1997 DFB-Ligapokal

The 1997 DFB-Ligapokal was the inaugural DFB-Ligapokal, a pre-season competition in Germany. The Ligapokal was an extended Supercup, including the reigning League champions, Cup winners, plus the next four highest placed teams in the previous season's Bundesliga. It was won by Bayern Munich, the 1996–97 Bundesliga champions, who beat 1996–97 DFB-Pokal winners VfB Stuttgart in the final.

1997 DFB-Ligapokal

Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runners-up	VfB Stuttgart
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	12 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Giovane Élber (2)
← 1996 Supercup 1998 →

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
Bayern Munich (1st)	VfB Stuttgart (CW + 4th)
Preliminary round
Bayer Leverkusen (2nd)	VfL Bochum (5th)
Borussia Dortmund (3rd)	Karlsruher SC (6th)

Matches

Preliminary round

18 July 1997

17:45

Karlsruher SC	2–2	Bayer Leverkusen
Reich 6' Dundee 81'	Report	Beinlich 5' Kirsten 21'
Penalties
Häßler Régis Reich Keller Dundee Hengen Gilewicz Nyarko	6–5	N. Kovač Kirsten Heintze Rydlewicz Neuendorf Beinlich Happe Ramelow

Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Michael Prengel

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20 July 1997

20:30

Borussia Dortmund	1–0	VfL Bochum
Chapuisat 62' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Oberwerth, Koblenz

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Hans-Peter Best

Semi-finals

22 July 1997

19:00

VfB Stuttgart	3–0	Karlsruher SC
Hagner 11' Balakov 28' Soldo 64'	Report

Stadion an der Bremer Brücke, Osnabrück

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich

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23 July 1997

19:00

Bayern Munich	2–0	Borussia Dortmund
Giovane Élber 29' Babbel 75'	Report

Rosenaustadion, Augsburg

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Lutz Wagner

Final

Main article: 1997 DFB-Ligapokal final

26 July 1997 (1997-07-26)

19:30 CEST

Bayern Munich	2–0	VfB Stuttgart
Basler 57' Élber 71'	Report

Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion, Leverkusen

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jürgen Jansen (Essen)

See also

• 1997–98 Bundesliga
• 1997–98 DFB-Pokal