2005 DFL-Ligapokal final

2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final

German League Cup
Event	2005 DFL-Ligapokal
VfB Stuttgart Schalke 04 0 1
Date	2 August 2005 (2005-08-02)
Venue	Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Referee	Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
Attendance	40,000
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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]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
VfB Stuttgart	2004–05 Bundesliga fifth place	2 (1997, 1998)
Schalke 04	2004–05 Bundesliga runners-up	2 (2001, 2002)

Route to the final

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
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

Match

Details

2 August 2005 (2005-08-02)

20:30 CEST

VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Schalke 04
	Report	Kurányi 10'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

VfB Stuttgart

Schalke 04

GK 1 Timo Hildebrand RB 2 Andreas Hinkel CB 6 Fernando Meira CB 17 Matthieu Delpierre LB 4 Boris Živković  46' CM 7 Silvio Meißner CM 20 Zvonimir Soldo (c) CM 11 Thomas Hitzlsperger RW 18 Cacau CF 33 Mario Gómez  46' LW 22 Jesper Grønkjær  64' Substitutes: GK 23 Dirk Heinen DF 5 Markus Babbel DF 21 Ludovic Magnin  46' MF 16 Horst Heldt MF 40 Christian Gentner FW 9 Marco Streller  64' FW 10 Jon Dahl Tomasson  46' Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

GK 1 Frank Rost (c) RB 6 Hamit Altıntop CB 5 Marcelo Bordon CB 20 Mladen Krstajić LB 3 Levan Kobiashvili DM 2 Christian Poulsen CM 8 Fabian Ernst CM 25 Zlatan Bajramović AM 10 Lincoln  90+1' CF 11 Ebbe Sand  62' CF 22 Kevin Kurányi  66' Substitutes: GK 29 Manuel Neuer DF 15 Tomasz Wałdoch DF 16 Darío Rodríguez DF 27 Tim Hoogland MF 19 Gustavo Varela FW 9 Søren Larsen FW 14 Gerald Asamoah  62' Manager: Ralf Rangnick

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.