2000 DFB-Ligapokal final

2000 DFB-Ligapokal final

German League Cup
Event	2000 DFB-Ligapokal
Hertha BSC Bayern Munich 1 5
Date	1 August 2000 (2000-08-01)
Venue	BayArena, Leverkusen
Referee	Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)
Attendance	12,500
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The 2000 DFB-Ligapokal final decided the winner of the 2000 DFB-Ligapokal, the 4th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 1 August 2000 at the BayArena in Leverkusen. Bayern Munich won the match 5–1 against Hertha BSC for their 4th title. ^[1]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Hertha BSC	1999–2000 Bundesliga sixth place	None
Bayern Munich TH	1999–2000 Bundesliga champions and 1999–2000 DFB-Pokal winners	3 ( 1997 , 1998 , 1999 )

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]

Hertha BSC		Round	Bayern Munich
Opponent	Result	2000 DFB-Ligapokal	Opponent	Result
Hamburger SV	3–1	Preliminary round	Bye
Bayer Leverkusen	1–1 (5–4 p)	Semi-finals	1. FC Kaiserslautern	4–1

Match

Details

1 August 2000 (2000-08-01)

20:30 CEST

Hertha BSC	1–5	Bayern Munich
Michalke 61'	Report	Zickler 50', 66', 85' Jancker 53' Sverrisson 57' (o.g.)

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Gelsenkirchen)

Hertha BSC

Bayern Munich

GK 1 Gábor Király CB 33 Marko Rehmer  27' CB 14 Josip Šimunić  55' CB 6 Eyjólfur Sverrisson DM 18 Pál Dárdai RWB 26 Sebastian Deisler LWB 24 Kai Michalke CM 22 Stefan Beinlich  72' CM 10 Dariusz Wosz CF 11 Michael Preetz (c) CF 9 Ali Daei Substitutes: GK 12 Christian Fiedler DF 3 Rui Marques  55' MF 16 Sixten Veit  27' MF 19 Andreas Schmidt MF 20 Tony Sanneh  72' MF 21 Michael Hartmann FW 29 Piotr Reiss Manager: Jürgen Röber

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) RB 20 Hasan Salihamidžić CB 5 Patrik Andersson CB 25 Thomas Linke LB 18 Michael Tarnat  78' DM 17 Thorsten Fink CM 6 Michael Wiesinger  46' CM 15 Sławomir Wojciechowski AM 10 Ciriaco Sforza CF 21 Alexander Zickler CF 24 Roque Santa Cruz  46' Substitutes: GK 33 Stefan Wessels DF 2 Willy Sagnol DF 4 Samuel Kuffour MF 7 Mehmet Scholl  46' MF 8 Thomas Strunz MF 23 Owen Hargreaves  78' FW 19 Carsten Jancker  46' 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.