Media information June 30, 2020 Volkswagen provides journalists with facts, figures and th data concerning the 77 German Cup Final – As an official partner of the tournament, Volkswagen is supporting the work of sports journalists covering the Cup Final between FC Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen – Facts, figures and records: The digital press kit can now be downloaded from the Volkswagen Newsroom – Since 2012, Volkswagen has also been honoring the cup hero of the season on the “Walk of Fame” located at the Berlin Olympic Stadium Media contact Wolfsburg – On Saturday, the German DFB Cup Final match between FC Bayern Gerd Voss Head of Sports Communications Munich and Bayer 04 Leverkusen will take place at the Berlin Olympic Stadium. Phone: +49 5361 977074 As an official partner of this traditional tournament, as well as the German [email protected] Football Association (DFB), Volkswagen will provide sports journalists with a Ingo Roersch comprehensive data kit as in previous years. This is now available for download Sports Communication at www.volkswagen-newsroom.de/en in both German and English. Phone: +49 172 1332640 [email protected] In cooperation with data experts from Stats Perform Volkswagen has created an information package of more than 30 pages, Mehr unter which clearly summarizes facts, figures, some volkswagen-newsroom.com surprises and records concerning the DFB Cup Final between defending champions FC Bayern Munich (19 times cup winners) and Bayer Leverkusen, the 1993 winners. For example, it was 46 years ago that a Cup Final was last played at a later date: in 1974, the final match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburger SV (3:1 after extra time) was played following the World Cup on August 17. Plus: Volkswagen and the Cup Heroes “Walk of Fame” In its rich decades of history, the DFB Cup has made many footballers unforgettable heroes. In order to honor them, Volkswagen, together with the German Football Association and the TV sports channel SPORT1, launched the “DFB Cup Walk of Fame” in 2013. Located at the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the greatest cup heroes of the past and present are immortalized with their footprints or (for goalkeepers and coaches) handprints. To date, 24 players that left their mark on the DFB Cup have been recorded. Among them Oliver Kahn, Kevin de Bruyne, or Thomas Radlspeck. Last year, Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski was honored as a Cup Hero. The complete list can be found here. The candidates for the 2019/2020 season – up until the final match – are Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt/1st round), Lennart Grill (1 FC Kaiserslautern/2nd round), Daniel Baatz (1 FC Saarbrücken/quarterfinal) and Thomas Müller (FC Bayern No. 164/2020 Seite 1 von 2 Media information Munich/semifinal). Following the final whistle on Saturday a jury will choose the 2019/2020 cup hero. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Would you like to continue to receive press information from Volkswagen Sports Communications and the Volkswagen Media Lounge at DFB international matches? Then please send us an informal e-mail about the new registration process [email protected] Thanks a lot! About the Volkswagen brand: The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand is present in more than 150 markets worldwide and produces vehicles at more than 50 locations in 14 countries. In 2019, Volkswagen delivered around 6.3 million vehicles. These include bestsellers such as the Golf, Tiguan, Jetta and Passat. Currently, 195,878 people work for Volkswagen worldwide. In addition there are more than 10,000 dealerships with 86,000 employees. Volkswagen is consistently driving forward the further development of automotive engineering. Electromobility, Smart Mobility and the digital transformation of the brand are the strategic core topics of the future. No. 164/2020 Seite 2 von 2 .