2016 DFL-Supercup

2016 DFL-Supercup

German Supercup
Match programme cover
Event	DFL-Supercup
Borussia Dortmund Bayern Munich 0 2
Date	14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
Venue	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Man of the Match	Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) [1]
Referee	Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden) [2]
Attendance	81,360 [3]
Weather	Clear 19 °C (66 °F) 52% humidity [4]
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The 2016 DFL-Supercup was the seventh 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 14 August 2016 at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. ^[5]

It featured Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2015–16 Bundesliga (and the 2015–16 DFB-Pokal), who had lost the three previous super cups and last won in 2012, and 2015–16 Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund, who last won in 2014. Dortmund qualified as league runners-up by virtue of Bayern winning the league and cup double.

Bayern Munich won the DFL-Supercup 2–0 for their fifth title. ^[6]

Teams

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

Team	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Borussia Dortmund	2015–16 Bundesliga runners-up	7 ( 1989 , 1995 , 1996 , 2011, 2012, 2013 , 2014 ) [a]
Bayern Munich	2015–16 Bundesliga champions and 2015–16 DFB-Pokal winners	9 ( 1987 , 1989, 1990 , 1994, 2010 , 2012 , 2013, 2014, 2015) [b]

1. Winners of the unofficial 2008 German Supercup. One-time runners-up in the DFL-Ligapokal.
2. Runners-up in the unofficial 2008 German Supercup. Six-time winners and one-time runners-up in the DFL-Ligapokal.

Background

It was Dortmund's eighth DFL-Supercup, with a record of five wins and two losses prior. It was Bayern's fifth consecutive and tenth overall DFL-Supercup, with a record of four wins and five losses prior. This was the fifth DFL-Supercup between Dortmund and Bayern, having previously met in 1989, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Of these, Dortmund have won three (in 1989, 2013, and 2014), while Bayern have won once (2012). ^[7]

This was the first official match for Carlo Ancelotti as head coach of Bayern. ^[8]

Match

Summary

Arturo Vidal scored the opening goal for Bayern Munich in the 58th minute with a low right foot finish from six yards out after his initial shot from just outside the penalty box was parried by goalkeeper Roman Bürki back into his path. ^[9] Thomas Müller got the second in the 79th minute with a close range finish from inside the six yard box after a knock down header from Mats Hummels following a corner. ^[10]

Details

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)

20:30 CEST

Borussia Dortmund	0–2	Bayern Munich
	Report	Vidal 58' Müller 79'

Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund

Attendance: 81,360

Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

Borussia Dortmund

Bayern Munich

GK 38 Roman Bürki RB 30 Felix Passlack  29' CB 25 Sokratis Papastathopoulos CB 5 Marc Bartra LB 29 Marcel Schmelzer (c) CM 27 Gonzalo Castro CM 18 Sebastian Rode  61' RW 20 Adrián Ramos  69' AM 23 Shinji Kagawa LW 7 Ousmane Dembélé  39'  68' CF 17 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang  78' Substitutes: GK 1 Roman Weidenfeller DF 13 Raphaël Guerreiro DF 26 Łukasz Piszczek MF 9 Emre Mor  78' MF 10 Mario Götze MF 21 André Schürrle  68' MF 33 Julian Weigl  69' Manager: Thomas Tuchel

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 21 Philipp Lahm (c) CB 8 Javi Martínez  10' CB 5 Mats Hummels LB 27 David Alaba CM 23 Arturo Vidal  71' CM 14 Xabi Alonso  29' CM 6 Thiago RW 25 Thomas Müller  86' LW 7 Franck Ribéry  29'  65' CF 9 Robert Lewandowski Substitutes: GK 26 Sven Ulreich DF 13 Rafinha DF 18 Juan Bernat  86' DF 39 Nicolas Feldhahn MF 29 Kingsley Coman  65' MF 32 Joshua Kimmich  71' FW 37 Julian Green Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

Man of the Match: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) [1] Assistant referees: [2] Rafael Foltyn (Mainz-Kastel) Martin Thomsen (Kleve) Fourth official: [2] Tobias Stieler (Hamburg)

Match rules [11] 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

Statistic [12]	Borussia Dortmund	Bayern Munich
Goals scored	0	2
Total shots	20	10
Shots on target	5	5
Saves	3	5
Ball possession	56%	44%
Corner kicks	7	2
Fouls committed	15	18
Offsides	2	0
Yellow cards	3	3
Red cards	0	0

See also

• 2016–17 Bundesliga
• 2016–17 DFB-Pokal

References

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