1998 DFB-Ligapokal final

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.

1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event1998 DFB-Ligapokal
Date8 August 1998 (1998-08-08)
VenueBayArena, Leverkusen
RefereeLutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Attendance14,000
1997
1999

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]

Teams

TeamQualification for tournamentPrevious appearances (bold indicates winners)
Bayern MunichTH1997–98 DFB-Pokal winners and 1997–98 Bundesliga runners-up1 (1997)
VfB Stuttgart1997–98 Bundesliga fourth place1 (1997)

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 MunichRoundVfB Stuttgart
OpponentResult1998 DFB-LigapokalOpponentResult
ByePreliminary roundSchalke 042–1
Bayer Leverkusen1–0Semi-finals1. FC Kaiserslautern3–2

Match

Details

Bayern Munich4–0VfB Stuttgart
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart
GK1 Oliver Kahn
CB2 Markus Babbel
CB10 Lothar Matthäus (c)  67'
CB5 Thomas Helmer
RWB8 Thomas Strunz
LWB18 Michael Tarnat
CM11 Stefan Effenberg
CM17 Thorsten Fink
RW14 Mario Basler  61'
LW20 Hasan Salihamidžić
CF9 Giovane Élber  72'
Substitutes:
GK22 Bernd Dreher
DF25 Thomas Linke
MF13 Jens Jeremies  67'
FW19 Carsten Jancker  72'
FW21 Alexander Zickler  61'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld
GK1 Franz Wohlfahrt
CB2 Martin Spanring  35'
CB5 Frank Verlaat (c)  46'
CB4 Thomas Berthold
RWB7 Kristijan Đorđević
LWB15 Mitko Stojkovski
DM20 Zvonimir Soldo
CM8 Michael Zeyer  27'
CM22 Krisztián Lisztes
AM10 Krasimir Balakov
CF11 Fredi Bobic
Substitutes:
GK25 Marc Ziegler
MF17 Timo Rost  46'
MF18 Pablo Thiam  35'
FW9 Sreto Ristić  27'
FW13 Saša Marković
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer

References