FC Bayern return to the DFB Cup final in Berlin for the first time since 2019/20, when they won 4-2 against Bayer Leverkusen. The match is set against cup holders VfB Stuttgart at the Olympiastadion. Bayern have reached 25 finals, missing victory only four times, a record ahead of Schalke 04. The season has been exceptional under head coach Vincent Kompany, with 45 wins from 54 competitive matches. One more win would equal the club record of 46 competitive wins from the 2012/13 treble-winning season. Bayern also have the chance to match the club record for fewest defeats since the turn of the millennium.
"FC Bayern are back on the big stage of the DFB Cup final: on Saturday, the record cup winners face cup holders VfB Stuttgart at the Olympiastadion in Berlin (live coverage with our text commentary and free web radio on fcbayern.com and in the FC Bayern app from 20.00 CEST). Six years on from their last cup final, the Munich men are chomping at the bit to lift the DFB Cup once again - in what will already be the 25th final in the club's history."
"In 24 finals to date, the newly-crowned German champions have missed out on victory just four times; their 25 appearances in the final stand as a solitary record ahead of Schalke 04 (12). There are also some club records within reach in Berlin: 45 wins from 54 competitive matches (six draws, three defeats) already mean this has been an exceptional season under head coach Vincent Kompany - one more win would see them equal the record of 46 competitive wins set during the 2012/13 treble-winning season."
"“Generally speaking, it's always something very special to come to Berlin,” said Germany international Joshua Kimmich at the pre-match press conference: “You can tell at the club, in the team, even within the family, that absolutely everyone is looking forward to it - partly because we haven't been here for so long. We're going to give it our all!”"
"“Winning here is always a historic moment; Stuttgart managed that last year,” said Kompany on the day before the final: “This season, the wh"
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