2008–09 DFB-Pokal

2008–09 DFB-Pokal

Country	Germany
Teams	64
Champions	Werder Bremen
Runner-up	Bayer Leverkusen
Matches played	63
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The DFB-Pokal 2008–09 is the sixty-sixth season of the annual nationwide cup competition. It started with the first match of the First Round between 5th division side SV Niederauerbach and 1. FC Köln on 7 August 2008 and ended with Werder Bremen defeating Bayer Leverkusen in the final at Olympic Stadium, Berlin on 30 May 2009. The winners of DFB Cup 2008–09 will qualify to the fourth qualifying round of UEFA Europa League 2009–10.

Due to a decision made in 2006,^[1] reserve teams from professional clubs are not allowed to compete any more.

Participating clubs

The following 64 teams competed in Round 1:

Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08 all clubs	Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08 all clubs	Fußball-Regionalliga 2007–08 champions and runners-up from both conferences	Winners of 21 regional cup competitions
FC Bayern Munich SV Werder Bremen FC Schalke 04 Hamburger SV VfL Wolfsburg VfB Stuttgart Bayer 04 Leverkusen Hannover 96 Eintracht Frankfurt Hertha BSC Karlsruher SC VfL Bochum Borussia Dortmund FC Energie Cottbus Arminia Bielefeld 1. FC Nuremberg F.C. Hansa Rostock MSV Duisburg	Borussia Mönchengladbach TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1. FC Köln 1. FSV Mainz 05 SC Freiburg SpVgg Greuther Fürth Alemannia Aachen SV Wehen Wiesbaden FC St. Pauli TuS Koblenz TSV 1860 München VfL Osnabrück 1. FC Kaiserslautern FC Augsburg Kickers Offenbach FC Erzgebirge Aue SC Paderborn 07 FC Carl Zeiss Jena	Rot-Weiß Ahlen Rot-Weiß Oberhausen FSV Frankfurt FC Ingolstadt 04	Holstein Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein) ASV Bergedorf 85 (Hamburg)2 FC Oberneuland (Bremen) Eintracht Nordhorn (Lower Saxony) FC Hansa Lüneburg (Lower Saxony)1, 3 TSG Neustrelitz (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Tennis Borussia Berlin (Berlin) SV Babelsberg 03 (Brandenburg) Hallescher FC (Sachsen-Anhalt) Chemnitzer FC (Sachsen) Rot-Weiß Erfurt (Thüringen) FC Wegberg-Beeck (Mittelrhein) Rot-Weiß Essen (Nordrhein) Preußen Münster (Westfalen) VfB Fichte Bielefeld (Westfalen)1 SV Eintracht Trier 05 (Rheinland) SV Niederauerbach (Südwest)4 FC 08 Homburg (Saarland) SV Darmstadt 98 (Hessen) 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 (Württemberg) ASV Durlach (Nordbaden) SC Pfullendorf (Südbaden) SpVgg Unterhaching (Bayern) SpVgg Ansbach 09 (Bayern) 1

¹ Finalists from the three regions with the most participating teams in their league competitions were also allowed to compete
² ASV Bergedorf 85 qualified as regional cup finalists because winners FC St. Pauli Reserves were not allowed to compete.
³ The football sections of Lüneburger SK, winner of the regional cup competition, and Lüneburger SV merged to create FC Hansa Lüneburg for the 2008–09 season.
⁴ SV Niederauerbach qualified as regional cup finalists because winners 1. FC Kaiserslautern Reserves were not allowed to compete.

Draw

The draws for the different rounds were conducted as following^[2]: For the first round, the participating teams were split into two pots. The first pot contained all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the teams which were promoted from the Regionalligen and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot was drawn to a team from the second pot, which contained all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot were set as the home team in the process.

The two-pot scenario was also applied for the second round, with the remaining amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot was empty, the remaining pairings were drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw was conducted from just one pot. Any remaining amateur team were assigned as the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team served as hosts.

Round 1

The draw for the first round was held on 6 July 2008.^[3] Matches were played between 7 and 10 August 2008.^[3]

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
SV Niederauerbach 1–5 1. FC Köln Simon  27' Antar  15' Petit  22' Paulus  43' (o.g.) Novakovič  71' Scherz  79' Report Report link Date 7 August 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Sportpark Husterhöhe, Pirmasens Attendance 8,500 Referee Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)
SpVgg Unterhaching 0–2 SC Freiburg Jäger  41' Abdessadki  90+1' Report Report link Date 8 August 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Generali Sportpark, Unterhaching Attendance 8,000 Referee Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)
Preußen Münster 0–0 (a.e.t.) 5–6 (pen.) VfL Bochum Penalty shootout: Özkara Wissing Ivicevic Loose Lauretta Talarek Remmert Penalty shootout: Maltritz Šesták Pfertzel Ono Hashemian Fuchs Yahia Report Report link Date 8 August 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Preussenstadion, Münster Attendance 15,500 Referee Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
Erzgebirge Aue 0–0 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (pen.) FC St. Pauli   Penalty shootout: Müller Yigitusagi Glasner Kos Paulus Eger  64' Penalty shootout: Bruns Ludwig Trojan Morena Ebbers Report Report link Date 8 August 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue Attendance 8,800 Referee Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
Kickers Offenbach 1–0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth Baier  13' Report Report link Date 8 August 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Bieberer Berg, Offenbach Attendance 7,660 Referee Wolfgang Walz (Pfedelbach)
FSV Frankfurt 2–0 VfL Osnabrück Ulm  52' Hillebrand  67' Heidrich  38', 59' Report Report link Date 8 August 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 3,170 Referee Christian Dingert (Thallichtenberg)
Eintracht Trier 1–3 Hertha BSC Lacroix  27' Pantelić  9' Lustenberger  60' Ebert  81' Report Report link Date 8 August 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Moselstadion, Trier Attendance 5,830 Referee Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
Eintracht Nordhorn 3–9 Werder Bremen Brode  36' Novaku  81' Narcar 90' Rosenberg  6', 31', 55', 74' Almeida  15', 22', 50' Sanogo  71' Vranjes  75' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 15:30 CEST Stadium Stadion am Heideweg, Nordhorn Attendance 9,000 Referee Marc Seemann (Essen)
Holstein Kiel 0–2 Hansa Rostock Lechleiter  22' Schindler  83' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 15:30 CEST Stadium Holsteinstadion, Kiel Attendance 9,000 Referee Norbert Grudzinski (Hamburg)
SV Babelsberg 03 1–2 (a.e.t.) FSV Mainz 05 Moritz  90+3' Feulner  90+2' Bogavac  107' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 15:30 CEST Stadium Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion, Babelsberg Attendance 7,000 Referee Holger Henschel (Braunschweig)
Rot-Weiss Essen 1–3 Borussia Dortmund Lorenz  18' Hajnal  14' Kringe  60' Valdez  70' Sadrijaj  72' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 15:30 CEST Stadium Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen Attendance 21,000 Referee Felix Brych (Munich)
Hallescher FC 0–5 Hannover 96 Schlaudraff  10' Balitsch  47' Bruggink  69', 85' Hanke  76' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 15:30 CEST Stadium Kurt-Wabbel-Stadion, Halle (Saale) Attendance 7,000 Referee Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
VfB Fichte Bielefeld 1–8 Borussia Mönchengladbach Önen  66' Marin  7', 11', 17' (pen.) Colautti  9', 24' Rösler  18', 54' Brouwers  36' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 15:30 CEST Stadium Schüco-Arena, Bielefeld Attendance 8,100 Referee Babak Rafati (Hannover)
FC Wegberg-Beeck 1–4 Alemannia Aachen Meven  45' Lasnik  13' Auer  49' (73) Daun  90' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 15:30 CEST Stadium Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach Attendance 8,499 Referee Christian Fischer (Hemer)
FC Ingolstadt 04 1–3 Hamburger SV Demir  33' Neuendorf  90+1' Olić  51', 53' Guerrero  90+1' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 15:30 CEST Stadium ESV-Stadion, Ingolstadt Attendance 11,000 Referee Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
FC Homburg 0–3 Schalke 04 Farfán  45' Altıntop  55' Kuranyi 67' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 19:30 CEST Stadium Waldstadion, Homburg (Saar) Attendance 18,800 Referee Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)
SC Pfullendorf 0–3 Eintracht Frankfurt Chris  2'  53' Liberopoulos  19' Russ  35', 45' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 19:30 CEST Stadium ALNO-Arena, Pfullendorf Attendance 7,500 Referee Peter Sippel (Munich)
Tennis Borussia Berlin 0–3 Energie Cottbus Rangelov  20', 72' Jelić  28' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 19:30 CEST Stadium Mommsenstadion, Berlin Attendance 4,000 Referee Robert Hartmann (Ingolstadt)
Carl Zeiss Jena 2–1 1. FC Kaiserslautern Schembri  50' Riemer 55' Lakić  78' Bellinghausen  81', 82' Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 19:30 CEST Stadium Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena Attendance 7,500 Referee Georg Schalk (Augsburg)
SC Paderborn 1–1 (a.e.t.) 1–3 (pen.) FC Augsburg Güvenisik  102' Penalty shootout: Holst Damjanovic Krecidlo Güvenisik Szabics  116' Penalty shootout: Szabics Werner Makarenko Thurk Report Report link Date 9 August 2008 Kick off 19:30 CEST Stadium Paragon Arena, Paderborn Attendance 7,000 Referee Michael Weiner (Giesen)
SpVgg Ansbach 0–5 Karlsruher SC da Silva 13' Freis  16' Iashvili  37' (pen) Kapllani  56' Porcello  76' Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 14:30 CEST Stadium Sportpark Ansbach, Ansbach Attendance 4,000 Referee Florian Steuer (Menden)
ASV Bergedorf 85 1–5 MSV Duisburg de la Cuesta  85' Wagner  10' (59) Kouemaha  49' Adler  71' Salou  76' Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 14:30 CEST Stadium Sander Tannen, Hamburg-Bergedorf Attendance 2,400 Referee Thomas Frank (Hannover)
TSG Neustrelitz 0–2 1860 Munich Lauth  22' Kučuković  23' Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 14:30 CEST Stadium Parkstadion, Neustrelitz Attendance 5,000 Referee Bibiana Steinhaus (Hannover)
1. FC Heidenheim 0–3 VfL Wolfsburg Grafite  54' Sağlık  57', 75' Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 14:30 CEST Stadium Albstadion, Heidenheim Attendance 7,500 Referee Thomas Metzen (Mechernich)
FC Oberneuland 1–1 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (pen.) TuS Koblenz Laabs  83' Penalty shootout: Kilicaslan Laabs Cornelius Aktas Fossi Pekrul Richter  70' Penalty shootout: Mavrič Richter Fernández Lomić Bajić Hartmann Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 16:00 CEST Stadium Vinnenweg, Bremen Attendance 987 Referee Thorsten Schriever (Dorum)
ASV Durlach 1–2 Arminia Bielefeld Cetinkaya  77' (pen) Wichniarek  45+1' Sadik  51' Lamey  77', 87' Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 16:00 CEST Stadium Turmbergstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance 7,000 Referee Tobias Christ (Kaiserslautern)
SV Darmstadt 98 0–2 SV Wehen Wiesbaden Orahovac  68' Ahanfouf  85' Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 16:00 CEST Stadium Böllenfalltor Stadion, Darmstadt Attendance 4,000 Referee Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2–3 (a.e.t.) Bayer Leverkusen Lüttmann  90+3' Terranova  97' Renato Augusto  69' Gekas  104' Helmes  111' Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 17:30 CEST Stadium Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen Attendance 10,117 Referee Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
Chemnitzer FC 0–1 1899 Hoffenheim Ibišević  77' Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 17:30 CEST Stadium Stadion an der Gellertstraße, Chemnitz Attendance 6,758 Referee Günter Perl (Pullach)
FC Hansa Lüneburg 0–5 VfB Stuttgart Lanig  11' Hilbert  27' Gomez  57', 78' Berger  83' (og) Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 17:30 CEST Stadium Wilschenbruch, Lüneburg Attendance 8,500 Referee Felix Zwayer (Berlin)
Rot Weiss Ahlen 0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–4 (pen.) 1. FC Nuremberg Penalty shootout: Heithölter Großkreutz Toborg Thioune di Gregorio Penalty shootout: Mnari Pinola Masmanidis Gygax Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 17:30 CEST Stadium Wersestadion, Ahlen Attendance 6,500 Referee Markus Wingenbach (Diez)
Rot-Weiß Erfurt 3–4 Bayern Munich Cannizzaro  22' Bunjaku  47', 67' Lahm  6' Podolski  23' Klose  57' Kroos  80' Report Report link Date 10 August 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt Attendance 24,500 Referee Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

Source: kicker.de (German)
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Round 2

The draw for the second round was conducted on 24 August 2008.^[4] The games were played on 23 and 24 September 2008.^[4]

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Erzgebirge Aue 1–2 Werder Bremen F. Müller  7' Pizarro  26' Rosenberg  54' Report Report link Date 23 September 2008 Kick off 19:00 CEST Stadium Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue Attendance 15,000 Referee Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
Energie Cottbus 3–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Rangelov  42' (pen) Skela  73' (pen), 89' (pen) Report Report link Date 23 September 2008 Kick off 19:00 CEST Stadium Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus Attendance 9,805 Referee Michael Kempter (Sauldorf)
FSV Mainz 05 3–1 1. FC Köln Bancé  61' Karhan  68' (pen) Pekovic  79' Mohamad  73' Report Report link Date 23 September 2008 Kick off 19:00 CEST Stadium Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz Attendance 19,300 Referee Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
Eintracht Frankfurt 1–2 (a.e.t.) Hansa Rostock Fenin  44' Caio Kern  53', 101' Report Report link Date 23 September 2008 Kick off 19:00 CEST Stadium Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt Attendance 18,300 Referee Felix Brych (Munich)
Schalke 04 2–0 Hannover 96 Westermann  56', 78' Report Report link Date 23 September 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen Attendance 50,378 Referee Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)
1860 Munich 0–0 (a.e.t.) 5–4 (pen.) MSV Duisburg Penalty shootout: Berhalter Gebhart Hoffmann Ledgerwood Bierofka Penalty shootout: Tararache Schlicke Makiadi Brzenska Sahan Report Report link Date 23 September 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance 5,500 Referee Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)
FC Augsburg 0–2 Bayer Leverkusen Kießling  36' Vidal  79' Report Report link Date 23 September 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Rosenaustadion, Augsburg Attendance 11,117 Referee Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
Kickers Offenbach 0–2 Karlsruher SC Iashvili  45' Porcello  58' Report Report link Date 24 September 2008 Kick off 19:00 CEST Stadium Bieberer Berg, Offenbach Attendance 8,189 Referee Marc Seemann (Essen)
FC Oberneuland 0–7 VfL Wolfsburg Džeko  15', 20', 57', 75' Schäfer  26' Dejagah  67' Caiuby  89' Report Report link Date 24 September 2008 Kick off 19:00 CEST Stadium Weserstadion Platz 11, Bremen Attendance 2,196 Referee Guido Winkmann (Kerken)
SV Wehen Wiesbaden 1–0 Alemannia Aachen König  72' Report Report link Date 24 September 2008 Kick off 19:00 CEST Stadium BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden Attendance 4,016 Referee Peter Gagelmann (Bremen)
Borussia Dortmund 2–1 (a.e.t.) Hertha BSC Frei  7' (pen) Klimowicz  107' Pantelic  22' Report Report link Date 24 September 2008 Kick off 19:00 CEST Stadium Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance 30,012 Referee Michael Weiner (Giesen)
Hamburger SV 2–0 VfL Bochum Petric  9', 90+2' Report Report link Date 24 September 2008 Kick off 19:00 CEST Stadium HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg Attendance 33,820 Referee Peter Sippel (Munich)
Carl Zeiss Jena 1–0 FSV Frankfurt N. Petersen  25' Report Report link Date 24 September 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena Attendance 5,852 Referee Babak Rafati (Hannover)
VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Arminia Bielefeld Cacau  17' Marica  65' Report Report link Date 24 September 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart Attendance 8,500 Referee Günter Perl (Pullach)
Bayern Munich 2–0 1. FC Nuremberg Klose  7' Borowski  69' Report Report link Date 24 September 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Allianz Arena, Munich Attendance 65,000 Referee Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
SC Freiburg 3–1 1899 Hoffenheim Schwaab  68' (pen) Türker  84' Idrissou  89' (pen) Salihovic  36' (pen) Report Report link Date 24 September 2008 Kick off 20:30 CEST Stadium Dreisamstadion, Freiburg Attendance 15,400 Referee Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

Source: kicker.de (German)
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Round 3

The draw for the third round was conducted on 5 October 2008.^[5] The games were played on 27 and 28 January 2009.^[5]

Home team	Score	Away team	Additional information
Hamburger SV 3–1 1860 Munich Olić  44', 78', 85' Bierofka  87' Report Report link Date 27 January 2009 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg Attendance 48,058 Referee Michael Weiner (Giesen)
Carl Zeiss Jena 1–4 Schalke 04 Schembri  68'     Riemer  81' Farfán  19'  66' Rakitić  71' Kurányi  90+2' Asamoah  75' Report Report link Date 27 January 2009 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena Attendance 17,600 Referee Deniz Aytekin (Oberasbach)
SC Freiburg 1–3 FSV Mainz 05 Krmaš  71' Bungert  47' Bancé  65' Soto  81' Report Report link Date 27 January 2009 Kick off 20:30 CET Stadium Dreisamstadion, Freiburg Attendance 13,000 Referee Peter Sippel (Munich)
VfB Stuttgart 1–5 Bayern Munich Gomez  85' Schweinsteiger  14', 55' (pen.) Ribéry  16' Toni  43' Zé Roberto  59' Ribéry 21' Report Report link Date 27 January 2009 Kick off 20:30 CET Stadium Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart Attendance 55,500 Referee Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)
Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Energie Cottbus Helmes  12' Kadlec  29' Renato Augusto  43' Skela  90+1' Report Report link Date 28 January 2009 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium LTU Arena, Düsseldorf Attendance 16,000 Referee Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
Borussia Dortmund 1–2 Werder Bremen Frei  11' Almeida  62' Pizarro  80' Report Report link Date 28 January 2009 Kick off 19:00 CET Stadium Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance 74,000 Referee Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
Karlsruher SC 0–1 SV Wehen Wiesbaden König  73' Report Report link Date 28 January 2009 Kick off 20:30 CET Stadium Wildparkstadion, Karlsruhe Attendance 13,686 Referee Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
VfL Wolfsburg 5–1 Hansa Rostock Grafite  58', 86' (pen.), 90' Bülow  66' (o.g.) Gentner  79' Fillinger  68' Report Report link Date 28 January 2009 Kick off 20:30 CET Stadium Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance 12,500 Referee Jochen Drees (Münster-Sarmsheim)

Last updated: 28 January 2009
Source: kicker.de
a.e.t. = after extra time; agg. = aggregation score; pen. = decision by penalties.

Quarterfinals

The draw was conducted on 1 February 2009.^[6]

3 March 2009 20:30 CET	Mainz	1 – 0	Schalke 04	Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)
	Bancé  88'	Report

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4 March 2009 19:00 CET	Wolfsburg	2 – 5	Werder Bremen	Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg Attendance: 24,115 Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)
	Džeko  10', 42'	Report	Diego  3', 55' (pen.) Özil  6' Pizarro  71', 89'

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4 March 2009 19:00 CET	Hamburg	2 – 1	Wehen Wiesbaden	HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 35,378 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)
	Kopilas  17' (o.g.) Petrić  37'	Report	Schwarz  85'

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4 March 2009 20:30 CET	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 2	Bayern Munich	LTU Arena, Düsseldorf Attendance: 50,500 Referee: Florian Mayer (Burgdorf)
	Barnetta  54' Vidal  61' Helmes  70' Kießling  90+2'	Report	Lúcio  72' Klose  74'

Semifinals

The draw was conducted on 7 March 2009.^[7]

21 April 2009 20:30 CEST	Bayer Leverkusen	4 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Mainz	LTU Arena, Düsseldorf Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)
	Charisteas  82' Vidal  92' Friedrich  104' Kadlec  117'	Report	Bancé  88'

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22 April 2009 20:30 CEST	Hamburg	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Werder Bremen	HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg Attendance: 55,237 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)
	Olić  67' Jarolím  90+2'	Report	Mertesacker  11'
		Penalties
	Mathijsen Boateng Olić Jansen	1 – 3	Pizarro Özil Frings

Final

30 May 2009 20:00 CEST	Bayer Leverkusen	0 – 1	Werder Bremen	Olympic Stadium, Berlin Attendance: 74,244 (capacity)[8] Referee: Helmut Fleischer (Sigmertshausen)[9]
		Report (German)	Özil  58'

Bayer Leverkusen

Werder Bremen

BAYER LEVERKUSEN: GK 1 René Adler DF 27 Gonzalo Castro 85' DF 5 Manuel Friedrich DF 20 Lukas Sinkiewicz DF 24 Michal Kadlec MF 6 Simon Rolfes MF 8 Renato Augusto MF 23 Arturo Vidal 68' 85' MF 7 Tranquillo Barnetta FW 11 Stefan Kießling 79' FW 9 Patrick Helmes Substitutes: GK 21 Gábor Király DF 2 Karim Haggui DF 3 Henrique MF 39 Toni Kroos 85' MF 25 Bernd Schneider MF 16 Pirmin Schwegler FW 29 Angelos Charisteas 85' Manager: Bruno Labbadia

WERDER BREMEN: GK 1 Tim Wiese 90+2' DF 8 Clemens Fritz DF 15 Sebastian Prödl 37' DF 4 Naldo DF 2 Sebastian Boenisch MF 6 Frank Baumann 60' MF 22 Torsten Frings 90+2' MF 11 Mesut Özil 87' MF 10 Diego FW 24 Claudio Pizarro FW 23 Hugo Almeida 90' Substitutes: GK 33 Christian Vander DF 25 Peter Niemeyer 84' 60' DF 3 Petri Pasanen MF 16 Alexandros Tziolis 87' FW 34 Martin Harnik FW 14 Aaron Hunt FW 9 Markus Rosenberg 90' Manager: Thomas Schaaf

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Sönke Glindemann (Erftstadt)[9] Guido Kleve (Nordhorn)[9] Fourth official: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)[9]

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions.

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