2018 DFL-Supercup

The 2018 DFL-Supercup was the ninth 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 was played on 12 August 2018.

The DFL-Supercup featured Eintracht Frankfurt, the winners of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal, and Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2017–18 Bundesliga and two-time defending champions of the DFL-Supercup.

Bayern Munich won the match 5–0 for their third consecutive and seventh overall title.

Teams

In the following table, matches until 1996 were in the DFB-Supercup era, since 2010 were in the DFL-Supercup era.

Background

This was the first competitive match for incoming Bayern manager Niko Kovač, who left Eintracht Frankfurt the previous season after leading them to the DFB-Pokal title over future employers Bayern Munich.

Match

Details

Eintracht Frankfurt0–5Bayern Munich
Report
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
Eintracht Frankfurt
Bayern Munich
GK1DenmarkFrederik Rønnow
CB19ArgentinaDavid Abraham (c)Yellow card 70'
CB20JapanMakoto Hasebe
CB13MexicoCarlos Salcedo
RM24GermanyDanny da Costa
CM16SpainLucas Torró
CM6NetherlandsJonathan de Guzmándownward-facing red arrow 64'
LM15NetherlandsJetro Willems
RW11SerbiaMijat Gaćinović
LW10MexicoMarco Fabiándownward-facing red arrow 64'
CF9FranceSébastien Hallerdownward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
GK29GermanyFelix Wiedwald
DF23GermanyMarco Russ
DF33IsraelTaleb Tawatha
MF5SwitzerlandGelson Fernandes
MF7GermanyDanny Blumupward-facing green arrow 64'
FW4CroatiaAnte Rebićupward-facing green arrow 64'
FW8SerbiaLuka Jovićupward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
AustriaAdi Hütter
GK1GermanyManuel Neuer (c)
RB32GermanyJoshua Kimmich
CB4GermanyNiklas Süle
CB5GermanyMats HummelsYellow card 45+1'
LB27AustriaDavid Alaba
DM8SpainJavi Martínez
CM25GermanyThomas Müllerdownward-facing red arrow 64'
CM6SpainThiago
RW10NetherlandsArjen Robbendownward-facing red arrow 58'
LW7FranceFranck Ribéry
CF9PolandRobert Lewandowskidownward-facing red arrow 72'
Substitutes:
GK26GermanySven Ulreich
DF13BrazilRafinha
DF14SpainJuan Bernat
MF18GermanyLeon Goretzkaupward-facing green arrow 64'
MF19GermanySebastian Rudy
MF29FranceKingsley Comanupward-facing green arrow 58'
FW2GermanySandro Wagnerupward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
CroatiaNiko Kovač

Man of the Match:
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

Assistant referees:
Dominik Schaal (Tübingen)
Marcel Pelgrim (Hamminkeln-Loikum)
Fourth official:
Martin Petersen (Stuttgart)
Video assistant referee:
Bastian Dankert (Rostock)
Assistant video assistant referee:
René Rohde (Rostock)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

See also

References

Uses material from the Wikipedia article 2018 DFL-Supercup, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.