2007 DFB-Pokal Final

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2007 DFB-Pokal Final
German Cup Final
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The Olympiastadion in Berlin hosted the final
Event 2006–07 DFB-Pokal
Date 26 May 2007 (2007-05-26)
Venue Olympiastadion, Berlin
Man of the Match Andreas Wolf (1. FC Nürnberg)
Referee Michael Weiner
Attendance 74,220
2006
2008

The 2007 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, the 64th running of Germany's premier football cup competition. In the final, 1. FC Nürnberg defeated VfB Stuttgart 3–2 after extra time,[1] thereby claiming their fourth title and denying Bundesliga champions Stuttgart a double. A 109th-minute strike from Danish midfielder Jan Kristiansen won the game for Nürnberg.

Paths to the Final

VfB Stuttgart

1. FC Nürnberg

Match

Summary

Fans of champions 1. FC Nürnberg in the stadium.

Nürnberg started off strong in the final with a few opportunities, but a mistake by the Nürnberg defence saw Cacau open the scoring for Stuttgart 20 minutes in. Seven minutes later, Nürnberg equalised with a goal from Marek Mintál. The match went to half-time with scores level at 1–1.

Shortly after the restart, Marco Engelhardt headed the ball in to put Nürnberg ahead for the first time in the match. With 10 minutes remaining in regular time, Nürnberg goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer took down Mario Gómez, and referee Michael Weiner awarded a penalty. Pável Pardo converted the penalty to level the match at 2–2. The scores remained level, and the match went into extra time.

In the 109th minute, Jan Kristiansen shot from 28 meters out. The ball sailed over Stuttgart keeper Timo Hildebrand and hit the underside of the crossbar and going into the back of the net to give Nürnberg a 3–2 lead with 11 minutes remaining. The scores remained the same until the end of extra time, giving Nürnberg their fourth DFB-Pokal title.[2]

Details

VfB Stuttgart
1. FC Nürnberg
GK 1 Germany Timo Hildebrand
RB 3 Mexico Ricardo Osorio Booked 55' Substituted off 68'
CB 17 France Matthieu Delpierre
CB 6 Portugal Fernando Meira (c) Booked 32'
LB 21 Switzerland Ludovic Magnin
MF 25 Brazil Antônio da Silva Substituted off 46'
MF 11 Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger
MF 28 Germany Sami Khedira Booked 67' Substituted off 100'
MF 19 Germany Roberto Hilbert
MF 13 Mexico Pável Pardo
FW 18 Brazil Cacau Red card 30'
Substitutes:
GK 41 Austria Michael Langer
DF 15 Ivory Coast Arthur Boka Substituted in 68'
DF 35 Germany Serdar Tasci Substituted in 100'
MF 14 Sweden Alexander Farnerud
FW 16 Germany Benjamin Lauth
FW 19 Switzerland Marco Streller
FW 33 Germany Mario Gómez Booked 118' Substituted in 46'
Manager:
Germany Armin Veh
GK 1 Germany Raphael Schäfer (c)
DF 7 Czech Republic Marek Nikl Substituted off 72'
DF 25 Argentina Javier Pinola Substituted off 115'
DF 5 Germany Andreas Wolf
DF 28 Germany Dominik Reinhardt
MF 19 Denmark Jan Kristiansen
MF 11 Slovakia Marek Mintál Substituted off 35'
MF 22 Germany Marco Engelhardt
MF 6 Czech Republic Tomáš Galásek Booked 92'
FW 21 Germany Markus Schroth Booked 57'
FW 13 Russia Ivan Saenko
Substitutes:
GK 18 Germany Daniel Klewer
DF 10 Croatia Ivica Banović Substituted in 115'
DF 23 Australia Matthew Špiranović Booked 84' Substituted in 72'
MF 8 Czech Republic Jan Polák Substituted in 35'
MF 36 Tunisia Jawhar Mnari
FW 35 Germany Chhunly Pagenburg
Manager:
Germany Hans Meyer

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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