2001 DFB-Ligapokal final

The 2001 DFB-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2001 DFB-Ligapokal, the 5th edition of the reiterated DFB-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

2001 DFB-Ligapokal Final

German League Cup
Event	2001 DFB-Ligapokal
Schalke 04 Hertha BSC 1 4
Date	21 July 2001 (2001-07-21)
Venue	Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim
Referee	Alfons Berg (Konz)
Attendance	10,000
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The match was played on 21 July 2001 at the Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim. Hertha BSC won the match 4–1 against Schalke 04 for their 1st title.^[1]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Schalke 04	2000–01 DFB-Pokal winners and 2000–01 Bundesliga runners-up	None
Hertha BSC	2000–01 Bundesliga fifth place	1 (2000)

Route to the final

The DFB-Ligapokal is a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams enter the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they will be joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.^[2]

Schalke 04		Round	Hertha BSC
Opponent	Result	2001 DFB-Ligapokal	Opponent	Result
Bye		Preliminary round	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1
Borussia Dortmund	2–1	Semi-finals	Bayern Munich	1–0

Match

Details

21 July 2001 (2001-07-21)

17:45 CEST

Schalke 04	1–4	Hertha BSC
Böhme 40'	Report	Wałdoch 24' (o.g.) Marcelinho 29' Alex Alves 66' Hartmann 84'

Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Alfons Berg (Konz)

Schalke 04

Hertha BSC

GK 13 Frode Grodås CB 6 Tomasz Hajto CB 15 Tomasz Wałdoch (c) CB 2 Nico Van Kerckhoven DM 12 Marco van Hoogdalem DM 20 Jiří Němec RM 16 Kristijan Đorđević LM 8 Jörg Böhme AM 7 Andreas Möller  57' CF 14 Gerald Asamoah  57' CF 11 Ebbe Sand  70' Substitutes: GK 1 Oliver Reck DF 25 Marcel Rozgonyi MF 5 Sven Kmetsch MF 17 Sven Vermant  57' MF 19 Mike Büskens FW 21 Émile Mpenza  57' FW 22 Victor Agali  70' Manager: Huub Stevens

GK 1 Gábor Király CB 33 Marko Rehmer CB 5 Kostas Konstantinidis CB 14 Josip Šimunić RM 21 Michael Hartmann  88' CM 26 Sebastian Deisler  63' DM 22 Stefan Beinlich CM 30 Marcelinho LM 20 Andreas Neuendorf CF 7 Alex Alves  82' CF 11 Michael Preetz (c) Substitutes: GK 12 Christian Fiedler DF 6 Eyjólfur Sverrisson MF 8 Bart Goor  82' MF 18 Pál Dárdai  63' MF 23 René Tretschok MF 25 Rob Maas MF 32 Thorben Marx  88' Manager: Jürgen Röber