All hail the champions

The double winners make their way by bus through the packed streets of Dortmund

China-bound Lucas Barrios (l.) and midfield star Shinji Kagawa show off the DFB Cup

It's an historic moment for Borussia Dortmund - their first ever league and cup double

The sunglasses may well be testimony as much to the long night behind them in Berlin as the sunny Sunday weather in the Ruhr district

The fans are out in force to greet their returning heroes - even if, in some cases, it's only out the window

Dortmund's Borsigplatz, where it all began for BVB 103 years ago, is packed to the gunnels of course

A crowd also gathers at Dortmund airport to welcome the squad back at first-hand

And here they come: Roman Weidenfeller (l.) has a safe pair of hands on the championship plate, while Sebastian Kehl is in charge of the DFB Cup

The keeper and skipper are understandably reluctant to let go of the silverware

Dr. Reinhard Rauball is on crutches at the moment - the BVB and League Association president strained an adductor muscle trying to escape a beer shower after the title-clinching victory over Mönchengladbach

At the town hall there's the traditional entry into the city's Golden Book - Jürgen Klopp (l.) presses the flesh with Dortmund mayor Ullrich Sierau here

The night before, at the post-match party in Berlin's E-Werk - Kehl (l.) and Weidenfeller have at least swapped trophies for this snap

Head coach Jürgen Klopp - "Now I've got seven weeks to let it all sink in."

Sebastian Kehl with his girlfriend Tina and the DFB Cup

Midfielder Moritz Leitner brought along his girlfriend Lisa to the post-match party

Happy man: Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke took a solitary stroll around the pitch at the Olympiastadion after the cup handover, savouring the moment

"Today's a day for the most beautiful colours in the world to light up - yellow and black", Watzke said at the festivities in the former techno institution

"It's just indescribable. You need to have experienced it for yourself", said Kevin Großkreutz (l.), who brought a few mates along for the occasion

Injured defender Patrick Owomoyela and his girlfriend outside the entrance to the E-Werk

Full back Marcel Schmelzer turned up with a charming companion as well

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The 2012 DFB Cup final

Eyes on the prize: Dortmund are hoping to lift the DFB Cup for the third time, while for Bayern Munich it would be victory number 16!

There's a great atmosphere inside the sold-out Olympiastadion ahead of kick-off: at the FC Bayern end...

...and among the massed ranks of the yellow-and-black support, with club mascot Emma to the fore

The champions against the record champs - this is as good as it gets...

...above all for BVB, who go in front through Shinji Kagawa (r.) in the third minute after Bayern's Luiz Gustavo loses the ball

Five minutes later at the other end, Roman Weidenfeller is laid low after colliding with Mario Gomez. The BVB keeper is able to play on, for the moment

Skipper Philipp Lahm (l.) and his Bayern colleagues press for the leveller

And it comes courtesy of Arjen Robben (r.), who slots home a 25th-minute penalty awarded for a foul by Weidenfeller on Gomez

Just over half an hour in, Weidenfeller has to call it a day, Mitchell Langerak (l.) coming off the bench to replace him

The young Australian keeper is soon earning his spurs, while at the other end BVB start to ratchet up the tempo again themselves

With 41 minutes played, it's the Yellow-Blacks' turn to get their chance from the spot and Mats Hummels (r.) duly takes it to put them back in front

Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer gets the corner right, but can't get enough of the ball to keep it out

Hummels celebrates the goal against the club where he learned his trade - the defensive coordinator came up through Bayern's famous youth system

And it gets worse for Bayern before the break when Robert Lewandowski, brilliantly fed by Kagawa, clinically dispatches number three

Franck Ribery (l.) and his team-mates don't find things getting any easier after the interval against their hard-pressing opponents...

...and just shy of the hour mark Lewandowski (l.) strikes again to make it 4-1. Game over, surely..?

But Bayern don't give up that easily and Ribery (r.) gets them back to 4-2 down with a fine individual effort just inside the final quarter-hour

Five minutes later, BVB respond in kind. A fumble by Neuer lets Lukasz Piszczek set up a far-post nod-in for his compatriot Lewandowski ...

...who then demonstrates that he's no mean hurdler either as he makes his way over to the Dortmund fans

It's not often that Manuel Neuer, or any FC Bayern keeper, has to pick - or kick - the ball out of his own net five times

Game over - for Bayern now, it's a case of moving on swiftly and focusing on next Saturday's Champions League final, on home turf, against Chelsea

By contrast it's all smiles on the Dortmund side as they celebrate the first league and cup double in the club's 103-year history

First stop after the final whistle, standard DFB Cup celebratory protocol notwithstanding, is the Dortmund fan block

Walk on by: Franck Ribery would rather not look at the next domestic trophy Bayern are not going to get their hands on this year

Dortmund's Felipe Santana (l.) however can't get close enough to it - and that's even before the official handover...

...which is conducted by Federal president Joachim Gauck (5.r.), himself clearly infected by the good cheer of the present company

BVB skipper Sebastian Kehl raises the DFB Cup to the Berlin night skies - and now the Dortmund party can really begin in earnest

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Double delight for Dortmund

It's the champs against the record champs in the DFB Cup final at a sold-out Olympiastadion!

And with just three minutes on the clock, Shinji Kagawa (l.) fires the Yellow-Blacks in front

Franck Ribery (l.) and Co. are not going to take this lying down though...

...and midway through the half, Arjen Robben (m.) pulls them level from the spot

In the final minutes of the first half, a swift double strike puts Neven Subotic's BVB firmly in the driving seat

First Mats Hummels (2. r.) converts another penalty to make it 2-1, then...

...Robert Lewandowski takes over, bagging the first of what will be an eventual hattrick as Borussia run out 5-2 winners!

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