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1998 DFB-Ligapokal final

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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 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]

Teams

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Team Qualification for tournament Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Bayern MunichTH 1997–98 DFB-Pokal winners and 1997–98 Bundesliga runners-up 1 (1997)
VfB Stuttgart 1997–98 Bundesliga fourth place 1 (1997)

Route to the final

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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

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Details

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Bayern Munich4–0VfB Stuttgart
  • Élber 4', 25', 41'
  • Jancker 89'
Report
Attendance: 14,000
Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart
GK 1 Germany Oliver Kahn
CB 2 Germany Markus Babbel
CB 10 Germany Lothar Matthäus (c) downward-facing red arrow 67'
CB 5 Germany Thomas Helmer
RWB 8 Germany Thomas Strunz
LWB 18 Germany Michael Tarnat
CM 11 Germany Stefan Effenberg
CM 17 Germany Thorsten Fink
RW 14 Germany Mario Basler downward-facing red arrow 61'
LW 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Salihamidžić
CF 9 Brazil Giovane Élber downward-facing red arrow 72'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Germany Bernd Dreher
DF 25 Germany Thomas Linke
MF 13 Germany Jens Jeremies upward-facing green arrow 67'
FW 19 Germany Carsten Jancker upward-facing green arrow 72'
FW 21 Germany Alexander Zickler Yellow card upward-facing green arrow 61'
Manager:
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld
GK 1 Austria Franz Wohlfahrt
CB 2 Germany Martin Spanring downward-facing red arrow 35'
CB 5 Netherlands Frank Verlaat (c) downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB 4 Germany Thomas Berthold
RWB 7 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kristijan Đorđević
LWB 15 North Macedonia Mitko Stojkovski
DM 20 Croatia Zvonimir Soldo
CM 8 Germany Michael Zeyer downward-facing red arrow 27'
CM 22 Hungary Krisztián Lisztes
AM 10 Bulgaria Krasimir Balakov
CF 11 Germany Fredi Bobic
Substitutes:
GK 25 Germany Marc Ziegler
MF 17 Germany Timo Rost upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 18 Guinea Pablo Thiam upward-facing green arrow 35'
FW 9 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sreto Ristić upward-facing green arrow 27'
FW 13 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Marković
Manager:
Germany Winfried Schäfer

References

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  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.