Match
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| VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | Schalke 04 |
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| Report | Kurányi  10' |
      VfB Stuttgart |      Schalke 04 |
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| German League Cup | |||||||
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| Event | 2005 DFL-Ligapokal | ||||||
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| Date | 2 August 2005 | ||||||
| Venue | Zentralstadion, Leipzig | ||||||
| Referee | Lutz Wagner (Kriftel) | ||||||
| Attendance | 40,000 | ||||||
The 2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2005 DFL-Ligapokal, the 9th edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.
The match was played on 2 August 2005 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Schalke 04 won the match 1–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 1st title. [1]
| Team | Qualification for tournament | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| VfB Stuttgart | 2004–05 Bundesliga fifth place | 2 (1997, 1998) |
| Schalke 04 | 2004–05 Bundesliga runners-up | 2 (2001, 2002) |
The DFL-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]
| VfB Stuttgart | Round | Schalke 04 | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 2005 DFL-Ligapokal | Opponent | Result |
| Hertha BSC | 0–0 (4–3 p ) | Preliminary round | Bye | |
| Bayern Munich | 2–1 | Semi-finals | Werder Bremen | 2–1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 0–1 | Schalke 04 |
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| Report | Kurányi 10' |
VfB Stuttgart | Schalke 04 |
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1. Fußballclub Lokomotive Leipzig e.V. is a German football club based in the locality of Probstheida in the Südost borough of Leipzig, Saxony. The club may be more familiar to many of the country's football fans as the historic side VfB Leipzig the first national champion of Germany. It has also been known as SC Leipzig. The club won five titles in FDGB-Pokal and the 1965–66 Intertoto Cup during the East German era. It also finished runner-up in the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was renamed VfB Leipzig after German re-unification and managed to qualify for the Bundesliga in 1993. However, like many clubs of the former DDR-Oberliga, VfB Leipzig faced hard times in re-unified Germany and a steady decline soon followed. 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig was refounded in 2003 and has reclimbed through divisions since then. The team competes in the fourth tier Regionalliga Nordost as of 2021. The 1. in front of the club's name indicates that it was the first to be founded in the city.
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