2019–20 DFB-Pokal
The 2019–20 DFB-Pokal was the 77th season of the annual German football cup competition. Sixty-four teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the previous year's Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga. The competition began on 9 August 2019 with the first of six rounds and ended on 4 July 2020 with the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, a nominally neutral venue, which has hosted the final since 1985. The DFB-Pokal is considered the second-most important club title in German football after the Bundesliga championship. The DFB-Pokal is run by the German Football Association (DFB).
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Venue(s) | Olympiastadion, Berlin |
| Dates | 9 August 2019 – 4 July 2020 |
| Teams | 64 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Bayern Munich (20th title) |
| Runner-up | Bayer Leverkusen |
| Europa League | 1899 Hoffenheim |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 245 (3.89 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,321,688 (20,979 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Robert Lewandowski (6 goals) |
| Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included. | |
The defending champions were Bundesliga side Bayern Munich, after they defeated RB Leipzig 3–0 in the previous final.
Bayern successfully defended their title, winning their 20th DFB-Pokal title after beating Bayer Leverkusen 4–2 in the final. With the win, Bayern completed their second consecutive and 13th domestic double overall, and therefore played at home (in a change of format; under old rules they would have played away as was the case the previous year) to 2019–20 Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund in the 2020 DFL-Supercup. Because Bayern qualified for the Champions League through the Bundesliga, the sixth-place team in the Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, earned qualification for the group stage of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Europa League, and the league's second round spot went to the team in seventh, VfL Wolfsburg.