1998 DFB-Ligapokal final explained

1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final
Other Titles:German League Cup
Event:1998 DFB-Ligapokal
Team1:Bayern Munich
Team1score:4
Team2:VfB Stuttgart
Team2score:0
Stadium:BayArena
City:Leverkusen
Referee:Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Attendance:14,000
Previous:1997
Next: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

TeamQualification for tournamentPrevious appearances (bold indicates winners)
Bayern Munich1997–98 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

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GK 1 Oliver Kahn
CB 2 Markus Babbel
CB 10 Lothar Matthäus (c)
CB 5 Thomas Helmer
RWB8 Thomas Strunz
LWB18 Michael Tarnat
CM 11 Stefan Effenberg
CM 17 Thorsten Fink
RW 14
LW 20 Hasan Salihamidžić
CF 9
Substitutes:
GK 22 Bernd Dreher
DF 25 Thomas Linke
MF 13
FW 19
FW 21
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld
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GK 1 Franz Wohlfahrt
CB 2
CB 5 Frank Verlaat (c)
CB 4 Thomas Berthold
RWB7 Kristijan Đorđević
LWB15 Mitko Stojkovski
DM 20 Zvonimir Soldo
CM 8
CM 22 Krisztián Lisztes
AM 10 Krasimir Balakov
CF 11 Fredi Bobic
Substitutes:
GK 25 Marc Ziegler
MF 17
MF 18
FW 9
FW 13 Saša Marković
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: (West) Germany - List of Super/League Cup Finals. 16 June 2016. RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. Web site: Rund um den Ligapokal . About the Ligapokal . dfb.de . . 19 September 2016 . German.