2016 DFL-Supercup
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The Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund will host the Supercup
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| Event | DFL-Supercup | ||||||
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| Date | 14 August 2016 | ||||||
| Venue | Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund | ||||||
The 2016 DFL-Supercup will be the seventh edition of the German Super Cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match will be played on 14 August 2016 at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund.[1]
It will feature Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2015–16 Bundesliga (and the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal), who have lost the three previous super cups and last won in 2012, and 2015–16 Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund, who last won in 2014.
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Background
It will be Dortmund's eighth DFL-Supercup, with a record of five wins and two losses prior. It will be Bayern's fifth consecutive and tenth overall DFL-Supercup, with a record of four wins and five losses prior. This will be the fifth DFL-Supercup between Dortmund and Bayern, having previously met in 1989, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Of these, Dortmund have won three (in 1989, 2013, and 2014), while Bayern have won once (2012).[2]
This will be the first official match for Carlo Ancelotti as head coach of Bayern.[3]
Match
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| Borussia Dortmund | v | Bayern Munich |
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| http://www.dfb.de/supercup/spielplan/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F2234139 |
