Werder Bremen won with a 58th-minute goal from midfielder Mesut Özil.

This was Bayer Leverkusen's second DFB-Pokal final loss of the decade, the other occurring in 2002.

Werder Bremen lost the 2009 UEFA Cup final ten days prior to the DFB-Pokal final, losing to Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk.

[3] The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition.

Assistant referees:[1] Sönke Glindemann (Erftstadt) Guido Kleve (Nordhorn) Fourth official:[1] Lutz Wagner (Kriftel) Match rules