2002 DFB-Ligapokal

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2002 DFB-Ligapokal
Tournament programme cover
Tournament details
CountryGermany
Teams6
Final positions
ChampionsHertha BSC
Runner-upSchalke 04
Tournament statistics
Matches played5
Goals scored15 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Marcelinho
Alex Alves
(3 goals each)
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The 2002 DFB-Ligapokal was the sixth edition of the DFB-Ligapokal. Hertha BSC won the competition for the second consecutive year, beating Schalke 04 4–1 in the final, an exact repeat of the previous year's competition, although Huub Stevens, the Hertha coach, had been in charge at Schalke the year prior.

Participating clubs[edit]

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
  • TH: Title holders
Semi-finals
Borussia Dortmund (1st) Schalke 04 (CW + 5th)
Preliminary round
Bayer Leverkusen (2nd) Hertha BSCTH (4th)
Bayern Munich (3rd) Werder Bremen (6th)

Matches[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Bayer Leverkusen1–0Werder Bremen
Sebescen 63' Report
Attendance: 7,250
Referee: Torsten Koop

Semi-finals[edit]

Schalke 042–0Bayer Leverkusen
Wałdoch 20'
Hajto 76' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Uwe Kemmling

Borussia Dortmund1–2Hertha BSC
Ricken 71' (pen.) Report Alves 25', 67'
Attendance: 11,900
Referee: Florian Meyer

Final[edit]

Schalke 041–4Hertha BSC
Agali 61' Report
Attendance: 11,200

References[edit]