2004 DFB-Ligapokal

The 2004 DFB-Ligapokal was the eighth edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. Bayern Munich won their fifth title, beating Werder Bremen 3–2 in the final.

2004 DFB-Ligapokal
Tournament programme cover
CountryGermany
Teams6
ChampionsBayern Munich
Runners-upWerder Bremen
Matches played5
Goals scored15 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Michael Ballack
Cacau
Sebastian Deisler
Ivan Klasnić (2)
2003
2005

Participating clubs

A total of six teams qualified for the competition. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League position
  • CW: Cup winners
Semi-finals
Werder Bremen (1st + CW) Bayern Munich (2nd)
Preliminary round
Bayer Leverkusen (3rd) VfL Bochum (5th)
VfB Stuttgart (4th) Hansa Rostock (9th)[lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. The 9th placed team of the 2003–04 Bundesliga, Hansa Rostock, qualified as teams from 6th to 8th (Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04, and Hamburger SV) were involved in the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup during the same period.

Matches

Preliminary round

Bayer Leverkusen1 – 1Hansa Rostock
Callsen-Bracker  13' Report Dum  8' (o.g.)
Penalties
Freier
Voronin
Callsen-Bracker
França
Krzynowek
4 – 3 Rydlewicz
Persson
Lapaczinski
Möhrle
Rasmussen
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stefan Trautmann

VfB Stuttgart3 – 0VfL Bochum
Cacau  5', 34'
Szabics  84'
Report

Semi-finals

Bayern Munich3 – 0Bayer Leverkusen
Zé Roberto  5'
Ballack  65'
Frings  89'
Report
Attendance: 10,100
Referee: Florian Meyer

Werder Bremen2 – 0VfB Stuttgart
Klasnić  30'
Valdez  86'
Report
Emslandstadion, Meppen
Attendance: 12,900
Referee: Helmut Fleischer

Final

Bayern Munich3–2Werder Bremen
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

References

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