DFL-Supercup
The DFL - Supercup is a again since 2010 been registered competition under the care of the DFL, which meet at the beginning of a season of German champion and the DFB Cup winner last season in a single game. Win a Double the club, this competes against the runner-up. This was already in the first edition of 2010, the case, as double winners Bayern Munich won against runner-up Schalke 04.
History / mode
The competition was already 1987-1996 DFB - Supercup (from 1992, Panasonic Supercup ). Had a club won the double, the master would be arrayed against the Cup finalists, but this was never the case. Due to the reunification in 1991 semi-finals between the West German champion and cup winner and the respective NOFV representatives were held. Since 1996, the competition was discontinued in favor of the played as a tournament League Cup and DFL - Supercup capitalized as again until 2010. In contrast to the DFB - Supercup occurs in the case of the profit of the doubles by a club now vice-champion against the champion of. Also there is a draw after 90 minutes, no more extension, but immediately after a penalty shootout. Previously, the champion won nine times, the respective opponents five times the Supercup.
The official games at a glance
Rank list of winners
Records
Still active players and coaches are shown in bold.
Venues
The first two finals of the DFB - Supercup 1987 and 1988 were played in Frankfurt. So it was that the Cup Winners' Cup in 1988, namely Eintracht Frankfurt, played in their own stadium. This was followed by the venues Kaiserslautern and Karlsruhe. Then there was the 1991 and 1992 two finals in Hannover. At the final 1992 Hanover took 96 as second division and cup winners in part. 1993 Leverkusen was Endspielort. Thus, again took the current Cup holders in their own stadium part of the Supercup. In 1994, for the first time the German champions a home game in the Super Cup, as Bayern Munich took the Olympic Stadium against Werder Bremen. The last two sweeps of the DFB - Supercup took place in Dusseldorf and Mannheim.
The first final of the DFL - Supercup was played in Augsburg 2010. 2011 Gelsenkirchen was the venue, with the reigning Cup holders Schalke 04 as the home team. The following year, the Supercup was held in the stadium of the then Vice- Champion and Cup finalists Bayern Munich. 2013 runner-up Borussia Dortmund enjoyed home advantage.
In 2012, Karl -Heinz Rummenigge had demanded from 2013 discharge the Supercup in China, to advertise for the Bundesliga and internationally.
Werder Bremen won the Cup three times in the stadium of the opponent.
Trophy
The winner of the competition received from 1987 to 1995 each have a trophy in 1996, in which up to that last Supercup host, another, then introduced the League Cup very similar trophy was once awarded. Today, these trophies are in the possession of the DFB.
Since Panasonic occurred starting with 1992 as the title sponsor of the Super Cup, the winner received in the years 1992 to 1995 inclusive in addition an annual newly designed trophy, he was allowed to keep; 1996 was not such a " sponsor Cup " awarded more.
After re- introduction of competition in 2010 under the direction of DFL, a new trophy is awarded as a trophy. This is 53 inches high, over 6 kilograms and consists of two symbolized arms, a silver-plated, the. For the German championship trophy and a gold-plated, which stands for the DFB Cup, reaching for a ball made of real silver The value of the trophy is approximately 40,000 Euros. Was made of the Cup at Koch & Bergfeld, Bremen.
Television transmission
The DFL - Supercup game in 2010 was shown on public television channel Das Erste on German free TV. The games since 2011 are shown by the public television channel ZDF. Since 2013, the game will also be shown on pay-TV by the TV channel Sky.
Unofficial Games for the Supercup
In 1941 it came under the name " challenge match " becomes a direct comparison between the Tschammer Cup winners Dresdner SC and the German champions FC Schalke 04 Cup Winners Dresden beat Schalke in the domestic DSC Stadium in Ostragehege 4-2. 1977 and 1983 had been the first time under the name Supercup at the initiative of the clubs unofficial games. The German champions and DFB Cup winners were from 1976 and 1982 respectively against each other. 1977 defeated the champions Borussia Mönchengladbach Hamburger SV in Volksparkstadion 3-2, 1983 beat the champions FC Bayern Munich in the Olympic Stadium domestic precisely those Hamburger SV after a 1-1 without extension 4-2 on penalties.
Since the League Cup in 2008 due to scheduling problems could not take place, they decided to association boards of FC Bayern Munich ( league and cup ) and Borussia Dortmund (Cup finalist from the previous season ) to revive the Supercup. The application for the alignment of this Match was rejected by the DFL. Therefore, the Supercup took place in 2008 only in the unofficial framework as T-Home Supercup instead. Dortmund won 2-1 at Signal Iduna Park.
2009 also did not take place the League Cup since the DFL just wanted to clarify a possible increase in the First and Second Bundesliga before a reform of the League Cup. Therefore agreed champions Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen Cup Winners' Cup, similar to discharge an unofficial role in the Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena Volkswagen SuperCup to the previous year. The match Werder Bremen won 2-1.