DFB-Pokal Finale

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Lore & Background

The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner. For the 2013 final, Bayern Munich had both Dante and Luiz Gustavo available, and both played in the match. Mario Mandžukić started the final, with Mario Gómez coming on as a substitute. Even so, VfB Stuttgart was considered a massive underdog before the match began.

In Their Own Story

Munich came out pressing, just missing a goal five minutes in. Stuttgart pressed back, narrowly missing on two scoring chances. Another scoring chance by Munich failed and the score remained 0–0 after 35 minutes. At the 37-minute mark, Thomas Müller got the scoring underway for Munich with a penalty, kicking the ball low to the right and sending the goalkeeper the wrong way. Just after half-time, Gómez made it 2–0 when he turned in a Philipp Lahm cross from the right. At the 61-minute mark, Gómez scored again making the match 3–0 with a low, right-footed shot after the ball was crossed low from the right by Thomas Müller. A headed goal by Martin Harnik from a cross from the left got Stuttgart on the board with 19 minutes to play. With ten minutes remaining, substitute Shinji Okazaki's shot hit the goal post. Harnik was there for the rebound, kicking the ball straight into goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, and then converting on the second attempt low right footed, making it a 3–2 game. Substitute Anatoliy Tymoshchuk came on for Munich as manager Jupp Heynckes tried to stop Stuttgart's momentum. Stuttgart did not seriously threaten for the rest of the match.

Reader's Guide

The win gave Munich their 16th DFB-Pokal title. The match was Heynckes' final game as manager of Munich. Seven days prior to the match, Munich had won the Champions League title. Earlier, they dominated the Bundesliga, securing the title earlier in the season than any previous team. Winning the DFB-Pokal thus completed a continental treble by Munich. They are just the seventh European team ever, and first German team, to complete the treble. Celtic was the first team to accomplish the feat in 1967. Since then, Ajax (1972), PSV Eindhoven (1988), Manchester United (1999), Barcelona (2009 and 2015) and Internazionale (2010) have accomplished the feat. Bayern repeated their treble-winning performance in 2020, joining Barça as the only sides to do that twice.

Did You Know?

• Bayern Munich won the 2013 DFB-Pokal final 3–2, claiming the cup for the 15th time.
• The win completed a continental treble for Bayern Munich, a feat previously achieved by a German team only in the form of a domestic treble (Bayern Munich in 2000–01).
• Mario Mandžukić scored in the 37th minute to open the scoring, assisted by Franck Ribéry.
• Thomas Müller scored the second goal for Bayern Munich in the 48th minute, while Mario Gómez, who came on as a substitute, scored the third goal in the 61st minute. Serdar Tasci's own goal in the 80th minute made it 3–1.
• Seven days prior to the final, Bayern Munich had won the Champions League title.