2018 DFL-Supercup

2018 DFL-Supercup

Eintracht Frankfurt Bayern Munich 0 5
Report
Event	DFL-Supercup
Date	12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)
Venue	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt
Player of the Match	Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Referee	Marco Fritz (Korb)
Attendance	51,500
Weather	Partly cloudy 24 °C (75 °F) 36% humidity
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The 2018 DFL-Supercup was the ninth 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 12 August 2018.

The DFL-Supercup featured Eintracht Frankfurt, the winners of the 2017–18 DFB-Pokal, and Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2017–18 Bundesliga and two-time defending champions of the DFL-Supercup.

Bayern Munich won the match 5–0 for their third consecutive and seventh overall title.

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)
Eintracht Frankfurt	2017–18 DFB-Pokal winners	1 (1988)
Bayern MunichTH	2017–18 Bundesliga champions	11 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

Background

This was the first competitive match for incoming Bayern manager Niko Kovač, who left Eintracht Frankfurt the previous season after leading them to the DFB-Pokal title over future employers Bayern Munich.

Match

Details

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 20:30 CEST	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–5	Bayern Munich	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)
		Report	Lewandowski  21', 26', 54' Coman  63' Thiago  85'

Eintracht Frankfurt

Bayern Munich

GK 1 Frederik Rønnow CB 19 David Abraham (c) 70' CB 20 Makoto Hasebe CB 13 Carlos Salcedo RM 24 Danny da Costa CM 16 Lucas Torró CM 6 Jonathan de Guzmán 64' LM 15 Jetro Willems RW 11 Mijat Gaćinović LW 10 Marco Fabián 64' CF 9 Sébastien Haller 76' Substitutes: GK 29 Felix Wiedwald DF 23 Marco Russ DF 33 Taleb Tawatha MF 5 Gelson Fernandes MF 7 Danny Blum 64' FW 4 Ante Rebić 64' FW 8 Luka Jović 76' Manager: Adi Hütter

GK 1 Manuel Neuer (c) RB 32 Joshua Kimmich CB 4 Niklas Süle CB 5 Mats Hummels 45+1' LB 27 David Alaba DM 8 Javi Martínez CM 25 Thomas Müller 64' CM 6 Thiago RW 10 Arjen Robben 58' LW 7 Franck Ribéry CF 9 Robert Lewandowski 72' Substitutes: GK 26 Sven Ulreich DF 13 Rafinha DF 14 Juan Bernat MF 18 Leon Goretzka 64' MF 19 Sebastian Rudy MF 29 Kingsley Coman 58' FW 2 Sandro Wagner 72' Manager: Niko Kovač

Man of the Match: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) Assistant referees: Dominik Schaal (Tübingen) Marcel Pelgrim (Hamminkeln-Loikum) Fourth official: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock) Assistant video assistant referee: René Rohde (Rostock)

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

Statistics

Statistic	Eintracht Frankfurt	Bayern Munich
Goals scored	0	5
Total shots	8	13
Shots on target	1	7
Saves	2	1
Ball possession	32%	68%
Corner kicks	3	5
Fouls committed	8	9
Offsides	0	2
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	0	0

See also

• 2017–18 Bundesliga
• 2017–18 DFB-Pokal

External links

• Official website