2001 DFB-Pokal final

The 2001 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2000–01 DFB-Pokal, the 58th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 26 May 2001 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[3] Schalke 04 won the match 2–0 against Union Berlin to claim their 3rd cup title.

2001 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	2000–01 DFB-Pokal
Union Berlin Schalke 04 0 2
Date	26 May 2001 (2001-05-26)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)[1]
Attendance	73,011
Weather	Clear 22 °C (72 °F) 29% humidity[2]
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Route to the final

The DFB-Pokal began with 64 teams in a single-elimination knockout cup competition. There were a total of five rounds leading up to the final. Teams were drawn against each other, and the winner after 90 minutes would advance. If still tied, 30 minutes of extra time was played. If the score was still level, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.^[4]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Union Berlin		Round	Schalke 04
Opponent	Result	2000–01 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (H)	2–0	Round 1	TSV Rain am Lech (A)	7–0
Greuther Fürth (H)	1–0	Round 2	FC St. Pauli (A)	3–1 (a.e.t.)
SSV Ulm (H)	4–2	Round of 16	Borussia Dortmund (H)	2–1
VfL Bochum (H)	1–0	Quarter-finals	1. FC Magdeburg (A)	1–0
Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Semi-finals	VfB Stuttgart (A)	3–0

Match

Details

Union Berlin	0–2	Schalke 04
	Report	Böhme 53', 58' (pen.)

26 May 2001 (2001-05-26)

19:30 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 73,011

Referee: Hermann Albrecht (Kaufbeuren)

Union Berlin

Schalke 04

GK 26 Sven Beuckert  59' SW 18 Jens Tschiedel  81' CB 33 Tom Persich CB 11 Daniel Ernemann  47'  56' RWB 24 Emil Kremenliev LWB 3 Ronny Nikol CM 4 Steffen Menze (c) CM 16 Hristo Koilov AM 6 Chibuike Okeke CF 7 Harun Isa  70' CF 22 Božidar Đurković Substitutes: GK 20 Robert Wulnikowski DF 2 Gert Müller DF 21 Adalbert Zafirov MF 5 Marko Tredup  81' MF 9 Michael Zechner  70' MF 19 Jiří Balcárek FW 25 Daniel Teixeira  56' Manager: Georgi Vasilev

GK 1 Oliver Reck RB 18 Niels Oude Kamphuis CB 6 Tomasz Hajto  43' CB 12 Marco van Hoogdalem LB 2 Nico Van Kerckhoven  87' DM 20 Jiří Němec  84' RM 14 Gerald Asamoah  71'  80' CM 7 Andreas Möller LM 8 Jörg Böhme CF 11 Ebbe Sand (c) CF 21 Émile Mpenza Substitutes: GK 13 Frode Grodås DF 3 Radoslav Látal  80' DF 10 Olaf Thon  84' DF 23 Markus Happe MF 5 Sven Kmetsch MF 19 Mike Büskens  87' FW 9 Youri Mulder Manager: Huub Stevens

Assistant referees:[1] Josef Maier (Munich) Heiner Müller (Bilsdorf)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.