2005 DFL-Ligapokal final

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2005 DFL-Ligapokal Final
German League Cup
Event2005 DFL-Ligapokal
Date2 August 2005 (2005-08-02)
VenueZentralstadion, Leipzig
RefereeLutz Wagner (Kriftel)
Attendance40,000
2004
2006

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Details[edit]

VfB Stuttgart0–1Schalke 04
Report Kurányi 10'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Lutz Wagner (Kriftel)
VfB Stuttgart
Schalke 04
GK 1 Germany Timo Hildebrand
RB 2 Germany Andreas Hinkel
CB 6 Portugal Fernando Meira Yellow card
CB 17 France Matthieu Delpierre
LB 4 Croatia Boris Živković downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 7 Germany Silvio Meißner Yellow card
CM 20 Croatia Zvonimir Soldo (c)
CM 11 Germany Thomas Hitzlsperger Yellow card
RW 18 Brazil Cacau
CF 33 Germany Mario Gómez downward-facing red arrow 46'
LW 22 Denmark Jesper Grønkjær downward-facing red arrow 64'
Substitutes:
GK 23 Germany Dirk Heinen
DF 5 Germany Markus Babbel
DF 21 Switzerland Ludovic Magnin upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 16 Germany Horst Heldt
MF 40 Germany Christian Gentner
FW 9 Switzerland Marco Streller upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 10 Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson upward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Italy Giovanni Trapattoni
GK 1 Germany Frank Rost (c)
RB 6 Turkey Hamit Altıntop
CB 5 Brazil Marcelo Bordon
CB 20 Serbia and Montenegro Mladen Krstajić
LB 3 Georgia (country) Levan Kobiashvili
DM 2 Denmark Christian Poulsen
CM 8 Germany Fabian Ernst Yellow card
CM 25 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatan Bajramović
AM 10 Brazil Lincoln Red card 90+1'
CF 11 Denmark Ebbe Sand downward-facing red arrow 62'
CF 22 Germany Kevin Kurányi Red card 66'
Substitutes:
GK 29 Germany Manuel Neuer
DF 15 Poland Tomasz Wałdoch
DF 16 Uruguay Darío Rodríguez
DF 27 Germany Tim Hoogland
MF 19 Uruguay Gustavo Varela
FW 9 Denmark Søren Larsen
FW 14 Germany Gerald Asamoah upward-facing green arrow 62'
Manager:
Germany Ralf Rangnick

References[edit]

  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.