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The 2004 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2003–04 DFB-Pokal, the 61st season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 29 May 2004 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. Werder Bremen won the match 3–2 against second-division Alemannia Aachen, giving them their 5th cup title.

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.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Werder Bremen		Round	Alemannia Aachen
Opponent	Result	2003–04 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Ludwigsfelder FC (A)	9–1	Round 1	Rot-Weiß Erfurt (A)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
VfL Wolfsburg (H)	3–1	Round 2	1860 Munich (H)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)
Hertha BSC (H)	6–1	Round of 16	Eintracht Braunschweig (A)	5–0
Greuther Fürth (A)	3–2	Quarter-finals	Bayern Munich (H)	2–1
VfB Lübeck (H)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)	1–0

Match

Details

29 May 2004 (2004-05-29)20:00 CEST

Werder Bremen	3–2	Alemannia Aachen
Borowski 31', 84' Klasnić 45'	Report	Blank 52' Meijer 90'

Olympiastadion, BerlinAttendance: 71,682Referee: Herbert Fandel (Kyllburg)

Werder Bremen

Alemannia Aachen


GK	1	Andreas Reinke
RB	7	Paul Stalteri
CB	20	Mladen Krstajić
CB	25	Valérien Ismaël	30'
LB	27	Christian Schulz		90'
DM	6	Frank Baumann (c)
CM	24	Tim Borowski		88'
CM	4	Fabian Ernst
AM	10	Johan Micoud
CF	17	Ivan Klasnić		87'
CF	32	Aílton
Substitutes:
GK	16	Pascal Borel
DF	19	Viktor Skrypnyk		90'
MF	21	Holger Wehlage
MF	26	Simon Rolfes
FW	9	Angelos Charisteas		88'
FW	18	Markus Daun
FW	38	Nelson Valdez		87'
Manager:
Thomas Schaaf


GK	1	Stephan Straub
RB	6	Willi Landgraf		73'
CB	3	Alexander Klitzpera	1'
CB	12	George Mbwando	75'
LB	33	Stefan Blank	27'
DM	2	Frank Paulus
CM	7	Ivica Grlić
CM	5	Dennis Brinkmann		83'
AM	10	Karlheinz Pflipsen (c)		80'
CF	11	Erik Meijer	60'
CF	17	Bachirou Salou
Substitutes:
GK	24	Dirk Memmersheim
DF	4	Quido Lanzaat
MF	8	Eric van der Luer		83'
MF	21	Cristian Fiél		73'
MF	22	Kai Michalke
FW	9	Daniel Gómez		80'
FW	31	Emmanuel Krontiris
Manager:
Jörg Berger

Assistant referees:
Mike Pickel (Mendig)
Christian Soltow (Hamburg)
Fourth official:
Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne)

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

References

^ "DFB - Pokal 2003/04" [2003–04 DFB-Pokal]. sportwetten-pur.de (in German). Sportwetten Pur. 6 May 2004. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017. FIFA Schiedsrichter Herbert Fandel wird in diesem Jahr das DFB-Pokalfinale zwischen Werder Bremen und Alemania Aachen leiten. Der DFB belohnt damit die guten Leistungen des Referees in der Bundesliga. Das Spiel im Berliner Olympiastadion ist bereits ausverkauft. Für Fandel selber ist es nach der Nominierung für die Olympischen Spiele 2000 in Sydney das nächste Highlight seiner Karriere. Der 40 Jährige Pianist wird von Mike Pickel (Mendig) und Christian Soltow (Hamburg) assistiert. Vierter Offizieller ist Thorsten Kinhöfer (Herne).
"Weather History for Berlin Tegel, DE". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. 29 May 2004. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
"Alle DFB-Pokalsieger" [All DFB-Pokal winners]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
"Modus" [Mode]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2015.

External links

Match report at kicker.de (in German)
Match report at WorldFootball.net
Match report at Fussballdaten.de (in German)

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League competitions

Men

Level 1 & 2	Bundesliga 2. Bundesliga
Level 3	Regionalliga
Level 4	Baden-Württemberg Bayern Hessen Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein Niedersachsen/Bremen Nordrhein Nordost Südwest Westfalen

Women

Bundesliga

Cup competitions

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Team seasons
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Men's 2. Bundesliga	VfL Osnabrück

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European Super Cup	1992
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