2006 DFL-Ligapokal final

2006 DFL-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event2006 DFL-Ligapokal
Date5 August 2006 (2006-08-05)
VenueZentralstadion, Leipzig
RefereeManuel Gräfe (Berlin)
Attendance41,300

The 2006 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2006 DFL-Ligapokal, the 10th edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 5 August 2006 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Werder Bremen won the match 2–0 against Bayern Munich for their 1st title.[1]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2004 were in the DFB-Ligapokal era, since 2005 were in the DFL-Ligapokal era.

Team Qualification for tournament Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Werder Bremen 2005–06 Bundesliga runners-up 2 (1999, 2004)
Bayern Munich 2005–06 Bundesliga champions and 2005–06 DFB-Pokal winners 5 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004)

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]

Werder Bremen Round Bayern Munich
Opponent Result 2006 DFL-Ligapokal Opponent Result
Hamburger SV 2–1 Semi-finals Schalke 04 0–0 (4–1 p)

Match

Details

Werder Bremen2–0Bayern Munich
Klasnić 29', 66' Report
Attendance: 41,300
Werder Bremen
Bayern Munich
GK 18 Tim Wiese
RB 15 Patrick Owomoyela
CB 2 Frank Fahrenhorst
CB 4 Naldo
LB 5 Pierre Womé
DM 22 Torsten Frings (c)
CM 20 Daniel Jensen  77'
CM 27 Christian Schulz  81'
AM 10 Diego
CF 17 Ivan Klasnić
CF 11 Miroslav Klose  60'
Substitutes:
GK 33 Christian Vander
DF 8 Clemens Fritz
DF 16 Leon Andreasen  77'
MF 6 Frank Baumann
MF 7 Jurica Vranješ  81'
MF 14 Aaron Hunt  60'
FW 9 Mohamed Zidan
Manager:
Thomas Schaaf
GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c)
RB 2 Willy Sagnol
CB 3 Lúcio
CB 5 Daniel Van Buyten
LB 21 Philipp Lahm  46'
DM 23 Owen Hargreaves
CM 8 Ali Karimi
CM 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger  46'
AM 24 Roque Santa Cruz
CF 10 Roy Makaay
CF 11 Lukas Podolski  46'
Substitutes:
GK 29 Bernd Dreher
DF 32 Mats Hummels
MF 7 Mehmet Scholl
MF 19 Julio dos Santos  46'
MF 20 Hasan Salihamidžić  46'
MF 39 Andreas Ottl  46'
Manager:
Felix Magath

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.