2006 DFL-Ligapokal final

2006 DFL-Ligapokal final

German League Cup
Event	2006 DFL-Ligapokal
Werder Bremen Bayern Munich 2 0
Date	5 August 2006 (2006-08-05)
Venue	Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Referee	Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)
Attendance	41,300
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The 2006 DFL-Ligapokal final decided the winner of the 2006 DFL-Ligapokal, the 10th edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 5 August 2006 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Werder Bremen won the match 2–0 against Bayern Munich for their 1st title. ^[1]

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2004 were in the DFB-Ligapokal era, since 2005 were in the DFL-Ligapokal era.

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Werder Bremen	2005–06 Bundesliga runners-up	2 (1999, 2004)
Bayern Munich	2005–06 Bundesliga champions and 2005–06 DFB-Pokal winners	5 ( 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2004 )

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]

Werder Bremen		Round	Bayern Munich
Opponent	Result	2006 DFL-Ligapokal	Opponent	Result
Hamburger SV	2–1	Semi-finals	Schalke 04	0–0 (4–1 p)

Match

Details

5 August 2006 (2006-08-05)

18:00 CEST

Werder Bremen	2–0	Bayern Munich
Klasnić 29', 66'	Report

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 41,300

Referee: Manuel Gräfe (Berlin)

Werder Bremen

Bayern Munich

GK 18 Tim Wiese RB 15 Patrick Owomoyela CB 2 Frank Fahrenhorst CB 4 Naldo LB 5 Pierre Womé DM 22 Torsten Frings (c) CM 20 Daniel Jensen  77' CM 27 Christian Schulz  81' AM 10 Diego CF 17 Ivan Klasnić CF 11 Miroslav Klose  60' Substitutes: GK 33 Christian Vander DF 8 Clemens Fritz DF 16 Leon Andreasen  77' MF 6 Frank Baumann MF 7 Jurica Vranješ  81' MF 14 Aaron Hunt  60' FW 9 Mohamed Zidan Manager: Thomas Schaaf

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) RB 2 Willy Sagnol CB 3 Lúcio CB 5 Daniel Van Buyten LB 21 Philipp Lahm  46' DM 23 Owen Hargreaves CM 8 Ali Karimi CM 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger  46' AM 24 Roque Santa Cruz CF 10 Roy Makaay CF 11 Lukas Podolski  46' Substitutes: GK 29 Bernd Dreher DF 32 Mats Hummels MF 7 Mehmet Scholl MF 19 Julio dos Santos  46' MF 20 Hasan Salihamidžić  46' MF 39 Andreas Ottl  46' Manager: Felix Magath

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.