2002 DFB-Ligapokal final

The 2002 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2002 DFB-Ligapokal, the 6th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

2002 DFB-Ligapokal Final

German League Cup
Event	2002 DFB-Ligapokal
Schalke 04 Hertha BSC 1 4
Date	1 August 2002 (2002-08-01)
Venue	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
Referee	Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
Attendance	11,200

The match was played on 1 August 2002 at the Ruhrstadion in Bochum. Hertha BSC won the match 4–1 against Schalke 04, an exact repeat of the previous final, for their 2nd title.

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Schalke 04	2001–02 DFB-Pokal winners and 2001–02 Bundesliga fifth place	1 (2001)
Hertha BSCTH	2001–02 Bundesliga fourth place	2 (2000, 2001)

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.

Schalke 04		Round	Hertha BSC
Opponent	Result	2002 DFB-Ligapokal	Opponent	Result
Bye		Preliminary round	Bayern Munich	2–2 (4–3 p)
Bayer Leverkusen	2–0	Semi-finals	Borussia Dortmund	2–1

Match

Details

1 August 2002 (2002-08-01)

17:45 CEST

Schalke 04	1–4	Hertha BSC
Agali 61'	Report	Marcelinho 32', 84' (pen.) Alex Alves 33' Pinto 89'

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 11,200

Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)

Schalke 04

Hertha BSC

GK 1 Frank Rost RB 18 Niels Oude Kamphuis  40' CB 6 Tomasz Hajto CB 12 Marco van Hoogdalem LB 3 Aníbal Matellán DM 20 Christian Poulsen CM 17 Sven Vermant  70' CM 7 Andreas Möller (c) CM 8 Jörg Böhme  46' CF 22 Victor Agali CF 11 Ebbe Sand Substitutes: GK 27 Oliver Reck DF 32 Christian Pander MF 5 Sven Kmetsch  40' MF 19 Mike Büskens MF 35 Filip Trojan FW 14 Gerald Asamoah  46' FW 34 Abdul Iyodo  70' Manager: Frank Neubarth

GK 1 Gábor Király RB 19 Andreas Schmidt  73' CB 3 Arne Friedrich CB 14 Josip Šimunić LB 21 Michael Hartmann CM 25 Rob Maas CM 20 Andreas Neuendorf  67' RW 13 Bartosz Karwan  79' AM 10 Marcelinho LW 8 Bart Goor (c) CF 7 Alex Alves Substitutes: GK 12 Christian Fiedler DF 5 Kostas Konstantinidis MF 16 Roberto Pinto  79' MF 18 Pál Dárdai MF 23 René Tretschok  67' MF 32 Thorben Marx  73' FW 11 Michael Preetz Manager: Huub Stevens