2005 DFL-Ligapokal final

2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event	2005 DFL-Ligapokal
Date	2 August 2005
Venue	Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Referee	Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
Attendance	40,000
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The 2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final decided the winner of the 2005 DFL-Ligapokal, the 9th edition of the reiterated DFL-Ligapokal, a knockout football cup competition.

The match was played on 2 August 2005 at the Zentralstadion in Leipzig. Schalke 04 won the match 1–0 against VfB Stuttgart for their 1st title.^[1]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
VfB Stuttgart	2004–05 Bundesliga fifth place	2 (1997, 1998)
Schalke 04	2004–05 Bundesliga runners-up	2 (2001, 2002)

Route to the final

The DFL-Ligapokal is a six team single-elimination knockout cup competition. There are a total of two rounds leading up to the final. Four teams enter the preliminary round, with the two winners advancing to the semi-finals, where they will be joined by two additional clubs who were given a bye. For all matches, the winner after 90 minutes advances. If still tied, extra time, and if necessary penalties are used to determine the winner.^[2]

VfB Stuttgart		Round	Schalke 04
Opponent	Result	2005 DFL-Ligapokal	Opponent	Result
Hertha BSC	0–0 (4–3 p)	Preliminary round	Bye
Bayern Munich	2–1	Semi-finals	Werder Bremen	2–1

Match

Details

2 August 2005

20:30 CEST

VfB Stuttgart	0–1	Schalke 04
	Report	Kurányi 10'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)

VfB Stuttgart

Schalke 04


GK	1	Timo Hildebrand
RB	2	Andreas Hinkel
CB	6	Fernando Meira
CB	17	Matthieu Delpierre
LB	4	Boris Živković	46'
CM	7	Silvio Meißner
CM	20	Zvonimir Soldo (c)
CM	11	Thomas Hitzlsperger
RW	18	Cacau
CF	33	Mario Gómez	46'
LW	22	Jesper Grønkjær	64'
Substitutes:
GK	23	Dirk Heinen
DF	5	Markus Babbel
DF	21	Ludovic Magnin	46'
MF	16	Horst Heldt
MF	40	Christian Gentner
FW	9	Marco Streller	64'
FW	10	Jon Dahl Tomasson	46'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni


GK	1	Frank Rost (c)
RB	6	Hamit Altıntop
CB	5	Marcelo Bordon
CB	20	Mladen Krstajić
LB	3	Levan Kobiashvili
DM	2	Christian Poulsen
CM	8	Fabian Ernst
CM	25	Zlatan Bajramović
AM	10	Lincoln	90+1'
CF	11	Ebbe Sand		62'
CF	22	Kevin Kurányi	66'
Substitutes:
GK	29	Manuel Neuer
DF	15	Tomasz Wałdoch
DF	16	Darío Rodríguez
DF	27	Tim Hoogland
MF	19	Gustavo Varela
FW	9	Søren Larsen
FW	14	Gerald Asamoah		62'
Manager:
Ralf Rangnick

References

^ "(West) Germany - List of Super/League Cup Finals". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
^ "Rund um den Ligapokal" [About the Ligapokal]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[1] "(West) Germany - List of Super/League Cup Finals". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

[2] "Rund um den Ligapokal" [About the Ligapokal]. dfb.de (in German). German Football Association. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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