2003 DFB-Pokal final

The 2003 DFB-Pokal Final decided the winner of the 2002–03 DFB-Pokal, the 60th season of Germany's premier knockout football cup competition. It was played on 31 May 2003 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.^[3] Bayern Munich won the match 3–1 against 1. FC Kaiserslautern to claim their 11th cup title.

2003 DFB-Pokal Final

Match programme cover
Event	2002–03 DFB-Pokal
Bayern Munich 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 1
Date	31 May 2003 (2003-05-31)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Berlin
Referee	Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)[1]
Attendance	70,490
Weather	Mostly cloudy 22 °C (72 °F) 83% 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).

Bayern Munich		Round	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Opponent	Result	2002–03 DFB-Pokal	Opponent	Result
Werder Bremen Amateure (A)	3–0	Round 1	USC Paloma (A)	5–0
Hannover 96 (H)	2–1	Round 2	Energie Cottbus (A)	1–0
Schalke 04 (H)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Round of 16	SC Freiburg (H)	2–0
1. FC Köln (H)	8–0	Quarter-finals	VfL Bochum (A)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
Bayer Leverkusen (H)	3–1	Semi-finals	Werder Bremen (H)	3–0

Match

Details

Bayern Munich	3–1	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Ballack 3', 10' (pen.) Pizarro 50'	Report	Klose 80'

31 May 2003 (2003-05-31)

19:30 CEST

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 70,490

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

Bayern Munich

1. FC Kaiserslautern

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) RB 2 Willy Sagnol CB 25 Thomas Linke CB 4 Samuel Kuffour LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu  84' DM 16 Jens Jeremies  18'  76' RM 23 Owen Hargreaves CM 13 Michael Ballack LM 11 Zé Roberto  76' CF 9 Giovane Élber CF 14 Claudio Pizarro Substitutes: GK 22 Bernd Dreher DF 18 Michael Tarnat  84' MF 7 Mehmet Scholl  76' MF 8 Niko Kovač MF 17 Thorsten Fink  76' MF 21 Markus Feulner MF 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld

GK 12 Tim Wiese RB 24 Harry Koch (c)  44'  46' CB 20 Tomasz Kłos CB 2 Nzelo Hervé Lembi LB 3 Bill Tchato DM 18 Markus Anfang  24' CM 7 Marian Hristov  78' CM 10 Lincoln  63' RW 11 Miroslav Klose  61' CF 9 Vratislav Lokvenc LW 32 José Dominguez  81' Substitutes: GK 1 Georg Koch DF 4 Aleksander Knavs MF 17 Ratinho MF 23 Thomas Riedl  46' MF 30 Mario Basler FW 14 Selim Teber  81' FW 22 Christian Timm  63' Manager: Eric Gerets

Assistant referees:[1] Manuel Gräfe (Berlin) Olaf Blumenstein (Berlin) Fourth official:[1] Torsten Koop (Lüttenmark)

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.