Franz Beckenbauer Supercup

The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup, formerly known as the DFB-Supercup and DFL-Supercup and also known as the German Super Cup, is an annual football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (English: German Football League).

History and rules

The competition was founded in 1987 as the DFB-Supercup, run by the German Football Association (DFB). From 1992 to 1996, it was known as the "Panasonic DFB-Supercup" for sponsorship reasons. It was played up to the 1996 season, before being replaced by the DFB-Ligapokal (later the DFL-Ligapokal), a pre-season league cup competition, from the 1997–98 season. In 2008, although not officially sanctioned by any footballing body, the match returned as the T-Home Supercup, featuring Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double winners Bayern Munich and fellow DFB-Pokal finalists Borussia Dortmund. The match was a one-year replacement for the DFB-Ligapokal, which was cancelled for one season, due to schedule crowding caused by UEFA Euro 2008. The competition was reinstated as the DFL-Supercup from the 2010–11 season at the annual general meeting of the Deutsche Fußball Liga on 10 November 2009.[1]

Since 2010, in contrast to the DFB-Supercup, if one team wins the double (league and cup), the winner plays the runner-up of the Bundesliga. No extra time is played in the case of a draw after 90 minutes, the match is then decided by a penalty shoot-out. The match typically is played at the home of the cup holders, or the Bundesliga runners-up in the case a team wins the double, though this is not a rule, as the DFL ultimately decides on the venue.[2]

From the 2025–26 season, the competition was renamed in honour of Franz Beckenbauer.[3]

Matches

The sponsored DFB-Supercup trophy in 1992

Below is a list of the Super Cup winners.[4] Since 2010, if one team wins the domestic double, then league runners-up are invited as the second team.

YearBundesliga championsResultDFB-Pokal winners[a]Venue
DFB-Supercup
1987Bayern Munich2–1Hamburger SVWaldstadion, Frankfurt
1988Werder Bremen2–0Eintracht FrankfurtWaldstadion, Frankfurt
1989Bayern Munich3–4Borussia DortmundFritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
1990Bayern Munich4–11. FC KaiserslauternWildparkstadion, Karlsruhe
1991[b]1. FC Kaiserslautern[c]3–1Werder Bremen[d]Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
1992VfB Stuttgart3–1Hannover 96(II)Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover
1993Werder Bremen2–2(a.e.t.)(7–6p)Bayer LeverkusenUlrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen
1994Bayern Munich1–3(a.e.t.)Werder BremenOlympiastadion, Munich
1995Borussia Dortmund1–0Borussia MönchengladbachRheinstadion, Düsseldorf
1996Borussia Dortmund1–1(a.e.t.)(4–3p)1. FC Kaiserslautern(II)Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim
1997–2009Not held
DFL-Supercup
2010Bayern Munich2–0Schalke 04[e]Impuls Arena, Augsburg
2011Borussia Dortmund0–0[f](3–4p)Schalke 04Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
2012Borussia Dortmund1–2Bayern Munich[e]Allianz Arena, Munich
2013Bayern Munich2–4Borussia Dortmund[e]Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
2014Bayern Munich0–2Borussia Dortmund[e]Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
2015Bayern Munich1–1[f](4–5p)VfL WolfsburgVolkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg
2016Bayern Munich2–0Borussia Dortmund[e]Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
2017Bayern Munich2–2[f](5–4p)Borussia DortmundSignal Iduna Park, Dortmund
2018Bayern Munich5–0Eintracht FrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
2019Bayern Munich0–2Borussia Dortmund[e]Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
2020Bayern Munich3–2Borussia Dortmund[e]Allianz Arena, Munich
2021Bayern Munich3–1Borussia DortmundSignal Iduna Park, Dortmund
2022Bayern Munich5–3RB LeipzigRed Bull Arena, Leipzig
2023Bayern Munich0–3RB LeipzigAllianz Arena, Munich
2024Bayer Leverkusen2–2[f](4–3p)VfB Stuttgart[e]BayArena, Leverkusen
Franz Beckenbauer Supercup
2025Bayern Munich2–1VfB StuttgartMHP Arena, Stuttgart

Performances

The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup trophy

Performance by team

TeamWinnersRunners-upYears wonYears lost
Bayern Munich1171987, 1990, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 20251989, 1994, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2023
Borussia Dortmund661989, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014, 20192011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
Werder Bremen311988, 1993, 19941991
1. FC Kaiserslautern1219911990, 1996
VfB Stuttgart1219922024, 2025
Schalke 041120112010
RB Leipzig1120232022
Bayer Leverkusen1120241993
VfL Wolfsburg12015
Eintracht Frankfurt21988, 2018
Hamburger SV11987
Hannover 9611992
Borussia Mönchengladbach11995

Performance by qualification

CompetitionWinnersRunners-up
Bundesliga winners179
DFB-Pokal winners513
Bundesliga runners-up44

Top goalscorers

RankPlayer[5]Club(s)Goals
1PolandRobert LewandowskiBorussia DortmundBayern Munich7
2GermanyThomas MüllerBayern Munich5
3SpainDani OlmoRB Leipzig4
New ZealandWynton RuferWerder Bremen
5GermanyMarco ReusBorussia Dortmund3
NetherlandsArjen RobbenBayern Munich
GermanyJürgen WegmannBorussia DortmundBayern Munich
8GabonPierre-Emerick AubameyangBorussia Dortmund2
GermanyGünter BreitzkeBorussia Dortmund
GermanyJürgen Degen1. FC Kaiserslautern

Unofficial matches

The German champions met the cup winners several times without the match being officially recognized.

YearGerman championsResultCup winners[a]VenueMatch nameRef.
1941[g]Schalke 042–4Dresdner SCDSC-Stadion, DresdenHerausforderungskampf[6]
1977[h]Borussia Mönchengladbach3–2Hamburger SVVolksparkstadion, HamburgDeutscher Supercup[4]
1983[i]Hamburger SV1–1[f](2–4p)Bayern MunichOlympiastadion, Munich[4]
2008Bayern Munich1–2Borussia Dortmund[j]Signal Iduna Park, DortmundT-Home Supercup[4]
2009VfL Wolfsburg1–2Werder BremenVolkswagen Arena, WolfsburgVolkswagen SuperCup[7]

See also

Notes

  1. 12Unless noted otherwise.
  2. The 1991 edition included four teams, the league and cup winners of the former East and West Germany.
  3. 1. FC Kaiserslautern won the semi-final match 2–1 against Hansa Rostock (double-winners of the 1990–91 NOFV-Oberliga and 1990–91 NOFV-Pokal) at the Ostseestadion, Rostock.
  4. Werder Bremen won the semi-final match 1–0 against Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt (runners-up of the 1990–91 NOFV-Pokal) at the Piepenbrockstadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück.
  5. 12345678Bundesliga runners-up.
  6. 12345No extra time was played.
  7. The 1940 German champions, Schalke 04, and the 1940 Tschammerpokal winners, Dresdner SC, faced each other on 16 March 1941.
  8. The 1975–76 Bundesliga winners, Borussia Mönchengladbach, and the 1975–76 DFB-Pokal winners, Hamburger SV, faced each other on 8 January 1977.
  9. The 1981–82 Bundesliga winners, Hamburger SV, and the 1981–82 DFB-Pokal winners, Bayern Munich, faced each other on 2 April 1983.
  10. DFB-Pokal runners-up.

References

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  4. 1234"(West) Germany – List of Super/League Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  5. "All-time top goalscorers". worldfootball.net. 13 August 2023. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016.
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