2004 DFB-Ligapokal

The 2004 DFB-Ligapokal was the eighth edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. Bayern Munich won their fifth title, beating Werder Bremen 3–2 in the final.

2004 DFB-Ligapokal

Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runners-up	Werder Bremen
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	15 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Michael Ballack Cacau Sebastian Deisler Ivan Klasnić (2)
← 2003 2005 →

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

Semi-finals
Werder Bremen (1st + CW)	Bayern Munich (2nd)
Preliminary round
Bayer Leverkusen (3rd)	VfL Bochum (5th)
VfB Stuttgart (4th)	Hansa Rostock (9th)[a]

Notes

1. The 9th placed team of the 2003–04 Bundesliga, Hansa Rostock, qualified as teams from 6th to 8th (Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04, and Hamburger SV) were involved in the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup during the same period.

Matches

Preliminary round

21 July 2004

20:00

Bayer Leverkusen	1–1	Hansa Rostock
Callsen-Bracker 13'	Report	Dum 8' (o.g.)
Penalties
Freier Voronin Callsen-Bracker França Krzynowek	4–3	Rydlewicz Persson Lapaczinski Möhrle Rasmussen

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Stefan Trautmann

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22 July 2004

18:00

VfB Stuttgart	3–0	VfL Bochum
Cacau 5', 34' Szabics 84'	Report

Städtisches Waldstadion, Aalen

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Peter Gagelmann

Semi-finals

28 July 2004

20:30

Bayern Munich	3–0	Bayer Leverkusen
Zé Roberto 5' Ballack 65' Frings 89'	Report

Lohrheidestadion, Bochum

Attendance: 10,100

Referee: Florian Meyer

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29 July 2004

20:30

Werder Bremen	2–0	VfB Stuttgart
Klasnić 30' Valdez 86'	Report

Emslandstadion, Meppen

Attendance: 12,900

Referee: Helmut Fleischer

Final

Main article: 2004 DFB-Ligapokal final

2 August 2004 (2004-08-02)

18:00 CEST

Bayern Munich	3–2	Werder Bremen
Deisler 27', 43' Ballack 65'	Report	Klasnić 68' Ismaël 74'

Bruchwegstadion, Mainz

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Berlin)

See also

• 2004–05 Bundesliga
• 2004–05 DFB-Pokal