, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Robert Lewandowski scoring the goal. In total, Dortmund ran out winners in 19 of the 39 competitive matches between the two, with eleven ending in a draw and VfL winning the other nine, the most recent of which coming on 16th May in the Bundesliga – exactly two weeks before the DFB Cup final.
Cup final experience: Dortmund are due to play their seventh DFB Cup final and for the first time ever they will have played in back-to-back finals. BVB lifted the trophy in 1965, 1989 and 2012. Wolfsburg’s only appearance in the final came in 1995 when they were beaten 3-0 by Borussia Mönchengladbach. In each of the previous two seasons VfL were knocked out at the semi-final stage.
Extra-time: In 70 previous cup finals, 16 of them have gone beyond the regular 90 minutes, most recently in 2014 when Dortmund were beaten 2-0 in extra time by FC Bayern. The first final to go to extra time was in 1940 in a match between Dresdner SC and 1. FC Nürnberg. On five occasions, even extra time was not enough to settle to score. In 1977 1. FC Köln and Hertha BSC went to a replay, in which Köln won 1-0 thanks to a Dieter Müller goal. The four other occasions were decided by a penalty shootout, though the last time this happened was 16 years ago. Werder Bremen won two of these (1991 & 1999), whilst the other two were won by FC Bayern (1984) and Hannover 96 (1992).
Managers: Jürgen Klopp will be hoping to sign off with a cup final triumph after seven years at BVB. Victory would mean a fourth title in 319 competitive matches in the Dortmund dugout, following the 2011 league title and the 2012 double win. Wolfsburg manager Dieter Hecking is yet to win a title.
Anniversary: The cup final will take place in Berlin for the 30th consecutive year. In total it will be the 72nd cup final. Just seven days later, the Olympiastadion will also host the final of the Champions League. It will be the first time in history that both the domestic cup final and European cup final will be played in the same stadium within seven days of each other. The DFV Cup final is therefore the start of a “Week of Football” in Berlin.
