2002 DFB-Pokal final

The 2002 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2001–02 DFB-Pokal, the 59th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 11 May 2002 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[3] Schalke 04 won the match 4–2 against Bayer Leverkusen to claim their 4th cup title.

2002 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	2001–02 DFB-Pokal
Schalke 04 Bayer Leverkusen 4 2
Date	11 May 2002 (2002-05-11)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)[1]
Attendance	70,000
Weather	Clear 17 °C (63 °F) 77% 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).

Schalke 04		Round	Bayer Leverkusen
Opponent	Result	2001–02 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
SC Freiburg Amateure (A)	1–0	Round 1	Jahn Regensburg (A)	3–0
Arminia Bielefeld (A)	2–1	Round 2	VfL Bochum (A)	3–2
Darmstadt 98 (A)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Round of 16	Hannover 96 (A)	2–1
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (H)	2–0	Quarter-finals	1860 Munich (H)	3–0
Bayern Munich (H)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	1. FC Köln (H)	3–1 (a.e.t.)

Match details

Schalke 04	4–2	Bayer Leverkusen
Böhme 45' Agali 68' Möller 71' Sand 85'	Report	Berbatov 27' Kirsten 89'

11 May 2002 (2002-05-11)

19:45 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Franz-Xaver Wack (Biberbach)

Schalke 04

Bayer Leverkusen

GK 1 Oliver Reck  43' RB 12 Marco van Hoogdalem  31' CB 15 Tomasz Wałdoch (c) CB 6 Tomasz Hajto  46' LB 2 Nico Van Kerckhoven DM 20 Jiří Němec  82' RM 14 Gerald Asamoah  81' LM 8 Jörg Böhme  28' AM 7 Andreas Möller  75' CF 11 Ebbe Sand CF 22 Victor Agali  90' Substitutes: GK 13 Frode Grodås DF 3 Aníbal Matellán MF 16 Kristijan Đorđević MF 17 Sven Vermant  81' MF 18 Niels Oude Kamphuis  46' MF 19 Mike Büskens MF 24 Marc Wilmots  75' Manager: Huub Stevens[note 1]

GK 1 Hans-Jörg Butt RB 6 Boris Živković CB 19 Lúcio CB 28 Carsten Ramelow (c)  16' LB 35 Diego Placente RM 25 Bernd Schneider CM 13 Michael Ballack LM 8 Zé Roberto AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk  20' CF 12 Dimitar Berbatov  63'  77' CF 27 Oliver Neuville  67' Substitutes: GK 20 Frank Juric DF 26 Zoltán Sebescen DF 47 Thomas Kleine MF 3 Marko Babić MF 15 Jurica Vranješ FW 9 Ulf Kirsten  77' FW 23 Thomas Brdarić  90+1'  67' Manager: Klaus Toppmöller[note 2]

Assistant referees:[1] Günter Perl (Pullach) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Stuttgart)

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.

Notes

1. Huub Stevens was expelled by the referee in the 45th minute.
2. Klaus Toppmöller was expelled by the referee in the 61st minute.