1998 DFB-Ligapokal

The 1998 DFB-Ligapokal was the second edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. In a repeat of last year's competition, Bayern Munich beat VfB Stuttgart in the final.

1998 DFB-Ligapokal
Tournament programme cover
CountryGermany
Teams6
ChampionsBayern Munich
Runners-upVfB Stuttgart
Matches played5
Goals scored16 (3.2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Giovane Élber (3)
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Participating clubs

A total of six teams qualified for the competition. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League position
  • CW: Cup winners
  • TH: Title holders
Semi-finals
1. FC Kaiserslautern (1st) Bayern MunichTH (CW + 2nd)
Preliminary round
Bayer Leverkusen (3rd) Schalke 04 (5th)
VfB Stuttgart (4th) MSV Duisburg (8th)[lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. The 8th placed team of the 1997–98 Bundesliga, MSV Duisburg, qualified as teams in 6th and 7th (Hansa Rostock and Werder Bremen) were involved in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup during the same period.

Matches

Preliminary round
Bayer Leverkusen3 – 0MSV Duisburg
Beinlich  13'
Kirsten  46'
Rink  64'		 Report
Nattenberg Stadion, Lüdenscheid
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Markus Merk
VfB Stuttgart2 – 1Schalke 04
Akpoborie  48'
Poschner  78'		 Report Büskens  16'
Attendance: 5,500

Semi-finals
Bayer Leverkusen0 – 1Bayern Munich
Report Basler  30'
Attendance: 20,000
VfB Stuttgart3 – 21. FC Kaiserslautern
Balakov  18' (pen.)
Poschner  78'
Bobic  87'		 Report Marschall  8', 53' (pen.)
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner

Final
Main article: 1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final
Bayern Munich4–0VfB Stuttgart
 Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

References
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