1999 DFB-Ligapokal final

1999 DFB-Ligapokal final

German League Cup
Event	1999 DFB-Ligapokal
Werder Bremen Bayern Munich 1 2
Date	17 July 1999 (1999-07-17)
Venue	BayArena, Leverkusen
Referee	Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)
Attendance	13,000
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The 1999 DFB-Ligapokal final decided the winner of the 1999 DFB-Ligapokal, the 3rd edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 17 July 1999 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 2–1 against Werder Bremen for their 3rd title. ^[1]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Werder Bremen	1998–99 DFB-Pokal winners	None
Bayern Munich TH	1998–99 Bundesliga champions	2 ( 1997 , 1998 )

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]

Werder Bremen		Round	Bayern Munich
Opponent	Result	1999 DFB-Ligapokal	Opponent	Result
Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	Semi-finals	Borussia Dortmund	1–0

Match

Details

17 July 1999 (1999-07-17)

17:45 CEST

Werder Bremen	1–2	Bayern Munich
Seidel 56'	Report	Paulo Sérgio 37' Tarnat 43'

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Essen)

Werder Bremen

Bayern Munich

GK 1 Frank Rost RB 4 Dirk Flock CB 24 Sven Benken CB 6 Frank Baumann LB 13 Andree Wiedener RM 22 Torsten Frings  60' CM 5 Dieter Eilts (c)  60' CM 3 Raphaël Wicky LM 7 Yuriy Maksymov CF 25 Sören Seidel CF 32 Aílton  75' Substitutes: GK 12 Stefan Brasas DF 33 Mike Barten MF 2 Lodewijk Roembiak MF 23 Christoph Dabrowski  60' FW 9 Rade Bogdanović  60' FW 11 Adrian Kunz  75' FW 20 Dirk Weetendorf Manager: Thomas Schaaf

GK 22 Bernd Dreher CB 5 Patrik Andersson CB 25 Thomas Linke DM 10 Lothar Matthäus (c)  79' RWB 2 Markus Babbel LWB 18 Michael Tarnat CM 7 Mehmet Scholl CM 17 Thorsten Fink RW 21 Alexander Zickler  77' LW 13 Paulo Sérgio CF 19 Carsten Jancker Substitutes: GK 33 Stefan Wessels DF 23 Frank Wiblishauser DF 29 Sebastian Backer MF 6 Michael Wiesinger MF 20 Hasan Salihamidžić  77' MF 31 David Jarolím  79' FW 32 Emanuel Bentil Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld

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.