2026 DFB-Pokal final
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 The Olympiastadion in Berlin will host the final. | |||||||
| Event | 2025–26 DFB-Pokal | ||||||
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| Date | 23 May 2026 | ||||||
| Venue | Olympiastadion, Berlin | ||||||
The 2026 DFB-Pokal final will decide the winner of the 2025–26 DFB-Pokal, the 83rd season of the annual German football cup competition. The match will be played on 23 May 2026 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.[1][2]
The match will feature Bayern Munich, record 20-time winners of the competition, and VfB Stuttgart, the defending champions.
The winner will host the 2026 edition of the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup at the start of the following season, and will face the champion of the 2025–26 edition of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich, unless the same team wins the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal, completing a double. In that case, the runner-up of the Bundesliga will take the spot instead. The winner of the DFB-Pokal also earns automatic qualification for the group stage of the 2026–27 edition of the UEFA Europa League. However, if the winner has already qualified for the 2026–27 edition of the UEFA Champions League through their position in the Bundesliga, then the spot will go to the team in sixth, and the league's UEFA Conference League play-off round spot will go to the team in seventh.[3]
In the following table, finals until 1943 were in the Tschammerpokal era, since 1953 were in the DFB-Pokal era.
| Team | Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Bayern Munich | 24 (1957, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020) |
| VfB Stuttgart | 7 (1954, 1958, 1986, 1997, 2007, 2013, 2025) |
Route to the final
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.[4]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Bayern Munich | Round | VfB Stuttgart | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2025–26 DFB-Pokal | Opponent | Result |
| Wehen Wiesbaden | 3–2 (A) | First round | Eintracht Braunschweig | 4–4 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p) (A) |
| 1. FC Köln | 4–1 (A) | Second round | Mainz 05 | 2–0 (A) |
| Union Berlin | 3–2 (A) | Round of 16 | VfL Bochum | 2–0 (A) |
| RB Leipzig | 2–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Holstein Kiel | 3–0 (A) |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2–0 (A) | Semi-finals | SC Freiburg | 2–1 (a.e.t.) (H) |
Match
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