2005 DFL-Ligapokal final

2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event2005 DFL-Ligapokal
Date2 August 2005 (2005-08-02)
VenueZentralstadion, Leipzig
RefereeLutz Wagner (Kriftel)
Attendance40,000

The 2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2005 DFL-Ligapokal, the 9th edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 2 August 2005 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Schalke 04 won the match 1–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 1st title.[1]

Teams

Team Qualification for tournament Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
VfB Stuttgart 2004–05 Bundesliga fifth place 2 (1997, 1998)
Schalke 04 2004–05 Bundesliga runners-up 2 (2001, 2002)

Route to the final

The DFL-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]

VfB Stuttgart Round Schalke 04
Opponent Result 2005 DFL-Ligapokal Opponent Result
Hertha BSC 0–0 (4–3 p) Preliminary round Bye
Bayern Munich 2–1 Semi-finals Werder Bremen 2–1

Match

Details

VfB Stuttgart0–1Schalke 04
Report Kurányi 10'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
VfB Stuttgart
Schalke 04
GK 1 Timo Hildebrand
RB 2 Andreas Hinkel
CB 6 Fernando Meira
CB 17 Matthieu Delpierre
LB 4 Boris Živković  46'
CM 7 Silvio Meißner
CM 20 Zvonimir Soldo (c)
CM 11 Thomas Hitzlsperger
RW 18 Cacau
CF 33 Mario Gómez  46'
LW 22 Jesper Grønkjær  64'
Substitutes:
GK 23 Dirk Heinen
DF 5 Markus Babbel
DF 21 Ludovic Magnin  46'
MF 16 Horst Heldt
MF 40 Christian Gentner
FW 9 Marco Streller  64'
FW 10 Jon Dahl Tomasson  46'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni
GK 1 Frank Rost (c)
RB 6 Hamit Altıntop
CB 5 Marcelo Bordon
CB 20 Mladen Krstajić
LB 3 Levan Kobiashvili
DM 2 Christian Poulsen
CM 8 Fabian Ernst
CM 25 Zlatan Bajramović
AM 10 Lincoln  90+1'
CF 11 Ebbe Sand  62'
CF 22 Kevin Kurányi  66'
Substitutes:
GK 29 Manuel Neuer
DF 15 Tomasz Wałdoch
DF 16 Darío Rodríguez
DF 27 Tim Hoogland
MF 19 Gustavo Varela
FW 9 Søren Larsen
FW 14 Gerald Asamoah  62'
Manager:
Ralf Rangnick

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.