The 2008–09
DFB-Pokal
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was the 66th season of the annual German
football
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cup competition. The competition began with the first round on 7 August 2008, and ended with
Werder Bremen
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defeating
Bayer Leverkusen
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, who for their part eliminated defending champions
Bayern Munich
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in the quarter-finals, in the final at the
Olympiastadion,
Berlin
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on 30 May 2009. The winners of the 2008–09 DFB-Pokal would qualify to the
fourth qualifying round
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of the
2009–10 UEFA Europa League
The 2009–10 UEFA Europa League was the first season of the UEFA Europa League, Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The competition was previously known as the UEFA Cup, which had been in existence for 38 years.
Spai ...
.
Due to a decision made in 2006, reserve teams from professional clubs are no longer allowed to compete.
Participating clubs
The following 64 teams competed in the first round:
Draw
The draws for the different rounds were conducted as following: For the first round, the participating teams were split into two pots. The first pot contained all teams which have qualified through their regional cup competitions, the teams which were promoted from the Regionalligen and the bottom four teams of the Second Bundesliga. Every team from this pot was drawn to a team from the second pot, which contained all remaining professional teams. The teams from the first pot were set as the home team in the process.
The two-pot scenario was also applied for the second round, with the remaining amateur teams in the first pot and the remaining professional teams in the other pot. Once one pot was empty, the remaining pairings were drawn from the other pot with the first-drawn team for a match serving as hosts. For the remaining rounds, the draw was conducted from just one pot. Any remaining amateur team were assigned as the home team if drawn against a professional team. In every other case, the first-drawn team served as hosts.
Matches
Times up to 25 October 2008 and from 29 March 2009 are
CEST (
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As standard time (year-round)
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). Times from 26 October 2008 to 28 March 2009 are
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UTC+1
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).
First round
The draw for the first round was held on 6 July 2008.
Matches were played between 7 and 10 August 2008.
Source
kicker.de
Second round
The draw for the second round was conducted on 24 August 2008.
The games were played on 23 and 24 September 2008.
Source
kicker.de
Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was conducted on 5 October 2008.
The games were played on 27 and 28 January 2009.
Last updated: 28 January 2009
Source
kicker.de
Quarter-finals
The draw was conducted on 1 February 2009.
Semi-finals
The draw was conducted on 7 March 2009.
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Final
References
External links
*
DFB-Pokal on kicker.de
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