2002 DFB-Ligapokal final

2002 DFB-Ligapokal Final

German League Cup
Event	2002 DFB-Ligapokal
Schalke 04 Hertha BSC 1 4
Date	1 August 2002 (2002-8-1)
Venue	Ruhrstadion, Bochum
Referee	Hartmut Strampe (Handorf)
Attendance	11,200
← 2001 2003 →

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. ^[1]

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 BSC TH	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. ^[2]

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 (2002-8-1)

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

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.