2000 DFB-Ligapokal final

The 2000 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2000 DFB-Ligapokal, the 4th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

2000 DFB-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event2000 DFB-Ligapokal
Date1 August 2000 (2000-08-01)
VenueBayArena, Leverkusen
RefereeHellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
Attendance12,500
1999
2001

The match was played on 1 August 2000 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 5–1 against Hertha BSC for their 4th title.[1]

Teams

TeamQualification for tournamentPrevious appearances (bold indicates winners)
Hertha BSC1999–2000 Bundesliga sixth placeNone
Bayern MunichTH1999–2000 Bundesliga champions and 1999–2000 DFB-Pokal winners3 (1997, 1998, 1999)

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]

Hertha BSCRoundBayern Munich
OpponentResult2000 DFB-LigapokalOpponentResult
Hamburger SV3–1Preliminary roundBye
Bayer Leverkusen1–1 (5–4 p)Semi-finals1. FC Kaiserslautern4–1

Match

Details

Hertha BSC1–5Bayern Munich
Michalke 61'Report
Attendance: 12,500
Hertha BSC
Bayern Munich
GK1 Gábor Király
CB33 Marko Rehmer  27'
CB14 Josip Šimunić  55'
CB6 Eyjólfur Sverrisson
DM18 Pál Dárdai
RWB26 Sebastian Deisler
LWB24 Kai Michalke
CM22 Stefan Beinlich  72'
CM10 Dariusz Wosz
CF11 Michael Preetz (c)
CF9 Ali Daei
Substitutes:
GK12 Christian Fiedler
DF3 Rui Marques  55'
MF16 Sixten Veit  27'
MF19 Andreas Schmidt
MF20 Tony Sanneh  72'
MF21 Michael Hartmann
FW29 Piotr Reiss
Manager:
Jürgen Röber
GK1 Oliver Kahn (c)
RB20 Hasan Salihamidžić
CB5 Patrik Andersson
CB25 Thomas Linke
LB18 Michael Tarnat  78'
DM17 Thorsten Fink
CM6 Michael Wiesinger  46'
CM15 Sławomir Wojciechowski
AM10 Ciriaco Sforza
CF21 Alexander Zickler
CF24 Roque Santa Cruz  46'
Substitutes:
GK33 Stefan Wessels
DF2 Willy Sagnol
DF4 Samuel Kuffour
MF7 Mehmet Scholl  46'
MF8 Thomas Strunz
MF23 Owen Hargreaves  78'
FW19 Carsten Jancker  46'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld

References