2007 DFL-Ligapokal final

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2007 DFL-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event2007 DFL-Ligapokal
Date28 July 2007 (2007-07-28)
Venue
2006

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.

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 (
2006
)
Schalke 04 2006–07 Bundesliga runners-up 3 (
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
GK 1 Germany Oliver Kahn (c)
RB 21 Germany Philipp Lahm
CB 3 Brazil Lúcio Yellow card 43'
CB 6 Argentina Martín Demichelis
LB 23 Germany Marcell Jansen
CM 15 Brazil Zé Roberto Yellow card 77'
CM 16 Germany Andreas Ottl
RW 30 Germany Christian Lell downward-facing red arrow 75'
AM 8 Turkey Hamit Altıntop
LW 20 Argentina José Sosa
CF 18 Germany Miroslav Klose downward-facing red arrow 89'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Germany Michael Rensing
DF 5 Belgium Daniel Van Buyten
DF 28 Germany Stefano Celozzi
MF 14 Paraguay Julio dos Santos upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 34 Germany Sandro Wagner upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld
GK 1 Germany Manuel Neuer
RB 18 Brazil Rafinha downward-facing red arrow 75'
CB 5 Brazil Marcelo Bordon (c)
CB 20 Serbia Mladen Krstajić Yellow card 33'
LB 24 Germany Christian Pander
CM 8 Germany Fabian Ernst
CM 3 Georgia (country) Levan Kobiashvili Yellow card 64'
AM 19 Turkey Halil Altıntop Yellow card 54'
RW 10 Croatia Ivan Rakitić downward-facing red arrow 66'
CF 22 Germany Kevin Kurányi
LW 11 Denmark Peter Løvenkrands downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutes:
GK 33 Germany Mathias Schober
DF 2 Germany Heiko Westermann upward-facing green arrow 75'
DF 31 Germany Sebastian Boenisch
MF 13 Germany Jermaine Jones
MF 25 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatan Bajramović
MF 26 Germany Mimoun Azaouagh upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 14 Germany Gerald Asamoah Yellow card 72' upward-facing green arrow 58'
Manager:
Germany Mirko Slomka

References

  1. 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.