2002 DFB-Ligapokal final

2002 DFB-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event2002 DFB-Ligapokal
Schalke 04 Hertha BSC
1 4
Date1 August 2002 (2002-08-01)
VenueRuhrstadion, Bochum
RefereeHartmut Strampe (Handorf)
Attendance11,200
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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.

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

Schalke 041–4Hertha BSC
Agali 61' Report
Attendance: 11,200
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

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.