2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final

The 2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2007 DFL-Ligapokal, the 11th and final edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event2007 DFL-Ligapokal
Bayern Munich Schalke 04
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Date28 July 2007 (2007-07-28)
VenueZentralstadion, Leipzig
RefereeFlorian Meyer (Burgdorf)
Attendance43,500

The match was played on 28 July 2007 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Bayern Munich won the match 1–0 against Schalke 04 for their 6th 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)
Bayern Munich 2006–07 Bundesliga fourth place 6 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006)
Schalke 04 2006–07 Bundesliga runners-up 3 (2001, 2002, 2005)

Route to the final

The DFL-Ligapokal was a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams entered the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they were joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advanced. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary a penalty shoot-out were used to determine the winner.[2]

Bayern Munich Round Schalke 04
Opponent Result 2007 DFL-Ligapokal Opponent Result
Werder Bremen 4–1 Preliminary round Karlsruher SC 1–0
VfB Stuttgart 2–0 Semi-finals 1. FC Nürnberg 4–2

Match

Details
Bayern Munich1–0Schalke 04
Klose  29' Report
Attendance: 43,500
Bayern Munich
Schalke 04
GK1 Oliver Kahn (c)
RB21 Philipp Lahm
CB3 Lúcio 43'
CB6 Martín Demichelis
LB23 Marcell Jansen
CM15 Zé Roberto 77'
CM16 Andreas Ottl
RW30 Christian Lell 75'
AM8 Hamit Altıntop
LW20 José Sosa
CF18 Miroslav Klose 89'
Substitutes:
GK22 Michael Rensing
DF5 Daniel Van Buyten
DF28 Stefano Celozzi
MF14 Julio dos Santos 75'
FW34 Sandro Wagner 89'
Manager:
Ottmar Hitzfeld
GK1 Manuel Neuer
RB18 Rafinha 75'
CB5 Marcelo Bordon (c)
CB20 Mladen Krstajić 33'
LB24 Christian Pander
CM8 Fabian Ernst
CM3 Levan Kobiashvili 64'
AM19 Halil Altıntop 54'
RW10 Ivan Rakitić 66'
CF22 Kevin Kurányi
LW11 Peter Løvenkrands 58'
Substitutes:
GK33 Mathias Schober
DF2 Heiko Westermann 75'
DF31 Sebastian Boenisch
MF13 Jermaine Jones
MF25 Zlatan Bajramović
MF26 Mimoun Azaouagh 66'
FW14 Gerald Asamoah 72' 58'
Manager:
Mirko Slomka

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.
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