1998 DFB-Ligapokal

The 1998 DFB-Ligapokal was the second edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. In a repeat of last year's competition, Bayern Munich beat VfB Stuttgart in the final.

1998 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	16 (3.2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Giovane Élber (3)
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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
• TH: Title holders

Semi-finals
1. FC Kaiserslautern (1st)	Bayern MunichTH (CW + 2nd)
Preliminary round
Bayer Leverkusen (3rd)	Schalke 04 (5th)
VfB Stuttgart (4th)	MSV Duisburg (8th)[a]

Notes

1. The 8th placed team of the 1997–98 Bundesliga, MSV Duisburg, qualified as teams in 6th and 7th (Hansa Rostock and Werder Bremen) were involved in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup during the same period.

Matches

Preliminary round

31 July 1998

Bayer Leverkusen	3–0	MSV Duisburg
Beinlich 13' Kirsten 46' Rink 64'	Report

Nattenberg Stadion, Lüdenscheid

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Markus Merk

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1 August 1998

VfB Stuttgart	2–1	Schalke 04
Akpoborie 48' Poschner 78'	Report	Büskens 16'

Stadion Oberwerth, Koblenz

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Hartmut Strampe

Semi-finals

3 August 1998

Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Bayern Munich
	Report	Basler 30'

Erzgebirgsstadion, Aue

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Bernd Heynemann

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4 August 1998

VfB Stuttgart	3–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Balakov 18' (pen.) Poschner 78' Bobic 87'	Report	Marschall 8', 53' (pen.)

Südweststadion, Ludwigshafen

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Lutz Wagner

Final

Main article: 1998 DFB-Ligapokal final

8 August 1998 (1998-08-08)

19:00 CEST

Bayern Munich	4–0	VfB Stuttgart
Élber 4', 25', 41' Jancker 89'	Report

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

See also

• 1998–99 Bundesliga
• 1998–99 DFB-Pokal