The 2024 DFL-Supercup was the 15th edition of the German

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under the name

DFL-Supercup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off association football, football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (E ...

, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's

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and

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competitions. The match was played on 17 August 2024. The match featured

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, the champions of the

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and winners of the

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(completing a

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), and

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, the runners-up of the Bundesliga. Though the league champions usually played away, the

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selected Bayer Leverkusen to host the match at the

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. This was the first DFL-Supercup since

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not to feature

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. Bayer Leverkusen won the match 4–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes, for their first DFL-Supercup title.

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''In the following table, matches until 1996 were in the DFB-Supercup era, since 2010 were in the DFL-Supercup era.''

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Dfl-Supercup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off association football, football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (E ...

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