| 2018 DFL-Supercup | |
| Other Titles: | German Supercup |
| Event: | DFL-Supercup |
| Team1: | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| Team1score: | 0 |
| Team2: | Bayern Munich |
| Team2score: | 5 |
| Stadium: | Commerzbank-Arena |
| City: | Frankfurt |
| Man Of The Match1a: | Robert Lewandowski [1] |
| Referee: | Marco Fritz (Korb)[2] |
| Attendance: | 51,500[3] |
| Weather: | Partly cloudy 24°C 36% humidity[4] |
| Previous: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2019 |
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.[5]
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.
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 Munich | 2017–18 Bundesliga champions | 11 (1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) |
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.
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| Man of the Match: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
| Match rules[6]
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| Statistic[7] | 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 |
