1998 DFB-Ligapokal final

1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event1998 DFB-Ligapokal
Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart
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Date8 August 1998 (1998-08-08)
VenueBayArena, Leverkusen
RefereeLutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Attendance14,000

The 1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 1998 DFB-Ligapokal, the 2nd edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 8 August 1998 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 4–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 2nd title.[1]

Teams

Team Qualification for tournament Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Bayern MunichTH 1997–98 DFB-Pokal winners and 1997–98 Bundesliga runners-up 1 (1997)
VfB Stuttgart 1997–98 Bundesliga fourth place 1 (1997)

Route to the final

The DFB-Ligapokal is a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams enter the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they will be joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.[2]

Bayern Munich Round VfB Stuttgart
Opponent Result 1998 DFB-Ligapokal Opponent Result
Bye Preliminary round Schalke 04 2–1
Bayer Leverkusen 1–0 Semi-finals 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3–2

Match

Details

Bayern Munich4–0VfB Stuttgart
  • Élber 4', 25', 41'
  • Jancker 89'
 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart
GK 1 Oliver Kahn
CB 2 Markus Babbel
CB 10 Lothar Matthäus (c)  67'
CB 5 Thomas Helmer
RWB 8 Thomas Strunz
LWB 18 Michael Tarnat
CM 11 Stefan Effenberg
CM 17 Thorsten Fink
RW 14 Mario Basler  61'
LW 20 Hasan Salihamidžić
CF 9 Giovane Élber  72'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Bernd Dreher
DF 25 Thomas Linke
MF 13 Jens Jeremies  67'
FW 19 Carsten Jancker  72'
FW 21 Alexander Zickler  61'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld
GK 1 Franz Wohlfahrt
CB 2 Martin Spanring  35'
CB 5 Frank Verlaat (c)  46'
CB 4 Thomas Berthold
RWB 7 Kristijan Đorđević
LWB 15 Mitko Stojkovski
DM 20 Zvonimir Soldo
CM 8 Michael Zeyer  27'
CM 22 Krisztián Lisztes
AM 10 Krasimir Balakov
CF 11 Fredi Bobic
Substitutes:
GK 25 Marc Ziegler
MF 17 Timo Rost  46'
MF 18 Pablo Thiam  35'
FW 9 Sreto Ristić  27'
FW 13 Saša Marković
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer

References

  1. ^ "(West) Germany - List of Super/League Cup Finals". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Rund um den Ligapokal" [About the Ligapokal]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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