2007–08 DFB-Pokal

2007–08 DFB-Pokal

Country	Germany
Teams	64
Defending champions	FC Nuremberg
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runners-up	Borussia Dortmund
Matches played	63
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The DFB-Pokal is the second-most important national title in German football. The DFB-Pokal 2007–08 was the 65th season of the competition. 64 teams competed in the tournament of six rounds which began on August 3, 2007 and ended on April 19, 2008. In the final FC Bayern Munich defeated Borussia Dortmund 2–1 after extra time,^[1] thereby claiming their fourteenth title.

1st round

August 3, 2007
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	4–2	FC Augsburg	(AET)
August 4, 2007
VfL Osnabrück	0–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
SC Verl	0–3	TSV 1860 Munich
1. FC Magdeburg	1–4	Borussia Dortmund
SpVgg Unterhaching	0–3	Hertha BSC
SV Sandhausen	0–4	Kickers Offenbach
Rot-Weiss Ahlen	1–3	Hannover 96
SV Wilhelmshaven	0–4	1. FC Kaiserslautern
SV Hasborn	0–8	Hansa Rostock
Rot-Weiss Essen	2–2	Energie Cottbus	(AET) (Rot-Weiss Essen won 6–5 on penalties)
SV Wehen	1–2	VfB Stuttgart
Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	SV Werder Bremen
FC St. Pauli	1–0	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
August 5, 2007
1. FC Gera 03	0–3	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
SV Seligenporten	0–2	Arminia Bielefeld
TSG Neustrelitz	0–2	Karlsruher SC	(AET)
SC Victoria Hamburg	0–6	1. FC Nuremberg
Würzburger FV 04	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg
1. FC Normannia Gmünd	0–3	Alemannia Aachen
Wuppertaler SV Borussia	1–1	Erzgebirge Aue	(AET) (Wuppertaler SV won 4–3 on penalties)
Holstein Kiel	0–5	Hamburger SV
SV Werder Bremen II	4–2	1. FC Köln	(AET)
TSV Havelse	0–3	TuS Koblenz
Eintracht Trier	0–9	FC Schalke 04
1. FC Union Berlin	1–4	Eintracht Frankfurt
SV Babelsberg 03	0–4	MSV Duisburg
Bayer Leverkusen II	0–1	SC Paderborn 07
VfR Wormatia Worms	1–6	FSV Mainz 05
Dynamo Dresden	0–1	VfL Bochum
FC 08 Villingen	1–3	SC Freiburg
SV Darmstadt 98	1–3	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
August 6, 2007
Wacker Burghausen	1–1	FC Bayern Munich	(AET) (FC Bayern Munich won 4–3 on penalties)

2nd round

October 30, 2007
SV Werder Bremen II	2–2	FC St. Pauli	(AET) (Bremen won 4–2 on penalties)
Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2–0	Hertha BSC
Alemannia Aachen	3–2	VfL Bochum
Hansa Rostock	6–0	Kickers Offenbach
TSV 1860 Munich	2–1	FSV Mainz 05
Karlsruher SC	0–1	VfL Wolfsburg
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	SpVgg Greuther Fürth
FC Schalke 04	2–0	Hannover 96
October 31, 2007
SV Werder Bremen	4–0	MSV Duisburg
Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Bayern Munich	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
VfB Stuttgart	3–2	SC Paderborn
Hamburger SV	3–1	SC Freiburg
TuS Koblenz	1–2	Arminia Bielefeld
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	2–2	1. FC Nuremberg	(AET) (FC Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–4 on penalties)
Rot-Weiss Essen	2–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern

3rd round

January 29, 2008
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	2–1	Hansa Rostock
Alemannia Aachen	2–3	TSV 1860 Munich
Wuppertaler SV Borussia	2–5	FC Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund	2–1	SV Werder Bremen
January 30, 2008
VfL Wolfsburg	1–1	Schalke 04	(AET) (VfL Wolfsburg won 5–3 on penalties)
SV Werder Bremen II	2–3	VfB Stuttgart
Rot-Weiss Essen	0–3	Hamburger SV
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	(AET)

Quarter-finals

February 26, 2008
Borussia Dortmund	3–1	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
VfB Stuttgart	2–2	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	(AET) (FC Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–4 on penalties)
February 27, 2008
VfL Wolfsburg	2–1	Hamburger SV	(AET)
FC Bayern Munich	1–0	TSV 1860 Munich	(AET)

Semi-finals

March 18, 2008
Borussia Dortmund	3–0	FC Carl Zeiss Jena
March 19, 2008
FC Bayern Munich	2–0	VfL Wolfsburg

Final

Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich

19 April 2008 20:00 CEST

Borussia Dortmund	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Bayern Munich
Petrić  90+2'	Report	Toni  11', 103'

Olympiastadion, Berlin Attendance: 74,500 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

References

1. "DFB-Pokal 2007-08" (in German). fussballdaten.de. 2008. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-15.

External links

• Official site of the DFB (German)
• Kicker.de (German)