2000 DFB-Ligapokal final

2000 DFB-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event2000 DFB-Ligapokal
Date1 August 2000 (2000-08-01)
VenueBayArena, Leverkusen
RefereeHellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
Attendance12,500

The 2000 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2000 DFB-Ligapokal, the 4th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 1 August 2000 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 5–1 against Hertha BSC for their 4th title.[1]

Teams

Team Qualification for tournament Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Hertha BSC 1999–2000 Bundesliga sixth place None
Bayern MunichTH 1999–2000 Bundesliga champions and 1999–2000 DFB-Pokal winners 3 (1997, 1998, 1999)

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]

Hertha BSC Round Bayern Munich
Opponent Result 2000 DFB-Ligapokal Opponent Result
Hamburger SV 3–1 Preliminary round Bye
Bayer Leverkusen 1–1 (5–4 p) Semi-finals 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4–1

Match

Details

Hertha BSC1–5Bayern Munich
Michalke 61' Report
Attendance: 12,500
Hertha BSC
Bayern Munich
GK 1 Gábor Király
CB 33 Marko Rehmer  27'
CB 14 Josip Šimunić  55'
CB 6 Eyjólfur Sverrisson
DM 18 Pál Dárdai
RWB 26 Sebastian Deisler
LWB 24 Kai Michalke
CM 22 Stefan Beinlich  72'
CM 10 Dariusz Wosz
CF 11 Michael Preetz (c)
CF 9 Ali Daei
Substitutes:
GK 12 Christian Fiedler
DF 3 Rui Marques  55'
MF 16 Sixten Veit  27'
MF 19 Andreas Schmidt
MF 20 Tony Sanneh  72'
MF 21 Michael Hartmann
FW 29 Piotr Reiss
Manager:
Jürgen Röber
GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c)
RB 20 Hasan Salihamidžić
CB 5 Patrik Andersson
CB 25 Thomas Linke
LB 18 Michael Tarnat  78'
DM 17 Thorsten Fink
CM 6 Michael Wiesinger  46'
CM 15 Sławomir Wojciechowski
AM 10 Ciriaco Sforza
CF 21 Alexander Zickler
CF 24 Roque Santa Cruz  46'
Substitutes:
GK 33 Stefan Wessels
DF 2 Willy Sagnol
DF 4 Samuel Kuffour
MF 7 Mehmet Scholl  46'
MF 8 Thomas Strunz
MF 23 Owen Hargreaves  78'
FW 19 Carsten Jancker  46'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld

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.