1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final

1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event 1998 DFB-Ligapokal
Date 8 August 1998 (1998-08-08)
Venue BayArena, Leverkusen
Referee Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Attendance 14,000

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]

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 Munich 4–0 VfB Stuttgart
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart
GK1Germany Oliver Kahn
CB2Germany Markus Babbel
CB10Germany Lothar Matthäus (c) 67'
CB5Germany Thomas Helmer
RWB8Germany Thomas Strunz
LWB18Germany Michael Tarnat
CM11Germany Stefan Effenberg
CM17Germany Thorsten Fink
RW14Germany Mario Basler 61'
LW20Bosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Salihamidžić
CF9Brazil Giovane Élber 72'
Substitutes:
GK22Germany Bernd Dreher
DF25Germany Thomas Linke
MF13Germany Jens Jeremies 67'
FW19Germany Carsten Jancker 72'
FW21Germany Alexander ZicklerYellow card 61'
Manager:
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld
GK1Austria Franz Wohlfahrt
CB2Germany Martin Spanring 35'
CB5Netherlands Frank Verlaat 46'
CB4Germany Thomas Berthold
RWB7Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kristijan Đorđević
LWB15Republic of Macedonia Mitko Stojkovski
DM20Croatia Zvonimir Soldo
CM8Germany Michael Zeyer 27'
CM22Hungary Krisztián Lisztes
AM10Bulgaria Krasimir Balakov
CF11Germany Fredi Bobic
Substitutes:
GK25Germany Marc Ziegler
MF17Germany Timo Rost 46'
MF18Guinea Pablo Thiam 35'
FW9Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sreto Ristić 27'
FW13Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Marković
Manager:
Germany 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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