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

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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   Oliver Kahn
CB 2   Markus Babbel
CB 10   Lothar Matthäus (c)   67'
CB 5   Thomas Helmer
RWB 8   Thomas Strunz
LWB 18   Michael Tarnat
CM 11   Stefan Effenberg
CM 17   Thorsten Fink
RW 14   Mario Basler   61'
LW 20   Hasan Salihamidžić
CF 9   Giovane Élber   72'
Substitutes:
GK 22   Bernd Dreher
DF 25   Thomas Linke
MF 13   Jens Jeremies   67'
FW 19   Carsten Jancker   72'
FW 21   Alexander Zickler     61'
Manager:
  Ottmar Hitzfeld
 
GK 1   Franz Wohlfahrt
CB 2   Martin Spanring   35'
CB 5   Frank Verlaat (c)   46'
CB 4   Thomas Berthold
RWB 7   Kristijan Đorđević
LWB 15   Mitko Stojkovski
DM 20   Zvonimir Soldo
CM 8   Michael Zeyer   27'
CM 22   Krisztián Lisztes
AM 10   Krasimir Balakov
CF 11   Fredi Bobic
Substitutes:
GK 25   Marc Ziegler
MF 17   Timo Rost   46'
MF 18   Pablo Thiam   35'
FW 9   Sreto Ristić   27'
FW 13   Saša Marković
Manager:
  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.