2007 DFL-Ligapokal

The 2007 DFL-Ligapokal was the 11th and final edition of the DFL-Ligapokal. The competition could not be scheduled in 2008, due to fixture congestion caused by UEFA Euro 2008, and did not return in 2009. An unofficial Super Cup ran in these years, and was made official in 2010, as the DFL-Supercup.

2007 DFL-Ligapokal

Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
Country	Germany
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich
Runners-up	Schalke 04
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	15 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Franck Ribéry (3)
← 2006 2008 Supercup (unofficial) →

The 2007 Ligapokal saw a minor format change, with the 2. Bundesliga champions (in this case, Karlsruher SC) entering in place of the fifth-placed Bundesliga team. The title was won by Bayern Munich, who secured their sixth win with a 1–0 victory over Schalke 04.

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
• 2BL: 2. Bundesliga champions
• TH: Title holders

Semi-finals
VfB Stuttgart (1st)	1. FC Nürnberg (CW)
Preliminary round
Schalke 04 (2nd)	Bayern Munich (4th)
Werder BremenTH (3rd)	Karlsruher SC (2BL)

Matches

Preliminary round

21 July 2007

20:00

Schalke 04	1–0	Karlsruher SC
Altıntop 35'	Report

LTU-Arena, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 51,500

Referee: Marc Seemann

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21 July 2007

18:00

Werder Bremen	1–4	Bayern Munich
Borowski 9'	Report	Schweinsteiger 23' Altıntop 27' Ribéry 35', 54'

LTU-Arena, Düsseldorf

Attendance: 51,500

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer

Semi-finals

24 July 2007

20:30

1. FC Nürnberg	2–4	Schalke 04
Vittek 20', 73'	Report	Kobiashvili 38' Ernst 43' Løvenkrands 45' Westermann 58'

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 25,200

Referee: Jochen Drees

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25 July 2007

20:30

VfB Stuttgart	0–2	Bayern Munich
	Report	Ribéry 8' Wagner 66'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 45,500

Referee: Babak Rafati

Final

Main article: 2007 DFL-Ligapokal final

28 July 2007 (2007-07-28)

18:00 CEST

Bayern Munich	1–0	Schalke 04
Klose 29'	Report

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 43,500

Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

See also

• 2007–08 Bundesliga
• 2007–08 DFB-Pokal