1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final

1998 DFB-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event 1998 DFB-Ligapokal
Bayern Munich VfB Stuttgart
4 0
Date 8 August 1998 (1998-08-08)
Venue BayArena, Leverkusen
Referee Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Attendance 14,000

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]

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 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

Details

8 August 1998 (1998-08-08)
19:00 CEST
Bayern Munich 4–0 VfB Stuttgart
 Report
BayArena, Leverkusen
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)
Bayern Munich
VfB Stuttgart
GK 1 Germany Oliver Kahn
CB 2 Germany Markus Babbel
CB 10Germany Lothar Matthäus (c)  67'
CB 5 Germany Thomas Helmer
RWB8 Germany Thomas Strunz
LWB18Germany Michael Tarnat
CM 11Germany Stefan Effenberg
CM 17Germany Thorsten Fink
RW 14Germany Mario Basler  61'
LW 20Bosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Salihamidžić
CF 9 Brazil Giovane Élber  72'
Substitutes:
GK 22Germany Bernd Dreher
DF 25Germany Thomas Linke
MF 13Germany Jens Jeremies  67'
FW 19Germany Carsten Jancker  72'
FW 21Germany Alexander Zickler  61'
Manager:
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld
GK 1 Austria Franz Wohlfahrt
CB 2 Germany Martin Spanring  35'
CB 5 Netherlands Frank Verlaat  46'
CB 4 Germany Thomas Berthold
RWB7 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kristijan Đorđević
LWB15Republic of Macedonia Mitko Stojkovski
DM 20Croatia Zvonimir Soldo
CM 8 Germany Michael Zeyer  27'
CM 22Hungary Krisztián Lisztes
AM 10Bulgaria Krasimir Balakov
CF 11Germany Fredi Bobic
Substitutes:
GK 25Germany Marc Ziegler
MF 17Germany Timo Rost  46'
MF 18Guinea Pablo Thiam  35'
FW 9 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sreto Ristić  27'
FW 13Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Saša Marković
Manager:
Germany Winfried Schäfer

References

  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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.