2020 DFL-Supercup

The 2020 DFL-Supercup will be the 11th 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 will be played in 2020. The match is usually played in July or August prior to the start of the Bundesliga. However, due to postponement of the 2019–20 Bundesliga as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 Bundesliga is not expected to begin before 11 September 2020.[1]

2020 DFL-Supercup
German Supercup
EventDFL-Supercup
Borussia Dortmund/Bayer 04 Bayern Munich
DateTBD 2020 (2020)

The DFL-Supercup will feature Bayern Munich, the winners of the 2019–20 Bundesliga, and another team. If Bayer Leverkusen win 2019–20 DFB-Pokal, they will host the match. However, if Bayern Munich also win the DFB-Pokal, completing a domestic double, the runners-up of the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, will host the match instead.

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)
TBD 2019–20 DFB-Pokal winners
Bayern Munich 2019–20 Bundesliga champions 12 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

Background

Match

Details
vBayern Munich

Match rules[2]

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

See also

References
  1. Ebert, Michael (8 June 2020). "DFL plant Lockerungen und den "Re-Start 2"" [DFL plans relaxations and "Restart 2"]. kicker (in German). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). DFL.de (in German). Deutsche Fußball Liga. 16 May 2020. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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